Square in Space / Ivan Filipivoc

Courtesy of Ivan Filipivoc

Ivan Filipivoc has shared with us this preliminary project for a crafts center in Zagreb, Croatia. Deriving its inspiration from one of the oldest crafts – blacksmithing, the architecture bears a strong symbolism to this act of making.

More on the project after the break.

The formal connection of the architecture is developed by the tool of the blacksmith: the anvil. The base of the building is this symbol and is also a programmatic support for the products of the work. The skyscraper, the hall, the hotel and the Academy School for Craft are all located within the building.

Courtesy of Ivan Filipivoc

A material distinction runs through the architecture dividing the base from the objects built upon it. The base-anvil has a metal texture, while the objects above are polished metal and glass.

Courtesy of Ivan Filipivoc

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Cite: Irina Vinnitskaya. "Square in Space / Ivan Filipivoc" 13 Mar 2011. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/119130/square-in-space-ivan-filipivoc> ISSN 0719-8884

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