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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Business Building in Nova Gorica, Slovenia by Real Engineering d.o.o.October 2nd, 2015 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Real Engineering d.o.o. The commission was straightforward: to design and construct a new commercial building on the outskirts of Nova Gorica, a Slovenian city founded in 1948 near the ‘original’ town of Gorica and close to the Italian border. The Slovenian investment group Istrabenz Gorenje, who among other things invests in new energies, wanted an environmentally friendly building that would also provide space for a kindergarten.  Image Courtesy © Real Engineering d.o.o.
 Image Courtesy © Real Engineering d.o.o. The Ljubljana-based architecture company Real Engineering came up with a plain box thrust into the slightly sloping ground. Instead of creating a partly subterranean storey on the building’s hillside, however, the architects raised the interior floors there by 1.5 meters, keeping the roof level. Thus they not only created a snug space for the kindergarten, but also marked the different function of this part of the structure from the outside.  Image Courtesy © Real Engineering d.o.o.  Image Courtesy © Real Engineering d.o.o. On all sides, the two-storey building opens to its surroundings through long ribbons of windows and terraces, the latter providing relaxing space for the workers as well as protection from the heat for the office rooms inside. The strong horizontality of the structure is balanced by a strict vertical installation of all the façade elements such as the window glazing, the pine wood slats on the ground floor and the grey Swisspearl panels on the upper floor.  Image Courtesy © Real Engineering d.o.o.  Image Courtesy © Real Engineering d.o.o. To enhance this effect, the architects mounted slim wooden blinds in irregular intervals in front of all the openings, more where additional sun protection is needed, less where the light should enter unhindered. In addition, wooden joints between the cement composite panelling highlight the facade.  Image Courtesy © Real Engineering d.o.o.  Image Courtesy © Real Engineering d.o.o.  Image Courtesy © Real Engineering d.o.o.
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