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Hotel extension, Tristinika Beach, Greece. The camouflaged hotel. The swimming pool facade (NE-NW) is completely covered with sliding panels clad in local reed that grows on the hotel site. The reed panels hide the full-height glass windows behind them, creating a softer, more discreet, non-reflective facade that blends into the natural surroundings. At the same time, the sliding reed panels provide sun protection and privacy to the inhabitant, as they enable guests to transform their balconies into private outdoor rooms. The SE-SW facade features vertical wooden planks, that indicate the private entrance to each suite. The wooden facade blocks direct sunlight, while letting the sea breeze circulate through the suites. The rooms of the suites flow into one another, and the huge glass sliding windows blur the boundary between inside and outside. The open floor plan and its orientation work together with the facades, keeping interiors cool during the summer heat. As the new ecoSuites are an addition to an existing hotel, the existing buildings and view orientations had to be considered. Each suite floor plan is pivoted and shifted within the building envelope for optimum orientation. The design involved local materials, local labour, handcrafted furniture and flooring. Structural steel was utilized for the frame and precast concrete for all the wall partitions. On-site construction time amounted to 4 months for 900m2.
Prva Group is an insurance holding based in Ljubljana, Slovenia which owns and manages five subsidiary companies in the Balkan region. Kragelj was approached by Prva’s management to lead a workplace design project for their new headquarters building in Ljubljana.
Mega Image, one of the biggest retailers in Romania, opened in 2017 the first corner Mega Apetit in the supermarket Mega Image Sema Parc. Mega Apetit corner is a concept developed for ready meal food and fresh food.
Located in Bucharest, in Sema City development, in a former industrial warehouse from 1920’s redecorated and reinforced, the store has the advantage of a spectacular structural geometry: double height, siding, brick details and framed windows.
The renovation concerns one of the oldest commercial spaces in Heraklion city center, where the last twenty five years none of the previous business attempts did survived. The design focus to convert the space into a landmark by creating clear volumes, one open plan space for the public and a visible storefront from the street with clear and minimal signage, which sensible its presence in the local market.
“Feels like home” was the main goal for this project. The design aimed to achieve the best functionality of the space despite its small size and the need for the company to serve as many people as possible. Thus, by using a curve, two comfortable areas are created, one small for the reception and one bigger as the waiting area. Moreover, another essential point was the extroversion, the need for the company’s brand to be visible from the main hall.
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Boulevard Bratianu is one of the most remarkable avenues of the Romanian Capital Bucharest. It connects central Piata Unirii, the unification square, with the University and is home to international luxury hotels as well as the biggest Shopping centers. On this prestigious street, investor Media One rehabilitated and extended the existing Coltea offices building (built at the beginning of last century, later disastrous modified in two phases).
Hotel Plesnik is a boutique family hotel found in the heart of a nature park, boasting a tradition spanning over eighty years. Its exceptional location at the end of a glacial valley offers an unforgettable view of the majestic peaks of the Kamnik-Savinja Alps. As Logarska Valley is claimed by many to be one of the most beautiful valleys in Europe, the amazing view of this natural wonder was the obvious choice for one of the leading motifs in the renovation of the hotel’s wellness centre.
One-family villa M is located in an area, which represents a typical Slovenian landscape. That is why the design derives from standard architectural elements, from which, one is dominant – the gable roof. The house is made out of three elongated volumes with symmetrical gable roofs, which are set in a way that creates a dynamic ground floor’s organisation. It accomodates and serves the needs of the modern family and provides the highest level of comfort and quality living.
Until so far, with its 4 editions, from 2013 to this year’s edition, Electric Castle music festival in Bonțida, Romania set itself apart from the usual staging of a music festival. Combining striking visual elements, mass entertainment, and a Gothic setting – the ruin of a 15th century Banffy Castle – the event turned more into a complex sensorial and spatial experience, a celebration of contemporary art in its different forms: from music to architecture, design, and installation.
House with a ground floor of 160 m2 and a terrace of 30 m2 and a floor of 140 m2 and a terrace of 50 m2
Simply put, what the client wanted is to upgrade the floor to an existing old stone house, so that together with the existing ground floor it becomes the function of the holiday villa.
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