Invited international competition – 2010_second prize
The project proposes two layered volumes embracing the rich mix of different programs and distributed in:
base of the volume as public programs and offices
top floors as apartments
The tower strip steps up and down according to the urban height limits and form terraces-gardens. Public Base volumes are separated and create open squares – dialog of external plaza with public programs and offices. Spaces are communicative, bright, fluid, and easily accessible and offer nice views and connections with surroundings: Strenia square, Park and roads.
The site is located on the edge of an alpine town called Cerklje (near Ljubljana Airport) with beautiful views of the surrounding fields and mountains. On the site there is a beautiful protected 300 year old lime-tree. The plan of the building is therefore L-shaped and embraces the green area around the tree. Most of the apartments also have beautiful views due to the courtyard opening onto a view of the surronding mountains. Apartments are social – they were sold to the Slovenian Housing Fund for young families at a price of 900 EUR/m2 which is extremely cheap. Therefore the budget had to be very limited (600 EUR/m2) and materials had to be simple and economic.
Ljubljana is surrounded by numerous dense rural formations of different scales. Together by branching with the main urban core it forms the city. As the city is expanding outwards from the inner core, the urban and rural formations are slowly dissolving together. With uncontrolled urban growth historical rural typologies are slowly losing their patterns, character and qualities. The village of Podpec is becoming a typical suburban area. Although surrounded by a wider green area with fields and wild nature, local resorts haven’t any qualities in the new built environment.
The complex is located in the heart of Ljubljana, between the park and main pedestrian commercial street. The program is a mixture of boutique shops, cafes and residences. The street and the park are on different levels therefore, the building will have a public passage which perforates the building extending to both. The lower four floors will be shops connected with a mall. The top three floors are reserved for apartments; part of which will be located in the existing historical atrium.
New business facility for the operational activities
The layout and appearance of the building reflects both the vision and mission of the company ELES. Both the architectural design and the design of the installations are based on becoming more fuel efficient and on the use of alternative energy sources and have led to a completely carbon neutral design.
Project team: Rok Oman, Spela Videcnik, Janez Martinčič, Katja Aljaz, Janja del Linz, Andrej Gregorič, sergio silva santos, marco mazzotta , grzegorz ostrowski
In a small Slovenian town close to the border with Austria kindergartens unexpectedly became too small for the increasing number of young children and the existing kindergarten infrastructure had to be quickly expanded to meet the rising demand. The original idea was to build a larger kindergarten extension next to the old one, but this was a plan for the mid-term. In the meantime the authorities resorted to an efficient solution using ISO containers, which are quick to set up and cost-efficient.
The location of the apartment block is in the centre of Nova Gorica (population 32.000) – Nova Gorica is situated in the west of Slovenia, adjacent to the Slovene – Italian border. It lies 92 meters above sea level and has very specific climate conditions – it is renowned as the hottest town in Slovenia during summer and also has very strong winds in winter. With its climate, vegetation and way of living the city has a definite Mediterranean character, where external shaded space has high importance.
The location of the site is on the edge of the planned 650 apartments which were finished a year earlier. However, these apartments differ from the previous as they were planned as social housing and were sold to the Slovenian Housing Fund. The given urban plot of the building was 4 floors high, 58 meters long and 15 in width. Since the orientation of the building is towards the busy highway the apartment openings, together with balconies were shifted to become 30 degrees window-wings towards the quieter and southern orientated side.
This project is located in the most attractive area of Ljubljana, near the city center and surrounded by natural areas and plants. The main goal was to develop 100 quality housing units for people who wish to reside in a natural environment with their own garden. The project concept is based on the principle of garden cities reflected in the villas terraces. The buildings are growing in 3 «islands» of homes connected together so as to open up to the surrounding natural areas, gardens and patios.
Project team: Rok Oman, Špela Videčnik, Andrej Gregorič, Janez Martinčič, Janja Del Linz, Katja Aljaz, Anna Breda, Cristian Gheorghe, Kasia Bernatek, Magdalena Lacka
Competition entry for a new Ljubljana administration centre of 60.000m2. The brief proposed several departments to move to the same site but occupy different buildings. The heart of the centre is the main hall where citizens could also arrange all the documents. The site is just on the edge of Ljubljana city centre, by the river and is already occupied by some existing protected buildings.
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