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Enota Mestni trg 9 SI 1000 Ljubljana t +386 1 438 67 40 f +386 1 438 67 45 [email protected] www.enota.si ENOTA was founded in 1998 with the ambition to create contemporary and critical architectural practice of an open type based on collective approach to development of architectural and urban solutions. Over the years ENOTA has been constantly developing and from its beginnings it has served as creative platform for more than fifty architects. ENOTA is led by founding partners and principal architects Dean Lah and Milan Tomac. “Constant changes and new complex situations in the world around us drive us to think about new ways of architectural and urban organizations. In order to be able to produce answers to those new questions we believe it’s time to surpass the boundaries of conventional discipline set mainly by our cultural backgrounds. Enota’s team of architects focuses on research driven design of the environment where study of contemporary social organizations and use of new technologies are interwoven to produce innovative and effective solutions. ENOTA’s solutions are strongly influenced by research, reinterpretation and development of social, organizational and design algorithms that derive from nature. The result is always a strong binding of the buildings with the environment that surrounds them.” ENOTA ARE l ENOTA WERE Tjaž Bauer I Andrej Blažon l Karmen Bovha l Breda Božič l Jana Braniselj l Alja Černe l Aljoša Dekleva l Telma Margarida Dias l Goran Djokić I Matjaž Drinovec l Dean Jukić l Jure Kocuvan l David Kozamernik l Jure Kozin l Nina Kozin l Anna Kravcova l Andreja Julija Kvas l Dean Lah l Nataša Malis l Tjaša Marinšek l Mateja Marsetič l Tomislav Maslovarić l Eva Matjašič l Esta Matković l Luka Melon l Tomaž Mesarič l Martina Mikocziova I Nataša Mrkonjić l Andrej Oblak l Petra Ostanek l Bojan Pavšek l Bernard Podboj l Tinka Prekovič l Blaž Razpotnik l Vladimir Ristič I Polona Ruparčič l Sabina Sakelšek l Barbara Svetek l Mojca Šavnik l Nada Šerbelj l Saša Šinkovec l Milan Tomac l Grega Tramte l Darko Vasiljevič l Nebojša Vertovšek l Marko Volf l Zana Volk Starovič l Anže Zalaznik l Nuša Završnik Šilec l Darja Zubac l Maruša Zupančič l Mojca Žerjav l Jernej Živic AWARDS Architizer A+ Awards, Parking Structures, jury winner New York, USA, 2015 (Velenje Car Park) I Plečnik Award, shortlisted Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2015 (Promenada, Velenje Car Park) I European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award 2015, nomination Barcelona, Spain, 2015 (Ptuj Performance Center) I Piranesi Award, shortlisted Piran, Slovenia, 2012 (Ptuj Performance Center) I Golden Pencil 2014 Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2014 (Ptuj Performance Center) I Interior of the Year Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2014 (Ptuj Performance Center) I Leaf Awards 2014, shortlisted Dusseldorf, Germany, 2014 (Ptuj Performance Center) I Plečnik Medal Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2014 (Ptuj Performance Center) I Architizer A+ Awards, Architecture + Preservation, jury winner New York, USA, 2014 (Ptuj Performance Center) I Architizer A+ Awards, Architecture + Preservation, popular choice winner New York, USA, 2014 (Ptuj Performance Center) I Architizer A+ Awards, Theatres & Performing Arts Centers, finalist New York, ZDA, 2014 (Ptuj Performance Center) I AIT Award, Public Building Education, special mention Frankfurt, Germany, 2014 (Ptuj Performance Center) I Plečnik Award, shortlisted Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2013 (Podčetrtek Sports Hall) I Architizer A+ Awards, Sports & Recreations Centers Category, finalist New York, USA, 2013 (Podčetrtek Sports Hall) I Piranesi Award, shortlisted Piran, Slovenia, 2012 (Podčetrtek Sports Hall) I Pool Vision 2012, Spa Category, 3rd place Lyon, France, 2012 (Wellness Orhidelia) l IOC/IAKS Award 2011, Silver Medal Cologne, Germany, 2011 (Podčetrtek Sports Hall) I IOC/IAKS Award 2011, Silver Medal Cologne, Germany, 2011 (Wellness Orhidelia) I Golden Pencil 2011 Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2011 (Podčetrtek Sports Hall) I International Architecture Award 2011 Dublin, Ireland, 2011 (Podčetrtek Sports Hall) I WAN 21 for 21 Award, highly commended Brighton, United Kingdom, 2011 l Plečnik Award, shortlisted Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2011 (Podčetrtek Sports Hall) l 33. Salon of Architecture, "Guest of the Salon - Works abroad" Award Belgrade, Serbia, 2011 (Podčetrtek Sports Hall) l ArchDaily Building of the Year Award 2010, finalist New York, United States of America, 2011 (Hotel Sotelia) l Europe 40 under 40 Award Dublin, Ireland, 2010 (Wellness Orhidelia, Gruškovje Border Shop) I Contractworld New Generation Award 2010, shortlisted Hannover, Germany, 2010 (Wellness Orhidelia) l Golden Pencil 2009 Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2009 (Wellness Orhidelia) l Golden Pencil 2009 Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2009 (Gruškovje Border Shop) l World Architecture Festival Award 2009, shortlisted Barcelona, Spain, 2009 (Wellness Orhidelia) l Golden Pencil 2007 Ljubljana, Slovenia 2007 (Jurčkova Housing) l European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award 2007, shortlisted Barcelona, Spain, 2007 (Hotel Sotelia) l Plečnik Award Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2006 (Hotel Sotelia) l Piranesi Award Piran, Slovenia, 2006 (Hotel Sotelia) l Golden Pencil 2006 Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2006 (Hotel Sotelia) l Trimo Architectural Award 2005 Viljenica, Slovenia, 2005 (Elcom Houseware) l Plečnik Award, shortlisted Ljubljana, Slovenia 2005 (Wellness Centre Termalija) Slovenia, 2012, built 2014 I Velenje City Center Velenje, Slovenia, 2012, built 2014 I Ljubljana Islamic Center Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2011 I Vrunčeva Residental Building Celje, Slovenia, 2011 I Hotel 18 Goriška Brda, Slovenia, 2011 (with OFIS & GregorcVrhovec) I Terme Olimia Kranjska Gora Spa Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, 2011 I Ptuj Archaeological Museum Ptuj, Slovenia, 2011 I Pegan Petkovšek National Gymnastics Center Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2010 I Hotel Resort Mivka Bled, Slovenia, 2010 I Herman’s Square Office and Residential Building Celje, Slovenia, 2010 (with Arhimetrics) I Velenje Sports Park Velenje, Slovenia, 2010 I Lotus Towers Housing Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2010 I Ptuj Performance Center Ptuj, Slovenia, 2010, built 2013 I Hotel Ribno Bled, Slovenia, 2009 I Tuzla Technology Park Tuzla, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2009 I Podjunska House Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2009 I Alpinum Hotel Bohinj, Slovenia, 2009 I Vila Prešeren Bled, Slovenia 2009 I Delamaris Hotel Village Izola, Slovenia, 2009 I Vič Dravograd Border Shop Vič, Slovenia, 2009, built 2010 I Magnolia Tower Housing Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2008 (with Sadar + Vuga) I Gaja Spa Resort Janežovci, Slovenia, 2008 I Jelen Housing Kranj, Slovenia, 2008 I Dravska Vrata Office & Residential Complex Maribor, Slovenia, 2008 I Vojkova Student Campus Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2008 I Mond Hotel Šentilj, Slovenia, 2008 I Mobitel Headquarters Ljubljana, AWARDED COMPETITIONS Slovenia, 2007 I Olimia Parking House Podčetrtek, Slovenia, 2007, Russian Character, People's Choice Award open international built 2009 I Beli Križ Housing Beli Križ, Slovenia, 2007 I Wellness competition, Moscow, Russia, 2014 (with Arhimetrics) I Izola Urban Orhidelia Podčetrtek, Slovenia, 2007, built 2009 I Ribenska ll Housing Furniture, 1st prize invited competition, Izola, Slovenia, 2013 I Bled, Slovenia, 2007 I Podčetrtek Sports Hall Podčetrtek, Slovenia, Velenje City Center Rearrangement, 1st prize open anonymous 2007, built 2010 I Vila Viktorija Hotel Bled, Slovenia, 2007 I competition, Velenje, Slovenia, 2012 I Herman’s Square Office and Ribenska l Housing Bled, Slovenia, 2007 I Jerihova House Velenje Residential Building, 1st prize invited competition, Celje, Slovenia, Slovenia, 2007 I Stamboldžioski Dental Studio Nova Gorica, Slovenia, 2010 (with Arhimetrics) l Velenje Sports Park, 1st prize open 2006, built 2010 I Industriaimpex Office Building Podgorica, Monte anonymous competition, Velenje, Slovenia, 2010 I K 66 business and Negro, 2006 I Stare Boarding House Bohinj, Slovenia, 2006 I residential towers, 2nd prize invited competition, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Lesograd Housing Kozina, Slovenia, 2006 I Sportina Headquarters 2010 I Ptuj Performace Centre, 1st prize invited competition, Ptuj, Radovljica, Slovenia, 2006 I Ilirska Apartments Ljubljana, Slovenia, Slovenia, 2010 I Podjunska House, 1st prize invited competition, 2005, built 2008 I Janševa House Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2005, built 2007 Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2009 I Jurčkova Housing, 1st prize invited I Gruškovje Border Shop Gruškovje, Slovenia, 2005, built 2009 I Piran competition, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2004 I Wellness Hotel Sotelia, 1st Market Piran, Slovenia, 2004 I Finira Office Building Ljubljana, prize invited competition, Podčetrtek, Slovenia, 2003 I Sacral Building Slovenia, 2004 I Jurčkova Housing Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2004, built and a Pilgrims' Route at Ptujska gora, 1st prize invited competition, 2007 I MM 22 Apartments Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2003 I Nezbiše House Ptuj, Slovenia, 2003 I Business and Residential Building at Litijska Nezbiše, Slovenia, 2003 I Terme Tuhelj Spa Resort Tuhelj, Croatia, Street, 1st prize invited competition, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2003 I Stara 2003, built 2007 I Hotel Sotelia Podčetrtek, Slovenia, 2003, built 2006 cinkarna Urban Plan, 2nd prize open anonymous competition, Celje, I Wellness Center Termalija Podčetrtek, Slovenia, 2003, built 2004 I Slovenia, 2003 I Secondary School of Economics Murska Sobota, Stara cinkarna Urban Plan Celje, Slovenia, 2003 I Kraški zidar honorable mention open anonymous competition, Murska Sobota, Headquarters Sežana, Slovenia, 2001, built 2002 (with A. Dekleva) I Slovenia, 2002 (with A. Dekleva) I Business and Residental Building Obrežje Border Crossing Obrežje, Slovenia, 2001 (with A. Dekleva, M. at Nade Rajh Street, honorable mention invited anonymous Kučina) I NKBM Bank Branch Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2001, built 2002 I competition, Ljutomer, Slovenia, 2002 (with A. Dekleva) I Kraški zidar Kamenšnica Recreation Center Murska Sobota, Slovenia, 1999 (with A. Headquarters, 1st prize invited competition Sežana, Slovenia, 2001 Dekleva, M. Kučina) (with A. Dekleva) I Border Crossing Obrežje, 1st prize open anonymous competition, Obrežje, Slovenia, 2001 (with A. Dekleva, M. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Kučina) I Urban Plan and Recreation Centre Kamenšnica, 1st prize 1000 x European Architecture (DE) l 1000 x European Hotels (DE) l open anonymous competition, Murska Sobota, Slovenia, 2000 (with A. 1000 x Landscape Architecture (DE) l a+a (CN) l a+u (JP) l A10 (NL) Dekleva, M. Kučina) I Business and Residential Building at l ab arhitektov bilten (SI) l Ambient (SI) l Ambijenti (RS) l Arch Masarykova, honorable mention open anonymous competition, (SK) l Architektur aktuell (AT) l Architecture & Culture (CN) l Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1999 (with A. Dekleva) Architecture highlights (CN) l Arch Manual (CN) I Archipendium (DE) I Architectural Competition Work (CN) I Architecture & Culture (KR) SELECTED PROJECTS I Architecture today (GB) I Architektur Aktuell (AT) l Archiworld Karlovška Housing Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2014 I Histrion Spa Portorož, (KR) l Arhitekt (SI) l Arhitekton (RS) l Arhitektur (AT) I AV Slovenia, 2014 I Russian Character Community Center Moscow, Projectos (ES) I Atlas of World Architecture (DE) I Bath & Spa (DE) I Russia, 2014 (with Arhimetrics) I Kampolin House Lucija, Slovenia, Beaux Arts Magazine (FR) I Best Selection of Shanglin (CN) I Beyond 2014 I Lifeclass Pools Portorož, Slovenia, 2013 (with Plusminus30) I (SK) I Bioklimatske Zgradbe (SI) I C3 (KR) l Collection Landscape Wellness Center Termalija II Podčetrtek, Slovenia, 2013 I Hotel architecture (DE) l Concept (KR) l Contemporary Slovene Podgorica Podgorica, Montenegro, 2013 I Velenje Health Center Architecture (SI) I Creatice Diagram in Architecture (CN) I db Velenje, Slovenia, 2013, built 2014 I Učila Headquarters Ljubljana, deutsche bauzeitung (DE) l Delo (SI) l Detail (DE) l Dnevnik (SI) l Slovenia, 2013 I Izola Urban Furniture Izola, Slovenia, 2013 I Domus (IT) l Ecological architecture (DE) l Enota Designpeak 11 (KR) Hermans Square II Residential Building Celje, Slovenia, 2013 I Hotel l Era21 (SK) l Facades (DE) I Finance (SI) I Flash (SI) l Frame (NL) l Kotor Kotor, Montenegro, 2012 I Podčetrtek Traffic Circle Podčetrtek, Global Trends in Architecture (CN) I Gloss (SI) l Grands Reportages Slovenia, 2012, built 2012 I Helsinki Central Library Helsinki, Finland, (FR) l H.O.M.E. (SI) I Hiše (SI) l Hotel Resorts (KR) I Icon (GB) I 2012 I Novo mesto Central Market Novo mesto, Slovenia, 2012 I Spa Id+c (CN) l Igloo (RO) l Impianti (IT) I Innovative Residence (CN) I Center Doba Maribor, Slovenia, 2012 I Velenje Car Park Velenje, Interier-Exterier (SK) I Interior Public Space (CN) l Interior World (KR) l International Fashion Wellness Space (HK) I Klik (SI) l l'ARCA (IT) I l'industria delle Construzioni (IT) I Landscape Architect (CN) I Landscape World (KR) I Mark (NL) l Mini Hotels (ES) I Mladina (SI) l More theme hotels (DE) l New architecture in Slovenia (AT) l Octogon (HU) l Omni hotel (KR) l Oris (HR) l Piranesi (SI) I Piscine Oggi (IT) I Presjek (HR) I Residence (SK) I Revista Architectura (RO) l sb (DE) I Slovenska arhitektura (SI) I Space (KR) I Sustainable Architecture across Europe! (BE) I Trend (SI) I Večer (SI) l The Sky's the Limit (DE) I The World Spa Design (CN) I Umran (SA) I Wall Elements Art Wall (CN) I Werk, Bauen + Wohnen (CH) I World Architecture I (CN) I Young European Architects (UK) 2010 (Dean Lah: ENOTA l Natural Systems) I Contractworld Congress Hannover Exibition Center, Hannover, Germany, January 2010 (Dean Lah: Wellness Orhidelia) I DIT Dublin School of Architecture Dublin, Ireland, November 2009 (Dean Lah: ENOTA l Natural Systems) I World Architecture Festival Centro de Convenciones Internacionales de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, November 2009 (Dean Lah: Wellness Orhidelia) I Contemporary Slovene Architecture Design Factory, Bratislava, Slovakia, March 2009 (Dean Lah: ENOTA I Natural Systems) I SLO-ITA-AUT Conference Adriaco Yacht Club, Trieste, Italy, February 2009 (Dean Lah: ENOTA l Natural Systems) I SPAS 09 Hotel Rogla, Rogla, Slovenia, January 2009 (Dean Lah: ENOTA l Natural Systems) I Panorama D <> SLO Tagungszentrum Neue Mälzerei, Berlin, Germany, LECTURES December 2008 (Dean Lah: ENOTA l Natural Systems) I Pecha Kucha Croatian Chamber of Architects, European Masters of Detail Faculty of T5 project space, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 2008 (Dean Lah: Back to Architecture Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, March 2015 (Dean Lah: Natural nature) I III. Slovene Architects and Builders Conference University of Systems) I Venice Bienale of Architecture, Architectuul.Unfinished Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia, October 2008 (Milan Tomac: ENOTA I Giardini della Biennale, Pavilion of Serbia, Venice, Italy ,October 2014 Recent Work) I Wonderland Power Lectures Architecturzentrum (Dean Lah: Disperce vs. Condensed) I Month of Design 2014, Interiors Wien, Vienna, Austria, June 2006 (Dean Lah: Who's lying?) I Faculty of SE Europe Former Mladinska Knjiga Printing Facility, Ljubljana, of Architecture Ljubljana Ljubljana, Slovenia, March 2006 (Dean Lah, Slovenia, October 2014 (Milan Tomac: Ptuj Performance Center) I Milan Tomac: Systems as a Design Process) I Wonderland Workshops Faculty od Architecture Podgorica Podgorica, Montenegro, May 2014 City Museum of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, March 2006 (Dean Lah: (Dean Lah: ENOTA I Natural Systems) I Dublin Schol of Architecture ENOTA l Recent Work) I Conference on Buildings, Energy and Final Review DIT Dublin School of Architecture, Dublin, Ireland, April Environment Terme Olimia, Hotel Sotelia, Podčetrtek, Slovenia, 2014 (Dean Lah: ENOTA I Natural Systems) I Month of Design October 2006 (Dean Lah: Architectural Ecology) I Übergänge Ljubljana 2013, 180 Stage - Small Scale Architecture Former International Architectural Workshop City Theatre, Motovun, Croatia, Mladinska Knjiga Printing Facility, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 2013 September 2004 (Dean Lah: ENOTA l Recent Work) I Faculty of (Dean Lah: Stamboldžioski Dental Studio) I City Impulses, Future os Architecture Belgrade Belgrade, Serbia, June 2003 (Dean Lah: ENOTA l small and mid size urban centers Hotel Paka, Velenje, Slovenia, Recent Work) I 3Delavnica Offline Kiberpipa, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 2013 (Dean Lah: Velenje City Center Rearrangement) I Jordan December 2002 (Aljoša Dekleva, Dean Lah, Milan Tomac: ENOTA l Architects Exchange Visit, Slovene Architectural Production Faculty of Recent work) I Platforma 9,81 Arhitecture Live Park Ribnjak, Zagreb, Architecture Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Sloveni, September 2013 (Dean Lah: Croatia, November 2002 (Aljoša Dekleva, Dean Lah, Milan Tomac: ENOTA I Natural Systems) I EASA013 Reaction Žužemberk Castle, ENOTA l Recent Work) Žužemberk, Slovenia, August 2013 (Dean Lah: ENOTA I Natural Systems) I ReNewTown - Post-socialist City: Competitive and EXHIBITIONS Attractive Vila Bianca, Velenje, Slovenia, May 2013 (Dean Lah: Velenje Plečnik Award 2015 DESSA Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, April 2015 I City Center Rearrangement) I Faculty of Civil Engineering Maribor, Architecture = Five Years of Slovene Architecture Stazione Rogers, Cultural Heritage Class Maribor, Slovenia, April 2013 (Milan Tomac: Trieste, Italy, April 2015 I European Union Prize for Contemporary Renovation of Ptuj Dominican Monastery) I Skopje Architecture Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award 2015 Barcelona School of Week, Super City 2.0 Macedonian Opera and Ballet, Skopje, Architecture (ETSAB), Barcelona, Spain, February 2015 I Piranesi Macedonia, October 2012 (Dean Lah: ENOTA I Natural Systems) I Awards 2014 FUGA Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, January 2015 I Faculty of Architecture Ljubljana, Construction Seminare Ljubljana, Piranesi Awards 2014, Piran Days of Architecture Monfort Exhibition Slovenia, June 2012 (Milan Tomac: Ptuj Monastery Construction Ground, Portorož, Slovenia, November 2014 I Piranesi Awards Concept) I Belgrade Design Week, Freedom2 National Library of 1989–2011 University of Liechenstein, Vaduz, Liectenstein, October Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia, June 2012 (Dean Lah: ENOTA I Natural 2014 I Slovene Architecture and Spatial Planning 2014, Day of Systems) I Promenada – Urban Revitalisation Kunigunda Multimedia Architects 2014 Former Mladinska Knjiga Printing Facility, Ljubljana, Center, Velenje, Slovenia, April 2012 (Dean Lah: City Centers Slovenia, October 2014 I Interiors of South East Europe, Month of Development) I Faculty of Architecture Belgrade, Phd Programe Design Ljubljana 2014 Former Mladinska Knjiga Printing Facility, Visiting Lectures Faculty of Architecture Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 2014 I Architecture = Five Years of December 2011 (Dean Lah, Milan Tomac: ENOTA I Natural Systems) I Slovene Architecture Casa dell'Architettura, Rome, Italy, September Days of Oris 11 Concert Hall Vatroslav Lisinski, Zagreb, Croatia, 2014 I AIT Award 2014, Salon Talk & Pecha Kucha Night AIT October 2011 (Dean Lah: ENOTA I Natural Systems) I World Green ArchitekturSalon, Hamburg, Germany, July 2014 I Piranesi Awards Building Week, Sustainable Building Design House of Architecture, 1989-2013 Citycenter Exhibition Ground, Celje, Slovenia, July 2014 I Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 2011 (Milan Tomac: Sustainability as a Russian Character Competition, ARCH Moscow 2014 Central House of Principle) I The City and the World: Madrid Symposium, Europe's 40 Artists, Moscow, Russia, May 2014 I Architecture = Five Years of under 40 Centro de Turismo Colón, Madrid, Spain, November 2010 Slovene Architecture Museum of City of Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia, (Dean Lah: ENOTA I Natural Systems) I Month of Design Ljubljana May 2014 I Plečnik Award 2014 DESSA Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2010, 180° Stage - What's next? Viba film, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October April 2014 I AIT Award 2014, Light + Building Messe Frankfurt, 2010 (Dean Lah: What's really sustainable in architecture?) I Frankfurt, Germany, April 2014 I Architecture = Five Years of Slovene Architecture Week Praha 2010, Contemporary Slovene Architecture Architecture University of Lichenstein, Institut of Architecture and National Technical Library, Prague, Czech Republic, October 2010 (Dean Planing, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, April 2014 I Piranesi Awards Lah: ENOTA I Natural Systems) I Übergänge International 1989-2013 Europark Exhibition Ground, Maribor, Slovenia, April 2014 I Architectural Workshop City Theatre, Motovun, Croatia, September Piranesi Awards 1989-2013 House of Architecture, Maribor, Slovenia, 2010 (Dean Lah: ENOTA I Natural Systems) I SLO-ITA-AUT conference November 2013 I Small Scale Architecture, 10th Month of Design Faculty of Architecture, Campus of Gorizia, Gorizia, Italy, June 2010 Former Mladinska Knjiga Printing Facility, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October (Milan Tomac: ENOTA l Natural Systems) I Schwitzendes Symposium 2013 I Wild wild East, Young Architecture from Eastern Europe Thermal Römerbad, Bad Kleinkirchen, Austria, May 2010 (Dean Lah: Showroom Porcelaingres, Berlin, Germany, October 2013 I Terme Olimia) Trans(ap)parenecies Exhibition, East Centric Architecture Triennale BIMAS 2010 Museum of Contemporary Arts Skopje, Macedonia, March Mogosoaia Palace, Bucharest, Romania, October 2013 I Slovene Architecture and Spatial Planning 2013, TAP 2013 MAO Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 2013 I Architecture = Five Years of Slovene Architecture Architect's Gallery, Jaffa, Israel, June 2013 I Arhitektura Inventura 2010-2012 Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia, February 2013 I Architecture = Five Years of Slovene Architecture Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia, January 2013 I Piranesi Awards 2012, Piran Days of Architecture Mestna galerija Piran, Piran, Slovenia, November 2012 I Piranesi Awards 1989–2011, Piran Days of Architecture Mestna galerija Piran, Piran, Slovenia, November 2012 I GAP 2012: Ljubljana Slovenia The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, October 2012 I Architecture = Five Years of Slovene Architecture RAZ:UM Gallery, Maribor, Slovenia, October 2012I Hotel and Turist Complex Kotor Competition Cultural Center Kotor, Kotor, Montenegro, October 2012 I Slovene Architecture and Spatial Planning 2012, TAP 2012 RAZ:UM Gallery, Maribor, Slovenia, October 2012 I Fluencies: East & Central European Architecture, Fluencies & Passages University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania, July 2012 I Helsinky Central Library Competition Jatkasaari Bunker, Helsinki, Finland, May 2012 I Project of the Year 2011, This is Israel 4 Zezeze Architecture Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel, February 2012 I IOC/IAKS AWARD 2011, IAKS Congress and FSB 2011 Koelnmesse Congress Centre, Köln, Germany, October 2011 I Chicago Athenaeum, International Architecture Awards 2011, XIII BA11 International Biennial de Arquitectura Centro Cultural Recolet, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 2011 I Fluencies: East & Central European Architecture, International Arhitext Festival Theresia Stronghold, Timisoara, Romania, October 2011 I Slovene Architecture and Spatial Planning 2011, TAP 2011 MAO Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 2011 I Sustainable Architecture across Europe! National Assembley of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 2011 I Sustainable Architecture across Europe! The BHP Hall, Gdansk, Poland, September 2011 I Contemporary Architecture in Slovenia The Museum of Estonian Architecture, Tallinn, Estonia, July 2011 I Designing the Republic: Architecture, Design and Photography in Slovenia 1991-2011 MAO Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 2011 I Plečnik Award 2011 DESSA Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, April 2011 I 33. Salon of Architecture Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade, Serbia, March 2011 I Arhitektura Inventura 2008-2010 Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia, February 2011 I Contemporary Architecture in Slovenia Museum of Arhitecture, Wrocław, Poland, February 2011 I Sustainable Architecture across Europe! European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, November 2010 I Contemporary Architecture in Slovenia Pollack Mihály Faculty of Engineering, Pécs, Hungary, November 2010 I Europe 40 under 40, The City and the World Madrid Symposium Centro de Turismo Colón, Madrid, Spain, November 2010 I Contemporary Architecture in Slovenia, Architecture Week Praha 2010 National Technical Library, Praga, Czech Republic, October 2010 I ENOTA I Natural Systems DESSA Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 2010 I Wild wild East, Young Architecture from Eastern Europe AIT Architektur Salon, Muenchen, Germany, May 2010 I Contemporary Architecture in Slovenia, BIMAS 2010 Museum of Contemporay Arts, Skopje, Macedonia, March 2010 I Ranko Radovic 2009 Award Faculty of Techical Scineces, Novi Sad, Serbia, January 2010 I Contractworld Exhibition of Architecture and Interior Design, Domotex 2010 Hanover Exhibition Center, Hannover, Germany, January 2010 I Ranko Radovic 2009 Award Zadužbina Ilije Milosavljevića Kolarca, Belgrade, Serbia, December 2009 I Piranesi Award 2009, Piran Days of Architecture Mestna galerija Piran, Piran, Slovenia, November 2009 I Slovene Architecture and Spatial Planning 2007-2009 House of Architecture, Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 2009 I World Architecture Festival 2009 Centro de Convenciones Internacionales de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, November 2009 I Wild Wild East AIT Architektur Salon, Hamburg, Germany, September 2009 I Contemporary Architecture in Slovenia Design Factory, Bratislava, Slovakia, March 2009 I Arhitektura Inventura 2006-2008 Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia, February 2009 I Contemporary Architecture in Slovenia, Panorama SLO-D Conference centre Neue Mälzerei,... VELENJE CAR PARK Architizer A+ Awards, Parking Structures jury winner Plečnik Award shortlisted Velenje was designed as a garden city and as such, it had a lot of unoccupied ground-level surfaces. With the increase in the number of vehicles, these surfaces began to turn into car parks, which crucially affects the quality of open-air habitation. Like many others in the centre of the town, the car park in front of the community health centre was intended to expand to the surrounding green surfaces due to insufficient capacity. Instead of enlarging the floor area, we chose to partially dig in and cover the car park, doubling the capacity in a simple way. As other projects in the area have shown, the abundance of space in the city made the users reluctant to adopt multi-level parking. Accordingly, the new car park is not designed as a classical parking garage but features a double entrance leading to two car parks laid on top of each other. This makes for highly rational use of the space, as there is no surface lost to circling around the structure, with the building also being naturally ventilated. The slight branching out in the floor area design reflects the sitting of the building among the existing trees, which had all been left intact. The front facade of the building features a very restrained design and references the simple shapes of other buildings in the immediate vicinity. The remaining circumference of the car park is covered by an expanded-metal facade skin of slightly more relaxed design. Individual facade panels are parabolically bent out of the building plane. Beside the interesting shape, the result is also great static strength, which obviates the need for any additional supporting sub-construction. The repetition and careful arrangement of these lightweight facade elements produces a constant play of light and shadow, giving the building a soft appearance among the surrounding trees. project Velenje Car Park type open competition first prize year 2012 status completed 2014 size 4.222 m2 budget 1.020.000 EUR client Velenje Municipality location Velenje, Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Tjaž Bauer, Andrej Oblak I Polona Ruparčič I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Alja Černe I Nebojša Vertovšek structural engineering Elea iC structural engineering Nom biro electrical planning Elsing photo Miran Kambič project Velenje Car Park type open competition first prize year 2012 status completed 2014 size 4.222 m2 budget 1.020.000 EUR client Velenje Municipality location Velenje, Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Tjaž Bauer, Andrej Oblak I Polona Ruparčič I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Alja Černe I Nebojša Vertovšek structural engineering Elea iC structural engineering Nom biro electrical planning Elsing photo Miran Kambič project Velenje Car Park type open competition first prize year 2012 status completed 2014 size 4.222 m2 budget 1.020.000 EUR client Velenje Municipality location Velenje, Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Tjaž Bauer, Andrej Oblak I Polona Ruparčič I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Alja Černe I Nebojša Vertovšek structural engineering Elea iC structural engineering Nom biro electrical planning Elsing photo Miran Kambič PTUJ PERFORMANCE CENTER European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award 2015 nomination (award in process) Plečnik Medal 2014 Architizer A+ Awards 2014 Architecture + Preservation jury winner & popular choice winner Golden Pencil 2014 Interior of the Year 2014 Architizer A+ Awards 2014 Theatres & Performing Arts Centers finalist AIT Award 2014 Public Building Education special mention Leaf Awards 2014 Refurbishment of the Year shortlisted Piranesi Award 2014 shortlisted The perennial quest for compromise between the demands of conservationists and functional demands of the new content has been taken forward with architectural ideas informed chiefly by the attitudes of respect towards the built and cultural heritage. Intervention is therefore limited exclusively to the surfaces where no new archaeological finds or conservation interventions are expected: the floor. The wall surfaces remain intact and ready for the demanding restoration. The very fact that it has to connect finished spaces and those yet to be finished - originating from different historical periods, the expression of this new "carpet" comes with a little more presence than might be expected. The spaces are tied together into a more solid design whole by black concrete paving, which is sufficiently neutral so as not to compete with the revived beauty of the restored parts of the building, and yet contrasting enough to drown the chaos of the parts of the building still awaiting completion. This spatial concept of simple design features a key twist in the main event space - the nave. After the construction of the added floors had been torn down, subsequent archaeological work revealed rich findings that are presented "in situ". Above this section, the new floor is consequently raised in space, forming tiered stands for the visitors at the same time, and acting as a spatial partition between the reconstructed Baroque church and the remains of the erstwhile Gothic building. project Renovation of Former Dominican Monastery to Ptuj Performance Center type invited competition first prize year 2010 status completed 2013 size 3.527 m2 budget 4.400.000 EUR client Ptuj Municipality location Ptuj Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Polona Ruparčič I Andrej Oblak I Maruša Zupančič I Alja Černe I Tjaž Bauer I Petra Ostanek I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Nebojša Vertovšek collaborators Elea iC I Nombiro I Elsing photo Miran Kambič project Renovation of Former Dominican Monastery to Ptuj Performance Center type invited competition first prize year 2010 status completed 2013 size 3.527 m2 budget 4.400.000 EUR client Ptuj Municipality location Ptuj Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Polona Ruparčič I Andrej Oblak I Maruša Zupančič I Alja Černe I Tjaž Bauer I Petra Ostanek I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Nebojša Vertovšek collaborators Elea iC I Nombiro I Elsing photo Miran Kambič project Renovation of Former Dominican Monastery to Ptuj Performance Center type invited competition first prize year 2010 status completed 2013 size 3.527 m2 budget 4.400.000 EUR client Ptuj Municipality location Ptuj Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Polona Ruparčič I Andrej Oblak I Maruša Zupančič I Alja Černe I Tjaž Bauer I Petra Ostanek I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Nebojša Vertovšek collaborators Elea iC I Nombiro I Elsing photo Miran Kambič PODČETRTEK SPORTS HALL 33. Salon of Architecture, "Guest of the Salon Works abroad" Award 2011 Plečnik Award 2011 shortlisted International Architecture Award 2011 Golden Pencil 2011 IOC/IAKS Award 2011 silver medal Piranesi Award 2012 shortlisted Architizer A+ Awards Sports & Recreations Centers Category 2013 finalist The municipal sports hall is located next to the road leading into the small town of Podčetrtek with population around two thousand. To an extent, the appearance of the hall is a response to the role it has in the town, being the only large indoor venue. Though it is designed primarily as a sports hall, it also plays the role of the main municipal hall for cultural events with larger audiences. It is precisely its double role that serves as the basis for the detailed design of the building. The main design cue is a "red carpet" that leads the visitors to the events taking place in the building. The access path that connects the two access points is cut into the existing earth bank. It takes advantage of the spatial anomaly and uses the bank as the means of protecting the entrance from direct interference of the road. Spatially designed and confined by the bank on one side, the path also incises into the building on the opposite side. Finished in vivid colours and attractive shapes, it widens before reaching the entrance and forms a quality space with almost square-like characteristics - an access platform that gradually envelops the visitors and directs them towards the main entrance into the hall. In the evenings, the lighting ornament on the facade emphasises the solemn character of the access route. As it grows darker, the perforated cladding over the window apertures lights up in a recognisable floral pattern. The activity inside is thus directly mirrored on the facade and contributes to the promotion of the events and attractiveness of the building. project Podčetrtek Sports Hall type commission year 2007 status completed 2010 size 3.570 m2 budget 3.600.000 EUR client Municipality of Podčetrtek location Podčetrtek Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Maruša Zupančič I Alja Černe I Polona Ruparčič I Tomi Maslovarič I Anna Kravcova I Zana Starovič I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Dean Jukić I Nebojša Vertovšek I Darja Zubac I Marko Volf I Andrej Oblak I Nina Kozin I Mojca Šavnik I Sabina Sakelšek I Esta Matković collaborators Elea iC I Nom biro I Forte inženiring photo Miran Kambič project Podčetrtek Sports Hall type commission year 2007 status completed 2010 size 3.570 m2 budget 3.600.000 EUR client Municipality of Podčetrtek location Podčetrtek Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Maruša Zupančič I Alja Černe I Polona Ruparčič I Tomi Maslovarič I Anna Kravcova I Zana Starovič I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Dean Jukić I Nebojša Vertovšek I Darja Zubac I Marko Volf I Andrej Oblak I Nina Kozin I Mojca Šavnik I Sabina Sakelšek I Esta Matković collaborators Elea iC I Nom biro I Forte inženiring photo Miran Kambič project Podčetrtek Sports Hall type commission year 2007 status completed 2010 size 3.570 m2 budget 3.600.000 EUR client Municipality of Podčetrtek location Podčetrtek Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Maruša Zupančič I Alja Černe I Polona Ruparčič I Tomi Maslovarič I Anna Kravcova I Zana Starovič I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Dean Jukić I Nebojša Vertovšek I Darja Zubac I Marko Volf I Andrej Oblak I Nina Kozin I Mojca Šavnik I Sabina Sakelšek I Esta Matković collaborators Elea iC I Nom biro I Forte inženiring photo Miran Kambič project Podčetrtek Sports Hall type commission year 2007 status completed 2010 size 3.570 m2 budget 3.600.000 EUR client Municipality of Podčetrtek location Podčetrtek Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Maruša Zupančič I Alja Černe I Polona Ruparčič I Tomi Maslovarič I Anna Kravcova I Zana Starovič I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Dean Jukić I Nebojša Vertovšek I Darja Zubac I Marko Volf I Andrej Oblak I Nina Kozin I Mojca Šavnik I Sabina Sakelšek I Esta Matković collaborators Elea iC I Nom biro I Forte inženiring photo Miran Kambič PODČETRTEK TRAFFIC CIRCLE The Podčetrtek Traffic Circle is built on a regional road located between the municipal sports hall with open-air sports grounds on one side and a spa centre with numerous swimming pools and hotels on the other side. It is primarily intended to slow down the traffic in this consequently very busy area as the main accesses to both complexes also connect to the traffic circle. The design of the roundabout's central island thus references the appearance of both facilities and marks the entrance points to the destinations of the visitors to either of the programme centers. The large, dark concrete blocks allude to the design the monolithic volume of the sports hall. The play of light on the irregular arrangement of the elements forms a composition of surfaces, which corresponds to the expression of the hall's folded volume. The layout of the inner part of the roundabout as a whole suggests a tectonic shift somewhere beneath the Earth's surface having caused the road surface to bloat and belched out the massive blocks. In combination with the water, which sporadically rises to the surface between the clefts, it is somewhat reminiscent of geyser-strewn basalt strata, its appearance thus also evoking the spa complex. project Podčetrtek Traffic Circle type commission year 2012 status completed 2012 size 380 m2 budget 33.000 EUR client Terme Olimia location Podčetrtek Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Alja Černe I Tjaž Bauer photo Miran Kambič STAMBOLDŽIOSKI Stamboldžioski Dental Studio is located at the outskirts of the city, in a residential community featuring mostly single-family homes. It has been built as a replacement for the cramped surgery in the dentist's private house, which was set up on the ground floor. It is therefore an annex, whose floor area - as it so often happens in such cases exceeds that of the house it has been annexed to. Furthermore, its programme significantly differs from the predominant function of the vicinity. Due to the required floor area of the annex, which is more than double the size of the existing building, the relationship was instead sought with the natural landscape in which the annex is placed. The building is built on a slope, which allows its greater part to be dug in. This reduces its presence in the space despite the somewhat expressive appearance, which follows the building's function. Furthermore, the new building is thus able to integrate well into the predominantly residential environment. The natural surface occupied by the building is replaced with a green roof featuring a seamless transition to the surrounding green surfaces at the rear. The folded surface of the roof breaks up the classical building mass and marks the new entrance, which is separated from the residential house. It makes a second appearance as a styling principle on the surface between the building and the access road. The fact that the building is dug in naturally affects its energy design. Its exterior surfaces, where energy loss is greatest, are relatively small and used in their entirety to provide natural lighting for the interior working spaces. In combination with the trees installed in front of the large glass surfaces that prevent the interior to overheat in summer, the surgery requires very little energy for heating and cooling. project Stamboldžioski Dental Studio type commission year 2006 status completed 2010 size 175 M2 budget 340.000 EUR client private location Nova Gorica, Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Zana Starovič I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Sabina Sakelšek I Anna Kravcova I Nebojša Vertovšek I Marko Volf I Esta Matković photo Miran Kambič project Stamboldžioski Dental Studio type commission year 2006 status completed 2010 size 175 M2 budget 340.000 EUR client private location Nova Gorica, Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Zana Starovič I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Sabina Sakelšek I Anna Kravcova I Nebojša Vertovšek I Marko Volf I Esta Matković photo Miran Kambič ORHIDELIA Golden Pencil 2009 World Architecture Festival Award 2009 shortlisted Contractworld New Generation Award 2010 shortlisted 40 under 40 Award 2011 IOC/IAKS Award 2011 Silver Medal Pool Vision 2012 Spa Category 3rd place The Orhidelia wellness facility is the third project in the series designed by Enota in Terme Olimia spa complex during the last few years, meeting the demand for new programmes and areas due to the growth of the spa. The need for a new, large wellness facility arose when the area was already almost completely built. The only remaining free space was a lawn area enclosed by access roads and footpaths in the very centre of Terme Olimia. Placing a classically-designed building in the central green space would have filled the last remaining unbuilt area of the spa complex and significantly affected the quality of the space. The key guideline of the building's design was therefore for its presence to blend with the environment as much as possible. The new wellness complex is thus designed more as a landscape intervention than a building. The folded facades of the structure function as bearing walls that separate the multi-level arrangement of the designed greened areas. Since the wellness complex is not designed as a building in the classical sense, the layout of the space was not limited to the area inside the roads, which was initially intended for development, but extended over the entire available area. The central footpath now meanders across the roof of the building and allows the users a completely new, alternative experience of the space. On either end, the path joins the traffic connections and forms two small squares, the presence of which slows down the traffic and yields the right-of-way to the pedestrians. Rather than search for its expression and establish its space, the new building instead connects the individual existing buildings and exterior layout elements into a logical whole. project Wellness Orhidelia type commission year 2007 status completed 2009 size 9.990 m2 budget 13.000.000 EUR client Terme Olimia location Podčetrtek Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Maruša Zupančič I Nuša Završnik I Zana Starovič I Anna Kravcova I Polona Ruparčič I Marko Volf I Sabina Sakelšek I Esta Matkovič I Darja Zubac I Dean Jukić I Tjaša Marinšek I Nebojša Vertovšek collaborators Bruto I Elea iC I Nombiro I Forte inženiring I Darrtech photo Miran Kambič ne vem če si to že poslala…. project Wellness Orhidelia type commission year 2007 status completed 2009 size 9.990 m2 budget 13.000.000 EUR client Terme Olimia location Podčetrtek Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Maruša Zupančič I Nuša Završnik I Zana Starovič I Anna Kravcova I Polona Ruparčič I Marko Volf I Sabina Sakelšek I Esta Matkovič I Darja Zubac I Dean Jukić I Tjaša Marinšek I Nebojša Vertovšek collaborators Bruto I Elea iC I Nombiro I Forte inženiring I Darrtech photo Miran Kambič project Wellness Orhidelia type commission year 2007 status completed 2009 size 9.990 m2 budget 13.000.000 EUR client Terme Olimia location Podčetrtek Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Maruša Zupančič I Nuša Završnik I Zana Starovič I Anna Kravcova I Polona Ruparčič I Marko Volf I Sabina Sakelšek I Esta Matkovič I Darja Zubac I Dean Jukić I Tjaša Marinšek I Nebojša Vertovšek collaborators Bruto I Elea iC I Nombiro I Forte inženiring I Darrtech photo Miran Kambič project Wellness Orhidelia type commission year 2007 status completed 2009 size 9.990 m2 budget 13.000.000 EUR client Terme Olimia location Podčetrtek Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Maruša Zupančič I Nuša Završnik I Zana Starovič I Anna Kravcova I Polona Ruparčič I Marko Volf I Sabina Sakelšek I Esta Matkovič I Darja Zubac I Dean Jukić I Tjaša Marinšek I Nebojša Vertovšek collaborators Bruto I Elea iC I Nombiro I Forte inženiring I Darrtech photo Miran Kambič ILIRSKA The Ilirska apartment building was one of many “forgotten” buildings left among much higher structures on Trubarjeva Street in Ljubljana. Once courtyards, service facility of a neighboring street building became a decaying gap in a street line. After the denationalization process was concluded, the apartments in the very worn out building got new owners. The opportunity thus arose to finally carry out some much needed renovation. As part of the renovation, the unused attic was converted into apartments, while during the overall renovation of the other apartments, the consideration came that because of very poor natural lighting, the window openings would also have to be enlarged. This is when the problem occurred... The building had slowly emptied and was getting new owners over a long period of time, which resulted in various conditions of the apartments. Of the eight apartments that are now in the building, the owners of three of them decided that they would not renovate. So how does one design a facade where the openings are not the same, and it is unlikely that the owners would change them anytime soon. And even if they did, it certainly would not be at the same time. Highly emphasized window frames organized in a way to make differences between windows even more intense can blur the original discord entirely. So the color of the frames matches the color of the windows. The frames are also big enough that if the other owners eventually decide that they will also enlarge the openings, they can do this inside the colored fields. After the construction work is done, it is only necessary to patch the facade inside the fields instead of having to patch up entire surface. At the same time, the originally anonymous facade, which was facing the courtyard at the beginning and is now addressing the street is revived and finally gets its deserved main street character. project Ilirska Apartments type commission year 2005 status completed 2008 size 630 m2 budget 378.800 EUR client private location Ljubljana Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Polona Ruparčič I Breda Božič photo Miran Kambič GRUŠKOVJE Golden Pencil 2009 40 under 40 Award 2010 Gruškovje border shop is situated between two border controls, on the border crossing between Slovenia and Croatia. As it is typical for all service roadside infrastructures, a border crossing area is also a special space, where everyday spatial rules and laws do not apply. Gruškovje border shop is situated in a narrow space between two roads. It has a very simple program where, besides the placement of the entrance for visitors and the service entrance, the facility does not need any other contact with the exterior. It could even be disturbing. In the absence of functional requirements and typological settings of the surrounding space, it is necessary to find a new context for the facility, which is found in the traffic. Constant movement mainly characterizes the area of the border crossing that has no clear identity of its own. Paradoxically, therefore, the static building of the border-crossing shop is, through its appearance, trying to embed in a dynamic environment in which it is placed. Simple building with two levels is planned as a longitudinal volume, with the main entrance for visitors placed in one of the smaller sides and the service entrance for deliveries and staff on the opposite side. Both entrances are funnel-shaped and are slightly pushed into the interior so that the basic building volume also functions as a jutting roof. The two long sides are solid and are, like the roof, wrapped in metal sheets. In response to the dynamic environment, and with a simple design technique, the basic volume of the shop is distorted and twisted around the longitudinal axis. The resulting appearance is more expressive and is, through much needed greater visibility, serving to facilitate easier spatial orientation of the passersby. The main entrance for visitors suddenly opens in the direction of the access and invites the customers into the interior, while the service entrance is slightly closed and hidden. Deformation of the volume gives the impression that the building is somehow "frozen" in motion. project Gruškovje Border Shop type commission year 2005 status completed 2009 size 550 m2 budget 450.000 EUR client Regal GH location Gruškovje Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Matjaž Drinovec I Eva Matjašič I Marko Volf I Jure Kozin I Zana Starovič I Andreja Kvas I Nataša Mrkonjić I Dean Jukić I Sabina Sakelšek collaborators Elea iC I Nombiro I Forte inženiring photo Miran Kambič project Gruškovje Border Shop type commission year 2005 status completed 2009 size 550 m2 budget 450.000 EUR client Regal GH location Gruškovje Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Matjaž Drinovec I Eva Matjašič I Marko Volf I Jure Kozin I Zana Starovič I Andreja Kvas I Nataša Mrkonjić I Dean Jukić I Sabina Sakelšek collaborators Elea iC I Nombiro I Forte inženiring photo Miran Kambič JURČKOVA Golden pencil 2007 Two buildings with fifty residential units are located directly on the Jurčkova Street in Ljubljana. In accordance with the urban planning regulations, the apartments are arranged in two tracts parallel with the road, and are three and four floors high. Both buildings, planned by the spatial planning documents, are situated in the neighborhood of predominantly single-family houses and, due to their size, stand out significantly from the sizes of the surrounding structures. In order to come closer to the size of the neighborhood units, each tract is divided into four smaller volumes which are not aligned and which, additionally, also vary in color tone. In an effort to assure more consistent approach to the spatial criteria and in order to attain the greatest possible sense of privacy for residents, each of these smaller volumes also in term of inner organization functions as a separate unit. Basic design element of residential units in the Jurčkova Street is prefabricated concrete frame of the window openings. A design element that formally unifies separated units again is a direct result of the need to enable more privacy to the residents. Applying numerous loggias and window frames on buildings that narrows the space between the two already very close tracts seems fairly confusing at first sight. However, closed sides prevent side views between the individual apartment units and, despite even smaller distance between the buildings, provide greater privacy to the residents. Concrete is colored before the production of prefabricated concrete elements and is additionally chemically treated thus weather resistant and requires no additional mechanical protection. Conical shape of the loggias and window frames is conditioned by the production technique, enabling to pull heavy prefabricated elements from the mould. Slightly rough effect of the concrete loggias is adjusted to the street criteria. Looking at the units from afar, loggias seem playful and light, while strong enough to override any form of intervention and decorative accessorizing by the residents. project Jurčkova Housing type invited copmetition first prize year 2004 status completed 2007 size 4.620 m2 budget 3.800.000 EUR client LIZ Inženiring location Ljubljana Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Jernej Živic I Polona Ruparčič I Matjaž Drinovec I Eva Matjašič I Nataša Mrkonjič I Maruša Zupančič collaborators Bruto I Elea iC I Nom biro I Forte inženiring photo Miran Kambič project Jurčkova Housing type invited copmetition first prize year 2004 status completed 2007 size 4.620 m2 budget 3.800.000 EUR client LIZ Inženiring location Ljubljana Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Jernej Živic I Polona Ruparčič I Matjaž Drinovec I Eva Matjašič I Nataša Mrkonjič I Maruša Zupančič collaborators Bruto I Elea iC I Nom biro I Forte inženiring photo Miran Kambič SOTELIA Plečnik Award 2006 Piranesi Award 2006 Golden pencil 2006 Mies van der Rohe Award 2007 shortlisted ArchDaily Building of the Year Award 2010 finalist Wellness Hotel Sotelia fills the gap between two existing hotels, neither of them hiding their different architectural origins. The new hotel does not try to summarize samples from nearby structures but rather clearly distances itself from the built environment and connects, instead, with its natural surroundings. In the design process the primary concern was to avoid immense building mass, like the one suggested in the client's brief, which would have blocked the last remaining view of the forest behind. The originally foreseen single volume is therefore broken up into smaller units arranged in landscape-hugging tiers. Individual sections of the building are placed to overlap one in front of another, and as a result, the four storey, one hundred fifty room building appears much lower and smaller than this description would suggest. The specific shape of the hotel is a direct result of seeking to link with the landscape. The unique structures offer passers-by diverse spatial experiences. From the front the building is perceived almost as a two-dimensional set composed of parallel planes placed one behind the other. A clear division between the glass facades of the public part and the wooden paneling of the hotel rooms is unified with a raster of vertical elements made out of natural wood and visually interacts with tree trunks in the background. Yet just a short walk around the hotel reveals entirely different views. The surrounding terrain is cut and folded into stripes of greenery that, supported with a seemingly impermeable plane of vertical wooden beams, form the volumes of a greater building. project Hotel Sotelia type invited competition first prize year 2003 status completed 2006 size 13.300 m2 budget 12.000.000 EUR client Terme Olimia location Podčetrtek Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Eva Matjašič I Petra Ostanek I Anže Zalaznik I Mojca Žerjav I Darko Vasiljevič collaborators Bruto I Elea iC I Proinstal I Elita IB photo Miran Kambič project Hotel Sotelia type invited competition first prize year 2003 status completed 2006 size 13.300 m2 budget 12.000.000 EUR client Terme Olimia location Podčetrtek Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Eva Matjašič I Petra Ostanek I Anže Zalaznik I Mojca Žerjav I Darko Vasiljevič collaborators Bruto I Elea iC I Proinstal I Elita IB photo Miran Kambič project Hotel Sotelia type invited competition first prize year 2003 status completed 2006 size 13.300 m2 budget 12.000.000 EUR client Terme Olimia location Podčetrtek Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Eva Matjašič I Petra Ostanek I Anže Zalaznik I Mojca Žerjav I Darko Vasiljevič collaborators Bruto I Elea iC I Proinstal I Elita IB photo Miran Kambič TERME TUHELJ Croatian Terme Tuhelj spa resort is an ambitiously conceptualized thermal complex with long tradition.The majority of the buildings date back to the last larger renovation in the early 80's, when this spa became one of the most important sporting heath centres in former Yugoslavia. It is designed as a large, clearly defined area with numerous buildings, as well as green and sports surfaces, connected into a logical whole. Unfortunately, the complex was poorly maintained in the years prior and after the dissolution of the former country. After more than a decade of intensive decline, the new owner wishes to completely renovate the facilities and adapt the offer to today's market requirements by adding a number of programs. The first phase of the renovation is focused on the reconstruction of the central building with the pool area in front of it. The original building was functionally well designed but nowadays some sections are closed off. The expansion of the building inwards would be a rationalization of the investment, since only a wholly renovated facility without the current "gray zones" will connect the accommodation area with the thermal part. The programs would gradually descent towards the pool platform through terraced levels and connect the complex into a functional unit. The pool platform with the outdoor and indoor covered areas would require the most fundamental renovation. The water areas have to be increased significantly and the platform should be revived with adding different attractions and activities. The renovation project would transform this large, inexpressive platform into some kind of diverse artificial landscape with large water surfaces. The artificial landscape is the direct response to the strict sanitary requirements that prohibit soil or greenery along the pool area. Sharp, geometrical artificial landscape with vivid colours is searching for its character through establishing distinct contrast to the soft, hilly and green natural landscape in the surrounding area. It is intertwined with pools defined by strict lines, which nevertheless seem very natural and organic in this artificial, geometrical world. project Terme Tuhelj Spa Resort type commission year 2003 status completed 2007 size 36.300 m2 budget 15.000.000 EUR client Terme Tuhelj location Tuhelj Croatia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Matjaž Drinovec I David Kozamernik I Nataša Mrkonjič I Andrej Brozovič I Eva Matjašič I Mateja Marsetič I Tinka Prekovič I Darko Vasiljevič I Jernej Živic collaborators Eleia iC I Instaling I Elita ib I Liz-Stin photo Miran Kambič OLIMIA PARKING project Olimia Parking House type commission year 2007 status completed 2009 size 7.560 m2 budget 1.800.000 EUR client Terme Olimia location Podčetrtek Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Maruša Zupančič I Darja Zubac I Sabina Sakelšek photo Miran Kambič TERMALIJA Plečnik Award 2005 nomination Wellness Centre Termalija is designed as an extension of the existing spa at Terme Olimia in Podčetrtek. Space intended for extension was very limited. Any intervention in the pool area would immensely impair the quality of space in the summer, when it is very important that the pools have many well-regulated open areas. Therefore, we found room for expansion in a narrow zone alongside the access road which winds around the existing building. New building is distinctively separated from the old one and is somehow embracing it. From the access road side it is forming a completely new facade of the spa while seen from the inside of the thermal complex it is almost invisible and does not alter the character of space. Extension of the Wellness Centre Termalija is designed as a sequence of different theme areas that address visitors through their own experience gained from the world of nature. Animation of numerous visitors' senses in creating a unique experience was a guideline for designing the spaces. Spaces are of different colors and decorated with stylized graphic drawings derived from nature (vision), ambience music and tones taken from the nature differ from space to space (hearing) and the ventilation system is additionally equipped with a system that emanates aroma, which also alters from space to space (smell). Since the building, due to its size, significantly stands out in the surrounding, predominantly rural architecture, it is designed in a very reserved manner. The building appears almost as a fence that protects the spa complex space from a gaze from the road in front of it. The roof is planted with greenery and is available for public access. The green roof is folded and it seems to, due to the fusion of the planted areas, naturally continue into the surrounding landscape. If the building functions reserved during the day, it shows a completely different face at night when the rural environment is no longer present. Illuminated interior then flares up in all the "colors of nature." project Wellness Center Termalija type commission year 2003 status completed 2004 size 7.140 m2 budget 3.900.000 EUR client Terme Olimia location Podčetrtek Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Anže Zalaznik I Petra Ostanek I Tina Prekovič I Grega Tramte collaborators Elea iC I Proinstal I Elita IB photo Miran Kambič project Wellness Center Termalija type commission year 2003 status completed 2004 size 7.140 m2 budget 3.900.000 EUR client Terme Olimia location Podčetrtek Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Anže Zalaznik I Petra Ostanek I Tina Prekovič I Grega Tramte collaborators Elea iC I Proinstal I Elita IB photo Miran Kambič project Wellness Center Termalija type commission year 2003 status completed 2004 size 7.140 m2 budget 3.900.000 EUR client Terme Olimia location Podčetrtek Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Anže Zalaznik I Petra Ostanek I Tina Prekovič I Grega Tramte collaborators Elea iC I Proinstal I Elita IB photo Miran Kambič KRAŠKI ZIDAR New head offices of the construction company in Sežana are located on the border between the industrial and residential part of this small border town. It is a corner building on the street connecting the bus and railway station in part of the town that just became easily accessible after the construction of the new highway connection. It represents a new centre - one of the three located in linearly organized town. The building is designed as a dynamic volume, which serves as a spatial answer to the identity of this part of town. The basic design principle is manipulation of the building facade within the spatial provision tolerance. It is the pragmatic response to rigid local urban regulations, which are determining the exact volume of the building, with maximum allowed deviation of ten percent. The corner volume is wrapped into a system of horizontal facade stripes, which are locally adjusted to external and internal spatial conditions. Different requirements regarding the size of office space and the placement of external terraces determine where the facade line deviates from the construction line within the expected percentage determined by the spatial conditions. It is stretched outwards where larger offices are needed and inwards for smaller offices. Careful arrangement of offices also creates a jutting roof above the entrances and terraces in front of conference rooms and common rooms in the building. The façade is treated in one material. The stained glass is used to close the window openings and as filler for parapet and bridge elements. Dividing the facade into horizontal belts and expressive unification of different types of surfaces obliterate the floor division and the scale of the building. The corner volume becomes the connecting element in the space, which surrounds it, instead of being an independent building. The dynamic form creates numerous interesting and unexpected relations between the internal and external space and it gives character to the part of the city that it is placed in. project Kraški zidar Headquarters type invited competition first prize year 2001 status completed 2002 size 1.660 m2 budget 1.237.000 EUR client Kraški zidar location Sežana Slovenia architecture ENOTA authors Aljoša dekleva I Dean Lah I Milan Tomac co-workers Petra Ostanek, Anže Zalaznik, Blaž Razpotnik collaborators Kraski zidar I Elita ib I Instaling photo Miran Kambič NKBM The interior design project for the NKBM Bank branch utilises a territorializing system that was developed as a set of basic functional elements. They regulate the spatial ratio between customer and employee areas and provide private spaces for banking discussion. The conventional vertical screen mutated into a deformed glass shell of a complex geometry in order to provide optimal spatial ergonomics in a limited amount of space. Using a computer modeling algorithm, the geometry was triangulated in order to simplify production. Glass triangles are locally assembled with steel clips, which enable angle adjustments for individual fixation. Glass shells are a self-supporting system that doesn't require additional structure. Variable opacity is provided with a geometrical print of three different densities on the inside of the shell; organic patterns on the exterior visually unify the screen set. project NKBM Bank Branch type commission year 2001 status completed 2002 size 1.150 m2 budget 990.000 EUR client Nova KBM location Ljubljana Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Anže Zalaznik I Jure Kocuvan collaborators G-biro Gečev I Biro ES I Biro ES photo Miran Kambič LIFECLASS POOLS The refurbishment of existing Lifeclass Pools is based on two main comparative features that distinguish this location from other similar spa resorts in the region. Recent analysis has shown that the thermal water that is used in pools is pumped from 42.000 years old ancient sea that is trapped under ground. Another advantage is that although the existing pools are located in a bit darker area under the hotels they are connected to large outdoor terrace with a sea view. While solving the badly lit pools area, main room is equipped with distinct suspended ceiling, which also completely redefines the character of space. Together with reshaping the water landscape it illustrates the original location of the water under the earth and creates an attractive modern ambience reminiscent of ancient times. Same design principles are later applied also on terrace roofing, unifying both areas in a new whole. project Renovation of Lifeclass pool complex type invited cometition year 2013 status idea size 3.260 m2 client LifeClass Hotels & Spa location Portorož, Slovenia architecture ENOTA + Plusminus30 project team ENOTA (Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Polona Ruparčič I Tjaž Bauer I Goran Djokić) Plusminus30 (Barbara Debevec I Jure Melon I Lara Melon I Bernard Podboj) NOVO MESTO CENTRAL MARKET The backbone of the new central market is formed by the covered Market Street, which lies on the level of main city square and connects the two spots closest to it on both access streets. The programme of the new central market is thus divided into two floors, one on the level of main square and the other on the level of Florjanov Square on the other side of the city block. The lower floor is partially dug in and features indoor trading and service surfaces, while the upper floor is intended for the covered market and opens to all sides. Since the level of the new covered street is level with main square, it is possible to connect the two in the future by means of the programme within the city block. By establishing the connection through the arcade on the ground floor, the currently neglected and poorly accessible basement surfaces inside the city block become interesting for public or commercial programme. Above the terrain, the uniform building volume terminates the city block. In doing so, it also clearly delineates the edge of Florjanov Square, thus restoring its former character. The curved longer side of the new building connects the spatially shifted lines of the surrounding buildings in a simple manner. At the same time, its arching enables the widening of the existing bottleneck and an unobstructed flow of traffic across the square. The building elements reference the immediate surroundings - the roof is multi-gabled, and the facade is designed with arched elements whose design ties the new building together with the layout of main city square. With such a facade in the direction of Florjanov Square, the market functions as a town loggia and, together with the square, forms a distinctive new city space. The arch, which is transferred from the facade also to the interior, acts also as the main construction element; its slender construction enables the rational creation of a singular covered space and at the same time produces an interesting interplay of light and shadows on the interior surfaces.The walls are made of monolithic polished and impregnated concrete, which ensures bearing capacity and protection against humidity and precipitation in a single layer. project Novo Mesto Central Market type invited competition year 2012 status idea size 1.644 m2 client Novo Mesto Municipality location Novo Mesto Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Andrej Oblak I Alja Černe I Tjaž Bauer I Polona Ruparčič I Karmen Bovha I Nebojša Vertovšek project Novo Mesto Central Market type invited competition year 2012 status idea size 1.644 m2 client Novo Mesto Municipality location Novo Mesto Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Andrej Oblak I Alja Černe I Tjaž Bauer I Polona Ruparčič I Karmen Bovha I Nebojša Vertovšek ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTER project Ljubljana Islamic Religious and Cultural Center type open anonymous competition year 2011 status idea size 24.630 m2 client Islamic Community in the Republic of Slovenia location Ljubljana Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Alja Černe I Polona Ruparčič I Nebojša Vertovšek I Andrej Oblak I Karmen Bovha VRUNČEVA Residential complex Vrunčeva introduces a new typology of the city block unit. The modification of the block unit as laid out by the zoning legislation is the result of finding a direct answer to the spatial challenges of the site and ensuring high-quality habitation combined with excellent flexibility and energy efficiency for the building. The building is designed as a kind of hybrid of the classical block unit development and terraced structures characteristic of more open, suburban spaces. On the ground floor, the building is clearly defined and follows the prospective line of city development. There it hosts the public programme, which is directly accessible along the entire perimeter of the building and opens onto the surrounding streets. The terraced coiling structure envelops the raised inner court intended for semi-public content. The court is organised with another floor and functions as a common park surface for the residents. The difference in the characters of this semi-public space and that facing the streets is reflected also in the use of materials. The street-side facade is slightly stricter, made of more subdued materials and clearly structured, while the inner facade is softer, warmer, and animated. Due to its distinctive cuboid design, the appearance of the building changes dramatically with different views, each time adapting to the surrounding structure. By the intersection, where the building is at its tallest, it references the built masses of the neighbouring high-rises, while at the back, where it is lower, it establishes a relation with the similarly lower developments nearby. The apartments on the upper floors are designed as an adaptable modular system of small and mid-sized residential units, which may be freely joined into larger apartments both horizontally and vertically. Due their innovative volumetric design, most apartments have large planted terraces, while all of them feature covered recessed balconies facing the quiet central court. All apartments have double orientation and offer long open views and good natural lighting and ventilation. project Vrunčeva Residential Building type invited competition year 2011 status idea size 17.470 m2 client Factor IN location Celje Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Andrej Oblak I Alja Černe I Polona Ruparčič I Nebojša Vertovšek PTUJ ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM The mediaeval Ptuj stretches between the monastery of the Conventual Franciscans in the east, the castle in the north, and the Dominican monastery in the west. Today, the edge of the old town is preserved in the south by the Drava river and in the north, where the castle hill is not built, while in the east, it gets lost in the later development. On the eastern side, this border, logically represented in nature by the course of the mediaeval city walls, is almost completely lined with a belt of greenery, which represents a welcome caesura between the historical town and the contemporary development. The green belt is interrupted only on the site of the planned museum of archaeology, by the only main access road into the town from the northwestern side. The new building is designed so as to fill the gap in the natural edge of the town and recreate the green belt along the entire northern edge of the town. The establishment of the contiguous green belt articulates the transition from the old town core by creating a clear divide between the historical and the later urban structure. Consequently the building of the museum of archaeology is placed on the very edge of the former mediaeval city walls and is dug in as much as the conditions permit it. In order to recreate the town's green belt, the roof is fully greened. The organic, bowl-shaped roof allows the green surface to be seen from all directions and renders it comparable with the rest of the green surfaces. Though the "slit" between the surrounding terrain and the edge of the "floating green roof", the passers-by enjoy a direct view of the archaeological collection while the interior is supplied with natural clerestory lighting. By lowering the facility in to the ground a view of the recently renovated complex of the Dominican monastery opens over the new building from the north side, allowing the monastery to re-assume its role as the city's dominant. The recreation of the monastery's north courtyard with its original outline further returns the monastery to its former spatial boundaries. By the monastery, the edges of new Archeological Museum rise to the exact height of the erstwhile walls, thus restablishing historical relations in the space. project Ptuj Archaeological Museum type commission year 2011 status in progress size 6.580 m2 client Municipality of Ptuj location Ptuj Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Alja Černe I Nebojša Vertovšek I Andrej Oblak I Polona Ruparčič I Karmen Bovha I Maruša Zupančič I Nuša Završnik Šilec TERME OLIMIA KRANJSKA GORA Kranjska Gora is a well-known ski resort town. It lies on a plain by the source of river and is encircled by a picturesque mountain landscape. The town has ample visitor accommodation but lacks indoor activities that are not weatherdependent. A wellness spa is a welcome secondary tourist feature to complement the basic attractions of the high seasons and can even serve as one of the main programmes, extending the tourist season over the entire year. The location of the new spa is in the very centre of Kranjska Gora, on the site of a disused railway station. The building is located by the municipal hall and the primary school, which are encircled by residential buildings of smaller volumes. Due to its distinctive and extensive programme, the building of the wellness spa references the mass of the larger public buildings nearby. Its appearance accommodates local building characteristics, thereby maintaining the town's unified look. Owing to consistent use of typical regional construction elements, the town of Kranjska Gora exhibits a surprising unity of style despite its considerable expansion in recent years. The two key defining regional characteristics are the Alpine gable roof with a steep pitch and the simple elongated building mass. Due to its dominating surface, the roof is in effect the only facade of the new spa building. The wooden roof elements covering the vertical glass facade blend the building with its surroundings and simultaneously direct the interior views at the picturesque surroundings. The programme needed for efficient operation of the thermal centre is too extensive for the scale of the surroundings. Consequently, approximately half of the building's surfaces had to be placed below ground level. In order to conduct natural lighting to the program surfaces located in this part of the building, incisions are made in the soil, which at the same time allows for the security fence around the exterior swimming pool to be considerably lower and not obstruct the view of the passers-by. Two expanded incisions house the access points for pedestrians and cars. project Terme Olimia Kranjska Gora Spa type commission year 2011 status in progress size 12.200 m2 client Terme Olimia location Kranjska Gora Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Polona Ruparčič I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Nebojša Vertovšek I Alja Černe I Andrej Oblak PEGAN PETKOVŠEK The National Gymnastics Centre Pegan Petkovšek is part of the comprehensive renovation of Svoboda Sports Park in Ljubljana. It is the first of the three sports halls that are to be built on the western edge of a belt between an access street on one side and a large greened park layout with sports grounds on the other. The National Gymnastics Centre is designed primarily as a training facility where athletes will spend a lot of time. The central guideline was thus to design a building with plenty of natural light which would appeal to its users and inspire in them a feeling of direct connection with sport at all times. The key element of the functional design is a branching central communication linking all the programmes so as to provide uninterrupted views onto the training grounds. The views on sport stay with the users not only along the primary communication but also from the offices, the shared spaces of the sports hotel, the shop, the restaurant, and other spaces. With its branching shape and recognisable colour, the central communication is also the main styling element of the interior; in fact, it actually continuously extends from the exterior since the entry platform in front of the building also features as its constituent part. The building of the Gymnastics Centre is designed as a compact volume housing two larger halls, one considerably lower than the other, placed next to each other. The rest of the stipulated programme is placed along the eastern side bordering on the park, and into the space above the lower of the two halls. The perimeter walls are designed as a light steel construction allow ample light to pass through. The walls of the programmes placed above the halls are of similar design. On the roof, the linear design of the programmes allows their perimeter walls to be used as wall beams with large static height; as a result, no additional construction is needed to bridge the relatively large span of the hall. The building is clad in a varied facade membrane made of expanded sheet metal painted in strong colours. The seemingly complex but technologically simple facade wrapping entwined with an intense interplay of light and shadows gives the building a recognisable and lightweight expression and suits the character of the content that it houses. project Pegan Petkovšek Gymnastics Centre type invited competition year 2011 status idea size 6.470 m2 client Gimnastična zveza Slovenije location Ljubljana Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Alja Černe I Andrej Oblak I Polona Ruparčič I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Nebojša Vertovšek project Pegan Petkovšek Gymnastics Centre type invited competition year 2011 status idea size 6.470 m2 client Gimnastična zveza Slovenije location Ljubljana Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Alja Černe I Andrej Oblak I Polona Ruparčič I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Nebojša Vertovšek MIVKA The hotel is located on a relatively large area in the middle of a forest. It represents a peaceful oasis, which is still close to the concentrated tourist offering found nearby. The principal guideline for the design of the hotel was thus providing a perfect natural experience. The guest choosing this resort for their destination is given a sensation of total connection with nature that surrounds them. And what is needed for such 100% natural experience? 100% view on nature; A perfect view on nature means a view of nothing but nature. If it is self-understood that the users of the hotel shouldn't be able to see a main road near the resort, it is crucial for them not to see the access road to the hotel itself, either. It is important that, there is an unobstructed view on nature also from each programme cluster available for use by the guests without them also seeing the users of other programmes. 100% natural lighting; when ensuring a perfect contact with nature, it is not only important how the users see the nature from the interior spaces outwards but obviously also how the nature penetrates the spaces from outside. In this regard, the most important natural influence is quality daytime lighting. The requirement is thus ample natural lighting in all spaces intended for the guests, including the communications. 100% sense of privacy; The feeling of being connected with nature is one's intimate relationship. In order to nurture it, a great measure of privacy needs to be provided to the guests. The large mass of the building is broken up into smaller sections with the users never seeing more than one or two sections at any one time due to their curved shape. 100% natural appearance; Not lastly, the appearance of the building itself is important in stimulating the natural experience. The building has to blend with the environment in which it is placed. This is ensured by the organic design and consistent use of natural materials. The use of unprotected timber on the facade in particular holds a direct dialogue with the forest that surrounds the hotel. The vertical timber elements give emphasis to the curved lines of the principal volume, prevent views from the side, and act as a connecting element of sorts between the intimacy of the interior space and the warmth of the nature that enfolds it. project Mivka Hotel Resort type invited competition year 2010 status idea size 17.690 m2 client Michaeler & Partner location Bled Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Alja Černe I Maruša Zupančič I Andrej Oblak I Nebojša Vertovšek I Polona Ruparčič project Mivka Hotel Resort type invited competition year 2010 status idea size 17.690 m2 client Michaeler & Partner location Bled Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Alja Černe I Maruša Zupančič I Andrej Oblak I Nebojša Vertovšek I Polona Ruparčič HERMAN’S SQUARE The new business residential building is located at an important location in the old city centre in Celje. The land intended for construction is a part of a larger degraded non-built up area, which was somewhat forgotten for decades and exempt from the development of the city. Through the years a very heterogeneous structure evolved around this "wound" in the urban tissue, which was untouched for a long time. Even though according to urban regulations, the location is a part of the narrow city centre, it is not directly adjacent to any historical buildings. In the north and east it is adjacent to a modern city block construction, on the northwest it is adjacent to a very high residential building in regard to scale of the city and in the south to a low-rise construction with residential villas and freestanding multi-residential buildings. In the west the area is attached to a large park and in the southeast extensive open space, which is also intended for a park in the future, connects it with the area along the Savinja River. Therefore the volumetric design of the new building is not so much related to searching for a connection with the historical city centre but to reconnect the exceptionally heterogeneous construction of the area into a logical whole. The starting volume of the new building is determined in three steps. The lower floors, set up along the edges of the lot, epitomize the height of the freestanding residential buildings in the south. Together with the public program of the existing city block buildings they embrace the central area and form a new city square. The fitting for the city block at the treated location is formed by the existing buildings in the north-eastern part of the lot, while the central part of the new building on the western side of the lot rounds up the block with equally high building volume. The tallest point of the new building in Herman's square relates to the height of the existing residential high-rise, which is located along the road in the north-western edge of the lot. The position of the building next to large opened park surfaces enables equal opening of the facades and lengthy quality views along the whole building envelope. The architectural design with circumferential balconies descends towards the south in the form of terraces and this blurs the sharp transition between the starting volumes. project Herman’s Square Office and Residential Building type invited competition, first prize year 2010 status in progress size 22.600 m2 client Hermanov trg location Celje Slovenia architecture Arhimetrics + ENOTA project team Arhimetrics (Darko Vasiljević I Janez Turk I Tanja Špan) Enota (Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Nebojša Vertovšek I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Alja Černe I Polona Ruparčič) project Herman’s Square Office and Residential Building type invited competition, first prize year 2010 status in progress size 22.600 m2 client Hermanov trg location Celje Slovenia architecture Arhimetrics + ENOTA project team Arhimetrics (Darko Vasiljević I Janez Turk I Tanja Špan) Enota (Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Nebojša Vertovšek I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Alja Černe I Polona Ruparčič) VELENJE SPORTS PARK The area of the new Velenje sports park lies on a very important location between the City Park and the lake. Lake area is already a popular recreation point of citizens and it also offers great scenery with lake, extensive greenery and beautiful hills behind. Velenje Sports Park is therefore designed as an open uniform surface, accessible as much as possible to the townspeople and other visitors. Throughout the new sports park, the great number of major sports facilities and outdoor sports areas are planned. Thus big objects designed for competitive sports events also take a lot of space. Despite the fact that most of the time, training and recreation take place on them and therefore the sport surfaces could be freely seen, usually they are closed to the outside views because of the small fraction of operating time, when tickets are sold for the events. Visual link of visitors with sport fields at no-game time increases a feeling of spaciousness of the area. Constant contact with the action on the playing grounds contributes to the attractiveness of the area and lift enthusiasm for the sport, because it brings it closer to bigger amount of people. The establishment of open views to the playing areas during no-match time, was therefore one of the primary goals in designing architectural solutions for the area. Setting the roofed stands on the outer edges, creates large arena with a lower middle field on which the visitors can walk in no-match time and from which they have unobstructed views of the stadiums. During the events, the main promenade of course closes. That is achieved through access control placed on narrow spots on access roots to elevated central square. In such spatial organization no additional fences are required as this role is played by level differences between the programs and stands alone. With new Sports Park the city is not gaining only contemporary sports facilities intended for professional sport events at the highest level, but also a new urban area, which offers a number of opportunities for active leisure and connects city center with until now somewhat truncated lake area. project Velenje Sports Park type open anonymous competition first prize year 2010 status in progress size 29.300 m2 client Municipality of Velenje location Velenje Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Alja Černe I Polona Ruparčič I Nebojša Vertovšek I Andrej Oblak I Petra Ostanek I Maruša Zupančič LOTUS TOWERS The carrying quality of the building site is no doubt the new city park. As it is evident from related cases around the world, apartment buildings in this type of location with apartments overlooking the park are especially wanted, since the park greatly increases the quality of living by creating a mild microclimate. Thus building is not divided into primary and secondary apartments but they all have a direct view of the park. In order to achieve the uninterrupted view of the park, the apartments were laid out in the split lamella, that is 60 meters high, which is the maximum height allowed according to the urban regulations and 15 meters wide, which is the maximum depth that allows good lighting for the double-sided oriented apartments. Splitting the lamella in two parts allows sunlight that falls to resident’s wellness area placed on the roof of public program volume, to be equally distributed between the morning and the afternoon. Double-sided orientation of apartments is very important in providing an effective sustainable scheme. Due to the specifics regarding use, it is more difficult to subject the apartments to technological control of energy efficiency than the public program. One of the more important conditions for achieving high sustainable performance is good natural ventilation, which is achieved easiest by having double sided apartments for cross ventilation. The double-sided orientation of the apartment buildings also allows views for the residents on all sides, long and open internal views and creates a greater sense of spaciousness. The volume of the public program below is also designed to be in constant connection to the park. The inclination of outer walls of entire lower volume creates jutting roof over the entrances around entire edge of the building. At the same time people do not have the sense that they are standing under a roof due to the height of the edge of the flange. Cutting and opening the volume further inside allows for daylight to enter deep into the facility and opens a path for natural ventilation also on the ground floor of the public program. The incision system is designed in such a way so that the natural light penetrates throughout the entire depth of the public program volume. The ground floor of the building becomes a kind of opened covered plaza with entrances to diverse public program. A new city loggia. project Lotus Towers Housing type invited competition second prize year 2010 status idea size 64.100 m2 client S. T. Hammer location Ljubljana Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Alja Černe I Petra Ostanek I Maruša Zupančič I Nebojša Vertovšek I Polona Ruparčič I Andrej Oblak collaborators En Plus HOTEL RIBNO The existing Hotel Ribno building appears as somewhat of a “mountain lodge” at the edge of the forest. With its tranquil terrace it lies firmly in the consciousness of its guests and the neighboring inhabitants. The hotel expansion is thus planned as a separated object and is moved away from the cliff to preserve the spatial quality the terrace currently offers to hotel guests. Regardless of the shift away from the current building, placing another classically conceived object alongside the existing one would greatly diminish the feeling of openness that exists today. With additional transformations of the building volume, allowing it to somehow twist into the forest behind, the hotel room openings turn away from areas currently in use. This architectural intervention ensures privacy for both the guests of the new building and of the existing building, as well as breaking visual connection between the users of both buildings. While above ground the two buildings are completely separated, they are fully united underground. The level differences are used to place a wellness center, double height congress center, parking and many services of the new construction underground. At the point where the plot ends the underground level opens up, providing daylight and creating a space for covered terraces. In order to merge with its environment, the building’s appearance leans on well-known local design elements and materials. Due to its size the hotel’s volume is fragmented into smaller pointed segments that are inspired by the natural shape of the coniferous trees that surround the entire site. Shingles, typical roofing in the Upper Carniola region throughout its entire history, are used for cladding, while the fences and visual blocks on the balconies derive from slightly modified partial divisions known from the traditional Slovene hayracks. Despite innovative and highly unique design of the building use of known forms and materials adds to a feeling of warmth and cosiness. project Hotel Ribno type commission year 2009 status on hold size 10.200 m2 client Condor Real location Bled Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Nuša Završnik I Nebojša Vertovšek I Polona Ruparčič I Andrej Oblak I Marko Volf TUZLA TECHNOLOGY PARK The business facility of the new Tuzla technology park is situated at a very important town location. It redefines the main city square as it fills the last gap in the surrounding building line . Actually, we are speaking of a square in a square, as the smaller old town square with the mosque is somehow inserted into the new square. The old square mosque is facing the town hall dominating the bigger square. The Municipality wishes to make the Technology Park building a recognizable new landmark, being a harbinger of changes and new development after many years of stagnation resulting from the war upon the dissolution of Yugoslavia. At this location, consequently, the existing town-planning acts envisage a facility with a pronounced business tower, much higher than the other buildings in the surrounding area. This would round up the square, however, it would give it new emphasis in terms of the height, which would completely change the square’s historical orientation and overshadow the low-built structure of the old square with an elegant minaret in the middle. The suggested new building of the Tuzla technology park is therefore not emphasized on the side facing the square but the volume rather fills the gap in the building tissue. The height of the building flange changes and connects the higher flanges of the surrounding buildings in the new part of the square with the lower flanges of the old part. The new facility rises into height only on the backside, opposite from the main square. This side of the facility faces the central town parking area that is directly connected to the town bypass. This is exactly where most people arriving to the town by car start their visit. The technology park facility, together with another new facility on the other side of the access way to the square, therefore forms a new town gate. project Tuzla Technology Park type commission year 2009 status idea size 6.100 m2 client Tehnološki park Tuzla location Tuzla Bosnia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Polona Ruparčič I Tomi Maslovarić I Nuša Završnik I Nebojša Vertovšek PODJUNSKA The Podjunska residential house is located in a quiet urban area of individual houses. It is situated on a corner inbound plot; two sides opening toward the street, the other two to the neighboring buildings. The location itself does not provide direct links to high quality urban ambiances, but rather opens up to the north towards the beautiful views of the Kamnik Alps. Despite of the location, which at first sight does not seem suitable, it was the owner’s desire to live in an open, airy, yet intimate residential space, which stretches out and connects with the outside space to its fullest. The ground floor contains the living part of a larger residential unit and is thus fully open; giving the users the impression that it is covering all the available plot area. The circumferential wall of the plot that stops our view from the inside is raised above the eyes of the passers-by. Simultaneously, all the required service functions are embedded in the thickened wall (entrance, toilets, stairs, garbage, garden arbor... ) and are, when using the open plan of the house, completely undetectable and do constitute additional barriers. Circumferential wall in combination with the communication core represent also the basic structural frame and supports the entire floors' program. Removal of all support elements evokes a feeling of the building mass floating in space. Thus, the closed part with sleeping areas becomes a roof over living in an open space in constant contact with nature. The volume of the upper two floors floats just over two meters above the surrounding terrain, giving enough light to the roofed terraces. The interior of the living space opens up upwards and the ceiling mounts to three, sometimes up to six meters in height. A rather low transition between the outer and inner space and the wooden paneling of the empty spaces above the residential areas, gives the feeling of warmth and safe refuge in spite of ultimate openness and integration of the living spaces with the outside. The two upper floors are sealed with perforated and ornamented panels, which at the same time provide shading of the building and preventing passers-by to see the interior. Carefully selected size of the pattern on the other hand enables the views from the insight to smoothly pass through the panels. project Podjunska House type invited competition first prize year 2009 status on hold size 610 m2 client private location Ljubljana Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Anna Kravcova I Nuša Završnik I Nebojša Vertovšek I Polona Ruparčič I Tomi Maslovarić I Maruša Zupančič VILA PREŠEREN project Vila Prešeren type commission year 2009 status on hold size 1.170 m2 client Condor Real location Bled Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Marko Volf I Nebojša Vertovšek DELAMARIS The hotel and supported housing of the Delamaris tourist accommodation complex occupy the former industrial area in direct proximity to the old Izola city center. The area is very big and comprises almost a third of the historical core. It’s certainly of a size that can completely change the character of this picturesque town in the Slovenian Istria. How do we even undertake such an encroachment upon the delicate soul of the town? The town definitely cannot be continued with copying the old historical construction patterns, as these originated through a long period of time and are marked with the contribution of many builders, technologies and historical circumstances. However, it is important to figure out and take into consideration the main characteristics of a Mediterranean town and to a certain degree to also seek a connection with the use of traditional materials used in the Istrian architecture. The basic characteristics of a Mediterranean town are dense construction, narrow streets and relatively high buildings. Due to mild climate the public life takes place out in the open and because the narrow streets are not suitable for this, they expand into several squares. Although it is the supported tourist complex by its content, the area of Delamaris is designed as an open space with intertwined streets and squares and therefore in content as well as regarding the height of the buildings, forms the logical continuation and enrichment of the old town core’s programme. The basic typological unit is »cluster«. A square-shaped construction which is designed so that narrow living units are organized vertically and lined up in a row with individual access directly from the street. A funnel-shaped atrium on the inside enables good lighting of the double-sided apartments and placement of content which are not typical for the historical sole of the town, but the modern way of living needs them and requires them to be. In places where buildings retract to the external area the squares are formed along which there is the concentration of urban public programme. Organized at two levels, it enables the orientation of the programme either on the upper open space or on the lower covered "corso", which connects the area when weather conditions don't allow full use of the external open areas. project Delamaris Hotel Village type invited competition year 2009 status on hold size 125.000 m2 client Vegrad location Izola, Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Maruša Zupančič I Nuša Završnik I Anna Kravcova I Tomi Maslovarić I Polona Ruparčič I Sabina Sakelšek I Marko Volf I Tjaša Marinšek I Nebojša Vertovšek GAJA Gaja thermal spa resort is a health and wellness tourist complex with four quality stars. The constructed complex includes a hotel, clustered apartment area and an area with luxurious apartments on water with all necessary infrastructure and additional activities. The thermal complex is located in a small forest with buildings located between three lakes and is completely protected from any outside influences. The design of the complex is based on the patterns from the neighbouring natural and constructed landscape. The public part of the program that very extensive and some of it calls for large internal spaces is designed as an extension of the neighbouring topography. Continuous rounded green roof surfaces search for a connection with the surrounding hilly landscape. The public program of natural lines logically glides over roofed terraces in to the system of walking paths that connect all three lakes and criss cross the surrounding park. The design of residential facility is based on the neighbouring rural architecture, even though it deviates in size significantly. This applies particularly for the hotel, which differs in size reasonably also from the apartment units. The smallest volume available was selected as a basic construction element in other to unify the expressiveness of the residential area in the design sense - luxurious apartments that are constructed above the water surface of the lake. Clustered regular apartments and especially the large volume of hotel rooms are visually divided into several smaller segments that are then again unified in a whole. The size of an individual segment of this kind of design is close to the size of the basic construction element. The instrument for visual separation of the big, uniform building masses is the reinterpretation of traditional pitched roofs through simple modification of the top section of the facade. The touch of locality is present through the use of traditional, natural materials, despite the modern design. project Gaja Spa Resort type commission year 2008 status on hold size 31.100 m2 client Vegrad location Janežovci Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Polona Ruparčič I Tomi Maslovarić I Nuša Završnik I Anna Kravcova I Marko Volf I Sabina Sakelšek I Maruša Zupančič I Nebojša Vertovšek MAGNOLIA TOWER Our submission for the Deluxe Serviced Apartment Tower in Burj Dubai district was shaped by the ambition and inclination of the developer, Damac Properties, to erect a unique residential building in the rapidly developing area by the Burj Dubai tower. The building would be distinguished by its architectural design and image; at the same time, it would serve as a model of a functioning and energy-efficient residential building at the beginning of the 21st century. The tower's orientation at the given site allows the apartments to provide a view of the Burj Dubai tower from the exterior surfaces of the balconies and terraces. At the same time, such orientation is favourable since it allows the tower's perimeter to open and extend towards the north and north-west, i.e. in the direction of the Burj Dubai tower. On the basis of these postulates and the modularity of trapezoid residential units, a typical tower floor is designed. The result is a characteristic organic, blossom-like shape of a typical residential floor. The smaller apartments and those that may be combined are positioned on the northern and north-western side, and there are two larger apartments on the eastern and western side. The shape and the recognisable silhouette of the tower are determined both by the orientation of the residential units towards the Burj Dubai tower, and the solutions for the weather conditions. The tower is fully wrapped in a membrane that opens towards the north, where there are balconies looking over at Burj Dubai, and closes towards the south, where the risk of overheating is the biggest. The membrane made of prefabricated panels wraps itself around the tower, both on the podium and on the residential floors. The tower's shape and the ondulating membrane give the tower an iconic character, both from the distance and close up. The apartments in the tower are made up from hexagonal units that are assembled so as to provide maximum convenience and living comfort, as well as to ensure flexibility within the units and the possibility of combining them. project Magnolia Tower type invited competition year 2008 status idea size 67.900 m2 client Damac Properties location Dubai United Arab Emirates architecture SADAR+VUGA I ENOTA project team SADAR+VUGA (Jurij Sadar I Boštjan Vuga I Vanja Bazdulj) ENOTA (Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Nuša Završnik I Marko Volf I Nebojša Vertovšek) DRAVSKA VRATA Dravska vrata or the Drava gates are a large real-estate project that anticipates the expansion of the city of Maribor across the river Drava to what is currently more or less degraded, oblong area surrounded by railway, shopping malls and industrial zone on one side and peripheral rods with residential areas on the other. The shorter side of the area is touching the riverbank and offers a veduta across the spacious, opened river space to the city centre with the hills in the background. The program task of the project anticipates a new city neighbourhood with almost 200.000 m2 of usable surfaces. Two thirds are intended for apartments, while the remaining area would be used for accompanying activities, such as kindergartens, libraries, stores and sports recreational facilities, as well as other business buildings, galleries, hotel and congress activities. Construction of the business part of the project in the location with pronounced boundaries would be constructed in a single phase, while the residential areas would be added gradually. Positioning of the highest buildings and unification of all non-residential parts of the areas is anticipated for the northern part of the area. This is the best location because of the sun exposure and because of the emptiness of the river area that allows higher constructions. The public program is joined under the residential blocks and is gradually sweeping towards the south forming green terraces. The typology changes towards the south to number of lower, multi-apartment blocks, joined in clusters. All apartments in such a group have direct access to semi-public green surfaces intended for its residents. Individual clusters are connected with a park structure that extend throughout the area and even reaches the higher floors of the public program through green terraces. All the traffic is organized under the terrain and emphasizes the neighbourhoods green character. Despite the height of the buildings on the north and high density of built areas, we can refer to this project as a green oasis in the middle of the city, with a high level of individuality and perfectly adapted to human scale. project Dravska Vrata Housing type invited cometition year 2008 status idea size 180.600 m2 client Ceref location Maribor Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Maruša Zupančič I Polona Ruparčič I Sabina Sakelšek, Nuša Završnik I Tjaša Marinšek I Tomi Maslovarić I Marko Volf I Darja Zubac I Esta Matković I Nebojša Vertovšek MOND project Mond Hotel type invited competition year 2008 status idea size 9.450 m2 client Hit location Šentilj Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Sabina Sakelšek I Polona Ruparčič I Darja Zubac I Nebojša Vertovšek MOBITEL The Mobitel building is the new head office of the Slovenian provider of mobile telephony in Ljubljana. Six different departments will move into the building, with the new regional sale centre located in the ground floor. Each business department is functionally and spatially organized as a completely separate unit. Because of different office space requirements, the volumes are designed as independent units in one, two, three or four stories. The volume of each department is located one above the other and is functionally connected with vertical communications, as well as visually through the central internal atrium of the building. Even though the volumes are stacked, the indentations created by shifting the volumes allow setting up of large opened terraces enabling each department to have direct contact with outside. The interior of each department is designed as a closed unit around a central opened atrium. The offices located along the perimeter are opened towards the outside and towards the central area. Individual workspace thus becomes a part of the wider working environment, which offers interactivity, as well as better and more quality work efficiency. The concept of an office as a part of the wider work environment is further enhanced by designing the space into a heterogeneous environment, which caters to all the different situations that appear during the work process. Conference room for work meetings, visitors areas, areas for informal meeting between the employees, rest areas and similar are located in the central atrium. From the central area of each department access to opened exterior green terrace is enabled, while the building also has access to green winter gardens. It is important for the head offices of a company to appear unified on the outside, despite the organizational separation of the business building into individual sections. Distinctive and recognizable appearance of a business building, which is created by shifting volumes of individual sections, is once again unified through crosswise intertwined vertical panels that cover the whole facade. project Mobitel Headquarters type invited competition year 2007 status idea size 28.800 m2 client Mobitel location Ljubljana Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Maruša Zupančič I Nuša Završnik I Polona Ruparčič I Telma Margarida Dias I Nebojša vertovšek BELI KRIŽ Beli križ is a tourist residential area in Portorož at the Slovenian coast. It is located on the southern slope at the top of a rounded hill with a beautiful view of the Piran bay. The area is surrounded by apartments and individual houses of average quality, while a family house located in the middle of the treated area represents a significant disturbance, since it divides the area to the upper section that is of lower quality and higher quality bottom section. The investor anticipated a construction of an apartment block in the upper part of the area, while the bottom section would be divided into twelve smaller lots for construction of individual tourist facilities. The architectural solution suggests somewhat different scheme for division of the area and especially different typology. Condominiums with different character would be built in the area, which was originally intended for construction of the apartment building, as well as in the area intended for the individual construction. The condominium brings together the positive characteristics of both before mentioned typologies and is especially suitable for tourist facilities, which are not permanently occupied. It allows dense construction and at the same time enables large well-maintained common areas. The apartment block located in the top section is designed as a collection of individual residential units, which are placed one atop of the other. Each apartment has its own separate external entrance through common green terraced surfaces. This vertical garden offers a pleasant approach to the apartments, better microclimate and it gives the building a sustainable expression. Individual residential volumes are shifted and designed in a way that prevents views on other residential units. Larger individual buildings in the lower section are organized as terraces and are stacked one above the other. External living and green areas extend to the roof of the building below. This increases the utility rate of the area, since this limited area is used twice. The number of buildings in the same area can be increased despite introduction of luxurious external surfaces. Individual buildings are separated by maintained park surface, which prevents views from the higher terrace to the lower terrace owned by someone else. project Beli Križ Housing type invited cometition year 2007 status finished size 11.000 m2 client GPG location Beli Križ, Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I David Kozamernik I Telma Margarida Dias I Maruša Zupančič I Marko Volf I Zana Starovič I Polona Ruparčič I Nebojša Vertovšek RIBENSKA II The complex of fourteen residential units by Ribenska road is the second project we designed for the same investor by this street in Bled. The anticipated residential block forms a larger volume, which significantly deviates from the neighbouring built structures in size. Despite the expected obvious disproportion between the building's volume and the scale of surrounding area, the prescribed regulations are generic and call for use of design elements taken from the characteristic simple rural houses from the previous centuries. Unsuitable regulations thus served as a good encouragement for the search of a new typology, which would come close to the conditions in the environment it is located in. The answer is a residential condominium with common internal courtyard, which is restricted by two rows of lower residential units connected through common underground garage and services. This kind of typological solution is more suitable than the suggested residential block due to the relationship of the volumes in the environment and the specific use of the residential units. Namely, Bled is a highly touristic town and it can be expected that a great number of residential units will become holiday homes and will not be permanently occupied. The maintained and monitored common surface provides better security when these residential units are empty. At the same time, the suggested form of living, with establishing maintained common areas, brings together the advantages of single-family houses and the comfort of living in multi-apartment building. The central area of the condominium is a spacious internal atrium paved with teak wood. It is intended for meeting and socialising among the residents, who can access their apartments from there. Three Japanese cheery trees give special character to the opened, diverse area, since they change their appearance and the appearance of the atrium through the seasons. The external appearance of the residential units looks up to the elements from the traditional local architecture. Consideration for historical patterns is supplemented with modern design approaches, while the reinterpretation of historical shapes is the direct result of adapting the building envelope to the internal space disposition. project Ribenska II Housing type commission year 2007 status in progress size 3.350 m2 budget 2.500.000 EUR client Condor Real location Bled Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Polona Ruparčič I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Andrej Oblak I Nebojša Vertovšek I Zana Volk Starovič RIBENSKA I Spatial regulations for designing buildings in Slovenia often originate from recapitulating of design characteristics of simple rural buildings from the previous centuries. While the purpose of establishing this kind of regulations is protection of architectural landscape, it is also limiting the buildings that differ from the traditional rural architecture in size or content. As a paradox, blind and un-critical adherence to this kind of regulations only leads to destruction and devaluation of the space instead of preserving and improving it. Large building masses that try to meet the obligatory design elements seem awkward and discordant. They are clumsy augmentations that destroy the scale of the surroundings and do not have much in common with subtle interventions into the local environment. The location of the building by the Ribenska cesta in Bled is also subjected to thin kind of spatial regulations. The residential building with eight middle-sized apartments is located by the Ribenska cesta in Bled. It is significantly larger than any of the traditional buildings in the area, but the designing regulations remain the same and town planners remain firm. The incline of the roof, the ratio of the sides, the high of the cornice and ridge are determined very precisely. The rules demand unified big volume covered with extremely large pitched roof. So large, it could not be blended with the historical surroundings. In order to reduce the anticipated building mass, the monolith is rather visually separated into three volumes. Each volume is designed according to the prescribed inclines and roof heights, but since individual parts of the building are treated as independent units, the directionality of the roofs is not uniform. The combination of directionalities allows large terraces to be placed on the top floor, which are not visible from the outside. The two storey apartments below are connected with internal staircases through which also natural light is seeped into the building. The playful composition of large window openings joined into individual groups increase the optical division of the building into three sections. The building is unified again by the facade made from raw wood, which matches the material of the indigenous architecture. project Ribenska I Housing type commission year 2007 status in progress size 2.000 m2 client Condor Real location Bled Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Polona Ruparčič I Nuša Završnik Šilec I Andrej Oblak I Tomislav Maslovarić I Anna Kravcova I Nebojša Vertovšek I Zana Volk Starovič I Telma Margarida Dias I Marko Volf I Alja Černe I Maruša Zupančič I Dean Jukić I Darja Zubac VILA VIKTORIJA Villa Viktorija is a villa from the beginning of the last century that is located on the shore of the Lake Bled. It is surrounded by tall trees, remnants of a beautiful park that once surrounded it. It is one of many villas with park situated by the lake that were built in the last century. This beautiful building was long forgotten and perishing for quite some time but now it finally has a new owner who wants to, in accordance with valid spatial planning documents, change it into a hotel. Since the building is far too small for such purpose, it measures only eight hundred square meters; it is necessary to, for the purpose of economic viability of the project, enlarge it significantly. Calculations indicate that, for successful business performance, an additional six thousand square meters are required! And how to add so much new built surfaces? The existing villa is under monumental protection as well as the existing vegetation and the lakeshore. Even if it were not completely prohibited, all additions of this size would completely destroy the quality of space around the villa and the space by the lake as well. In fact, it seems that it is necessary to, in order to preserve the character of space, give up any extension of the existing structure. The whole program for the new hotel is therefore placed under the existing ground level. It is distributed between three underground floors, the first covers all accommodation facilities and facilities intended for guests, while the bottom two are intended for service areas and parking lots. There are three larger apartments designed in the existing villa.The upper floor is interwoven with the system of notches in the terrain, allowing guests an unobstructed view outside, while, passers-by strolling by the lakeshore cannot see inside the hotel. All underground areas intended for the guests have direct contact with the exterior as well as access to open terraces. Placement of the program under the ground allows conversion of once rich private villa into a luxury hotel as well as its revitalization without compromising the quality of space. Rather the opposite. As new, added areas do not look as an object from the outside, but as a landscape arrangement, we may, once again, after many years, refer to it as to a villa in the park. project Vila Viktorija Hotel type commission year 2007 status on hold size 7.116 m2 budget 10.200.000 EUR client Condor Real location Bled Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Tomi Maslovarić I Polona Ruparčič I Nataša Mrkonjić I Telma Margarida Dias I Zana Volk Starovič I Marko Volf I Nebojša Vertovšek JERIHOVA The residential house on the Jerihova street in Velenje is the home of a young family with two children. The last remaining lot in the neighbourhood of family houses is organized on two levels. The northern third of the lot with the driveway is more than five meters higher than the rest of the terrain. The southern part of the lot is rounded up by the edge of a spruce tree forest and it offers beautiful views towards the hills in the southwest. The building is designed as a dynamic, monolith volume with individual segments taken out. The envelope of the basic volume is uniform and completely covered in facade cladding. The areas by the building, where people tend to spend longer periods of time, are carved out of a basic volume and lined with timber, giving them comfortable and warm feeling. The volume of the residential house is constructed exactly on the fault in the terrain. It utilizes the unusual characteristics of the terrain, so that the interior is closed off from the views from the neighbouring buildings on both sides and at the same time it does not obstruct the views of the neighbours above the lot. The basic orientation of the building is distinctly one sided towards the picturesque view facing southwest. As the entire living area and all sleeping quarters are orientated in that same direction, the majority of glass surfaces are located on that side. The few remaining openings on lateral sides and northern facade serve as entrances and service access points. The building monolith is designed on a clear mesh defining divisions of internal rooms. The mesh is modified in a way that the edges of individual fields are rotated toward entry points and views that are important for them. The clear three-dimensional mesh is modified in height in the same manner. The interior responds to the height difference of the terrain and is organized on in-between levels. The mezzanines is used to create a cross view between individual sections of the unified open living volume. The living rooms mostly measure one floor and a half in height, while the height of the sleeping quarters occupy single floor. The rear part of the building, by the fault in the terrain where there is not enough natural light is used for placing three storeys of service areas. project Jerihova House type commission year 2007 status on hold size 670 m2 client private location Velenje Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Polona Ruparčič I Breda Božič I Anna Kravcova I Nuša Završnik I Darja Zubac I Dean Jukić I Tomaž Mesarič I Nebojša Vertovšek PIRAN MARKET project Piran Market type commission year 2004 status idea size 650 m2 client Okolje Piran location Piran Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Matjaž Drinovec FINIRA The Finira office building is located by one of the main city roads in Ljubljana. Due to the vicinity of the highway ring and easy access, the investor decided to construct office spaces for the market, which are mainly focused on businesses that have their main offices in other cities and would need only smaller offices in the capital. A smaller business building is already constructed at the location but spatial regulations allow a lot larger construction. The building can be one floor higher and its surface area can be almost doubled. In addition to the height of the building in regard to the size of the plot, the only other really limiting factor for the planned expansion of the facility is providing a suitable number of parking spaces. The rational design of the Finira office building preserves the reinforced concrete construction of the existing building. The constructive mesh of pillars would be raised and expanded for one field. In order to find enough space for the organization of parking spaces at the ground level, the building would have smaller ground floor, which would expand towards the top. It is designed as a conglomerate of three volumes, placed one atop of the other. The volumes of the lower floors are smaller and the size increases towards the top. This somewhat unusual design is freeing up the ground floor while providing amount of usable inner surfaces and at the same time it enhances the attractiveness of the building. The indentations of the volume are even more pronounced with side inclinations of entire building envelope. The result of this kind of design approach is a dynamic building - a recognizable sequence next to a busy main urban road. project Finira Office Building type invited competition year 2004 status idea size 2.790 m2 client Finira location Ljubljana Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Tinka Prekovič I Darko Vasiljevič I Matjaž Drinovec MM22 project MM22 Apartments type commission year 2003 status idea size 2.340 m2 client I. T. I. location Ljubljana Slovenia architecture ENOTA project team Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Petra Ostanek I Darko Vasiljevič OBREŽJE The border passage between Slovenia and Croatia is a building on a highway. Motion and speed were identified as the only context of the project. Lines - trajectories, running parallel to the highway, are organised in order to gradually deform to overlap the highway and cover the volume of the border passage. The geometry of deformed trajectories is simultaneously the main structure. A small catalogue of structural operations was developed to enable the geometrical system to respond to local conditions. The final form can adapt to numerous changes of the customs plateau in the process of tender design and still retains a powerful image. The roof - urban landscape - is a continuous system emerging from the highway and it plays the role of landmark. project Obrežje Border Crossing type open competition first prize year 2001 status idea size 7.800 m2 client Republic of Slovenia location Obrežje Slovenia architecture ENOTA authors Aljoša Dekleva I Dean Lah I Milan Tomac I Anže Zalaznik I Jana Braniselj I Blaž Razpotnik I Matej Kučina KAMENŠNICA project Kamenšnica Recreation Centre type open competition first prize year 1999 status idea size 7.330 m2 client Municipality of Murska Sobota location Murska Sobota Slovenia architecture ENOTA authors Aljoša Dekleva I Matej Kučina I Dean Lah I Milan Tomac Enota d.o.o Mestni Trg 9 SI 1000 Ljubljana t +386 1 438 67 40 f +386 1 438 67 45 [email protected] www.enota.si
