Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
650 Apartments
Image View:
Detail showing various apartment facades
Creator:
Ofis Arhitekti (Slovene architectural firm, established 1998)
Location:
site: Ljubljana, Ljubljana-Center, Slovenia
Location Note:
Mesarska Cesta
GPS:
46.047415 14.523328
Date:
2004-2006 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Slovene
Style Period:
Twenty-first century
Work Type 1:
apartment house
Classification:
architecture
Material:
concrete; colored plaster; glass; laminate cladding
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Measurements:
54,700 m2 (area)
Subjects:
architecture; cityscape; contemporary (1960 to present); Architecture and energy conservation; City planning; low cost housing; subsidized housing; social housing
Description:
The project is one of the biggest housing developments in Ljubljana, consisting of 4 housing blocks with 640 apartments and underground garage with 1200 parking spaces. The urban plane required 4 block-long strips of apartments (app.140 m long each) each with 4 floors and penthouse apartments on the top floor (42 units). The apartments are sold under government subsidy so the cost of the construction had to be under 700 EUR per apartment. Each features an open balcony and "winter loggia" enclosed with glass. The building is also energy efficient and uses passive solar in the stairwells. (Source: Ofis Arhitekti [firm's website]; http://www.ofis-a.si /)
Image Description:
The façade of these modules is equal but created in a way that can be connected and be mirrored in a geometry that does not seem repetitive.
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Five
Identifier:
1A1-OFIS-APT-A2
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

650 Apartments