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• Architects: Bevk Perović Arhitekti
• Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Design Team: Matija Bevk, Vasa J. Perovic, Tina Marn

• Area: 275.0 sqm
• Project Year: 2012
• Photographs: Miran Kambic

• Structural Engineering: Mitja Strlekar

• Mechanical Engineering: Biro Petkovski 

• Electrical Engineering: Profi
• Drainage Consultant: IB-program 

• Building Physics / Detailing: Polytechnic 

• Construction Supervision: Projekt GT

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The project called for a small, one family house as a part of an existing semi-detached house, located in Ljubljana’s 1960s suburbia, in an area covered with a  ‘blanket’ of small houses on minuscule plots of land.

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The project became an exercise in organisational simplicity of the interior plan: on the ground floor, an insertion of a staircase slightly off-centre into the plan of the small living space effectively divides it into 4 distinct zones: access, kitchen, living/dining area and a workspace. The rooms exist and evolve around the column-like staircase in a simple sequence of different widths that defines them, simultaneously independent and fluidly connected.

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Furthermore, a slight submersion of the ground floor surface by 30cm lower from the level of the garden, stresses the idea of ‘separation’ of the living space from the surroundings, creating a sense of intimacy with limited means at hand – this allows for both perpendicular walls of the ground floor to be opened along the entire length of the volume, while preserving the sense of ‘room’ for the interior. 

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Plan 1

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On the upper floor, the staircase divides the attic space into 2 separate tent-like volumes – the parents and the kids room, which both overlook the neighbourhood through elongated, slit windows, lowered to the level of the beds.

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The exterior of the house, in contrast to its older neighbour, is clad in black extruded aluminium profiling, reminding one of the black wood-clad buildings of the past. By turning the profiling inside out, a sense of precision of the project is achieved – the thinness of the profiling giving the whole building a sharp, monumental appearance.

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• Architects: Binario Architectes
• Location: 1495 Villers-la-Ville, Belgium
• Area: 420.0 sqm
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: François Lichtle

• Structure: JZH et partners

• Fluids: SECA benelux

• Lightning: Henriette Michaux
• Landscape: Du Paysage (Virginie Pigeon et Sébastien Ochej)
• Scenography: L'Escaut


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The Villers abbey site is crossed and split by the N275 national road so it loses logic and unity. Architecture, through a common intervention in landscape and scenography fields, tries to reunite the full cistercian composition plan. The project leads to a truly sequence from the parking to the ruins and prepares the visitors. The new path goes by the mill (reception hall, scenographic spaces, models room), reaches the hill across the new footbridge, continues through the garden, crosses the second bridge over the national road and finally goes down into the ruins. The project highlights a common thread by means of sober  materials (corten, wood, concrete) set up in various ways.

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• Architects: Ergün Architecture
• Location: İçerenköy, Kozyatağı, Topçu İbrahim Sk., 34752 Ataşehir/İstanbul, Turkey
• Area: 32000.0 sqm
• Project Year: 2015
• Photographs: Cemal Emden

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It is no secret. Concrete structures sprawl Istanbul’s urban metropolis. For the past decade Istanbul has been an ever expanding construction site. The rise of this so called “concrete jungle” depicts a time of rapid change. Yet during these times, our core studio philosophy has remained the same. Ergün Architecture has long posited a balance between art and utility at the very centre of its’ practice.  Mermerler Plaza is a testament to such an objective.

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This parent-child building duo is located in the Kozyatağı district of Istanbul. The tall wavy glass walls provide a playful contrast to its shorter aluminium enveloped counterpart. In order to preserve the southward looking façade from the sun, the design incorporates randomised tan colored sun blockers made from perforated aluminium sheets.

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The back façade is made of light grey pre-cast stone which provides a contrasting but balanced look against its neighbouring façades.

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The individual floor balconies were designed as a green space that could showcase a variety of plants and flowers, but more importantly provide a pleasant, open-air socialising space for employees.

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The LEED Gold certified buildings sit between a major highway (called E-5) and several important roads that connect Istanbulites from all stretches of the city. Mermerler Plaza not only stands to provide office buildings, but its’ function extends to the public at large.

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The spacious, two-building structure provides a convenient public passage for pedestrians. Pedestrians in transit can now connect from the highway to a number of main roads by foot. This public access point was essential to creating an interconnected transit system in Kozyatağı. Accordingly, the dual functioning plaza mandated a well contrived night-time lighting scheme that ensures public safety.  

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Mermerler Plaza is beautiful at night. The night-time lighting gives a day-time feeling. Blue waves are emphasised by cool hidden lights that pool in triangled shapes. Perforated mesh walls are illuminated with wall washer lighting producing a captivating soft warm glow that wraps around both buildings façades.

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The interior architecture boasts modern geometrical designs, often mimicking the same motifs from the building’s exterior. The interior finishes as such consist primarily of triangle shaped waves that are emphasised by hidden lights and aluminium perforated sheets used to drape the entrance ceiling. Contrast between the marble flooring and the glass walls enable the building to breathe without becoming a bore. An angularity ricochets down hallways, into restrooms, lighting fixtures, meeting rooms, and right back out the front foyer reminding us that the buildings interior run just as fluid at it’s wave encrusted exterior.

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