Architectural office STVAR | Radovljica Students Club

Architectural office STVAR | Radovljica Students Club, in agreement with the Municipality of Radovljica, receives an obsolete building at the entrance to the Radovljica's mediaeval town. Proposed modern architectural intervention opens a wider discourse on the revitalization of the Town's centre. A conceptual design proposal provides a coexistence of old and new with a recess of the existing building volume and the insertion of a new prefabricated steel structure. The ground floor with a bar and a reception area opens onto the street, and thus assumes an active role in the town. The upper level provides a flexible multipurpose room. Design of the architectural implant follows neighboring buildings, as stroke roof and the clipped corners of a nearby building to establish dialogue between the center of the town park. A translucent facade of the upper part represents a figurative cocoon of a growing student's knowledge and a deliberate decision to achieve a contrast in the dialogue of the old and new respectively the old and young.

Radovljica Students Club

Location:

Radovljica, Slovenia
Client:

Radovljica Students Club
Size:

Internal net area 130 m2
Chronology:

2005 - invited competition, 1st prize
Team:

Marko Smrekar, Aleš Vodopivec, Jan Trošt

Radovljica Students Club, in agreement with the Municipality of Radovljica, receives an obsolete building at the entrance to the Radovljica's mediaeval town. Proposed modern architectural intervention opens a wider discourse on the revitalization of the Town's centre. A conceptual design proposal provides a coexistence of old and new with a recess of the existing building volume and the insertion of a new prefabricated steel structure. The ground floor with a bar and a reception area opens onto the street, and thus assumes an active role in the town. The upper level provides a flexible multipurpose room. Design of the architectural implant follows neighboring buildings, as stroke roof and the clipped corners of a nearby building to establish dialogue between the center of the town park. A translucent facade of the upper part represents a figurative cocoon of a growing student's knowledge and a deliberate decision to achieve a contrast in the dialogue of the old and new respectively the old and young.