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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
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