Located in the industrial area of Skofja Loka, Slovenia, studio design OFIS arhitekti have completed the office, store and shop concrete container together with constructional permit plans. The building dimensions are 35 x 22.5 meters and 11.50 meters in height.
The project task was to merge a program inside the given volume and redefine existing elevations. The existing sections had to remain the same. A client's company produce and merchandise safety equipment and devices which had to be stored in the 2/3 of the volume.
The project scheme incorporated storage for goods of different sizes with loading areas, store, offices and classroom for lectures of safety.The elevation cuts break the functional façade grid and reinstate flowing concrete elements in between translucent screens; Offices with transparent double-glazed façade, storage spaces with semi-translucent polycarbonate elements and two openings on the back as loading dock doors.
Architect: OFIS arhitekti
Location: Trata, Skofja Loka, Slovenia
Project leaders: Rok Oman & Spela Videcnik
Design Team: Andrej Gregoric, Katja Aljaz, Janez Martincic, Magdalena Lacka
Site Area: 2,500 sqm
Constructed Area: 1,080 sqm
Project year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Tomaz Gregoric
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