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Biotechnical Faculty by Arhitektura Krusec

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 10:32 PM PDT

Arhitectura Krusec has design the Biotechnical Faculty building of University of Ljubljana. It is located in a large area in which various buildings of the Biotechnical Faculty are positioned as pavilions among groves of fruit trees.

The building houses the dean’s office, the library, and a large representative lecture hall. In spite of the poor construction state of the existing building, all communication passages in the new building are connected to hallways in the existing building. The connection to the existing building is also obvious at the level of façade design, as it resumes the composition scheme of the existing building. The façade dynamics reflect the functional layout of internal premises and load bearing construction.

The main entrance is designed on the west side, combining with the existing building entrance. The entry platform serves to functionally and perceptively combine two dislocated entries into a unified whole. The library is placed above the main entrance, as a symbol of ” house of learning”. It has a dominant position both in direction of the main entrance and the main hall. The hall is closed by glass walls to provide better views to the surroundings.

Another Arhitektura Krusec’s :

Rock Villas by Arhitektura Krusec

House Karlsson by Tham & Videgard Arkitekter

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 07:48 AM PDT

Another great design of house by Tham & Videgard Arkitekter, this House of Karlsson was nominated for Best Wooden Building Award 2004. This house is located on the northern coast of the lake Mälaren in central Sweden.

Aiming to meet a need for cheap construction, the plan is strictly based on a cc1200 module. There are two main parts in this house, the living floor at the entrance level, and the upper floor. To provide possibility of further extension for this house, the upper floor was partly finished.

The exterior color was set in deep red, while the interior space was very light. It is characterized by the three light shafts that rise through the attic to let the sunlight enter also from above. Two are situated at the short walls of the open living room, the third marks the position of the stair at the south gable.

Freely placed windows in two sizes punctuate the roof and the facades. Windows are placed to further enhance the difference of the interior spaces by alternatingly directing the views low towards the garden, far away towards the lake and the horizon, or high up at the trees and the sky above.

Fixed screen-like shutters complement the varied interior light as well as the pattern of shadow and light of the outside. All exterior fittings and details are painted in the same color as the facade.

The prismatic exterior is clad with an oversized wooden panel made of heartwood of slowly grown pine and treated with red tar, a way of reinterpreting the technique of wooden roofs that has been in use for centuries in Scandinavia, mostly in the north and on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea.