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Triglav Lab; Gigodesign, Triiije arhitekti │BIG SEE Awards 2018
TriglavLab brings together physical experience and the increasingly digitalized world. The ground floor of the historic Slovenijales department store with its ceiling girders and concrete constructions, allows open floor plans. These offices allow the visitor to experience different situations related to the insurance company’s products. Modularly designed equipment can be adapted to fit different settings – from professional counselling, using the simulators, and holding big or small events.
Rog AP01; ARHIMETRICS arhitekti; Dare Vasiljevič, Tanja Špan Vasiljevič, Janez Vrhunc │BIG SEE Awards 2018
R1 apartment which can be found in a multi-household building built in 1800 has, after all the interventions and changes made up to now, the size of only 42m2. A small accommodation space and the arrangement of other places represented a special challenge when the architects were planning the new ground plan and the interior which is supposed to meet the needs of a modern traveller and at the
The Hanging Gardens of Restaurant Berthelot; I Love Colours Design Studio; Alexandra Henry Zabunov │BIG SEE Awards 2018
Berthelot Hotel has opened 8 years ago in Bucharest, with an uncovered outdoor terrace used only in the hot weather. In time, the hotel felt the need to enlarge the restaurant area and explored the possibility of using this space to appeal to more than just the hotel guests. Thus, at the end of 2014, the hotel owners initiated a project to cover the terrace with a glass and
Renovation of the House and its Garden in Ljubljana; Atelje Ostan Pavlin; Nataša Pavlin, Aleksander Ostan, Jana Kozamernik, Andreja Vodopivec, consultant Mitja Škerjanc │BIG SEE Awards 2018
Within an integral approach we thoroughly renovated the living spaces and gardens of an existing house from the late 80’s. There were many unfunctional connections within the spaces, weak communication with exterior, absence of architectural statement, language, identity. The investors wanted to solve all these problems with an wholistic attitude, that integrates function, beauty, materiality, energy, economy and ecology. In the interior unnecessary walls were removed and the living
Monstera Bistro; Maja Stamenković │BIG SEE Awards 2018
Contemporary bistro Monstera has come to life in the former aristocratic district of Ljubljana city center. The term "bistro" represents a smaller, simple restaurant, defined by the food served there. The main theme of the renovation was to connect the space, food and guests, who would feel at home. Its underlying theme is the Monstera deliciosa plant, which occupies its honorable place right next to the bar. The plant
Refurbishment of the Maisonette Apartment in Bratislava; Lang Benedek Associated; Michal Lang, Borislav Benedek │BIG SEE Awards 2018
Refurbishment of the maisonette, which is part of a fifteen-year-old development in Dúbravka Bratislava, was a challenge – growing bigger, since the investor, representing a five-member family, demanded the reconstruction to be radical. Attention and greatest care was therefore devoted to shared spaces, their maximum improvement and even enlargement. To the common part, a large terrace with an area of almost two thirds of the apartment and originally accessible
OZN – The English House; Plus Ultra studio; Giorgio Carizzoni │BIG SEE Awards 2018
The project consists in the complete refurbishment of 350 square meters flat at the last floor of a building from the 50's in Milan with a 360 degree view of the city. The project is based on the idea “oldnew” conceived by the Swiss architect MiroslavŠik: the concept wish to establish a link between existing structures and new ones, assimilating forms and things that are already in a particular
casaEsse; LDA.iMdA architetti associati │BIG SEE Awards 2018
This project concerns the renovation of a part of a reinforced concrete building of the 80’s. The project idea is to create a multifunctional space where the bathroom element, which seems to be a little living room, is central to the architectural composition. Organization and practicality are the keywords of the renovation, all spaces are homogeneously interconnected and the use of the same materials (wood, grey colour, glass, mirrors)
Renovation of Atrium House in Murgle; RIBA, Rupnik in Brodar arhitekti; Janja Brodar, Goran Rupnik, Manica Lavrenčič │BIG SEE Awards 2018
A lucid renovation of one of the cult atrium houses in the Murgle neighbourhood designed by architects France and Marta Ivanšek. Size is the only weakness of this house, so RIBA architects visually enlarged the space by removing the ceiling to the visible roof above the dining room, and highlighted the "loft" between the intimate atrium and the street-oriented kitchen with a 13-meter long countertop. A restrained palette of
Riviera Grand Hotel; Tomas Ghisellini Architects │BIG SEE Awards 2018
After many years of complete abandonment, the Riviera Grand Hotel, a historical hotel complex in southern Italy Salento area, comes to a new life after a challenging renovation and a radical interior redesign. The property, located along one of the most extraordinary coast stretch of Ionian Salento, just close to the sea, is a sort of village made by thin coastal "towers" connected at the base by a plate
Apartment in Bucharest; TAG Architecture; Monica Despina Sache│BIG SEE Awards 2018
The project, located in a street bound apartment of a quiet neighbourhood of central Bucharest, rearranges the interior architecture of a post-communist building flat into a light, airy home of a family of three, it’s mainly northern orientation offering the additional challenge of providing sufficient natural light to an otherwise generous space. The demarcation between different functions is not stiff and restricting, the spaces are not closed off in
Kane World food studio by Bogdan Ciocodeică, Romania
Located in an upcoming neighbourhood of the city, the restaurant aims to be a landmark for the regeneration of the old distressed urban tissue. Its approach is simple and clear, using natural materials and mixing them with the abundant greenery. Both architect and client agreed upon using design as a tool for reaching a particular atmosphere rather than aiming to enhance a certain type of image. The materials used