Apartment House, Gradaska

Exterior view of the Apartment House.

Project Details

• Project Name: Apartment House, Gradaska
• Client: Lesnina Inzeniring D.D.
• Project Type: Architectural Design (Housing)
• Principal Designer: Jurij Sadar, Bostjan Vuga
• Design Team: Tadej Zaucer, Beno Masten, Goran Golubic, Tomaz Celigoj, Lucijan Sifrer, Ana Struna
• Date of commencement of project: April 2004
• Date of completion of project: November 2005
• Location of site: Gradaska Street 20, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Structural Engineer: Elea Ic
• Mechanical Services: Klimaterm
• Electrical Services: Norma
• Site Engineering: Kono
• Construction Cost: Euros 2.9 Million
• Site Area: 1545 square meters
• Building Site Area: 795 square meters
• Structure: Reinforced Concrete, Steel
• Cladding: Structured Stone Panels, Glass, Reflecting Glass
• Total Floor Area: 3800 square meters
• Program: 12 Apartments (Largest - 350 square meters, Smallest - 90 square meters)
  • Total Parking Sites: 39
  • Storeys: G+3 Storeys

View of the building amidst its context.

The Building

The Gradaska apartment house outranks its neighboring constructions in its size, location, shape and spatial organization. An independent building, it provides for twelve customized apartments within it.

The surroundings are reflected off the main building facade.

The apartments are organized across the storeys or between them. The central living area is divided into one and a half or two storeys in each unit. The vertical arrangement of these apartments, which along with the open ground plan and the large glass surfaces exposes the building's metropolitan character, is highlighted. They form a unity which resembles a three-dimensional tetris.

View of entry to the Apartment House.

The facade is made of three different materials: a stone facing, which outlines individual apartments, a combination of reflexive and transparent glass panels which either reflect the surrounding area off the apartment or reveal the interior of the apartment to the surroundings, and a filigree base with ornamentation.

The facade is composed of stone panels, glass and a filigree base.

The facade functions as an interface between the structure and the living character of the metropolitan vertical lofts on one hand, and the almost village-like atmosphere of the area on which the Gradaska apartment house is located.

Credits

• Text: Courtesy of the architect
• Photographs by Ramon Prat and from the SVA Archive, Courtesy of the architect
• Compiled and edited by Varun Ajani