3Shoebox house

The new house by OFIS architects in Ljubljana is composed of three cube volumes that are stacked with 90 degrees shifts, creating overhangs and terraces.

The Villa by OFIS is located in Trnovo, within the city center of Ljubljana, Slovenia. It is the renovation of a small existing house dating from 1934. The extension creates different intersections between the old and the new part on each floor. It is composed of three cube volumes, each in a proportion of a shoe-box, like the existing house floorplan.

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OFIS architects, 3Shoebox house, site plan

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OFIS architects, 3Shoebox house, ground floor

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OFIS architects, 3Shoebox house, first floor

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OFIS architects, 3Shoebox house, second floor

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OFIS architects, 3Shoebox house, elevation

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OFIS architects, 3Shoebox house, elevation

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OFIS architects, 3Shoebox house, elevation

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OFIS architects, 3Shoebox house, elevation

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OFIS architects, 3Shoebox house, section

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OFIS architects, 3Shoebox house, section

Boxes are stacked with 90 degrees shifts, creating overhangs and terraces. The volumes are cladded in dark wood – spruce vertical lattice. The structure is the combination of a concrete base, metal frames and a wooden substructure. The interior of the new part is formed mostly by wall cladding, creating integrated wardrobes and walls. The old house is simply renovated keeping all the existing textures and materials.

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3Shoebox house, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Program: single family house
Architect: OFIS architects
Design team: Rok Oman, Spela Videcnik, Andrej Gregoric, Janez Martincic, Jamie Lee, Lorenzo Conti, Maja Vecerina, Sam Eadington, Alexandra Volkov, Aliaksandra Dalmatava, Anastasia Barasheva, Chiara Girolami, Darko Ivanovski, Elisa Ribilotta, Łukasz Czech, José Navarrete Jiménez, Mariangela Fabbri
Structural engineering: Projecta
Mechanical engineering: Vavtar engineering
Electrical engineering: Eurolux
Lighting design: Arcadia lightwear
Contractor: Permiz
Area: 228 sqm
Completion: 2017

3Shoebox house

The new house by OFIS architects in Ljubljana is composed of three cube volumes that are stacked with 90 degrees shifts, creating overhangs and terraces.

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