Pred nekaj meseci so se v slikovit blok na Poljanah nasmejano vselili prvi stanovalci. “Naše stanovanje je v prvem nadstropju,” mi je pokazala zagreta mlada gospa, ko sem jo prosila, da mi odpre vhodna vrata. “Tisto, s svetlejšim balkonom, ki ima poleg kovinske še leseno ograjo z luknjicami. Naša je tudi zastekljena loža!” je z dvorišča ponosno opisala pozicijo svojega malega raja.
Omejitve kot izziv
Stanovanjski blok leži na Poljanah, na robu mestnega središča, na obsežnem območju nekdanjih klavnic in vojaškega kompleksa. Območje med zelenimi gozdovi Golovca ter bregom reke Ljubljanice je Ofis arhitektom zelo dobro poznano, saj so na njem projektirali že lani zgrajeno naselje šeststopetdesetih stanovanj. Manjši blok z dvainšestdesetimi stanovanji, ki leži na njegovem severnem robu, se zdi kot modificiran fragment treh kolosalnih stanovanjskih objektov, z njimi pa ni povezan le likovno, ampak tudi programsko.
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A few months ago, the first merry residents started moving into the picturesque residential block in Poljane. “Our flat is on the first floor,” said the breathless young lady I asked to open the front door for me. “The one with a balcony that has more light, with the metal as well a perforated wooden railing. We also have a glazed loggia!” she continued proudly describing the position of her own private heaven.
Challenging Restrictions
The residential block stands in Poljane, on the edge of the city centre, on the vast area of former slaughterhouses and a military complex. The area that lies between the green forests of Golovac and the bank of the river Ljubljanica is very familiar to Ofis Arhitekti. Here they designed the settlement with 650 flats, completed last year. A smaller block with 62 flats, lying on the northern border of that area, looks like a modified fragment of those colossal residential blocks, but it is connected to them not only in an artistic, but also in programmatic sense.
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