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Baraga Seminary
Theatre - Extension to the existing Cultural Centre
2023
Status
ZAPS Open Competition – Honorable Mention
Location
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Area
28.950 m²
Program
Cultural
Architecture
Ognen Arsov
Ana Kosi
Žiga Rošer
Eva Lupše
Sara Škarica
Landscape architecture
Nika Marn
The architectural design is based on Plečnik's idea of the existing unfinished building of the Baraga Seminary in Ljubljana and its never realised original design of a circular-transverse building. In the design of the building, we combined the existing building with Plečnik's heritage with the needs of a contemporary programme (Mladinsko Theatre, Pionirski dom, Student Centre), which fills the existing building and the new extension in a new way. The extension consists of three buildings with clear geometric forms, inside which a complex interplay of programmes is organised: a circular plate, a transversal rectangular volume and a communication corridor. The circular plate is directly adjacent to the façade of the existing building and aligns with the height of the first basement of the existing building. The transverse rectangular volume of the reinforced concrete construction is set back from the existing seminary building and forms a new context within the existing space. In the overall design of the building and the facades, a conscious decision was made to retain or renovate the blank facades of the unfinished building as blank monoliths. The intention is to emphasise rather than deny the building's past history. We wanted to highlight the multi-faceted life of the building, which is the result of wider socio-political historical events.
Before / Location
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Circular platform
Transverse rectangular volume
Communication corridor
Final design
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Axonometric view of the area
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Underground Floor 1
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Underground Floor 2
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Ground Floor
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First Floor
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Second Floor
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Third Floor
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Facade
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Section 1
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Section 2