GEN-I Trading Floor

The office space with trading floor for electrical energy is located in the listed old printing house Mladinska knjiga, originally designed by architect Savin Sever. The Gen-I premises occupy one full aisle and one third of the aisle of the tripartite architecture of the old printing house. The tall, double-height space is characterized by a uniform rhythm of concrete beams and linear, ceiling-mounted light fittings. The new interventions in the space have preserved the basic character elements of the space - rhythmicity, the perception of the building's dimensions and natural, zenithal illumination. The new interventions only lightly touch the existing building envelope with green, dematerialized steel galleries with enclosed private office spaces bellow and above them.  In the open two-storey space blocks of XL stacks of trader's desks are rhythmically arranged in an even pattern. Above the desks, a new plane is created in the double-height space by a series of metallic, green freestanding lamps. The colours and materials in the space are chosen in the spirit of Slovenian modernism. The previously grey concrete floor has been replaced with grey carpet, the walls are clad in white fibre cement panels and the office furniture is made of dark wood and plywood - bringing warmth and contrast to the cooler greys.