Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
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At a glance
- Project by: SADAR + VUGA
- Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
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© Hisao Suzuki
Project images
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Front façade - evening view © Hisao Suzuki View project image |
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Vertical hall - exterior view © Hisao Suzuki View project image |
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Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia © Hisao Suzuki View project image |
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Side view © Hisao Suzuki View project image |
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Terrace © Hisao Suzuki View project image |
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Entrance © Hisao Suzuki View project image |
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Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia © Hisao Suzuki View project image |
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Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia © Hisao Suzuki View project image |
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Vertical hall © Hisao Suzuki View project image |
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Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia © Hisao Suzuki View project image |
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Auditorium © Hisao Suzuki View project image |
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Conference room © Hisao Suzuki View project image |
Architect's statement
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry, whose task is to promote the movement and flow of capital in the Republic of Slovenia, is conceived as a “megastore”.
In encompassing consultation, information and training departments and services, it acts as a local lead-in to economic globalization. What was involved in this project was the rehabilitation of the institution’s offices housed in a strictly rationalist lowrise building, and the addition of a series of semi-public amenities (restaurants, library, lecture rooms, exhibition areas, archival reading room).
Project attempts explicitly to do away with any barriers between the public, semi-public and private features which are all present in this hybrid design.
By retaining the huge public forecourt, the programme along the existing building is verticalized, thus giving it a new façade, designed like boxes piled on top of each other.
Fitted between the two fronts, as if the public forecourt had been suddenly straightened, is a vertical hall, espousing the principle of continuity and interaction between the two parts of the programme.
Details/Credits
- Client: Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
- Location: Dimiceva 13, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Type: Offices and workspace
- Formula: Vertical Hall
- Source: Open anonymous competition, 1st prize
- Architect: SADAR + VUGA (Jurij Sadar, Boštjan Vuga, Josip Konstantinovic, Aljoša Dekleva, Tadej Žaucer, Simona Muc, Peter Šenk)
- Structural engineer: Elea iC
- Service engineer: Biro ES
- Landscape architect: Ana Kucan
- Site area: 4.640 m2
- Storeys: 2 basements (128 parking spaces) + ground floor + 7 storeys (internal part), ground floor + 5 storeys (semi-public part)
- Programme: Entrance hall, conference halls, library, gallery, classrooms, restaurant and offices
- Building area: 1.194
- Total floor area: 18.189 m2
- Signage: Studio Botas
- Lighting: Studio Japelj
- Project start: 1996
- Completion: 1999
- Photographs: Hisao Suzuki
