Leaving 2022 with a special mention at the competition for the Kindergarten Sonček Kranj and looking forward to 2023.
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Interventions in the open space are in line with the concept of creating a harmonious, humane and relaxing living environment. For this purpose, special attention is paid to the “humanization” of the premises of the daily…
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It’s no longer nature … it’s art: Constructions of a Landscape, an exhibition which took place at ADA – artistic dynamic association, on Wattgasse 16, 1160 Wien, curated by Christopher Wittine & Simona Reisch within the Foto Wien…
Luka Javornik, co-founder of Studio AKKA and a member of the Landscape Architecture Europe #6 Jury, talks about his role models and his view on landscape architecture in the new issue of ‘Scape.
https://www.scapemagazine.com/ezine45-21/
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January 2022: We are happy to announce that Market Square Ptuj is shortlisted for the European Mies van der Rohe Award.
https://eumiesaward.com/work/4971…
IOC – International Olympic Committe and IAKS – International Association for Sports and Leisure have awarded Nordic Centre Planica with Golden Prize for Architecture. The celebration took place on November 5th, 2019 in Cologne. We take this opportunity to express…
We have moved to Cigaletova 5, 1000 Ljubljana. Visit us first at ‘Scape, the celebration will wait for the arrival of Autumn.
‘SCAPE, photographs: Jana Jocif…
This time in a different constellation in the spaces of AQ gallery in Celje, from December 8, 2018, to January 15, 2019. The opening of the exhibition: December 7., 2018, at 8 PM. Cordially Invited.…
2007–2017 FROM KINDERGARTEN TO SCHOOL – A Retrospective of Municipality of Ljubljana’s investments in the field of Learning and Education. Texts: Zoran Jankovič, the Mayor of Ljubljana and Marija Fabčič, Department for Pre-school learning and Education. Design: Anka Štular, Krearna.…
Nordic Centre Planica receives Maks Fabiani Award 2017, conferred by the Town and Spatial Planning Association of Slovenia for outstanding achievements in urban, regional and spatial planning.…
Ana Kučan is a landscape architect with an extremely prolific career showcasing an unmistakable design talent, academic breadth and social responsibility. Her works impress with the clarity of her design thought and style that are both profound and refined, winning…
The exhibition is open in Lamut’s art salon, Božidar Jakac Art Museum, Kostanjevica na Krki, until November 9, 2017.
Aussi proches qu’ils soient de l’unicité du moment historique qui en permit la réalisation par un concours de circonstances…
Mr. Zoran Jankovič, the Mayor of Ljubljana, has opened the renovated Švicarija in Tivoli to the public and handed it to MGLC – the International Centre of Graphic Arts.…
Landscape for the residential area RACA is envisioned as a translation of the idea of a garden into the space between residential buildings. Landscape design aims at creating unfolding spaces that would offer shelter and could be used by all…
Plečnik’s medal of 2017 for the recent achievement in architecture, landscape architecture and urban design was awarded to the National Football Centre Brdo.
Architects Krušec conceived two buildings, the seat of the National Football association of Slovenia and the Sport…
The series of the events of The Chair of Excellence / La Cattedra d’eccellenza Adalberto Libera continues with the opening of the exhibition of Studio AKKA and the exhibition of the Piazzetta – Schweizer Architects in Palazzo Firmian, 22. 02.…
In addition to the sunken plaza and a working atrium for students of sculpture, our contribution to the reconstruction and extension of the Academy for Fine Arts and Design focused mainly on the redefinition of the inner courtyard of the…
Plečnik’s Award, the highest national recognition in the field of architecture, landscape architecture, urban and interior design of 2016 goes to Matej Blenkuš, Miloš Florijančič, Klemen Kobal for the ski jumps and other sport facilities, to Aleš Vodopivec, Marko Smrekar…
Sports Park Stožice by SADAR + VUGA and Studio AKKA takes part at the exhibition at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin.
From the introduction: “The public space has become a political arena; its use and design is a matter of negotiation for…
From the argumentation of the Jury: “The Planica Nordic Centre is a morphological masterpiece, in which the topography embraces architecture to the maximum while at the same time, the architectural intervention in the characteristic Alpine surroundings is minimal. A thoughtful,…
The Chair of Excellence / La Cattedra d’eccellenza “Adalberto Libera” to a landscape architect Ana Kučan.
Named after the architect of Casa Malaparte from Villa Lagarina near Trento, la Cattedra Libera is bestowed on the academic researchers and practicing architects…
Planica is hosting the ski jump contests from the early thirties and has gradually become a world-known centre for the World Cup Sky Flying Final. After the years of use the ski jumps needed a renovation and modernization and in…
The scheme of the area integrates football stadium, sports hall, an underground shopping mall and a park into a coherent whole.U rban generators are intertwined with natural elements forming interactive social space which facilitates development of numerous events. The park…
Competition: 2015
1. prize, with ARK – Arhitektura Krušec
Renovation of the monastery complex addresses the question of the transformation of identity. Lepoglava, know as a prison town aims to re-articulate itself as s culturally rich tourist destination by re-evoking…
The site is situated at the edge of the forest. The location of residence follows the idea of the Villa – the quest for an immediate physical and visual connection between internal and external parts of an unanimous dwelling and…
The tree house is made of a dark brown T-FIX waterproof panel, with lap joints. Its smooth side is used for a seat base and backrests. Backrests are part of the hidden support, which assist the ladder and the branches…
The neo-renaissance villa is situated on the verge of Lake Bled. The area is steep, mostly covered with forest. The scattered remains of the former forest-park – paths and masonry details – unfold the once-discovered potential of the site. The…
The atrium is the central space of the new building of the Departments of Biology, Geography and Geology of the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. The design of the atrium works on two levels. On the representational level it is…
One part of the renovation of the old Hotel Tivoli, built between 1908 and 1910 by a renowned Austro-Hungarian architect Ciril Metod Koch, also called Švicarija (a Swiss Chalet) due to its alpine-style architecture, is its former terrace with a…
The town of Kranj is situated right above the canyon of Kokra, the fact the town does not acknowledge, since it has been pragmatically turning its back to the river and the crumbling canyon walls. Proposed interventions seize into the…
Landscape for residential area in Črnuče is envisioned as a translation of the idea of a garden into the space between residential buildings. The area is very densely built up. Landscape design aims at creating unfolding spaces that would offer…
Design is based on the profound relation between architecture, the constructed site and the natural setting. As Planica is set at the forefoot of the largest protected area in Slovenia and forms one of the most exciting entryways to the…
Both designs deal with the same problem: protecting pedestrians from harmful traffic impacts, thus enabling the more complex use of the space of the street. Proposal for Dunajska 1 temporarily occupies the street car corridor to be built in the…
All Shades of Green addresses the contemporary relationship between man and nature as manifested in the urban public space. It explores the integration of nature into the human living environment and seeks ways to present and realize it. Humans respond…
Renovated playground sits on the roof of the underground amenities, hence the central, open space, combined with the more elaborate and articulated edges. Open lawn provides for various forms of free play. The slope descending to the lower level playrooms…
The redesign of the kindergarten playground from 1980 is organised in phases. The first phase clears the area in front of the playrooms and extends the space for play to the outdoors. Together with the asphalt-covered area, wooden terraces constitute…
The house is set on a very steep slope. The extension for swimming pool on the lower level required the formation of terraces, which would enable the use of the forested part of the garden of the upper level with…
The competition brief for the renovation and redesign of the beach area around the Izola lighthouse called for a plan that covered both the coast and the inland park. Our starting point was the experience of looking out to the…
The proposal addresses the question of revitalisation of Postojna by attracting vital urban functions back to the town centre. Therefore it locates the market at the place of the actual bus station, at the edge of the old town. The…
In contrast to the articulated modernist building, the landscape design exploits the naturally undulating and rocky terrain of karst sinkholes and the internal differentiation of the forest to structure a natural ambience and create “outdoor rooms” for sport and play.…
AKKA participated in the team of artists and architects in the creation of the monument, with specific task to design the monument’s micro landscape. The monument is an installation of the Kosovel Algorithm, composed of numerical and semantic analysis of…
At the side of a large, sun-lit square in front of the Peoples’ Theatre, the project places a soft and shadowy volume, under which, following the principles of the Sarajevo urban structure, traces of the past are inscribed. Spatial differentiation…
The plan originates from the present circumstances, given that here and there the former spatial concept was still legible and that the trees as the principal element are preserved. The site lies on the slope of a hill covered with…
Matjaž Berger is questioning the origin of the spirit, whom he aspires to locate here and now, hence the You never see me where I see you, is set up in the abstract space, unfolding with the very play. The…
