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cultural center of european space technologies complete

Jan 14, 2013

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'cultural center of european space technologies' by bevk perovic, dekleva gregoric, ofis, sadar+vuga, vitanje, slovenia
image © tomaz gregoric
all images courtesy of OFIS

in the same town of vitanje in slovenia where herman potocnik noordung made the first theories on outer space, the noordung space wheel, or
'cultural center of european space technologies' (KSEVT) is now complete. basing the overall form off of the first geostationary space station,
slovenian firms OFIS architects, bevk perovic arhitekti, dekleva gregoric arhitekti and sadar vuga arhitekti collaborated to design the monolithic
concrete structure clad in micro-perforated aluminum sheets after the habitable wheel, as layers of circular volumes are stacked upon each other,
slightly offset in angle. the lower ring angles to open from north to south exposing the glazing that marks the entrance, with the top cylinder behaving
in exactly the opposite direction. there are two entry points into the building, one from the gravel area by a natural green zone and stream on the
north side and the other from the main road. the entrance vestibule contains two ramps that begin the exhibit area, and can be completely opened
to allow the space to spill out into the exterior square. the western side contains smaller offices along the ramp that leads to the darker display area.
the highest area on the northernmost point is devoted to researchers of the history of space technology, separated from the public activities below.

see designboom's earlier coverage on the design phase here.

in the rural landscape
image © tomaz gregoric

image © tomaz gregoric

exterior ramp
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image © tomaz gregoric

rooftop walkway
image © tomaz gregoric

rooftop
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road-side entrance
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(left) entrance hall curtained off
(right) ramp up to exhibition area
image © tomaz gregoric

exhibition space
image © tomaz gregoric

image © tomaz gregoric

skylights highlight certain exhibits and allude to the celestial skies
image © tomaz gregoric

upper level area
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image © tomaz gregoric

side stairs
image © tomaz gregoric

entrance
image © tomaz gregoric

image © tomaz gregoric

at night, in context
image © tomaz gregoric

image © tomaz gregoric

site
image © tomaz gregoric

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casting of the concentric concrete rings
image © tomaz gregoric

image © tomaz gregoric

exhibition floor
image © tomaz gregoric

image © tomaz gregoric

site plan

floor plan / level 0

floor plan / level 1

floor plan / level 2

floor plan / level 3

floor plan / level -1

section

elevation

project info:

location: cesta na vasi, vitanje, slovenia  
project start: 2009
construction start: 2009
completed: 2012
program: exhibition spaces, library, offices, multi-purpose hall, auditorium 
type: space technology community centre 
client: ksevt, vitanje community and ministry of culture, slovenia 
site area: 33,305 m2
total floor area: 2.450 m2
 materials: concrete, glass, aluminium
architecture offices: bevk perovic arhitekti, dekleva gregoric arhitekti, ofis arhitekti, sadar vuga arhitekti
bevk perović project team: matija bevk . vasa perovic . gerrit neumann . andreja pikelj . gonzalo piqueras . josef kalcik
dekleva gregoric project team: aljosa dekleva . tina gregoric . daniel schwartz
ofis architects project team: rok oman . špela videcnik . andrej gregoric . janez martincic . christian gheorghe rastislav udzan
kiki marien . janja del linz
sadar+vuga project team: jurij sadar . bostjan vuga . vanja gortnar . sven kalim . siim johan alexander
overall building geometry realization & project execution: josip konstantinovic
façade details execution: rok gerbec
 structural engineering: sector inzeniring d.o.o.
mechanical engineering: i.s.p. kamnik d.o.o.
electrical engineering: jelen &zavasnik bambi d.n.o.
traffic engineering: tega d.o.o.
acoustic engineering: sasa galonja
noordung space technologies center concept & producer: dragan zivadinov, miha tursic
graphic design: atelje balant

danny db

01.14.13

like a spaceship embedded into the land, very beautiful and low-key, but at the same attractive. love it.

Jennifer Zhang says:

Feb 05, 2013

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Seriously tho, with a camera on every mobile device these days, where oh where have all the UFO’s gone!

Schermann says:

Mar 03, 2013

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