‘block 39’ by off architecture in belgrade, serbia all images courtesy off architecture
paris-based off architecture has designed a new science centre for belgrade in block 39, a highly dense and urban residential area of the serbian capital. featuring a flat futuristic volume balanced on top of a mountain mass, the project aims to create a new territorial and landscape typology while working within the existing urban framework.
overall view
using serbia’s natural traits as a point of departure–floating horizons, rocks, broadleaved trees, the danube river–the new science center serves as a bridge between the country’s historical context to the region’s future. the depth of the landscape is expanded to partially isolate the block from its immediate surroundings, closing off the noise of cars with trees and artificial waterfalls. visitors are made to feel as if they are entering a completely different environment from the city, where architecture becomes landscape and landscape becomes architecture.
street view
housed in the ‘body of the building, a planetarium and a conference room are accommodated on two different levels. superimposed into the mass of the mountain, each space will overlook the town with very specific framing of views. a museum and laboratories make up the single object balanced on top of the mountain with an observatory terrace leading visitors from the ‘rooftop’ restaurant.
interior view
museum space
cafe and observatory terrace at night
3D model perspective
3D model perspective
framed views
schematic diagrams (top left) building facade (bottom left) programs (top right) access (bottom right) garden programs
urban site map
overall plan
floor plan / planetarium level
floor plan / conference hall level
floor plan / museum level
section
section
section through restaurant and observatory deck
elevation
