Movie: Baroque Court Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti
Earlier this year Slovenian firm OFIS Arhitekti transformed three baroque houses in Ljubljana into an apartment block with a secret courtyard, which is featured in this third movie from our series about the studio's work.
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Located in the city's historic centre, the three buildings had most recently been used as the offices and bookshop of a publishing company, before OFIS Arhitekti were brought on to combine the spaces and create twelve new apartments.
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Providing daylight for each apartment proved difficult so the architects added glass elevations around the existing courtyard, which they then converted from a storage area for air conditioning units into a small garden for residents.
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"Since the court is very narrow and enclosed from all sides, the main concern was to provide as much light as possible to become a form of internal garden," said the architects.
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Behind the glass, rows of arches with stone pillars provide traces of the original architecture, while the street-facing elevations are restored to their original condition.
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The movie was produced by Carniolus and follows one about an Alpine holiday hut and another about a social housing block inspired by hayracks.
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Other projects by OFIS Arhitekti on Dezeen include student housing inspired by wooden baskets and an apartment with staggered floors.
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Photography is by Tomaz Gregoric and Jan Celeda.
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Above: level 1 plan - click above to see larger image
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Above: level 2 plan - click above to see larger image
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Above: attic level 1 plan - click above to see larger image
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Above: attic level 2 plan - click above to see larger image
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Above: north section - click above to see larger image
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Above: south section - click above to see larger image
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Above: east section - click above to see larger image
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Above: west section - click above to see larger image
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Above: sun diagram - click above to see larger image