Arrea Architecture

Contact

arrea, arhitektura d.o.o.

Kolarjeva 58, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://www.arrea.si

arrea@arrea.si

Phone386 (0) 5 996 0963

Founded byMaruša Zorec

Events abroad

Past Events

• 26 May 2018

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  The installation by Maruša Zorec and presentation of projects by Arrea Architecture

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The Arrea Architecture bureau was founded by Maruša Zorec and is now a collective of architects with Matjaž Bolčina, Mitja Novak, Martina Tepina, Maša Živec, Uroš Rustja and Tadej Bolta. In several projects Arrea have tackled cultural heritage issues. With a subtle touch they transform ruined and abandoned places into modern buildings while respecting the qualities of the existing structure, programme and the natural surroundings.

Work

The two main elements of Arrea projects are "light" and "communication"; both clearly legible in their architecture. In addition their architecture emphasises the freedom of an open space and softens the boarders between interior and exterior, letting one flow into another.

Most of Arrea projects have been awarded prestigious national awards and have also received several honourable mentions. Other projects include the renovation of the Koroška Central Library Dr France Sušnik, Ravne na Koroškem, a daytime chapel in the cellar of the Franciscan monastery in Ljubljana, and a renovation of the Villa Ventrelli Complex, a project made in cooperation with Robert Potokar from Ravnikar-Potokar Architecture Bureau and Ana Kučan from Studio AKKA.

In 2010 Arrea designed the first low-energy wooden youth hostel in Slovenia "Punkl", managed by the Youth Cultural Centre in the Municipality of Ravne na Koroškem.

Awards

In 2012 the Prešeren Foundation Award was granted to Maruša Zorec and the cooperating team for the project Grajska pristava, a subtle renovation of one of the buildings that comprise the Ormož Castle.

In 2010 she received a Piranesi Award together with Matjaž Bolčina for the renovation of the Vetrinje Mansion (Naskov dvorec), where the seat of the Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012 is positioned. In 2011 Plečnik Medal was bestowed to authors of the same project.

In 2009 Arrea Architecture received the Plečnik Award for the outdoor altar in Brezje, adjacent to the Basilica of Mary, Help of Christians.

Backgorund

As a professor at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana, Maruša Zorec was for several years assistant to Vojteh Ravnikar, who influenced her way of working and perceiving architecture. Furthermore she admires the work of Slovene architects Edvard Ravnikar and Oton Jugovec, but mostly she is inspired by nature itself.

See also

• Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana
• Piran Days of Architecture

External links

• Arrea Architecture website
• Profile at A10 architectural magazine
• Profile at Wonderland database

Gallery

The Ormož Castle with its pristava (adjacent building) where the Ormož Music School, a new multipurpose hall, and the ethnological and archaeological museum collections are situated. The award-winning renovation was completed in 2011.

The renovated complex (designed by Arrea Architecture) of the two houses at Karunova Street with the Plečnik Collection in situ, a new permanent exhibition on Jože Plečnik and a study centre, 2015.

The renovated complex of the Plečnik House in 2015.

The entry porch was both a reception room and a lapidary. Renovated Plečnik House, 2015.

A courtyard of the Koroška Central Library at Ravne na Koroškem, conceived by Studio AKKA

The renovated exterior of Švicarija Art Centre, a new residency and exhibition venue for visual arts reopened in 2017.

The renovated interior of the Švicarija Art Centre, a former hotel from the early 20th century, renovation led by Arrea Architecture, 2017.

The Švicarija Art Centre, a former hotel located in Tivoli Park in Ljubljana, reopened its doors in 2017 as a new residency and exhibition venue for visual arts.

A detail of the inner courtyard of Vetrinjski dvor, as designed by the mansions renovators, the acclaimed bureau Arrea Architecture, 2013