Total artwork attitude par excellence

Why is it that there are not more architects who live a “total artwork attitude”? This classic approach definitely works for the office Atelje Ostan Pavlin based in Ljubljana, which consists of Saša Ostan and Natascha Pavlin. The architect duo dispenses with outsourcing because they prefer to accompany their buildings from design to completion, and they understand architectural practice not as a purely organisational or technical task, but as an artistic one.

This is nicely reflected in the Ljubljana Marsh in the Slovenian municipality of Ig, where Atelje Ostan Pavlin was responsible for creating a new visitor centre. With its exhibition, it conveys what living in a pile-dwelling settlement during the Bronze and Neolithic Ages, which were found in this area, actually looked like. The museum building creates a new town centre with its contrasting appearance and offers many special architectural details: the meandering form of the Prefalz roof, dark grey like peat in the marsh, is only one of them. The PREFARENZEN book 2023 will show you many more.

Blick auf einen Teil des Gebäudes, welches sich nahtlos in seine gebaute Umgebung einfügt.

Portrait der Architekten Aleksander Saša Ostan und Natascha Pavlin von Atelje Ostan Pavlin.

Architects Aleksander Saša Ostan and Natascha Pavlin

Eine der Längsseiten des markanten Museumsbaus; die verglasten Flächen gewähren Blicke ins Innere.

Abendaufnahme einer der Längsseiten des Gebäudes, welches innen beleuchtet ist.

Innenaufnahme des Baus, welche die Ausstellungsflächen zeigt.

Das Dach des Museums, das einem Mäander ähnelt, aus der Vogelperspektive.

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Text: Anneliese Heinisch
Photos: Croce & Wir

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