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Ptuj Performance Center / ENOTA
MONASTERY, PTUJ, SLOVENIA
• Architects: ENOTA
• project Renovation of former Dominican Monastery to Performance Center
• type commercial
• year 2010
• status completed 2015
• size 3.527 m2
• budget 4.400.000 EUR
• client Ptuj Municipality
• location Ptuj, Slovenija
• coordinate 46°27'38"N 15°6'56"E
• project team Dean Lah, Milan Tomac, Polona Ruparčič, Andrej Oblak, Maruša Zupančič, Alja Černe, Tjaž Bauer, Petra Ostanek, Nuša Završnik Šilec, Nebojša Vertovšek
• collaborators Elea iC (structural engineering), Nom biro (mechanical services), Elsing (electrical planning)
• AWARDS
• East Centric Arhitext Awards, Regeneration, finalist Bucharest, Romania, 2016
• European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award, nomination Barcelona, Spain, 2015
• Piranesi Award, nomination Piran, Slovenia, 2014
• Golden Pencil Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2014
• Interior of the Year Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2014
• LEAF Awards, Refurbishment of the Year, shortlisted Dusseldorf, Germany, 2014
• Plečnik Medal Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2014
• Architizer A+ Awards, Architecture + Preservation, jury winner New York, USA, 2014
• Architizer A+ Awards, Architecture + Preservation, popular choice winner New York, USA, 2014
• Architizer A+ Awards, Theatres & Performing Arts Centers, finalist New York, USA, 2014
• AIT Award, Public Building Education, special mention Frankfurt, Germany, 2014
Ptuj Performance Center has been designed by ENOTA, transforming an 800-year-old Dominican monastery in Ptuj, Slovenia into a congress and cultural centre. The conservation and restoration work was taken in steps by the designers due to the extensive painted surfaces which were only partially uncovered and restored.
The new intervention is limited to the surfaces where no new archaeological finds were expected: the floor. Installing heating, ventilation, lighting and sound in the floor allowed the designers to contain the technology needed within the floor space while the walls remained intact. These walls will be restored once the building is already in use due to the demanding time needed to fully and accurately reinstate the surfaces.
Connecting spaces from a variety of historical periods was a challenge for ENOTA and so chose to connect the individual spaces with black concrete paving which is neutral enough as to not detract from the beauty of the restoration, yet contrasting enough to focus the eye on the parts of the building awaiting completion.
After the construction of added floors had been torn down, archaeological work revealed rich findings in the central section of the former Gothic church. The sepulchres, reredos, and the remains of the steps and flooring made from Roman gravestones will be presented "in situ". Above this section, the new floor is consequently raised in space, forming tiered stands for the visitors at the same time, and acting as a spatial partition between the reconstructed Baroque church and the remains of the Gothic building.
The path along the staircase towards the visitors' seats is thus a sequence of different spatial experiences:the first landing offers a view of the floor plan of the Gothic building; on the second landing, one can take a close look at the newly discovered details of the Mediaeval architecture; while at the end, towards the top, the view of the entire splendour of the Baroque nave gradually opens.
The contrast between the new floor and the historical substance of the erstwhile monastery is deliberately greatest in the black-on-white appearance of the main hall, referencing the famous black and white habit of the Dominican Order where the white is symbolic of innocence and black of modesty.
#Slovenia , #monastery , #metal , #accessibility , #performance_centre , #stair , #archeology , #interior_design , #lighting , #public_space , #cultural_center
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Ptuj Performance Center / ENOTA
MONASTERY, PTUJ, SLOVENIA
• Architects: ENOTA
• project Renovation of former Dominican Monastery to Performance Center
• type commercial
• year 2010
• status completed 2015
• size 3.527 m2
• budget 4.400.000 EUR
• client Ptuj Municipality
• location Ptuj, Slovenija
• coordinate 46°27'38"N 15°6'56"E
• project team Dean Lah, Milan Tomac, Polona Ruparčič, Andrej Oblak, Maruša Zupančič, Alja Černe, Tjaž Bauer, Petra Ostanek, Nuša Završnik Šilec, Nebojša Vertovšek
• collaborators Elea iC (structural engineering), Nom biro (mechanical services), Elsing (electrical planning)
• AWARDS
• East Centric Arhitext Awards, Regeneration, finalist Bucharest, Romania, 2016
• European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award, nomination Barcelona, Spain, 2015
• Piranesi Award, nomination Piran, Slovenia, 2014
• Golden Pencil Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2014
• Interior of the Year Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2014
• LEAF Awards, Refurbishment of the Year, shortlisted Dusseldorf, Germany, 2014
• Plečnik Medal Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2014
• Architizer A+ Awards, Architecture + Preservation, jury winner New York, USA, 2014
• Architizer A+ Awards, Architecture + Preservation, popular choice winner New York, USA, 2014
• Architizer A+ Awards, Theatres & Performing Arts Centers, finalist New York, USA, 2014
• AIT Award, Public Building Education, special mention Frankfurt, Germany, 2014
Ptuj Performance Center has been designed by ENOTA, transforming an 800-year-old Dominican monastery in Ptuj, Slovenia into a congress and cultural centre. The conservation and restoration work was taken in steps by the designers due to the extensive painted surfaces which were only partially uncovered and restored.
The new intervention is limited to the surfaces where no new archaeological finds were expected: the floor. Installing heating, ventilation, lighting and sound in the floor allowed the designers to contain the technology needed within the floor space while the walls remained intact. These walls will be restored once the building is already in use due to the demanding time needed to fully and accurately reinstate the surfaces.
Connecting spaces from a variety of historical periods was a challenge for ENOTA and so chose to connect the individual spaces with black concrete paving which is neutral enough as to not detract from the beauty of the restoration, yet contrasting enough to focus the eye on the parts of the building awaiting completion.
After the construction of added floors had been torn down, archaeological work revealed rich findings in the central section of the former Gothic church. The sepulchres, reredos, and the remains of the steps and flooring made from Roman gravestones will be presented "in situ". Above this section, the new floor is consequently raised in space, forming tiered stands for the visitors at the same time, and acting as a spatial partition between the reconstructed Baroque church and the remains of the Gothic building.
The path along the staircase towards the visitors' seats is thus a sequence of different spatial experiences:the first landing offers a view of the floor plan of the Gothic building; on the second landing, one can take a close look at the newly discovered details of the Mediaeval architecture; while at the end, towards the top, the view of the entire splendour of the Baroque nave gradually opens.
The contrast between the new floor and the historical substance of the erstwhile monastery is deliberately greatest in the black-on-white appearance of the main hall, referencing the famous black and white habit of the Dominican Order where the white is symbolic of innocence and black of modesty.
#Slovenia , #monastery , #metal , #accessibility , #performance_centre , #stair , #archeology , #interior_design , #lighting , #public_space , #cultural_center
@revitalization