Healthy public living room

Avenia-M d.o.o. – Non Tox Uni Kum

Interior Experience – Cultural. Education. Heritage. Temporary. Experimental

Slovenia

Company Name

Avenia-M d.o.o. – Non Tox Uni Kum

COMPANY COUNTRY:

Slovenia

ARCHITECTURAL CREDITS

Avenia M d.o.o. Noon Tox Uni Kum, Petra Marinko, univ.dipl.ing.arch, Healthy materials Lab EU, material auditing.

Project Team

Municiplaity of Trbovlje, Mayor Mag. Zoran Poznic, Mayors advisor Dr. Katarina Bebar, Avenia M, Non Tox Hub, Petra Marinko Project Lead, New EU Bauhaus Advisor, Healthy Materials Lab (Healthy Materials Audit), Leila Behjat and Alison Mears, Tone Seliškar Library Trbovlje, Katra Hribar, director of Library, Local craftsmen, Citizens donating the furniture

CLIENT OR OWNER NAME:

Municipality of Trbovlje

Project Name:

Healthy public living room

Project Country:

Slovenia

Project City:

Trbovlje

Project Category:

Cultural. Education. Heritage. Temporary. Experimental

Project Area:

62 sqm

Completion Date:

2025-06-01

Project overview

Healthy Public Living Room transformed an underused commercial space into a healthier public interior through adaptive reuse, material innovation and community centred design. The project introduced health and New European Bauhaus values as design principles, influencing how future municipal projects are conceived while creating a flexible space for culture, learning and community life.

Project history

The project originated from a shared ambition to transform an underused commercial space into a welcoming public environment that would strengthen community life while supporting healthier indoor environments. We chose adaptive regenerative reuse as a more sustainable and resource efficient approach. The design process began with a healthier materials selection, followed by the development of a flexible spatial concept centred on health, inclusion and everyday use. Throughout the renovation, material choices, spatial organisation and furniture (from citizens living rooms) reuse were guided by wellbeing, circularity and accessibility principles. Since opening, the space has become a vibrant venue for cultural events, workshops, exhibitions, reading programmes and intergenerational activities,. Beyond the project itself, it has influenced the municipality’s approach to future public projects by placing health, inclusion and New European Bauhaus values at the centre of planning.