Renovation of typical block apartement from the seventies

Maja Pisanec – Arhitekttka

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Interiors – Residential

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Slovenia

Company Name

Maja Pisanec – Arhitekttka

 

COMPANY COUNTRY:

Slovenia

ARCHITECTURAL CREDITS

Maja Pisanec Zavrl – Arhitektka

Project Team
Mizarstvo Alič, Geberit, Vistra butik, Perfecta Dreams, Alpod, Strle svetila, Žakelj, Kamnoseštvo Jerič, Bora, Parada lifestyle shop
CLIENT OR OWNER NAME:

Mateja Košir

Project Name:
Renovation of typical block apartement from the seventies
Project Country:

Slovenia

Project City:
Škofja Loka
Project Category:
Residential
Project Area:
40 m2
Completion Date:
2024-11-15
Project overview

Block settlements in Slovenjia in the period from 1960 to 1990 represent almost 40% of our building stock. By renovating such an apartment from 1977 in Škofja Loka, we showed that the user can also get a high-quality apartment, adapted to a modern lifestyle. In our case, it was a small apartment measuring 40 m2. By installing sliding doors between rooms, we simultaneously created 1 large, open floor plan of the apartment or, depending on the position of the sliding doors, up to 5 rooms.

Project history

The apartments in such blocks in the seventies were built economically and in precise standards, but due to their age they are now quite in a bed shape, some even abandoned. Almost 25 thousand such apartments are empty today. Returning these apartments to the market could help solve the housing crisis and reduce the spread of construction into green and agricultural areas. Floor plans in such apartments usually always separated the kitchen from the living area, and in our case, living area was also combined with the sleeping area. In order to create a quality shared living and kitchen area and which is separate from the bedroom, we combined it with a balcony. We also half reduced the hallway to create a mini utility room and in the former kitchen we organized a separate bedroom. Due to worn out instaltions all electrical, plumbing, and floor installations in the apartment were of course newly installed. All the furniture has been specific designed to measure to fill every inch of space