apartment building prule

The spaces of the apartments are divided into two stripes, running parallel to river and city structure respectively, with the ‘middle’ zone devoted to services. The front stripe – a living zone is complemented by the back stripe, fully flexible bedroom area.

apartment building prule

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address: Prule, Ljubljana, Slovenia
client: private

project: 2008-2012
built: 2012-2015

Bevk Perović project team:
Matija Bevk
Vasa J. Perović
Tadej Glažar
Blaž Goričan

photo: Miran Kambič

Apartment building Prule is located on the riverbank of Ljubljanica river, in a protected neighbourhood of urban villas from 1930’s , bordering the centre of Ljubljana. It replaces an older structure, a villa that once stood on the site.

The new project, conceived as a ‘stack’ of 3 large apartments, builds its character on the duality of 2 conditions – that of a river bank in the front, and the dense city fabric on the back. The spaces of the apartments are therefore divided into 2 stripes, running parallel to river and city structure respectively, with the ‘middle’ zone devoted to services. The front stripe – a living zone is complemented by the back stripe, fully flexible bedroom area.

Entirely constructed in cast, exposed concrete, the building ‘wears’ its structure on the exterior – its exoskeleton fully exposed to the views.