Villa Criss Cross Envelope, Contemporary Slovenian Home, Architect, Residential Design Images
Villa Criss Cross Envelope
Contemporary Slovenian Home, Ljubljana Residence ? design by Ofis architects
4 Nov 2016
Villa Criss Cross Envelope in Ljubljana
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Design: Ofis arhitekti
Villa Criss Cross Envelope is located in the Mirje Suburbs within the city center of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

The street of the villa runs perpendicular to the ancient Roman Wall and continues into a pedestrian passageway under the stone pyramid designed by Plecnik (as part his reconstruction project along the wall).

The Villa?s new structure embeds an existing retaining wall along the street front.

By incorporating the wall as part of the new construction, the new house keeps original position on this street in an axial alignment to the pyramid.
The external structure is composed of a cube volume and perforated metal envelope.

The volume extracts cut-outs to create pockets of space that provide a pyramidical stepping down along the roof, a void along the entrance and private glass patios with terraces for living areas of the house.

Using a material with holes on both sides aims to make an abstract interpretation of the texture of classical villas in the historical suburb.

The rough classical façade was represented with double perforated panels; the task was to achieve texture through the illusion of depth which allows a light presence and enhances the shadows and reflec...