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SPA center LAZzz

Service - Preliminary and Main Design

Status - Building permit

Appointment - 2021

Location - Stari Laz, Gorski kotar, Croatia

Main building enclosed spaces gross Area - 1865m2

Unit for accommodation enclosed spaces gross Area - 76m2  

Site Area - 9459m2

Client - LAZZZ d.o.o.

Author - Gorana Giljanović, Eugen Popović

Company - GEplus arhitekti

Building physics - Arhipoint

Fire protection Engineer - Inspekting 

Structural Engineer - Škoro

WSS Engineer - Avoka ing 

HVAC Engineer - Perpetuo

Swimming pool Engineer - Biroterm

Sprinkler Engineer - Sprinkler

Elevator Engineer - Schindler

Electrical Engineer - Foresight

Wellness consultant - Veda Studio 

                

In the heart of Gorski Kotar, at an altitude of 1027m, on a gentle slope overlooking the valley, a SPA center complex has been designed. It consists the main building and 8 separate accommodation units. All buildings on the plot form an architectural design unity, and adapt to the existing environment and landscape typology. The architectural design is based on a concept that combines modern and traditional design. Traditional design elements contribute to a better integration of the building into the local context, such as the design of the roof and the use of wooden cladding on the facades. The modern architectural expression gives new, added value to the existing environment. The building is a single-story building on the side of the access road, and the multi-story nature of the building is perceived only from the courtyard side. In order to achieve a visual reduction in the volume of the building, on the courtyard side the building is divided into a base, which consist the ground floor, and an architectural composition of sloping roofs above it, which consist 1st and 2nd floors. This mirrors the functional relationship between the interior and the exterior on the courtyard facades, the 'upper' volume with attractive views and the 'lower' volume which is functionally connected to the landscape.

The roof is designed as a multiple sloping roof that grows from south to north. This visually reduces the size of the 'upper' volume, creating the impression that it is made up of multiple buildings. The ridges of the roofs are not located in the middle of the roof, but asymmetrically in order to obtain a larger surface area oriented towards the south for the placement of photovoltaic elements. The dynamics of the facade are additionally achieved by retracting the vertical parts of the facade in relation to the horizontal parts, and by applying different materials to the horizontal and vertical elements of the facade. In addition to the use of wooden cladding, the sloping roofs are planned to be made of sheet metal cladding in a rhomboid pattern, which refers to the metal cladding of the facades of traditional houses in the Ravna Gora settlement.

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