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Tomaž GregoričFranci Virant

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Matevž Čelik

¶ The architecture of Ofis Architects is attractive because of its insightful, humorous and provocative solutions. This is exactly the reason why their buildings are a favourite topic for relevant and irrelevant critics and occasional commentators of architecture. Their photogenic architecture, which is me­mo rable, equally delights accidental passers­by, tourists inte re sted in architecture, as well as the editors of various ma gazines and books, who often use it for the cover pages of their publications. With their football stadium in Maribor, Ofis Architects also won recognition as creators of architectural

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Katja Žlajpah Aleš Žnidaršič Rok Oman

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Špela Videčnik

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¶Arhitektura Ofis arhitekata privlačna je zbog svojih proni c­lji vih, duho vitih i provokativnih rješenja. Njihove su zgrade upravo zato omiljena tema zvanih i nezvanih kritičara te pri­go dnih komentatora arhitekture. Njihova fotogenična arhi­tek tura, koja se pamti, u jednakoj mjeri oduševljava slučajne prolaznike kao i turiste zainteresirane za arhitekturu te ure dni­ke različitih časopisa i knjiga, koji je često stavljaju na naslov­nice svojih publikacija. S nogometnim stadionom u Mariboru su se Ofis arhitekti iskazali i kao stvaraoci arhitektonskih kon­cepata koji danas kod kuće i diljem Europe pobuđuju ve li ko

Nogometni stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor, Slovenija

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concepts, arousing great interest both at home and all over Europe. Differently than in the City Museum in Lju bljana, where Ofis Architects in a similar way attempted to affi­rm continuous curved surfaces as the guiding theme, the sta di um was completed in accordance with the idea of the com petition entry in 1998, won together by Špela Videčnik, Katja Žlajpah, Rok Oman and Aleš Žnidaršič. ¶ The buildings of Ofis Architects are attractive because of simply understan da­ble architectural gags, humorous ideas, with which generic volumes are equipped. On the residential blocks in Izola, loggias are stuck like hives in different colours. The historical mass of the villa in Bled drowns at the foot of the hills, a ver­sion of the American ‘Glass House’ concept. The residential block in Cerklje na Gorenjskem is covered with ‘folksy’ wooden crosses. With their neat architectural implants, Ofis’s architec­

ture creates a kind of mixture, which arouses a desire among the most fanatical traditionalists to invest in contemporary architecture at home. ¶ Neither does the stadium in Maribor lack architectural gags. The transparent ring turns its lights on during evening football matches, like an orbital space vessel parked on a hardly big enough platform, somewhere on the intersection point of the 46th parallel and 15th meridian. Since architects in Slovenia, with rare exceptions, prefer safe, more easily controlled polyhedron geometric forms, at first sight it seems that the double glazed curve is something entirely new. However, Ofis architects established themselves back at the end of 1990s with their concept of connected curved surfaces that flow parallel one above another, when they won the com­petition for the stadium in Maribor and the competition for the City Museum of Ljubljana. The connecting tract of the museum was conceived as a sequence of five arches which, like ramps for automobiles, connect the divided floors of the old palace. In the case of the stadium, there are two parallel arches, the roof and the ring of stands, which bridge over the generic base with public programmes. ¶ The stadium does not hide its ambition to denote a place in the future, even further than just a few generations. On the other hand, it does not deny spatial continuity. The curve of the new roof is over­built geometry of the concrete arch above the old stands, which were designed by architect Boris Pipan during the 1960s. The widely praised architecture of the 60s in this case serves as

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zanimanje. I ovdje je, premda drugačije nego kod Grad skog mu zeja u Ljubljani, gdje su Ofis arhitekti također nasto jali afir mi rati kontinuirane zakrivljene plohe kao temu vodilju, sta dion dovršen u skladu s idejom natječaja na kojem su zajed­ni čki 1998. godine pobijedili Špela Videčnik, Katja Žlaj pah, Rok Oman i Aleš Žnidaršič. ¶Zgrade Ofis arhitekata pri vlače jednostavno razumljivim arhitektonskim gegovima, duho­vi tim idejama kojima su opremljeni generički volu meni. Na stambe ne blokove u Izoli prilijepljene su loggie poput raz­no bo jnih košnica. Historijska masa vile na Bledu utapa se u po dno žju, izvedenici američkog ‘glass house’ koncepta. Stam beni blok U Cerkljama na Gorenjskem obložen je ‘narod­nim’ drvenim križevima. Zgodnim arhitektonskim umecima Ofiso va arhitektura tvori takvu mješavinu da i najzagriženije tradicionaliste obuzima želja da na domaćem terenu inve sti­

raju u suvremenu arhitekturu. ¶Ni na stadionu u Mariboru ne nedostaju arhitektonski gegovi. Transparentni prsten se za večernjih utakmica pali poput orbitalnog svemirskog plo­vila, parkiranog na jedva dovoljno velikoj platformi ne gdje na sjecištu 46. paralele i 15. meridijana. Budući da arhitekti u Sloveniji, uz rijetke iznimke, daju prednost sigurnim, la kše savladivim poliedarskim geometrijskim oblicima, izgleda na prvi pogled da je dvostruka zastakljena krivulja nešto pos­ve novo. Međutim, Ofis arhitekti su se probili konceptom spojenih zakrivljenih ploča koje teku usporedno jedna iznad druge već krajem 90­ih godina, kada su uz natječaj za sta­dion u Mariboru pobijedili i na natječaju za Gradski muzej u Ljubljani. Vezni trakt muzeja bio je koncipiran kao niz od pet lukova, koji poput rampi za automobile povezuju raščlanjene etaže stare palače. U slučaju stadiona se radi o dva paralelna

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a donor of genetic material, used for designing a new, more complex and advanced hybrid. The stadium in Ljudski Vrt (Pe­ople’s Garden) is an example of the way in which a proactive treatment of architectural heritage stimulates development of remarkable and functional new architecture. Without res­traints and false respect, the new architecture of the stadium self­reliantly meets with the old, not touching it in the process. Together, they create an irreplaceable entirety. ¶ Ljudski Vrt has become even more ‘people’s’ since the stadium was built. This new design of the sports park opened the surroundings of the sports arena towards the town in the form of a huge public space in its centre. In Ljudski Vrt, they in fact only did some additional building on the old football field, and yet the stadium represents a great new architecture. Regardless of the used architectural concept, the primary significance refers to the public building intended for numerous users. The ring of the stands, already during the construction works, attracted the attention of football fans, but also of those who have a quite low opinion of football. The photo documentation of the construction of the ring, which was regularly up da ted on the web pages of FC Maribor, is extremely detailed, as if construction supervisors were the ones who were doing it. ¶ To what extent intelligently, humorously and interestingly designed public buildings can produce enthusiasm among pe ople for contemporary architecture, we were able to see

recently in Ljubljana in the example of the building of Cham­ber of Commerce (SVA, 1999). On the occasion of the opening ceremony, the new stadium offered an impor tant football match between local clubs and thus drew a mass of people who filled the stadium to capacity. If we observe the stadium’s opening as a unique architectural event, it should be, to tell the truth, admitted that the audience there was probably mo re numerous than total number of all visitors at archite­ctural symposiums, exhibitions and awards cere mo nies in the whole of Slovenia. The renovated Ljudski Vrt there fore took hold as the town’s icon in a moment, which symbolizes the historical continuity of sports culture, architecture and innovativeness in Maribor.

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luka, krovu i vijencu tribina, koji premošćuju generičko pod­nožje sa javnim programom. ¶Stadion ne skriva ambiciju da označi mjesto koje će trajati dulje od nekoliko generacija. S druge strane, ne niječe prostorni kontinuitet. Krivulja novog krova je nadgrađena geometrija betonskog luka iznad starih tribina, koje je 60­ih godina projektirao arhitekt Boris Pipan. Toliko hvaljena arhitektura 60­ih je u ovom slučaju poslužila kao donator genskog materijala, iskorištenog za planiranje novog, kompleksnijeg i naprednijeg hibrida. Stadion u Pučkom vrtu je primjer za to kako proaktivni tretman arhitektonske baštine pobuđuje razvoj izuzetne i uporabive nove arhitekture. Bez suzdržanosti i lažnog poštovanja nova se arhitektura sta­diona samosvjesno susreće sa starom, a da je se pri tom ne dotiče. Zajedno tvore nezamjenjivu cjelinu. ¶Pučki vrt po sta o je nakon izgradnje stadiona još više ‘pučki’. Novim ure đe njem sportskog parka se okoliš sportske arene otvorio prema gradu kao veliki javni prostor u njegovu središtu. U Pučkom vrtu je zapravo samo dograđeno staro nogometno igralište, a ipak je stadion velika nova arhitektura. Bez obzira na arhitektonski koncept, prije svega je važna javna zgrada za brojne korisnike. Obruč tribina je već tijekom građevnih radova pobuđivao pozornost ljubitelja nogometa, ali i onih koji o nogometu ne misle ništa dobro. Fotodokumentacija o gradnji ‘ringa’, koju su redovito uređivali na web stranicama NK Maribora, tako je podrobna kao da su je vodili građevni nadzornici. ¶U

kojoj mjeri inteligentno, duhovito i zanimljivo oblikovane javne zgrade mogu ljude oduševiti za suvremenu arhitektu ru mogli smo u Ljubljani u posljednje vrijeme vidjeti na prim­jeru izgradnje zgrade Gospodarske komore (SVA,1999.). Novi stadion je povodom otvorenja na derbi lokalnih klubova privukao masu ljudi, koji su stadion ispunili do posljednjeg mjesta. Ako otvorenje promatramo kao jedinstveni arhitek­tonski događaj, treba istini za volju priznati da mu je prisus­tvovalo vjerojatno više publike nego što u Sloveniji ima pos­je titelja arhitektonskih simpozija, izložbi i podjela nagrada. Obno vljeni Pučki vrt je tako u trenutku zaživio kao gradska ikona koja simbolizira povijesni kontinuitet sportske kulture, arhitekture i inovativnosti.

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Nogometni stadion Ljudski vrt, Mladinska ulica 29, Maribor, SlovenijaLjudski Vrt Football Stadium, Mladinska street 29, Maribor, Slovenia

Rok Oman, Špela Videčnik, Katja Žlajpah, Aleš ŽnidaršičOfis arhitekti, multiPlan arhitektiBranik Maribor, Grad Maribor / Maribor Municipal Authority9500 m²3.400 m²7.600 m²19982008