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Zlatibor Residencies

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Zlatibor is a well known mountain resort in central Serbia. The surrounding area is characterised by beautiful nature and a rich cultural heritage. Over the years, however, nature and tradition have given way to dense urbanisation. The few empty plots that remain in the town centre are all marked for further expansion. The Zlatibor Residencies project is sited on one of these plots, in a pine forest adjacent to Hotel Palisad.

Both the urban plan and the wishes of the investor suggest a dense structure of individual towers which would do away with the existing pine forest completely. In order to preserve as much of the green area as possible, we propose a more classical building-block type structure. At first glance, this might seem a more suitable building typology for a heavily urbanised area but with a small modification of the volume, it allows us to accommodate the same amount of apartment units while maintaining the green and natural character of the site.

Three classical building blocks with apartments oriented on both sides are placed on the plot in a way that offers the best views while allowing for the maximum permeability of the site. In order not to block views and to enable light to enter into the apartments facing the inner courtyard of each building block, two of the corners are lowered to touch the terrain. To compensate for the space thus given up, the other two corners slightly exceed the height of the orthogonal volume originally envisaged. Where the buildings are lowered, gaps are cut into the volume to enable access to the inner courtyard. The width of the building block is adjusted to accommodate a parking garage, which is placed underneath. In contrast to a large underground garage, the new arrangement of parking spaces allows for the trees on the perimeter and within the inner courtyards to remain untouched.

The facade design and the appearance of the buildings are derived from the classic historical mountain architecture of the area. By adapting and reinterpreting the traditional techniques and materials, the Zlatibor Residencies neighbourhood gets a distinct mountain look despite the striking difference in scale compared to a typical rural building. The combination of thatched roofs and pointy volumes, which in places protrude above the existing tree line, creates a natural ambience which offers the residents and visitors a genuine contact with nature, a sine qua non for the site.

Credits

 Zlatibor
 Serbia
 HTT AD Palisad Zlatibor
 67880 mq
 ENOTA
 Dean Lah, Milan Tomac, Tjaž Bauer, Polona Ruparčič, Peter Sovinc, Peter Karba, Jurij Ličen, Sara Mežik, Eva Tomac, Goran Djokić

Curriculum

Enota was founded in 1998 with the ambition to create contemporary and critical architectural practice of an open type based on collective approach to development of architectural and urban solutions. Constant changes and new complex situations in the world around us drive us to think about new architectural and urban solutions. In order to be able to produce answers to those new questions we believe it’s time to surpass the boundaries of conventional discipline set mainly by our cultural backgrounds. Enota’s team of architects focuses on research driven design of the environment where study of contemporary social organizations and use of new technologies are interwoven to produce innovative and effective solutions. Enota’s solutions are strongly influenced by research, reinterpretation and development of social, organizational and design algorithms that derive from nature. The result is always a strong binding of the buildings with the environment that surrounds them.


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