3Shoebox house

The new house by OFIS architects in Ljubljana is composed of three cube volumes that are stacked with 90 degrees shifts, creating overhangs and terraces.

The Villa by OFIS is located in Trnovo, within the city center of Ljubljana, Slovenia. It is the renovation of a small existing house dating from 1934. The extension creates different intersections between the old and the new part on each floor. It is composed of three cube volumes, each in a proportion of a shoe-box, like the existing house floorplan.

Boxes are stacked with 90 degrees shifts, creating overhangs and terraces. The volumes are cladded in dark wood – spruce vertical lattice. The structure is the combination of a concrete base, metal frames and a wooden substructure. The interior of the new part is formed mostly by wall cladding, creating integrated wardrobes and walls. The old house is simply renovated keeping all the existing textures and materials.