COMMERCIAL-RESIDENTIAL CENTRE AT ŠALEŠKA CESTA IN VELENJE

Velenje je izrazito modernistično mesto, ki je svoj največji razvoj doživelo po drugi svetovni vojni. Sočasno se je razvijalo s premogovništvom, na hiter razvoj industrije pa je kazalo tudi podjetje Gorenje d. d. Vseskozi je bila v mestu težava predvsem pomanjkanje kvalitetnih poslovnih objektov, ki bi bili naklonjeni tako večjim kot tudi manjšim podjetjem. V predstavljenem projektu smo se poskušali dotakniti te problematike. Magistrsko delo obravnava območje med obema gradovoma in Vilo Herberstein. To območje leži tesno ob Šaleški cesti, ki je pomembna prometna povezava osrednje Slovenije s Koroško. V neposredni bližini je mestno središče z vsemi upravnimi objekti, avtobusna postaja in pošta. Prostor, ki ponuja veliko priložnosti, smo skrbno preučili in ugotovili, da je na omenjeni lokaciji potreben objekt, ki z dobro zasnovo upošteva že grajeno mestno strukturo in mestu omogoča nadaljnji razvoj. Objekt obsega raznolike in kvalitetne bivalne enote, ki so v prvi vrsti namenjene uporabnikom poslovnega objekta. Slednji zajema različne tipe pisarn, znotraj katerih je ustvarjen večnamenski skupen prostor. Dodatno kvaliteto daje kompleksu pester javni program s trgovinami in drugo tržno ter ponudbeno cono za obiskovalce, kar objektu prinaša nenehno gibanje in življenje. Celoten projekt je zasnovan tako, da smo z umestitvijo novega volumna poudarili zgodovinsko pomembne okoliške objekte, z ureditvijo zunanjega prostora in dodajanjem novih programov pa smo poskusili ohraniti kvaliteto zelenega, zračnega in modernega mesta.Velenje is distinctly modernist city that reached the largest development after the Second World War. It was provided by the coal mining, but at the same time there was a rapid industrial development enabled by the Gorenje Company. In the town, the problem has always been a lack of quality commercial facilities which would favour the larger as well as the smaller companies. We have tried to deal with this issue in the project. In the master’s thesis we have dealt with the area between the two castles and The Vila Herberstein. It is located along Šaleška road which is an important traffic connection of the central Slovenia and Carinthia. There is the city centre with all administrative buildings, a bus station and a post office in the vicinity of the road. We have carefully examined the area which offers lot of opportunities and we have realised that this location requires a well designed facility considering the existing urban structure and thus allowing a further development. The facility would have various high-quality living units which would be primarily intended for users of the building. It would include different types of offices where a multipurpose communal space would be created. Additional quality of the facility would be provided by the diverse public program with shops and other commercial and offer zone for visitors. Thus the facility would be given a constant motion and more life. The entire project has been designed in a way that the placement of a new volume would highlight the historically important surrounding structures. We have also tried to maintain the quality of the green, airy and modern city by arranging the outer area and adding the new programs