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8 July, 2011 Amazing Spaces

Tetris for a Building

The Slovenian Urban Planning Institute assigned Ofis Group to design 650 apartments in the capital Ljubljana, and these have now been built. The apartments are on four storeys, in total 58 meters long and 15 meters wide. The Institute was inspired by the famous block building game "Tetris". The front side was inspired by an array of Tetris parts, and although the parts have different shapes and sizes, they form lines in total harmony with each other. The developers of the project envisaged that the building would be in front of a main road, so they placed balconies and windows 30 degrees to the south, which is a calmer road front. The apartments vary in space between 30 m2 and 70 m2. The larger apartments are on the front side, and have a better front view. All of the floors are made of wood, while the bathrooms are made of granite. Large windows have outer window panes. In the building design, safety was of utmost importance. There was also an avoidance of unnecessary walls to create open spacing between the apartments and only keep the walls separating the different units.