Mojca Gregorski (born 1975) graduated in 2000 from the Faculty of architecture at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. She attended PhD study in Ljubljana as well as at the Universidad Politecnica de Valencia and Jagellonian University in Krakow, Poland. She had been getting her work experience in architectural offices abroad and in Slovenia before she established her own office - MODULAR arhitekti - in 2009.

She received several prestigious awards in Slovenia (3 Golden pencils from Chamber of architecture, 3 nominations for Plecnik award, nomination for Piranesi award, Slovene nomination for Mies van der Rohe award, many awards in public competitions,..) as well as abroad. In 2009 she was a finalist of World architecture festival (Education) and in 2013 winner of the WAF-World architecture news (Education-Future projects). In 2011 she received honourable recognition of her works awarded by University of Ljubljana. This recognition is presented to individuals who have achieved international outstanding visibility of their realised works and is equivalent to doctorates in the field of theoretical research.

Currently she works as leading architect in MODULAR arhitekti and as assistant professor at the Faculty of architecture at the University of Ljubljana.

Her work consists of realisations in different architecture scales - ranging from small designs and houses to more complex urbanistic projects. Most of her realised work is in the field of public buildings (kindergartens, sport halls and complexes, home for elderly, castle renovations,…). 

She is interested in realisations of contemporary architecture in response to contextual parameters as much as social influences . Results are based on constant investigations about new functional and spatial solutions. Buildings are interweaving to the surrounding environment, not trying to dominate it.. It is important to be honest in the detail and in the use of materials.

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KINDERGARTEN KIDRICEVO, SLOVENIA
First contemporary kindergarten in Slovenia

The new building reads topographic characteristics of the location and at the same time takes into consideration aforementioned needs of the neighboring community. The positioning of building’s volumes creates several sequences of public and half-public spaces, visually interconnected through a range of transparent surfaces. As a result, it introduces new public places and activity areas to the settlement.

The architectural concept emerges from the idea of exchanging and interconnecting built and green spaces, creating various views and allowing constant contact with nature. The building’s plan is composed of three elongated volumes (referring to the settlement’s elongated buildings) separated by functionally divided courtyards. Two differently designed wings occupied by groups aged 1-3 (three units) and 3-6 (six units) are connected through transparent, multifunctional activity space. The third wing, consisting of administration, kitchen and school canteen geometrically and functionally refers to the existing school. 

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