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,…). 

SPORT HALL KIDRIČEVO - SLOVENIA

Sporthall design and smart urbansitic plan contributes to the quality of public places in the whole town

Architect: Mojca Gregorski, Ajda Vogelnik Saje

Interior graphic design: Žiga Misjak

Photographer: Miran Kambič

 

The new public building reads topographic characteristics of the location and at the same time takes into consideration before mentioned needs of the neighboring community. The positioning of building’s masses 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 whole  settlement.

The object’s micro location is marked by the nearby school and kindergarten as well as the edge of a 5-meter tall pine-tree forest. The building, with its floor-plan reaching 50 by 60 meters and overall height of 12 meters, is partially buried, which results in optical decrease of its noticeably elongated volume. As a result, the object does not dominate the existing school complex and gives the impression of elegance and simplicity. 

Facade windows and openings are positioned in such a way, that they allow outside observer to see through the building into the nature, giving the impression of de-materialization of the building at the edge of the forest. At the same time, the activities in the building are visible from the outside, which underlines the public character of the object. 

The building, while giving the impression of a low and simply designed volume from the outside, surprises with bright and large main sport hall with “futsal” field convertible to several other sport courts. In addition, the object boasts 10 line shooting range, smaller gym hall, dancing hall, smaller and bigger climbing wall and accompanying service areas. Sport hall is attached to grammar school and is also serving as their main sport facility.

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