metal recycling plant

future: recycling a building on site

 

video by: Matjaž Ivanišin

 
 
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The recycling plant in Pivka specialises in recycling metal scraps and consists of an immense production plateau with two small buildings located at its borders. The question of short term use and long lasting impact was one of the key considerations with this project, with one part of the project being generic, flexible and usable in a multitude of ways, while the volume, specific to the program, is recyclable in its entirety.

The first of the two volumes is made of concrete and houses the production area. The other is its mirrored image made of metal and features offices, wardrobes and a very specific control deck, supervising the weighing of the incoming waste and outgoing materials. Since this specificity means non-adaptability, the building can be recycled on-site when it’s no longer needed.The light and the heavy, the concrete and the transparent tell a tale of the ephemeral and the enduring. 

Video:

Odpad, Pivka for “Small and Smart – Expressions of Contemporary Slovenian Architecture in Film”

Organization: Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO)

Curator: Jeff Bickert (ARK)

Production: Matjaž Ivanišin and Damjan Kozole, Vertigo Emotionfilm

 
 

location: Pivka, Slovenia
project date: 2005 – 2008
completion date: 2008
area: 140 + 140 + 1.440 m2
type: industrial plant
client: Andrej Dolenc, Odpad d.o.o
source: commission

photos: Matevž Paternoster, Miran Kambič, Miran Kambič Photography

video: Matjaž Ivanišin

project team: Aljoša Dekleva, Tina Gregorič, Lea Kovič

awards:

 
Golden Pencil 2009

Golden Pencil 2009

International Architecture Awards 2009, The Chicago Athenaeum

International Architecture Awards 2009, The Chicago Athenaeum

Plečnik’s Medal 2008

Plečnik’s Medal 2008

European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture: Mies van der Rohe Award 2009, nominated + shortlisted

European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture: Mies van der Rohe Award 2009, nominated + shortlisted

contractworld.award 2010, shortlisted

contractworld.award 2010, shortlisted