location: Lendava
area: 3.900 m2
client: Imo-Real d.o.o.
type: retail
status: completed
year of construction: 2002
The aim of the project was
to develop of a scheme for a client that has previously not
invested in shopping malls. First phase of the project required
development of distinguishing structural and visual elements,
which were then applied to the Lendava project. The structure
houses a supermarket, a technical store, a series of smaller
retail spaces, restaurants and cafés, and a central mall.
The main elevation is richly structured, clearly articulating
the diversity of programme in individual sections rather than
the structure as whole. Remaining three facades are finished
in concrete, echoing the building's primary purpose. Identical
overhangs span the lengths of both main and back façade, the
front one inviting and protecting visitors, the back one protecting
delivery and manipulation. Together they unify the scheme and
accentuate it with a floating horizontal echoing the plains
of Prekmurje.
Published in:
Shopping malls (2005), Mall? More (2011), Shopping Mall (2012),
Architecture file (2012)
