metal recycling plant
future: recycling a building on site
video by: Matjaž Ivanišin
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
International Architecture Awards 2009, The Chicago Athenaeum
Plečnik’s Medal 2008
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture: Mies van der Rohe Award 2009, nominated + shortlisted
contractworld.award 2010, shortlisted