House SB, Ljubljana by Bevk Perovic Arhitekti

House SB, Ljubljana
Architect: Bevk Perovic Arhitekti
Floor area: 190 m2
Project: 2002
Built: 2003 – 2004
Address: Pot v Smre?je 28a, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Type: single family residence
Project team: Matija Bevk, Vasa Perovi?
Photo: M.Paternoster

This single family house was designed by Bevk Perovic Arhitekti and located in a suburban settlement on Ljubljana’s outskirts, House SB is not at all a typical Slovenian single-family house. The architects opted for a patio typology with two wings on different levels framing a small garden area. While the house opens welcomingly towards its surroundings, its street face is almost standoffish. But unlike traditional houses, House SB is not hidden from curious passers-by behind a fence. Instead, the house itself is designed as a fence that keeps street life at distance.

The light-filled living area in the upper wing is an open loft space that contrasts with the seclusion of the bedroom area below. At the intersection of these two overlapping volumes one can appreciate the complexity of the house. A rigorous use of materials (the whole house, including pitched roof and terrace, is clad in larch wood planks) and lack of decoration give the architectural concept its strength. Everything unnecessary has been omitted leaving the surfaces smooth and abstract.

About Bevk Perovic Arhitekti:
Office founded in 1997.
Run by Matija Bevk and Vasa J. Perovi?.

Matija Bevk, b. 1972, Ljubljana, Slovenia,
1999 graduated from Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Vasa J. Perovi?, MA BiA, b. 1965, Belgrade, YU.
1992 graduated from Faculty of Architecture, Belgrade, YU,
1992-94 masters degree Berlage Institute of Architecture, Amsterdam, NL

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