Cathedral of Freedom / Hommage to Joze Plecnik by Kristijan Tavcar

CATHEDRAL OF FREEDOM / Hommage to Joze Plecnik is an experimental short film dedicated to Slovene architect Joze Plecnik.

Cathedral of Freedom / Plecnik Parliament (Slovene: Plecnikov parlament) is the colloquial name of two designs for a building intended to house the legislature of the People’s Republic of Slovenia within the second Yugoslavia. Formally known as the Slovene Acropolis and the Cathedral of Freedom (Slovenska akropola / Katedrala svobode), the two designs were proposed in 1947 by Slovenia’s most eminent architect, Joze Plečnik, but were rejected in favour of a more conventional design.

A square, colonnaded false façade would have surrounded the cylindrical main building of two stories, surmounted by a tall, spirally tapering conical cupola. Supported internally by inclined columns, the cupola would have spanned the parliament chamber. The facade would have measured 50 m in length, the tower rising to 120 m. Several slightly varying designs were produced, some including a second colonnade wrapping the second floor of the main building, different porticoes, or an asymmetrical ground floor.

Year: 2017
Production / Direction: Kristijan Tavcar
Visualization: Kristijan Tavcar
Music: Kai Engel

FOREST office campus by Piotr Pietruczak

Aerial shot of Forest office campus in Warsaw, Poland.
Building is supposed to meet high ‘green’ standards and will have many environment-friendly facilities within its premises. Those include a roof urban farm, outdoor fitness, leisure deck and others. Additionally it will be surrounded by a nice park – so the name “Forest” came up naturally.

The project had many versions since we first started working with HRA on it in 2015 and I hope I’ll have a chance (and client’s permission) to share them with you at some point.

Aerial photography was done in coop with Przemyslaw Pawinski from Geopoint

Essex Modern City by Maurice Flores

Essex Modern City strives to set a new standard for mixed-use development in San Antonio, reinventing urban infill development, by referencing the historical patterns of San Antonio as a Spanish colonial city based on while embracing new technology’s impact on the urban environment. It returns the focus to the people, both those who live there and visit, by making it a walkable community with vehicular access limited to emergency and service access. The large central plaza and extensive green space throughout provides a venue for events and exhibits for residents and visitors. Vertical and horizontal urban farms will grow produce to be utilized by restaurants on the property, purchased by residents/visitors, or marketed as a revenue source to those managing it. A market will provide a venue for local food vendors and craftsmen to market and sell their goods. Local arts and entertainment will be celebrated throughout the Essex Modern City development.