AA Visiting School Slovenia is a two-week experimental architecture course organized in Slovenia as a part of the Visiting School programme at the Architectural Association School of Architecture This is the third version of the programme following the success of the past two years at the same location in Vitanje It will also be the final course at this location concluding the trilogy of extensive research and production of nanotourist strategies in Vitanje Continuing the previous years’ agenda of nanotourist strategies developed for Vitanje and KSEVT design and make diverse accommodation and experience modules for a newly set-up concept of a diffused hotel for Vitanje The summer school will take place at the new Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies a bold landmark in the tiny Slovenian village of Vitanje of 800 residents that has welcomed over 25,000 visitors in its first year of activity KSEVT has a public significance and generates social There is an open need and an exposed potential of Vitanje to become a case study of developing an extreme set of bottom up strategies or prototypes to challenge the conventional notion of tourism The natural condition of Slovenia as a fragile but diverse landscape and the local phenomenon of obsessive individualism provide principal conditions for nanotourism – a creative critique to the current environmental social and economic downsides of conventional tourism Activate the Wp-related-posts plugin to see the related post list! XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong> The concept design for the building of the KSEVT derives from the habitation wheel of the first geostationary space station described in Noordung's 1929 book titled “The Problem of Space Travel - The Rocket Motor“. The main exhibition space circularly wraps the main round hall, which connects with the research spaces above through the round opening between the two spaces. It creates interaction between the program of local community and the scientific program of KSEVT. © Miran KambičThe building exceeds the size of the generic houses of Vitanje. With its volumetric and dynamic presence builds the relation with the main church that sits on a little hill in the middle of the town. In this way symbolically represents the Science & Culture counterpart to the Religion & Church. © Tomaz GregoricThe building is a monolithic concrete structure, positioned freely between a main road on one side and a stream with a green hinterland on the other. The exterior and interior of the building are made of two low cylinders. The bottom one is larger and rises from the North to the South, while the upper cylinder is smaller and joins the larger one on the south while rising to the North. The bottom cylinder is supported by the transparent surface of the entrance glazing. © Tomaz GregoricBesides special programme and location also collaboration of four architectural offices in developing the project is unique The idea of collaboration raised on the first meeting where investor invited the four offices to collaborate on internal competition – and office principals decided to actually rather do the project together The idea concepts came out on serious of workshops later project was shared in different stages of development between all offices You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email When 3D printers and parametric design are trendy innovative experiences related to these fields begin to appear more frequently and with even more creativity In this case AA organizes a workshop that explores the conventional sleep over a new three-dimensional experience of 3D sleeping how it feels to sleep hovering off the ground If you are interested in these new ways of research in the summer of 2015 a new edition is planned The workshop, organized by Architectural Association, took place at the new, highly specific building KSEVT, Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies a bold landmark in the tiny Slovenian village of Vitanje of 600 residents that has welcomed over 25,000 visitors in its first year of activity The natural condition of Slovenia as a fragile but diverse landscape and the local phenomenon of obsessive individualism provide principal conditions for nanotourism describing a creative critique to the current environmental it is more an attitude to improve specific everyday environments and to open up new local economies The site-specific added value to the KSEVT exhibition is the experience of levitation in an environment of gravity The team’s field of research was the transition from conventional 2D sleeping to the experience of 3D sleeping The individual version enables the researcher to spend the night in KSEVT by sleeping in a uniquely engineered levitation-suit a group of people is able to experience 3D sleeping as an extended feature of the exhibition where a set of pyramid shaped cushions support your entire body in a custom 3D position while asleep The concept of the KSEVT hotel and 3D sleeping embodies the unique program of KSEVT – it fulfills the accommodation needs of the institution and furthermore upgrades an already unique visitor experience From 2D to 3D Sleeping.Workshop.- AA Visiting School Slovenia: nanotourism nanotouristic strategies in Vitanje Blaž Šef.Team project.- Samo Bojnec – Slovenia Natalie Jasinski – Poland/Austria Kaja Švab – Slovenia Vid Žnidaršič – Slovenia.Contact.- AA Visiting School Slovenia Programme assistant: Jakob Travnik.Photograph.- Ajda Schmidt Arefeh Sanaei – Iran- Kaja Švab – Slovenia Archive Art as layers of circular volumes are stacked upon each other the lower ring angles to open from north to south exposing the glazing that marks the entrance with the top cylinder behaving in exactly the opposite direction image © tomaz gregoric (also main image) / all images courtesy of OFIS architects there are two entry points into the building one from the gravel area by a natural green zone and stream on the north side and the other from the main road the entrance vestibule contains two ramps that begin the exhibit area and can be completely opened to allow the space to spill out into the exterior square the western side contains smaller offices along the ramp that leads to the darker display area the highest area on the northernmost point is devoted to researchers of the history of space technology separated from the public activities below see designboom’s earlier coverage on the design phase here casting of the concentric concrete rings image © tomaz gregoric exhibition floor image © tomaz gregoric slovenia

 project start: 2009 construction start: 2009 completed: 2012 program: exhibition spaces auditorium
 type: space technology community centre
 client: ksevt slovenia
 site area: 33,305 m2 total floor area: 2.450 m2 
materials: concrete aluminium architecture offices: bevk perovic arhitekti sadar vuga arhitekti bevk perović project team: matija bevk josef kalcik dekleva gregoric project team: aljosa dekleva daniel schwartz ofis architects project team: rok oman christian gheorghe
rastislav udzan kiki marien janja del linz sadar+vuga project team: jurij sadar siim johan alexander overall building geometry realization & project execution: josip konstantinovic façade details execution: rok gerbec 
structural engineering: sector inzeniring d.o.o electrical engineering: jelen &zavasnik bambi d.n.o acoustic engineering: sasa galonja noordung space technologies center concept & producer: dragan zivadinov AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style The rock will be showcased in Vitanje until February visitors will also be able to see a replica of the space suit worn by astronaut Neil Armstrong during his historic first walk on the Moon’s surface On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing last year the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum made 15 replicas and only one of them has been showcased in various European institutions this is not only the promotion of the relevant institution which for some time has been administered by the Government of the United States but the promotion of space technologies in general "Both exhibits are priceless and prove that it is possible to obtain such interesting exhibits with hard work and willpower Our centre thus maintains its position in the international arena," says Kobold As stated by the head of the Noordung Centre and the centre did not wish to pass on such an opportunity since it is impossible to predict when it would present itself again Kobold believes that they are worth seeing together with other interesting items from the centre of space technologies The solemn opening in Vitanje was attended by Zdravko Počivalšek the Minister of Economic Development and Technology this was a great step forward in the development of the space centre Space technology is also important for Slovenia as many Slovenian companies participate in these programmes Slovenia became a member of the European Space Agency in 2016 which enabled equal participation for these companies Ambassador Blanchard confirmed that the organisation involved in hosting the American exhibits demanded great effort and added that despite detailed planning at the onset of the pandemic she did not dare to think that they would succeed I set myself ambitious goals to reach the stars but I didn’t imagine in my wildest dreams that I would bring a small piece of the Moon to your country," said the Ambassador at the opening and highlighted that this proves that no goal is unattainable Did you find the information you were looking for Do you want to receive a response from the responsible institution Clicking on the link will open your default e-mail program and automatically draft a message that you can send to the institution responsible for the content of this website ask for a reply The Architectural Association School of Architecture the UK's oldest Architectural School and one of the first to abandon a curriculum-based system for one based on modules has always been at the forefront when it comes to teaching and learning about architecture Every year it organises Visiting Schools (the AAVS) which are about learning exploring collaborating and experimenting with a diverse group of international partners to reimagine the shape form and expectation of architectural education With 19 different programmes in 13 countries Europe represents the most involved of the AAVS continents The workshop nanoSLOVENIA.nanotourism focuses on the concept of experience tourism allowing participants to engage in a wide range of projects from site-specific micro interventions at a 1:1 scale to holistic strategies for existing contexts the proposals can materialise in actions or structures that are temporary or permanent ultimately seeking to create a comprehensible Within the contemporary economic realities the workshop aims for small and smart solutions that rely on local resources and seeks innovative design and financing alternatives that bypass major institutions and established spatial planning bureaucracy nanoSLOVeNIA.nanotourism will collaborate with Ljubljana’s Biennial of Design (BIO.50) and its curator Jan Boelen director of Z33 – House for Contemporary Art in a multidisciplinary research that explores possible futures for design One of the biennial’s research topics will inform the workshop’s theoretical framework presented and discussed at the opening mini conference of the workshop Selected results will also become part of the BIO.50 exhibition and catalogue Z33 is actively collaborating in this novel tourism experience by curating the Dré Wapenaar – Treetents project in Borgloon in Belgium something between a sculpture and architecture provide cheap accommodation for up to four people (two adults and two small children) To apply: http://www.aavisitingschool-slovenia.squarespace.com/applications the AA visiting school slovenia is an experimental teaching and research program hosted in partnership with the AA visiting school (AAVS) at the architectural association design and make course focused on the strategies of nanotourism allowing participants to engage in a wide range of projects: from site-specific micro interventions at a 1:1 scale to holistic strategies for existing contexts the students were asked to develop adapted projects that had to materialize as actions or structures tangible and novel experience within the KSEVT (cultural center of european space technologies) within the contemporary economic realities the workshop was aimed at small and smart solutions that relied on local resources and pursued innovative design and financing alternatives that bypassed major institutions and established spatial planning bureaucracy   the ‘levitation suit’ is designed for 3D sleeping the program took place at the new, highly specific KSEVT building — a bold landmark in the tiny slovenian village of vitanje of 600 residents that has welcomed over 25,000 visitors in its first year of activity. KSEVT has a public significance and generates social there is an open need and an exposed potential of vitanje to become a case study for developing an extreme set of bottom up strategies or prototypes to challenge the conventional notion of tourism the natural condition of slovenia as a fragile but diverse landscape and the local phenomenon of obsessive individualism provide principal conditions for this progress with the resulting KSEVT hotel offering two experiences: the individual version enables the researcher to spend the night in KSEVT by sleeping in a uniquely engineered levitation-suit suspended in the central space of KSEVT; while with the collective experience a group of people is able to engage in 3D sleeping as an extended feature of the current exhibition the concept of the KSEVT hotel and 3D sleeping embodies the unique program of KSEVT – it fulfills the accommodation needs of the institution and furthermore upgrades an already unique visitor experience director of AA visiting school slovenia using the ‘levitation suit’ jakob travnik of the AA visiting school slovenia vitanje with ‘levitation suit’ when it is folded up actor blaž šef wearing the ‘levitation suit’ after having tested it out detail of suspension and pulley system of the ‘levitation suit’ with the suspended levitation suit when not in use 3D sleeping experience using a modular pyramid like pillow system diagram outlining the distinction between gravity vs no gravity diagram outlining the distinction between 2D sleeping on earth and 3D sleeping in zero gravity proposed vision of a 3D sleeping experience in the central multi-purpose hall at KSEVT AA visiting school slovenia: nanotourism nanotouristic strategies in vitanje tina gregorič co-tutors: jakob travnik blaž šef project team:
 samo bojnec – slovenia
natalie jasinski – poland/austria kaja švab – slovenia
vid žnidaršič – slovenia visiting experts in juries and tutorials 2014:
 vedran mimica – professor chicago; 
christopher pierce – director AA visiting school programe design academy eindhoven
; miha turšič – director ksevt
dragan živadinov – KSEVT and post-gravity theatre boštjan vuga – sadar + vuga arhitekti architect; 
vasa perović – bevk perović arhitekti ljubljana; 
nikola radeljković – numen / for use zagreb; 
nejc matjaž – ondu ljubljana; 
blaž šef – actor the deadline for applications for this year’s nanotourist strategies workshop at KSEVT is 20 June. full details on the application procedure is on the AAVS website designboom has received this project through its ‘DIY submissions’ feature, which welcomes readers to submit their own work for publication. see more designboom readers submissions here This is the first ever display of a priceless piece of the Moon’s surface in Slovenia The basalt sample was collected by astronaut and geologist Harrison "Jack" Schmitt during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 in the vicinity of the landing site of the lunar module The 120-gramme piece is part of a larger rock that weighed around eight kilos when it was brought to Earth It is estimated to be around 3.75 billion years old which makes it older than 99.99% of all the rocks on Earth.  The exhibition is made even more attractive by rich and interesting multimedia content such as the presentation of the Apollo mission and a glance at the future of lunar research with the Artemis programme Interactive multimedia content lets visitors explore the Moon and discover its most famous craters It also explains the method and purpose of obtaining samples on the Moon and shows where they are kept today while Apollo 17 astronauts take visitors to the Moon and back via visualisation On 29 August, the Noordung Centre at Vitanje will also exhibit a replica of Neil Armstrong’s space suit made at the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing by 3D scanning of the original which is part of the collection of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington ask for a reply ‘space wheel: noordung space habitation center’ is the new home for the cultural center of european space technologies (KSEVT) in vitanje influenced by rocket engineer herman potocnik noordung’s habitation wheel for the first geostationary space station the center features a series of hoops that criss-cross one another to create sectional level changes and slope in the building the entrance to the center is permitted by a lift in the lower and large cylinder to the south the spatial relationship between the two cylinders result in a dynamic effect of floatation intended to replace the existing arts center in vitanje the KSEVT will host a number of social activities with fixed and temporary exhibitions the main entrance can be completely open to the public square outside to connect and expand the activities of the hall the circular hall is bordered on both sides by a curving rampway which leads visitors to the exhibition area the smaller cylinder accommodates the multi-purpose hall an auditorium which sits like a terrace above the main hall below multiple sight lines are established from this vertical position to the activities below the basic construction of the project is reinforced concrete the project was influenced by the first geostationary space station’s habitation wheel