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JAN LAVTAR University of Ljubljana

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Fictional gallery project

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HIGHWAY REST AREA

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Auditorium cinema and music school in Paris

HOUSE GLOBOČE

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COMMUNITY CENTRE

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Green urban neighborhood in Brest Belarus

C.E.P. REVITALISATION Hotel and heritage institute in Burgundy

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Supermarket tourist info open area market place

ISOVER STUDENT COMPETITION

YOUTH CENTRE Mediatheque lecture rooms and auditorium

Idea project for a house in slovenian countryside

Office building for young companies and entrepreneurs

18°ARR AUDITORIUM

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Prefabricated house construction design

Restaurant bridging over the A2 highway

START - UP INCUBATOR BUILDING

TIMBER FRAME HOUSING

PLANINSKA ROOMS Tourist accomodation idea project

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RICHARD SERRA GALLERY

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Situated in the historical centre of Ljubljana, the location given is a grass courtyard of a nineteenth century palace facing Ljubljanica river. In order to avoid covering the view to and from the palace facade, the part of gallery facing palace is moved below ground floor. The atrium lets the light in. The rest of the gallery is squeezed to the narrow streep of the parcel, forming a small alley at the entrance.

TOPgallery exit bookshop MIDDLEentrance alley BOTTOMatrium view

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DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT THROUGH GALLERY

The walkway through gallery is the main motive for the shape of the building. Atrium is positioned as one of the blocks in the composition. Starting on the ground floor, one descends into the basment, where the bigger statues are exhibited.

BASEMENT PLAN

RICHARD SERRA GALLERY FUNCTION......................GALLERY PROJECT TYPE.......... SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT CLASS............... ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 3 LOCATION.............. PRULE, LJUBLJANA, SI MENTHOR......... PROF.DR. TOMAŽ KRUŠEC, U.D.I.A. SOFTWARE USED.............REVIT, AUTOCAD

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

The fictional project for a Richard Serra gallery is situated in a centre of Ljubljana. The goal of the project was to design the best possible space to exhibit the statues that are regularly exhibited at the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao.

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construction detail: A

SECTION A-A

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construction detail: B

construction detail: C

GROUND FLOOR

Construction details of joints between the platform of a timber slab and the walls that attach to it

WEST ELEVATION

FIRST FLOOR

SOUTH ELEVATION

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fitness sauna open space living room entrance stairs balcony master bedroom balcony kids rooms

DISASSEMBLED AXONOMETRY construction components

TIMBER FRAME HOUSING FUNCTION.............. RESIDENTIAL HOUSING PROJECT TYPE............. DETAILED PLANS CLASS.................... CONSTRUCTIONS 1 LOCATION............. RUDNIK, LJUBLJANA, SI MENTHOR.......... PROF.DR. TOMAŽ SLAK, U.D.I.A. SOFTWARE USED............ REVIT, AUTOCAD

DISASSEMBLED AXONOMETRY design layout

The house was originally designed for the Design studio class in my first year of studies. It is based of a modular blocks of rooms. for the given project, I had to design a real construction to support the overhanging elements of the building. The structure is a timber framed, skeletal construction that is used in the majority of prefabricated housing.

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The special feature of this design is the scaled foundation that is supportin the basement walls. To avoid the part of gound level that has no basement beneath from sinking into a soft marshy terrain of Ljubljana’s southern part, one needs to bridge the lower and upper part of the foundation with a special shaped steps, much like building a house on a steep escarpment.

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TOPopen air auditorium in atrium LEFTlibrary from street view RIGHTclassroom from balcony BOTTOMpublic space

AXONOMETRIC VIEW: front

BASMENT FLOOR

GROUND FLOOR WEST ELEVATION

YOUTH CENTRE FIRST FLOOR

FUNCTION..................PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECT TYPE.......... EXAMINATION PROJECT CLASS............... ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 3 LOCATION..........ROŽNA DOLINA, LJUBLJANA, SI MENTHOR......... PROF.DR. TOMAŽ KRUŠEC, U.D.I.A. SOFTWARE USED............ REVIT, AUTOCAD

SECOND FLOOR

Youth centre provides space for multiple programs combined under the same roof. From a contemporary mediatheque and space for both individual and collective work, to a bigger interior and exterior auditorium. The two separate building cubes are connected by a single line of steps, that form a reading area in the library building, continues into the auditorim in the atrium and bridges over to the lecture room in the second building. The layout of the two blocks forms an open space used by the adjacent restaurant as a terrace.

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AXONOMETRIC VIEW: back

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DETAILconcrete slab breakthrough before intervention

The structural analysis of the truss system enables us to predict the integrity of the construction at various scenarios. We can fine-tune the truss design and frame profiles to get the desired effect. Steel tube beams have proven to be the most efficient for the project.

TOPentrance to the building BOTTOMview from the highway

FIRST FLOOR - stores, coffeshop, snack bar

NORTH ELEVATION

The inspiration for a futuristic, spaceship-like design is actually drawn from the Ljubljana Airport, that lies only a few kilometres from the location.

DISASSEMBLED AXONOMETRY

HIGHWAY REST AREA FUNCTION............HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT TYPE........... SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT CLASS............. CONSTRUCTIONAL MECHANICS LOCATION............. A2 HIGHWAY, VODICE, SI MENTHOR.........

PROF.DR. VOJKO KILAR, U.D.I.G.

SOFTWARE USED........SAP 2000, REVIT, LUMION DEFORMATION PREDICTION

CALCULATED REINFORCEMENTS

For this assignment, we had to design a structurally efficiend structure that was evaluated by the total mass of construction steel invested in the project. The integrity of the proposed rest area building, that bridges over a main A2 highway line in Slovenia, has been designed in a SAP 2000 structural analysis software. The shape of the building is based on two arches that span over the highway without the need of supports in the middle.

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SECON FLOOR PLAN - office space

TOPentrance and garage BOTTOMpublic atrium with swimming pool

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ground floor PLAN

SITUATION and SECTION

HOUSE GLOBOCE FUNCTION.................. PRIVATE HOUSE PROJECT TYPE................ COMMISSION OFFICE................ V.D.A. GORAN DJOKIC LOCATION............... GLOBOČE, VOJNIK, SI MENTHOR....................GORAN DJOKIČ SOFTWARE USED..... 3DS MAX, CORONA RENDERER

For the summer internship, I had a chance to work at one of the best architectural visualisations studios in the country.

While most of the work consisted of preparing visualisations for the projects of a major slovenian design offices that outsource the visualisation, I did get the opportunity to design a real house for a client. The house Globoče is designed in a rural slovenian landscape replacing an old barn with a modern structure.

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The facade of galvanised sheet metal is foldable in the living room area to give it a cozy feel in the winter and an open space in the summer.

TOPfolding facade positions BOTTOMbedrooms with a view

TOPliving room dining BOTTOMentrance niche detail

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The roof of the house had an alternative design with triangular angles and green roof structure. While the project was later clad into sheet metal to cut expanses and meet the estetics of the commissioner, I have decided to test my rendering skills on my original design of the house, featuring green roof and wodden facade that would blend better with the

LEFT alternative roof shape and wooden facade

The oldest part of an existing structure is a centuries old rural mansion, that has been converted into a school. Many annexes have been added throughout the school history untill it was abandoned when a new public school has been built in the area

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SECTION A-A

Originally a Catholic school, this modernist building has solid structure and big open spaces of classrooms that can easily be converted into hotel rooms. The northern facade is achieved by filling in the existing wide open glazing of the classrooms, to better meet the needs of a hotel and also blend the strusture into the existing old villa.

MIDDLEelevation north BOTTOMelevation west

FIRST FLOOR

Existing school

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Annexes removed

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Hotel lobby added

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Revitalised

RENOVATION STEPS

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C.E.P. REVITALISATION SECOND FLOOR

FUNCTION.........HOTEL, RESTAURANT, INSTITUTE PROJECT TYPE............. SCHOOL PROJECT CLASS.................... DESIGN STUDIO 4 LOCATION.........ST. CHRISTOPHE, BURGUNDY, FR MENTHOR............PROF.DR. LJUBO LAH, U.D.I.A. SOFTWARE USED............ REVIT, AUTOCAD

THIRD FLOOR - ATTIC

The project's location takes place in an idyllic village of Saint-Christophe en Brionnais in the French region of Burgundy. The object of renovation is a former school that is currently being used by the institute C.E.P. that deals with preservation of Romanic cultural heritage of the region.

The whole rearrangement of the building and its park is centered around an imaginary axis that links the object with a nearby roundabout and its statue in the middle. It is a starting and orientational point for all the new pathways.

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GROUND FLOOR

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bar terrace restaurant terrace hotel parking botanical garden tree line

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private kitchen passage private atrium

parking entrance to the east garden

MIDDLEelevation north BOTTOMelevation west

MIDDLEelevation north BOTTOMelevation west

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chill out area coffee shop mediatheque library entrance hall connection to P

LEFT - congress hall A, B MIDDLE - public core: library RIGHT - restaurant,bookshop

TOPground floor plan BOTTOMSection public core

AXONOMETRIC PRESENTATION

MIDDLEelevation BOTTOMsection A-A

START-UP INCUBATOR FUNCTION..................OFFICE BUILDING PROJECT TYPE........... SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT CLASS............... ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 4 LOCATION........ KOTNIKOVA STR., LJUBLJANA, SI MENTHOR............PROF.DR. JURIJ KOBE, U.D.I.A. SOFTWARE USED............ REVIT, AUTOCAD

An empty plot of land in the proximity of Ljubljana train station is a perfect spot for a think - tank hub. A mix use office building that would give the young prodigies space to grow, learn, create, meet and share ideas. A series of blocks is connected along a central corridor line in a zig - zag fashion that correspond to the existing buildings on site, forming a playful series of atriums and small squares. The double story public ground floor is open to the public space of the streets.

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AXONOMETRIC PRESENTATION

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There is a covered open space market area on the crossroads of two main roads where local farmers can sell their produce. The building is designed to feature spaces of activity, the community centre would in reality become a lively space full of interaction.

NORTH ELEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

TOPview from the bridge over Ljubljanica river BOTTOMstorefront entrance

GROUND FLOOR - supermarket tourist information, open air market

COMMUNITY CENTRE BARJANSKA FUNCTION........... MIXED USE PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECT TYPE.......... EXAMINATION PROJECT CLASS............... ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 4 LOCATION..........BARJANSKA C., LJUBLJANA, SI MENTHOR.........

PROF.DR. JURIJ KOBE, U.D.I.A.

SOFTWARE USED............ REVIT, AUTOCAD

FIRST FLOOR - parking garage, restaurant

Placing a supermarket on the bank of the Ljubljanica river was a difficult task. Special attention was given to the landscaping of the building on the side of the riverbank. The building features a tourist information centre for the starting point to the PST hiking path around the city of Ljubljana, a local supermarket with parking garage above it and a restaurant with a terrace. The shape of the building isresponding to the shape of the location plot and the pattern of the surrounding residential housing.

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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The riverbank landscaping is designed as a series of ramps placed diagonaly along the escarpment. The ramps connect the level of the community centre with a new path that follows the stream of the river, creating a playful mesh of little paths.

LEFTriver bank landscape design

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The project is about adapting a smaller building (garage) into a tourist guest house, that is owned by a couple who run their own tourist agency. The building is transformed into a living space, consisting two rooms with bathrooms in the ground floor and one apartment for four at the top.

To help the renovated building fit into the rural suburbs of Bled better, the east and west facade feature a wooden mesh where a vine could grow as traditionally seen on many old barns and farms in this area. The roof angle has been altered to follow the traditional shape.

FIGURE Anorth elevation FIGURE Beast elevation FIGURE Csouth elevation FIGURE Dwest elevation

SECTION C-C

FIRST FLOOR - apartment for 4

SECTION A-A

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GROUND FLOOR - 2 rooms to rent

co-author DARJA HORVAT

PLANINSKA ROOMS FUNCTION................... GUEST HOUSE PROJECT TYPE............CONCEPT PROPOSAL CLIENT...................MATEJ HUDOVENIK LOCATION..................BLED, SLOVENIA ATTIC - master bedroom

SOFTWARE USED.............REVIT, AUTOCAD

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In addition to the estetics of the house, the altered shape and angle of the roof adds additional space to fit an appartment on the attic. In a project where every square meter of usable space counts, the sharp roof angle lets us squeeze in an additional double bed on top of the beams.

Shortening the evaes of the roof makes the apartment house fit better on the plot.

TOPproposed solution LEFTaxonometric section view BOTTOMexisting situation

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ELEVATION - North

TOPbirds eye view of the situation BOTTOMcinema entrance view The steel frame structure is clad in wood and is supporting reinforced concrete roof

The final studio project is situated at the edge of the Buttes Chaumount park in Paris.

The building lines play with the urban tissue of the surroundings, they are creating interesting public space.

ELEVATION - South

ARENA 18°ARR. FUNCTION........... AUDITORIUM, MUSIC SCHOOL PROJECT TYPE..........

ERASMUS STUDENT EXCHANGE CLASS....................DESIGN STUDIO 5 LOCATION..........

BUTTES CHAUMOUNT, PARIS, FR MENTHOR................ PROF. ERIC LOCICERO SOFTWARE USED.... AUTOCAD, RHINOCEROS, LUMION

1 assignment - DIGITAL ARTWORK to draw inspiratin for a project

The design studio workflow was based on series of exercises discussing veawing patterns and tissues in architecture. Starting with creating a reference artwork, we have proceeded to reference the initial design in various shapes, objects and buildings. We have been learning advanced parametric and 3d modelling tools in the process to achieve the final result.

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SITUATION - URBAN TISSUE

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TOPgallery exit bookshop MIDDLEentrance alley BOTTOMatrium view

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After learning some advanced principles and 3d modelling techniques, the real challenge remains testing the limits of our own imagination. The image below shows a parametrically composed tower building with veawed facade.

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The bench is designed to support the variety of natural poses and uses like sleeping, leaning, sitting and playing.

The shape follows the same design principles of the wide studio exercises.

LEFTbench is a series of CNC cut profiles of laminated wood, assembled on metal tubes with metal spacer fugues keeping an even distance

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The use of ramps in the design seamlessly connects the public space of the street level to the first floor. The slight curve of the building shape gives room to the adjacent public transport - bus station on the street.

LEFTnorth view the building facing the street features music conservatorium and supermarket on the crossroads

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The layout is designed in blocks that can be multiplyed seamlessly without being repetitive. The goal was to design as much pedestrian and green areas as possible with all the cars being stopped and parked on a curb next to the entrance to the block. Thus, the entire neighbourhood is a car free zone.

To ensure thermal comfort it is best for buildings to be heated with the aid of a low-energy system of floor heating. Alongside heating we need to also consider a cooling system for the summertime.

LEFT: low density areathree level terraced houses

RIGHT: medium density areaterraced houses block of flats

Unit typology A

Unit typology B

SUMMER high sun angle protection

WINTER low sun angle penetration

At the same time it is necessary to provide enough light and fresh air inside the buildings. Active and passive principles are combined to achieve the standards of a multi-comfort house.

FRESH AIR intake at garden side

EXHAUST at street side

TOPgallery exit bookshop MIDDLEentrance alley

east-west orientation

Daylight use strategy

A-W heath pump

Natural and forced ventilation plan

BOTTOMatrium view

axonometric view - REVIT

GROUND FLOOR entrance, commercial space

A row of 4 units - ELEVATION

co-author DARJA HORVAT

FIRST FLOOR kitchen, living room, study

ISOVER STUDENTS CONTEST

FUNCTION............ RESIDENTIAL URBAN PLAN PROJECT TYPE.......... STUDENT COMPETITION CLASS................ ECOLOGICAL CONCEPTION LOCATION................. BREST, BELARUS MENTHOR.......... MARTINA Z. SENEGAÄŒNIK U.D.I.A. SOFTWARE USED.....REVIT, AUTOCAD ILLUSTRATOR

SECOND FLOOR master bedroom, 2 kids rooms, 3 bathrooms

Overall comfort is one of the key factors when it comes to planning any type, form and scale of building. It is necessary for a hose to perform well when used by inhabitants. Living conditions inside the house and in a neighbourhood have a huge impact on both physical and psychological wellbeing of its users. We designed the project concerning high standards of the multi-comfort principles.

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Commercial use - GROUNFLOOR

PIRAMYD CHAIR The pyramide chair is based on a design proposal for a plywood self assembly furniture. The goal is to machine cut the plywood plates using CNC robots, then shipping them to customers as a single sheet of plywood that would save space to the delivery services. The plywood is then self assembled by the purchasing customer. I have tested the design on a pilot level.

TOPpublic space in winter LEFTground floor office

Given the harsh northern climate of Brest, Belarus where the competition took place, it was important for us to show how the proposed neighbourhood looked like as seasons change. The houses are designed with thermal efficiency of the isover standard. All the buildings would be centrally heated by a remote heating plant, as is common for a large scale developments.

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BOTTOMstreet view through high density

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June 2014 - July 2014

FIELD OF WORK 2014

WORK EXPERIENCE

LE CENTRE D'ETUDES DES PATRIMOINES

Ljubljana, Slovenia

January 2016 - May 2016

CENTER ARHITEKTURE Ljubljana, Slovenia

2015

February 2014 - May 2015

OPEN HOUSES OF SLOVENIA

WEBSITE DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR Content creating for the biggest Slovenian contemporary architecture online database.

2016

Burgundy, France

WEBDESIGN, GRAPHIC DESIGN Webpage design for an architecture assosiation

COMPETITION ENTRY Design of a new, scalable >>greenfield<< urban development that utilises sustainable solutions to reduce carbon emmisions and noise pollution

January 2016 - May 2016

ISOVER STUDENT COMPETITION

Paris, France

2017

PARIS LA VILLETTE

ERASMUS+ STUDENT MOBILITY Learning advanced 3d computer modelling approaches using parametric design software tools in 3ds max and Rhinoceros+ grasshopper ANTROPOLOGY, URBANISM As part of student mobility on La Villette, I have participated in an antropological workshop in Lima, Peru

April 2017 - May 2017

UNIVERSIDAD PRIVADA DEL NORTE

April 2018 - May 2018

VDA, ARCHITECTURE VISUALISATIONS STUDIO Celje, Slovenia

2018

Lima, Peru

PROTIM RŽIŠNIK PERC Šenčur, Slovenia

2019

Maribor, Slovenia

February 2019 - April 2019

MIK-MIK

Ljubljana, Slovenia

BOJAN ZGUBIC

Leutscah, Austria

ARCHITECTURE INTERNSHIP Internship at the largest slovenian architecture and civil engineering office, working independently under mentorship on a glamping village proposal.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, VISUALISATION Industrial design and concept development of urban infrastructure for a Ljubljana- based electric scooter startup

May 2019 - September 2019

September 2018 - December 2020

ARCHITECTURAL VISUALISATIONS INTERNSHIP Internship at one of the leading slovenian architectural visualisations studios, that excells at 3ds max lifelike renderings. 3d modelling, house idea plan design AGENT, FIELD WORK Energy Performance Certificates field agent, conducting surveys to prepare energy performance documentation for various buildings.

April 2018 - May 2018

ENERGETSKA IZKAZNICA

2020

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Brest, Belarus

January 2017 - July 2017

ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY, CULTURAL HERITAGE Conducting architectural survey, preparing detailed plans and other documentation for the conservation of romanesque churches in Burgundy, France.

ARCHITECTURE, FIELD WORK Working part time on a various projects reaching from architectural survey, farm extensions design, design of tourist accommodation and house adaptations.

Architecture is an invaluable expertise, as broad as any.

Architects are a key decision - making and trouble solving figures in the process of designing, constructing and sustaining all the built world that our civilisation creates. As such, we do our best to navigate the stormy waters created by the clashing interests of stakeholders involved, working towards meeting the needs of all without disregarding our own ethics. We need to meet the needs of others by coming up with a visionary solutions, and not capitulate our ethics to the dullness of a bitter compromise.

As an architect, I enjoy to be part of this creative, intriguing field we work in. I am inspired by art, society and people that surround me, I learn from the craftsmenship that I admire, I try to foresee the needs of people we design buildings for, and I do my best to respect the heritage of the space that our creations affect. I also hope to utilize the cutting edge green technologies in my work, to do my share for a sustainable future.

Thank you for taking time to see my work,

Jan Lavtar

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A LETTER OF MOTIVATION

JAN LAVTAR University of Ljubljana