Između ekologije

i spektakla
Between Ecology
and Spectacle

FAMILY WELLNESS TERMALIJA, PODČETRTEK, SLOVENIJA_TERMA-

LIJA FAMILY WELLNESS, PODČETRTEK, SLOVENIA | arhitektonski
ured_architectural office ENOTA | napisao_written by MAROJE MRDU-
LJAŠ | projektni tim_project team DEAN LAH, MILAN TOMAC, PETER
SOVINC, NUŠA ZAVRŠNIK ŠILEC, POLONA RUPARČIČ, PETER KARBA,
CARLOS CUENCA SOLANA, JURIJ LIČEN, TJAŽ BAUER, SARA MEŽIK,
EVA TOMAC, JAKOB KAJZER, MAJA MAJERIČ, GORAN DJOKIĆ | investi-
tor_client TERME OLIMIA | površina parcele_site area 10 200 m² | bruto
površina_gross floor area 5 871 m² | realizacija_completed year 2018 |
cijena_costs 11 900 000 € | glavni izvođači_main constructors ADRIAING,
TIPO, LESNINA | fotografije_photographs by Arhiva_Archive Terme Oli-
mia (ATO), MIRAN KAMBIČ (MK)

P odručje Štajerske u Sloveniji i Zagorja u Hrvatskoj (MK)

slikovita je regija obilježena dinamičnom topografi-
jom. Uzduž zavojitih cesta raspršena su manja mjesta, bur-
govi, samostani i terme s tradicijom od antičkih vremena. T he area comprising
Upravo je mreža termi jedan od nositelja regionalne eko- Styria in Slovenia and
nomije, ali i urbanog i kulturnog identiteta Štajerske i Zagorje in Croatia is a pictur-
Zagorja. Arhitektura termi uglavnom je pripadala raz- esque region with hills and
mjerno generičkim jezicima svoga vremena, no s interven- valleys, which characterize its
cijama Enote u Termama Olimia u Podčetrteku te radovima dynamic topography. Ever
since the Antique period, the
region has continually been urbanized through small towns,
boroughs, monasteries and baths spread along the winding
presjek roads. A network of baths is what today makes one of the
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Wellness Orhidelia, 2009. as the urban and cultural identity of the region. Most of these Hotel Sotelia, 2006.
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Wellness Orhidelia, 2009 new buildings were rather generic. However, Enota’s inter- Hotel Sotelia, 2006
(ATO) ventions in the thermal spa complex of Terme Olimia in (MK)
Podčetrtek, and to some degree the works of Croatian archi-
tects Mikelić and Vreš in the near-by Terme Tuhelj spa, made
the region of Styria and
hrvatskih arhitekata Mikelić-Vreš u obližnjim Tuheljskim Zagorje emerge as places of
toplicama, u regiji se odvijaju radikalna arhitektonska radical architectural research.
istraživanja. Možda su upravo odmicanje od urbanih cen- Perhaps the act of moving
tara i specifičnost tipologije termi pomogli emancipaciji away from urban centres, and
Enote od konvencija. Tako Enota pomiruje senzibilan odnos the specificity of the bath, situacija u sredini kompleksa. Rješenje pronalazi u strategiji radi- 1 Family Wellness Termalija
Hotel Sotelia
prema kontekstu, svojevrsnu graditeljsku ekologiju, s nei- helped emancipation towards kalne rekonfiguracije topografije i izgradnje artificijelnog 2 
site plan
3 Wellness Orhidelia
zbježnom potrebom stvaranja prostornog spektakla koji new spatial concepts, which pejzaža. Niz terasa postupno ponire u tlo i formira zašti-


danas traži industrija turizma. Enota developed due to the ćen kanjon koji se nastavlja u grotlu zatvorenih bazena, a
Enota je u Podčetrteku zatekla termalno-turistički kom- ability to reconcile a sensitive većina programa smještena je ispod stare razine terena.
pleks sastavljen od nezanimljivih objekata bez jasnog approach to the context, or a Inverzno, da bi se ostvarila adekvatna visina interijerskih which Enota added to their pre-
odnosa prema kontekstu i pejzažu. U seriji projekata koji certain architectural ecology, prostora, krov zgrade izrasta iz tla i formira novi trodimen- vious projects of working with-
su se nizali, Enota radi bez master plana te interpolira nove with an inevitable input to cre- (MK) zionalni parter koji je i dio pejzaža i urbanističkog rješenja out an initial master plan, the
intervencije na starije ili vlastite projekte. Temeljni zahtjevi ate a spatial spectacle requirements did not change,
nisu se mijenjali, samo su rasli u opsegu; tražilo se više required by the contemporary but rather grew in scope: more density and more spectacle.
gustoće i više spektakla. tourism and leisure industry. Already the first intervention, the extension of the old swim-
Već prva intervencija dograđivanja starog bazenskog kom- Enota faced a complex chal- ming pool complex, introduced an attempt to achieve inte-
pleksa inaugurirala je pokušaj da se arhitektura kroz slo- lenge in Podčetrtek where the gration of the architecture and landscape through more
ženije forme bolje integrira s pejzažom. U projektu Hotela existing architecture was rela- complex forms. In the case of Sotelia Hotel, the logic behind
Sotelia metoda razlaganja hotela u niz razlomljenih para- tively discouraging. The origi- breaking the hotel building into a sequence of parallel strips
lelnih traka ima dvostruku logiku: u eksterijerskim pogle- nal thermal spa and hospitality is twofold. Viewed from the exterior, the building forms an
dima formira se artificijelna topografija koja se nastavlja na complex had been comprised artificial topography that continues on the existing geological
zatečene geološke slojeve, a u doživljaju interijera i u pogle- of rather uninteresting facili- layers. In the interior, the effect of the building as a sizeable
dima prema van umanjuje se efekt masivnog volumena u ties, with no articulated rela- volume is decreased in favour of a series of fragments that
korist niza fragmenata koji asociraju na geomorfne forma- tionship with the context and resemble geomorphic formations. While the relationship
cije. Dok je kod Hotela Sotelia odnos figure i pozadine još bio the landscape. In a sequence between the figure and the ground as was in the case of the
razmjerno čitak, u idućoj intervenciji, Wellnessu Orhidelia, of separate commissions, in Sotelia Hotel is relatively legible, the subsequent interven-
razgraničenja između tih kategorija nestaju. Enota je prisi- tion at the Orhidelia Wellness blurs the division between
ljena pronaći mjesto za otvorene i zatvorene bazene, well- these two categories. Enota was asked to situate indoor
ness i prateće sadržaje na malom raspoloživom teritoriju and outdoor swimming pools, wellness and accompanying

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 s pješačkim promenadama. Iako je intervencija senzibilna (MK) (MK)
prema prirodnim datostima, novi pejzaž sasvim je umjetan.
Kada se činilo da su već potrošeni kapaciteti lokacije,
dolazi do zahtjeva za dodavanjem još jednog bazenskog facilities onto a small available
kompleksa, Family Wellnessa Termalije. Prostorni uzo- site in the centre of the com-
rak i geometrijska pravila već su postavljeni u prethod- plex. The solution presented
nim projektima, no u morfološkom smislu Enota otvara itself in the strategy of a radi-
novo poglavlje. U nastojanju da ponudi bazene koji će dobro cal topographic reconfigura-
funkcionirati i u ljetnim i zimskim mjesecima, Enota uvodi tion and the construction of
temu goleme lebdeće nadstrešnice koja potencira razli- a new artificial landscape.
čite oblike povezivanja interijera i eksterijera. Nadstreš- A series of terraces gradu-
nica se sastoji od niza nepravilnih piramida sa skylightima, ally descend into the terrain
koje podsjećaju na dramatični planinski masiv. Pragmatični and form a protected canyon
prioritet projekta postaju promjenjivi režimi korištenja te that continues into the valley
doživljaj vizualne, termičke i fizičke otvorenosti bazena. U of the indoor pools. A signifi-
takvim okolnostima ambivalentan odnos figure i pozadine cant part of the facilities is
manje je naglašen, krovovi nisu nastanjivi, no fraktalna situated below what used to
geometrija fizičkih elemenata s geomorfnim asocijacijama be the ground level. Inversely,
in order to achieve an appro-
priate height of the interior spaces of the pools, the roof
of the complex rises up from the ground and forms a new
three-dimensional surface which acts both as a part of the
landscape and an urbanistic site with pedestrian prome- tlocrt razine 0 tlocrt razine +1

nades. Although the intervention was sensitive to the natural 0 level plan +1 level plan

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 nastavlja se na ranije intervencije. Novi veliki volumen komodificirani prostori pseudomedicine, nadrinutricio-
djelomice je ukopan u zemlju pa ne nadvisuje susjedne nizma, new age psihologije, ideologije samopomoći… Enota
landform intervencije i čita se kao integralni dio artificijel- se ne bavi moraliziranjima, već polazeći upravo od maksi-
nog pejzaža termi. malističkih zahtjeva i globalizirane ikonografije turističke
Radovi Enote u Podčetrteku usporedivi su s projektima industrije, gradi novu hedonističku arhitekturu. Tako je u
poput Yokohama Port Terminala Foreign Office Architectsa. perifernom Podčetrteku izgrađen kompleks koji ne samo
Podjele između unutarnjeg i vanjskog su ambivalentne, jer slovenskoj, nego i internacio-
su svi elementi definicije prostora – parter, bočne plohe, nalnoj arhitektonskoj kulturi pseudo-nutritionism, new-age psychology, self-help ideol-
svodovi – dinamični, uzgibani nudi novi prostorni model ogy, and the like. Enota’s aim is not to moralize, but build
i pretapaju se jedni u druge. features, the new landscape is utterly artificial. (MK) integracije arhitekture, urba- new hedonistic architecture, based exactly on maximalist
Granice između interijera i When the spatial capacities of the location seemed to have nizma i topografije te pruža i requirements and otherwise globalised iconography of the
eksterijera u prvom su redu been exhausted, a demand was made for yet another exten- podlogu za teorijsku debatu tourism industry. Enota’s spa complex in the peripheral
termičke, pa se utoliko i mije- sion, the addition of the Termalia Family Wellness swimming i poticaj za evoluciju projek- region of Podčetrtek is a sophisticated project that trans-
njaju tijekom godine. Moder- pool complex. The spatial pattern and geometric rules had tantskih praksi. lates an intelligent reading of the local conditions into a uni-
nistička preglednost prostora already been set in the previous projects, but Enota opened versal contribution to the architectural culture. The project
zamijenjena je mutacijama tri- a new chapter regarding urbanistic morphology. Attempt- introduces a new spatial model which integrates architec-
angulacijske geometrije, a sve ing to offer swimming pools that could function equally well ture, urbanism and landscape, triggering both the theoreti-
projektantske odluke nastale in both summer and winter months, Enota introduced the (MK) cal debate and evolution of the architectural practice.
su kao analogne, autorske pro- theme of a gigantic hovering canopy that produces various
jektantske reakcije na mikrou- forms of relationships between the interior and the exte-
vjete i nisu posljedica parame- rior. The canopy consists of numerous irregular pyramids
tričkog dizajna. with skylights, which bear resemblance to a dense moun-
Od nekadašnjih prostora tain massif. The changing regimes of use and the experience
kolektivnosti i egalitarizma, of visual, thermal and physical openness of the swimming
(MK) terme sve više postaju pools became the pragmatic priority of the project. In such
circumstances, the ambivalence between the figure and the
ground is less emphasized, and the roofs are not inhabit-
able. Yet, the fractal geometry of the physical geomorphic-
like elements builds onto the earlier interventions. The new
large volume is partially dug into the ground so that it does
not rise over the neighbouring landform interventions and
can be read as an integral part of the artificial landscape of
the thermal spa complex.
Enota’s works in Podčetrtek is comparable with projects
such as Foreign Office Architects’ Yokohama Port Termi-
nal. The distinctions of indoor and outdoor are ambivalent
because all the elements defining the space – ground, lat-
eral surfaces, ceilings – are dynamic, undulating and fusing
into one another. Boundaries between the interior and the
exterior spaces are primarily thermal and change through-
out the year accordingly. The modernist notion of instantly
legible space is replaced with fractal spaces and mutations
of triangulated geometry. All design-related decisions were
made as an analogue, manually-designed and painstaking
response to micro-conditions, and were not a consequence
of parametric design.
Former collective and egalitarian spaces of bath have been
turned into commodified models of would-be-medicine,

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