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OFIS Architects

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OFIS arhitekti (OFIS Architects) is an architecture practice based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, founded in 1996 by architects Rok Oman and Špela Videčnik. The office works on residential, cultural, sports and hospitality projects in Slovenia and abroad.

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History

OFIS Architects was established in 1996, during a period of architectural development in Slovenia following the country’s independence. Early commissions included housing projects, small public buildings and cultural renovations. In the early 2000s the practice gained wider international attention after receiving the Young Architect of the Year Award in London and being selected for Architectural Record's Design Vanguard list (2001)[1].

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Projects

Public and cultural buildings

Hospitality

Houses

Mountain shelters

Housing

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Tetris Apartments, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2007)

Culture

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Farewell Chapel, Krasnja, Slovenia (2009)

Office

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2009_Store, office & shop concrete container, Trata, Slovenia
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Academic work

Rok Oman and Špela Videčnik have taught design studios and lectured at several universities, including:

  • Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD):
    • 2014 - Studio “Habitation in Extreme Environments”[67]
    • 2016 - Studio “Designing the Public Realm”[68]
    • 2018 - Studio “Future Habitations Manila”[69]
    • 2021 - Studio “Spaces of Isolation”[70]
  • Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA), London:[71]
    • 2020 - Studio “Exigent Habitats”[72]
  • University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) – lecture series:[73]
    • 2020 - Studio "Microliving"
  • HKU Faculty of Architecture, Hong Kong:[74]
    • 2020 - Studio "Remote living"[75]
  • Politecnico Milano:[76]
    • 2021 - Studio "Minds"[77]

Exhibitions

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The practice has participated in several international architectural exhibitions, including:

2002
  • MEGA, Installation (with Alan Hranitelj), Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
2003
2004
  • Collage Europa, NAI / Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • The Venice Biennale – Metamorph, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
  • 1st Architecture Biennale Beijing, Beijing, China
  • sixpack, Travel Exhibition
2006
  • London Architecture Biennale, London, United Kingdom
  • Emerging Identities – East, DAZ, Berlin, Germany[78]
2008
  • Collectif, Bordeaux / Paris, France
  • 1. Moscow Architecture Biennale, Moscow, Russia[79]
  • DRL 10, Architectural Association, London, United Kingdom
2009
  • Festival Visions, Paris, France
  • Towards a New Social Housing, Paris, France
2010
  • 150 Pieces of Architecture 21st century Paris, Paris, France
2011
2012
  • Exhibition_OFIS_2002–12 Inspiring limits, Architectural Museum (MWW), Wrocław, Poland
  • Exhibition_OFIS_2002–12 Inspiring limits, Ostrava, Czech Republic[81]
2013
  • Batimat In Situ, Paris Nord Villepinte, France
  • OFIS_open files, Jaroslav Fragner Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Habitat étudiant – projets d’avenir, Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris, France[82]
2014
  • Gallery of Architecture, Brno, Czech Republic[83]
2016
2018
  • London Design Festival 2018, Living Unit, London, United Kingdom[86]
2025
  • Dedalo Minosse Awards, Well Of Memory, Vicenza, Italy[87]
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Awards and recognition

  • 2000 - Young Architect of the Year award winner, London[citation needed]
  • November 2000 - Piranesi award, honors for housing block 16x68, Piran, SLO[88]
  • January 2001 - Young Architect of the Year Award, winner, YAYA, London, UK
  • December 2001 - Design Vanguard 2001, architectural record, New York, USA[89]
  • 2004 - AR Award for Emerging Architecture commendation, Architectural Review for City Museum renovation and extension.[90]
  • December 2004 - AR+D awards, High commendation for the city museum Ljubljana[90]
  • January 2006 - Bienal Miami 2005, honors for villa under-extension, Miami, USA
  • December 2006 - European Grand Prix for innovation awards, Monaco[citation needed]
  • January 2007 - Mies van der Rohe Awards '06, Nomination for Housing on the Coast[91]
  • May 2009 - Mies van der Rohe Awards '08, Nomination for Football Stadium Maribor, selection[92]
  • May 2009 - Mies van der Rohe Awards '08, Nomination for Shopping roof apartments[93]
  • May 2009 - Mies van der Rohe Awards '08, Nomination for Hayrack Apartments[94]
  • September 2009 - IOC/IAKS award, silver medal for Football Stadium Maribor[95]
  • March 2010 - ArchDaily Building of the year 2009, Religious, Farewell Chapel[96]
  • November 2010 - Chernikhov prize 2010, selected nominee, ICIF, Moscow, RU[97]
  • January 2011 - Mies van der Rohe Awards '10 Nomination for Farewell Chapel
  • October 2012 - Platinum Pencil 2012, the award for extensive architectural achievements, Ljubljana, SLO[98]
  • December 2012, Trend Awards, Space Habitable Wheel, Ljubljana, Slovenia[99]
  • April 2013, Plecnik award, Space Habitable Wheel, Ljubljana, SLO[100]
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Publications

Their work is published around the globe in more than 200 international publications a year, including the New York Times,[101] The Guardian, The Independent, El País, Der Spiegel, Die Welt, Bild, most architectural magazines, and various books. In 2000 Zaha Hadid selected them as one of her top 10 exceptional emerging architects for Phaidon 10x10.[102] In 2006, Gustavo Gili published monograph issue 2G on OFIS.[103] The Hinge magazine chose their Farewell chapel as a Stand up building in 2009, Lace and Tetris apartments were announced as two of the Worlds 10 most creative apartment buildings by Oddee and Guardian Arts Critics chose them as an Architectural Office to ˝Look out for˝.[104] In 2011 DAMDI published OFIS_open archive files 98-11, their second monograph issue in the DD series.

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