Superform, D. O. O.

Development Spiral

Development Spiral
© Kopterworx

DEVELOPMENT SPIRAL

Superform

ARCHITECTS
Superform

PHOTOGRAPHS
Kopterworx, Luka Kase

AREA
1690.0 m²

YEAR
2012

LOCATION
Šentjur, Slovenia

CATEGORY
Distribution center

The factory Tajfun is located in Planina near Sevnica in the heart of the Kozjak mountains.

Development Spiral
© Luka Kase
Development Spiral
© Luka Kase

Tajfun is one of the largest manufacturers of forestry equipment (winches and wood splitters) in the world. The factory has expanded its premises with an assembly and storage facility.

The floor plan of the assembly and storage facility is designed so as to extend to the borders of the plot, which has an irregular polygonal form.

Development Spiral
© Luka Kasev
Development Spiral
© Luka Kase

The main starting point in the design concept of the facility was the issue of how to bring the new building closer to the typology and morphology of the existing construction in the settlement, which consists mainly of individual residential houses, and how to link the new facility with the existing factory.

A snail’s shell becomes the design tool; a snail’s shell that turns around the corner in a spiral, leans on it, and opens towards the courtyard.

Development Spiral
© Luka Kase
Development Spiral
© Luka Kase

The opening thus becomes an entrance and a jutting roof to shelter heavy-goods vehicles. The facility features a crystalline form and is embedded in a green circle of trees.


Development Spiral
© Luka Kase
Development Spiral
© Luka Kase


Development Spiral
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Superform, D. O. O.
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Superform, D. O. O.
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