SHPP Bistrica Majstorovina – Powerhouse

SHPP Bistrica Majstorovina – Powerhouse

sHPP Bistrica Majstorovina – powerhouse

radonji.ch

ARCHITECTS
radonji.ch

BUDGET
$100K - 500K

AREA
0 sqft - 1000 sqft

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Bijelo Polje, Montenegro

TYPE
Industrial › Power Plant

The context of the powerhouse is tackled with consideration of two factors: a gorge that the river has pierced, and the nearby primary school.

SHPP Bistrica Majstorovina – Powerhouse
SHPP Bistrica Majstorovina – Powerhouse

Our goal was to bring the house closer to the people and open it for visitors.

Abstract forms and geometric shapes, which correspond to natural surroundings, excite children’s imagination.

SHPP Bistrica Majstorovina – Powerhouse
SHPP Bistrica Majstorovina – Powerhouse

The house particularly tickles sensory perception and awareness of scale and proportion depending on one’s distance and access.

It looks as if it were stranded on the shore and rested there.

SHPP Bistrica Majstorovina – Powerhouse
SHPP Bistrica Majstorovina – Powerhouse

The combination of pebble, pigmented concrete, wooden textures and surrounding greenery work together on a phenomenological level.

The building creates tactile experiences and triggers sensations: there’s an interplay between the freshness and the flow of the river and the sternness of spiky wood chips from rough boards, which can pierce through the skin if not carefully handled.

SHPP Bistrica Majstorovina – Powerhouse
SHPP Bistrica Majstorovina – Powerhouse

Hands splintered with thorns from the boards, stained with red, almost earth mass, and with legs turned blue by the cold water – it’s but a joyful play in nature.


SHPP Bistrica Majstorovina – Powerhouse
SHPP Bistrica Majstorovina – Powerhouse
SHPP Bistrica Majstorovina – Powerhouse
SHPP Bistrica Majstorovina – Powerhouse
SHPP Bistrica Majstorovina – Powerhouse
SHPP Bistrica Majstorovina – Powerhouse
SHPP Bistrica Majstorovina – Powerhouse