SHPP Bistrica Majstorovina – Powerhouse
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.
Abstract forms and geometric shapes, which correspond to natural surroundings, excite children’s imagination.
The house particularly tickles sensory perception and awareness of scale and proportion depending on one’s distance and access.
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.
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.