MVA . ONDA ARHITEKTURA . photos: © Jure Živković
The CZO Building (Center for Environmental Protection) in Krapinske Toplice contains both the office and service spaces of the local Voluntary Fire Brigade. Concieved as a mono-volume of varying profile, the building includes a central office core, spaces for vehicles and equipment, and a fire tower.
The white metal envelope is carried by a combined construction – a reinforced concrete core and a light steel skeleton.
The functions of spaces are clearly distincted by materials – white metal ‘rooms’ for vehicles, raw concrete spaces for working and leisure, and the intense red color areas as firefighters’ communication routes.
The tower, primarily used for firefighter’s training, becomes a landmark, a sign in the landscape, with visible steel structure clearly showing the utilitarian character of the architecture.
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Project: Center for Environmental Protection
Location: Krapinske Toplice
Client: Municipality of Krapinske Toplice
Author: MVA / Mikelić Vreš Arhitekti
Design and development team: MVA + ONDA ARHITEKTURA
Project team: Marin Mikelić, Tomislav Vreš, Sara Pavlov, Alma Špoljarec, Viktor Vdović, Neven Vlahović (MVA), Nika Dželalija, Marcela Otroški, Krešimir Renić (ONDA ARHITEKTURA)
Photography: Jure Živković
Design year: 2014.-2020.
Building year: 2020.-2021.
Site Area 3073 m²
Total Floor Area: 974 m²
