Architect David Tajchman recently earned an honorable mention for his futuristic “Stealth” design proposal for the new visual arts Maribor Museum in Slovenia.

As shown below, the museum’s external design reinterprets the Slovenian lacework tradition, with perforated patterns that filter natural light for the exhibitions spaces within. Similar patterns are used on flooring inside to make surfaces non-slippery, and to hide technical elements (air conditioners, etc.) on the ceilings. Removable partition walls inside slip from structural elements that provide storage or cover technical elements to subdivide the exhibition spaces.

According to Tajchman, “Like a stealth, the project is inserted in the city in direct visual
and morphologic relation with its context.” In his vision, people pass through the covered ground floor, an open public space for outdoor protected activities of the UGM. in this way, the project aims to encourage visual connections between the old and the modern city. Maribor sits at the crosspoint of the Alps, Adriatic and the Balkans. Other art cities such as Venice, Vienna, Graz and Budapest are a close trainride away.

WIth offices in both Paris and Brussels since 2009, Tajchman keeps busy creating dramatic works of art across the globe, and teaching with Sir Peter Cook at Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris.

Project Info:
Stealth: New Maribor Museum Architecture Competition
Place: Maribor, Slovenia
Area: 15000 m2
Client: UGM
Architect: David Tajchman
Intern: Luke Izri
Results: 4th prize – honorable mention

*Images courtesy of Architectures David Tajchman.