Belgrade Ṗrojects 4 Created 01-Oct-17 By Rachel Pafe, Amsterdam, Netherlands Majik Café 2 nonprofit housing Belgrade, belgrade, Karim Rashid re-a-c-t bar, cafe, restaurant commercial space, social housing Wellness Sky 3 Genex Tower Belgrade, Belgrade, 4of7 ure Mihajlo Mitrovic fitness club apartment, office 4 5 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/piff_palette/guides/belgrade/ this page is part of Mi guide 'Belgrade' made by Rachel Pafe, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1
photo: Nebojsa Babic photo: Nebojsa Babic Majik Café Dzordza Vasingtona 38a 11000 Belgrade http://wwwmajikcafecom The design for the Majik Café stems from Karim s philosophy of creating an inspiring and seamless world that excites all the senses by fusing the physical and the virtual As always, his design is flashy, soft and refreshing Karim's love of sensuous lines and brilliant hues comes through in the dynamic space of Majik and is visible in the walls covered in huge digital prints, the gold vinyl ceiling, the patterned floor finished in engineered stone and the glass bar that changes in colour and mood throughout the customer's stay Rounded forms and curves shape the windows and the bar, as well as decorating the walls The façade is finished in polished, stainless steel tiles As Karim says, "Spaces should give us an emotional lift, be it fulgent, fervid, or peaceful", a credo that makes his design fit brilliantly into a city like Belgrade, which is rich in contrast and contradictions photo: Nebojsa Babic Client 2008 Veselin Jevrosimovic Vesna_Vucinic http://wwwmimoaeu/users/piff_palette/guides/belgrade/ this page is part of Mi guide 'Belgrade' made by Rachel Pafe, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2
photo: Ana Kostic photo: Ana Kostic Wellness Sky Tadeusa Koscuska 63 11000 Belgrade Change of use and refurbishment of the existing building on the Belgrade riverfront is the first project completed by 4of7 ure It was derelict when the architects started and the client wanted a 'cloud-like' impression to form the new interior The architects thought that the existing structure from the 1970s was extraordinary and focused on the ceiling to create a new look and reorganize the existing space The building, named 'Danube Flower', became a landmark on the Belgrade waterfront It used to house an exclusive restaurant, which was part of a larger recreational centre accessible to the public The project was sponsored by the communist government of the time and endorsed by then-ubiquitous president JB Tito, who was the first guest at the restaurant on November 22nd 1973 It was a famed hangout spot until its decay in the nineties and its final closure which coincided with the start of the civil war in the country photo: Ana Kostic Floor area/size Client 2008 1100 m² 4of7 ure Sky Wellness Marija_B http://wwwmimoaeu/users/piff_palette/guides/belgrade/ this page is part of Mi guide 'Belgrade' made by Rachel Pafe, Amsterdam, Netherlands 3
photo: re:act photo: re:act nonprofit housing jurija gagarina 166a 11000 belgrade The object is located in a very specific area of New Belgrade - at the southern edge of Block 61, formed of a long chain of dwelling mega-structures from the early 1970s The new building in the block is shaped to answer a difficult task of starting a new row of 5 storied buildings along the Jurija Gagrina street, planned in order to densify the area According to the competition winning project from 2006, this housing project is designed in dialogue with the surroundings The main challenge for architects was to build in the context of huge socialist apartment blocks and still to fulfil all the requirements of the program and town planning regulations In order to make a better balance for the edge position of the building, the street façade is designed as dynamic and porous, with a continual interplay of light and shadow, while other façades, entering the block, are serene and light The building contains 98 apartments and commercial space along the street side of the ground floor photo: re:act Floor area/size Client 12-2009 10000 m² re-a-c-t City of Belgrade, Secretariat for Finance arhitekti http://wwwmimoaeu/users/piff_palette/guides/belgrade/ this page is part of Mi guide 'Belgrade' made by Rachel Pafe, Amsterdam, Netherlands 4
photo: Srdjan Adamovic Genex Tower Blok 33 31 11070 Belgrade Genex Tower or Western City Gate is a 35-storey skyscraper in Belgrade,, which was designed in 1977 by Mihajlo Mitrovic in the brutalist style It is formed by two towers connected with a two-storey bridge and revolving restaurant at the top It is 115 metres tall (with restaurant 135?140 metres) and is the second-tallest high-rise in Belgrade after U??e Tower It is the third-largest tower in eastern Europe The building is designed to resemble a high-rise gate greeting people arriving in the city from the West One of the towers is occupied by the Genex Group The tower got its popular name "Genex" after this group, while its official title remains Western City Gate The second, taller tower, is residential The building is located in the Novi Beograd municipality 1980 Mihajlo Mitrovic Nazar photo: S Rali? http://wwwmimoaeu/users/piff_palette/guides/belgrade/ this page is part of Mi guide 'Belgrade' made by Rachel Pafe, Amsterdam, Netherlands 5