I'm pleased to show you guys a project we received from one of the students who made a project for Trimo Urban Crash but didn't complete it in time. It falls in the category of »Off - Trimo Urban Crash«, if you will, that can be displayed on our blog.

Without further ado, Goce Cavkoski, architecture student from Skopje, Macedonia, writes:

»Deriving from the given space, required dimensions and the entire surrounding of Metelkova, I soon found the concept of Rubik's cube to be the perfect solution. Following the instructions I included some interior space and levels, hoping it would be both functional and successfully integrated into the surrounding. I think I managed to achieve all that but unfortunately I didn't manage to complete and submit the project in time. All in all, I was happy this year's task could also be chosen for a final project at our faculty as I got a 10 for it in the end :) «

General plans

Structure proposal

Interior design proposal

Exterior design proposal

General plans – the cube is made with Aglas panels and Trimo Raster sandwich panels

Nice work, Goce. Congrats on the 10 you've earned, we hope this will prove as a good start for your future practice!

And to all you out there: got a project you didn't submit but want to show it anyway? Share your idea with others by e-mailing us!

You read this because of the yellow-print title, haven't you? You naughty person. Well, sorry, no embarassing »page six« pics today, just a few post-evaluation impressions from the jury members.

Jury members: one for the scrapbook  

Miloš Florijanèiè took the role of the competition curator again and was extremely pleased with the results: "The surprise was already immense while we were following the arrival of the project solutions. Their number and origin completely “derailed” us. Who knew that Trimo Urban Crash would prove to be such a challenge. The jury members, arriving from five different countries and to whom I am once again offering thanks, had a difficult job. Although there was only one location, determining some satisfactory criteria applicable to all the submitted proposals was difficult, due to the sheer number of submissions.”

And what did the jury evaluate? “We decided on five evaluation points, common to all the submissions: corresponding content, relation to place, adequate body, flashing, and technical and safety measurements. We were looking for floor, perhaps walls or roof, a “non-house” definition, light-heavy ratio, open-closed ratio, not as much an object, more of a “subject”, ” explains Florijanèiè.

The task encouraged creativity and yet, apparently, a trend emerged after all. Daan Roosegaarde offers: “The majority of the submitted projects was quite modernistic, focused largely on the visual aspect of the proposed installation, while some interesting applications of Trimo products were proposed.”

After the jury session some of the visiting members stayed in Slovenia, getting to know it a little better. Jelena even dropped by our office before leaving and she couldn’t have picked a better timing, since we were just preparing to stuff our faces with goodies in honour of our colleague Tjaša’s graduation (Tjaša pictured on the right).

Cheese! No, we mean it. Grab the freakin' cheese and drop the camera.

So Jelena and some of our Trimo Urban Crash team members finally met in person. Our impression? Lovely girl. Her impression? »Participating in Trimo Urban Crash was definitely a great experience and also a future reference. It was really interesting, being first in the role of the participant and then the jury member. We didn't have an easy task selecting the short list and I'm curious to see the final result realized in Metelkova.«   

Borrowing a Battlestar Galactica quote at this point: So say we all.

p.s.: More »behind-the-scenes« pics now on our Facebook page!

It's been a productive weekend in Trebnje as the jury members met and selected the short-listed projects of this year's competition. The jury experienced a slight casting change at the last minute, as Graeme Feechan of Manchester's 3D Reid office jumped in the spot of his colleague Tom. So let's take a look at what exactly it was they were doing, shall we?

You guys surely haven't made the work easy with all the submissions but we managed to squeeze all the stuff in one hall. Behold:

Nice huh? After satisfying all the architect's daily needs for caffeine (insert barrel-related joke here) and chat in the outside hallway, our group started with the evaluation. First, they got familiar with all the projects by viewing them on-screen.


Next, the so-called »sticker method« followed. Every jury member got a set of stickers he/she put on a project he/she liked. That made the preliminary evaluation much easier as the projects without stickers were eliminated on the go. Some of the projects involved extra material like presentational movies (kudos for the effort, guys!) so they viewed them at the end.



On Saturday the final round started. Well, the semi-final, as you the public still have to vote. Anyhoo, Saturday's session involved selection of the short list and a discussion about the selection. Luckily, the votes were quite unanimous so there was no need for chair-breaking and first aid kits.



The results? You'll be able to see them on our website tomorrow and contribute to the final say, as the overall winner also needs your vote. Let the rating begin!

Can't decide whether to use all the extra space for an outdoor greenhouse or a living room?

This guy got it all figured out and had himself built a sweet sliding house.

Remember to put something like this on your Christmas list for yours truly, *wink wink*

p.s. I wonder if this still counts as an immovable property...