The project, designed by the Barcelona-based Mendoza Partida Architecture Studio and BAX Studio, sees the recovery of a building with great heritage value, and reactivates and reclaims the banks of Ljubljanica river as it passes through this part of the city. Rog factory is considered the most important 20th-century industrial heritage building in Ljubljana. What makes it unique is the fact that it is the largest industrial building in the city center, the first and only example of large-scale reinforced concrete construction, which also has an Art Nouveau style façade.
The architecture project involved the rehabilitation and transformation of a heritage building which, with its emblematic presence and location, offered the opportunity to extend the city’s public life and renew its urban image along the riverfront.
The construction of the factory dates back to the last quarter of the 19th century, though it was in 1923 that it acquired its current appearance, with its characteristic three-story reinforced concrete superstructure. The building owes its name to the fact that, starting in the 1950s, it housed the Rog factory, the producer of bicycles and typewriters that were very popular in the former Yugoslavia.
The renovation of the Rog building has been a key project for Ljubljana, since it plays a special role in this point in the river and the city. The project involved the urban renewal of the area, carried out with criteria of respect for architectural and historical heritage, as well as sustainability
