Žužemberk Market Hall
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A market hall and landscaping scheme in Žužemberk, a medieval town in Slovenia
The European Architecture Students Assembly organised an international competition, on the behalf of the Municipality of Žužemberk, to design and construct a community building and associated landscaping as part of the 2013 assembly.
The site was an unkept area of grass in the town square, in front of a medieval castle. There had been a chapel on the site until the 1950s.
The competition-winning proposal was a market hall referencing the Slovenian rural vernacular and built with local timber and stone.
The project is composed of two elements; a landscape of brick and stone plinths, and a delicate timber structure to provide shelter.
Built by a team of students, the project was realised in the summer of 2013.
The Market Hall is envisaged as the first phase of a project that will see the town square, currently used as a car park, redesigned to serve community events.
Data
- Begun: Jul 2013
- Completed: Sep 2013
- Floor area: 60m2
- Sector: Public realm
- Total cost: £26,000
- Funding: Municipal / Private
- Tender date: Jan 2013
- Procurement: Open Competition
- Address: Grajski trg 1, Žužemberk, 8360, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: William Burgess & Jack Richards
- Client: Municipality of Žužemberk
- Project Managers: European Architecture Student Assembly
- Structure: Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljublana
- Consultant: Atelje Ostan Pavlin
