Ana Z. Schenk PROJECTS and OBJECTS are our Hardskills. We design making sure to use SUSTAINABLE and ECOLOGICAL MATERIALS to create for our clients healthy spaces, caring for the environment and for the future. ACTIONS and STRATEGIES are our Softskills that we devise and plan in the public and private places, using years of experience. We have a methodology to bring LIFE, bring PEOPLE, bring GROWTH and bring SUCCESS to your BUSINESS.
Ana Z. Schenk founded Sinestezia , she is a high-energy architect with nature conscious innovative ideas that communicate through Architecture and City life to change the ways we feel and use our spaces.
Ana Z. Schenk projects offer full range of design services that enhance synesthetic experience, stimulate social interaction and add value. My goal is to exceed your design expectations while maintaining your project’s schedule and budgetary constraints.
Ana Z. Schenk objects follow projects. They are intervention objects that address specific situations in space in a direct way and lead the way for new and surprising uses. Objects also advocate inclusive design and showcase craft and heritage of the Balkan regions to a broader public.
Ana Z. Schenk actions is our experimental zone where teaching and workshops intertwine with public gatherings and other interventions . Arctions are less project or an object but more a true sinesthetic atmosphere sensing new potentials, mostly from the local people and spaces.
Ana Z. Schenk strategies are our instruments for sustainable project development and our commitment to the value we bring in the project. We use management and communication to structure open planning processes. We link strategic guidelines with action areas and visions of the future; integrating various spatial city levels - urban district – quarter- building- courtyard-street and their interactions; integration of main fields of action. Always having space to adapt to unforeseen developments through regular evaluations. Evaluate objectives and guidelines, evaluate and learn as base to optimise strategies, programmes and planning processes.
Client: Bart & Co
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Surface: 4000 sqm
Category: architecture; hospitality
Year: 2008-2013
Nobel House, a reconstructed and extended former Japanese Embassy, is a hotel offering its Belgrade visitors a modern oasis of elegance, greenery and tranquility in the city centre. It is located at what is probably the most desirable location at the very heart of the city carrying the name of the celebrated Nobel Laureate. With its rooftop (the highest in central Belgrade), unobstructed views across the whole city and its landmarks, this hotel provides its guests the prime environment to relax and enjoy. The site where Nobel House was built is a true witness of Belgrade’s urban and cultural development. Being right next to Belgrade City Hall and the presidential building of the Republic Serbia, which once were main parts of the Serbian kings Palace complex and overlooking the beautifully landscaped Pionirski Park and the Serbian National Assembly built in 1932, the project inherently deals with the questions of old vs. new; old vs. old-looking; automated vs. handmade etc. Therefore, the dialogue between the existing architecture, and Art Nouveau style with the contemporary architecture which will be implemented was the paramount driver of the project. Functional, structural and formal solutions, with implementation of high quality materials provided this harmony and dialogue of contemporary architecture with elements of the old Art Nouveau style building from 1924. In this way, the Hotel declares it’s belongings to the 21st century keeping strong connections with original building as a bridge. This eclectically-inspired design combiningBelgrade-style elements with Russian secession style along with contemporary architecture is unique in Belgrade and is very much in harmony with the city’s resolute cultural progress towards the future. The existing facade remains fixed, stable and eternal. The new layer of glass runs down through the openings, permeating with the previous old facade. The existing old 3 storey building will interlock with a contemporary bent steel and glass structure elevating the building up to 8 stories. With this way, old and new blends and integrates each other becoming a parts of a whole. The layer of glass in the facade is set back from the old facade in the top floors, creating terraces and open areas. With this way a formal continuity is achieved throughout the facades of the buildings. Also, on the interior, ceiling moulds and Art Nouveau detailing were important to carry onto the new design. Hence, each ceiling mould was drawn to vector shape and edited, reduced to 6 different final patterns which were then superimposed with Ivo Andrić, Serbian Nobel Laureate. Application of these new designs onto ceilings and furnitures achieved a highly textured surface and an homage to architecture of this building and to our Nobel prize Winner Ivo Andrić.
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