SVET VMES is an architecture studio founded by architects Jure Hrovat and Ana Kreč in 2010 as a non-formal collective of architects in Ljubljana, Slovenia, with the need to question, explore and expose the potential of "in-between" space within buildings. public and especially educational. By alternating between observation and action, SVET VMES analyzes existing deteriorated interior and exterior intermediate areas, to locate painful points and remediate, heal and transform them into places of events, potential, comfort, interaction, negotiation and delight. and seclusion, inventing a new kind of “charged” interstitial typology. Multi-scale interventions allow them to instigate and explore new “in-between” behaviors, foster spatial sensitivity and emergence among people while challenging their daily patterns and existing social reality.
In recent years, SVET VMES has continually modified and transformed into a research design practice, whose work is recognized, published and awarded locally and internationally. The practice is led by two founding partners, architects Jure Hrovat and Ana Kreč, who are currently PhD candidates at KU Leuven, Department of Architecture, Campus Sint Lucas Brussels in Belgium, while assisting the design studio of prof. Jurij Sadar at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture. In 2019, SVET VMES was nominated for the Plečnik Medal for its contribution to the enrichment of architectural culture for its architectural research project in middle school spaces through the construction of case studies.
They have been guest lecturers or critics at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Tsinghua University, Beijing, Hunan University, China, KU Leuven, Sint Lucas School of Architecture, Ghent, Belgium, University of Westminster in London, United Kingdom Kingdom, NTNU, Trondheim School of Architecture and Fine Arts, Norway, BAU Design College of Barcelona, TU Wien, IUAV of Venice, Italy and TU Berlin.
In recent years, SVET VMES has continually modified and transformed into a research design practice, whose work is recognized, published and awarded locally and internationally. The practice is led by two founding partners, architects Jure Hrovat and Ana Kreč, who are currently PhD candidates at KU Leuven, Department of Architecture, Campus Sint Lucas Brussels in Belgium, while assisting the design studio of prof. Jurij Sadar at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture. In 2019, SVET VMES was nominated for the Plečnik Medal for its contribution to the enrichment of architectural culture for its architectural research project in middle school spaces through the construction of case studies.
They have been guest lecturers or critics at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Tsinghua University, Beijing, Hunan University, China, KU Leuven, Sint Lucas School of Architecture, Ghent, Belgium, University of Westminster in London, United Kingdom Kingdom, NTNU, Trondheim School of Architecture and Fine Arts, Norway, BAU Design College of Barcelona, TU Wien, IUAV of Venice, Italy and TU Berlin.
