TU Supermarket with Multiplex Cinema in Novo Mesto
The town of Novo Mesto was founded in 1365 and is situated in the Krka Valley in south-east Slovenia. Here, the colourful new Portoval Centre forms a link between the urban core and the outlying housing estates. Occupying a site next to a bus station and alongside sports and recreation areas, the development comprises a number of differently coloured cubes that are visible over a great distance. On top of the green plinth structure, which houses the supermarket, are three further volumes. In the blue cube are leasable office spaces, while the yellow cube houses a number of small shop units of various descriptions. Between these tracts is a timber-boarded roof terrace, which, in view of the sloping topography, coincides with ground level at the highest point of the site and is, therefore, directly accessible from the road. The third and largest cube is the red superstructure situated at the end facing the town centre. In addition to a multiplex development with six cinemas, this section contains spaces for billiard tables and slot machines.
