Culture & art
enthusiast
Sustainable
designer
Bottom-up initiator
Participatory architect
Enterprenuer
Heritage
preservation renovation
advocate
VR
explorer
BIM
master
and award-winning mentors from across the globe. While studying in Germany at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), I was involved in the project studio of Diébédo Francis Kéré, recipient of the Pritzker Prize. Within the Chair of Architectural Design and Participation, we developed cultural hubs for artists and the wider public.
I see myself primarily as a participatory architect and believe that this approach is essential for creating spaces that genuinely meet the needs of their users. As Jane Jacobs wrote: "Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody."
I am a founding member of the organizational and architectural team of the newly emerging Barutana Creative District in Kamnik, and a former collaborator at the non-profit urban planning studio Prostorož and the award-winning architectural studio Svet Vmes.
In the past, I have participated as an equity partner in several start-up projects at the intersection of design, architecture, and technology.
about
I am Jan Šimnovec, a graduated architect and founder of a studio specializing in architectural renovations and sustainable strategies. My areas of strong interest include reuse, bottom-up approaches, the circular economy, entrepreneurship, and future technologies.
I see renovations as a personal mission for a better future for our planet. This is the core principle guiding the projects I undertake, for which I was previously recognized with the Interior of the Year award at Ljubljana Design Week.
During my studies, I had the opportunity to collaborate with exceptional and award-winning mentors from around the world. I gained important knowledge and skills at Stanford University through the AEC Global Teamwork program and competition, which focuses on developing high-performance and sustainable buildings at the intersection of virtual reality technologies such as VR headsets. For the high-performance building group project we developed as a team, we received first place.
During my studies in Germany and Slovenia, I had the opportunity to work with outstanding
skills
education
Faculty of architecture,
University of Ljubljana
2015 - 2022
Master studies
PBL Lab,
Stanford University
Equity, Sustainability &
Prefabrication program
2021
Faculty of architecture,
Technical University of Munich
Master studies
2018 - 2019
Docomomo International
Workshop: Metamorphosis.
The Continuity of Change.
2018
Domestika & Lucas Muñoz
Sustainable Design course
