Mestna hranilnica building by architect Josip Vancaš first opened in 1905.
The first floor of the palace is home to Bankarium, Slovenian Banking
Museum, supported by Slovenija’s major bank, NLB and displaying a 200-year
overview of banking history, money and financial institutions.
Studio Name: TRIIIJE
Design Team: Andrej Mercina, Mojca Bek, Renata Smrkolj, Sara Miklavc
Tomazin, Mateja Obid (TRIIIJE)
Area: 160 m2
Year: 2021
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenija
Consultants: Spatial interpretation of the exhibition elements: Sanja Jurca
Avci
Exhibition design: Sanja Jurca Avci (TRANS) & Andrej Mercina, Renata
Smrkolj, Sara Miklavc Tomazin, Mojca Bek and Mateja Obid (TRIIIJE)
Graphic design: Dolores Gerbec (TRANS)
Photography Credits: Miran Kambič
Other Credits: /
The palace on the main pedestrian street in Slovenija’s capital has been
under patronage of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of
Slovenia and the renovation took place under their close eye and
supervision.
Slovenian architectural office TRIIIJE led the full restoration of the
historic building and designed all the elements of the museum in very
distinctive color palette that blends the historic references with museum
identity.
In the museum we can peer into the background of bank counters in Vienna
Secession Style from the beginning of the 20th century, the time of
socialism and the present day. It features bank heritage from 1820 until
today.
We can enter a recently-retired bank vault, see safe deposit boxes and the
workings of an ATM, and travel into the virtual reality world of banking’s
digital transformation.
