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LJUBLJANA
Waterfront Development / Urban Masterplan / Urban Acupuncture
SLOVENIA, LJUBLJANA
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Country; Slovenia
Municipality; City Municipality
First Mention; 1112 – 1125
Population; City 279,756
Client; City of Ljubljana.
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Key Architect; José Plecnik,
Max Fabiani, Camillo Citte.
Ljubljana is a city that is unique. Numerous changes have happened in a short period, which is one of the reasons Ljubljana has become European Green Capital 2016.
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People have quickly got used to these changes for the better and so can quickly forget how the city centre was choked with traffic, how hard it was to get from one side of the river to the other.
Ljubljana’s 2025 – Strategic Vision
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Ideal City
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Nurture its history
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Encourage Engagement of the citizen
Environmentally Friendly City
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City Interconnected with the landscape
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Rearranged traffic in the city
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Protection of nature
Metropolis
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Quality of life safety and tolerance
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Modernization of transport
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Efficient handling with the land
Sustainable strategies and plans
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Environmental protection program (2020)
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Sustainable energy action plan (2020)
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Sustainable mobility plan (2020)
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Electromobility strategy (2020)
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Urban Master-plan (2020)
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Zero waste plan (2035)
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Ljubljana has created a city plan to diminish the level of car use within the center providing a series of alternatives and routes and cycle paths along the canal.
Ljubljana has created a city plan to diminish the level of car use within the center providing a series of alternatives and routes and cycle paths along the canal.
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A whole city narrative portraying the city history, culture and past as a whole is dotted and spread throughout the city architecture and infrastructure. The bridges play a key role in connecting the city and its various functions.
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Ljubljana Castle Renovation – Keeping key details and emphasizing Past Relations.
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Walk of Remembrance - marks the old fence inhibiting the City in the Second World War build by the Germans. Also connects the 5 green wedges of the city.
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Fabianni’s Dragon Bridge -Max Fabianni initially designed the Master plans for the city, Max Designed One of the bridges, providing necessary connection across the river, while also referring to the city’s myth of the ‘Jason and the dragon slayer’ and the river, (how the city came into being).
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The Market Square - Relation to historic importance pays attribute to relation to roman ancestors of the city.
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Sculptural tapestry - A series of sculptures that depict the history of the city, both the cultural past as well as political history of Ljubljana and its ancestors.
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Waste - Ljubljana is the European capital with the highest share, 63%, of separated waste collected and is the first capital in the EU in the 'zerowaste' programme
JRBAN SYSTEM; Compacting Ljubljana 2007 – 2013
The city layout has been developed organically outwards, the city core disperses along 7 main arteries forming a star like formation. The result of linear urbanization along arterial roads creates natural un-built green wedges, between the star legs.
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DE-CENRALIZED - CENTRALIZATION
A key plan in Ljubljana is the idea of de-centralized planning, the idea the smaller city hubs would be placed out off the main city, to provide less strain within the key city center, also allowing further pedestrianization.
The City Has a vast green surrounding, 5 key green wedges connect the city with a series of paths, rivers, cycle lanes and routes, through a range of typographies.
The red dots indicate the path of remembrance a path, which connects through the city and all 5 wedges.
The path also outlines a part of the cities history, being placed along the exact placement of a fence built by the Germans, which previously encompassed the city during the Second World War.
GREEN INFRUSTRUCTURE
RIVER AND CITY NARRATIVE
LJUBLJANA 2025 – Strategic Vision
