Living with water : Slovenian pavilion at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia / editors-in-chief, Nina Granda, Matevž Granda ; translation, Tina Škoberne, Benja Pavlin.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Granda, Nina, editor.

Granda, Matevž, editor.

Škoberne, Tina, translator.

Pavlin, Benja, translator.

Arhitekturni muzej v Ljubljani, issuing body.

Conference Name:

International Architectural Exhibition (16th : 2018 : Venice, Italy), related conference.

Standardized Title:

Living with water (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Slovenia--Exhibitions.

Architecture.

Water and architecture--Slovenia.

Water and architecture.

Slovenia.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition publications.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

297 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Ljubljana : Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO), [2018]

Summary:

Living with water is a daily fact of life in Slovenia, more than it might seem at first glance. Water - from rivers to glacial lakes, waterfalls, torrential hills, gullies, bogs, disappearing lakes, bays, karst and thermal springs - is one of the most potent and decisive factors determining both Slovenia's landscapes and its supply of drinking water. Water is part of myriad myths and the subconscious, of thought and creativity, politics and protest. At the same time, water is full of opposites. A multidisciplinary team of 13 architects, landscape architects, urban planners, researchers and strategists explores and discusses the relationship between architecture and water both past and present and what a relationship should look like in the future. How to re-think water management and the protection of water resources? By understanding all the complexity and interconnectedness of natural and anthropogenic water systems and by developing alternative models, can we create a new, fairer, safer and less invasive living environment? Water management requires the input of informed people and important political decisions. The controversial and notorious unrealised Slovenian Parliament by architect Joze Plecnik, which incorporates a fountain hidden under the main hall designed as and meant to represent a mythical source of wisdom for the deputies, seems like an ideal space to talk about these pressing issues. Exhibition: Slovenian Pavilion, 16th Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy (26.05.-25.11.2018).

Contents:

Pavilion

Water

Landscape

Architecture

The Ljubljanica case

Future architecture.

Notes:

"Published on the occasion of the national participation of Slovenia at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia ... from May 26 to November 25, 2018"--Colophon.

ISBN:

9789616669498

9616669494

OCLC:

1050273130

Publisher Number:

99980047683