Plečnik Award 2023

We kindly invite you to the opening of the Plecnik Award 2023 exhibition, which will be held on Wednesday, May 24, at 7 p. m. in DESSA gallery. The recipients of the 2023 Plecnik Award will present their awarded project.

In the DESSA gallery, we are traditionally preparing an exhibition of Plečnik's awards. Since the organizers have prepared an exhibition of all awarded projects this year in Plečnik House, the main Plečnik Award 2023 will be presented in more detail in the DESSA gallery: the open library of the Vič elementary school in Ljubljana by the ARP architectural studio. The jury of the Plečnik Awards wrote this among other things about this year's selection and the awarded project: "Architecture is an art that directly determines our common and private space and thus marks the environment and our everyday life." Three key themes stand out in this year's selection of fifty submitted works: renovation of the existing building stock, community participation in architecture and responding to contemporary social and climate change. "The three topics highlighted this year represent a model of environmental development that is sustainable, thoughtful, community-oriented and focused on the ethical use of materials and energy. By recognizing the best examples of architecture, let's encourage decision-makers and creators in fulfilling these goals and contribute to the better development of Slovenia. We are all responsible for making our landscapes, cities and communities vibrant, fair and sustainable. Architecture plays an important role in achieving these goals.

The open library of the Vič Primary School unexpectedly establishes a new meeting point for knowledge and encounters in the unused school hall, thereby freeing up the original library space for the creation of a new, urgently needed classroom. With its aesthetic and ethical dimension, the library at the heart of the school promotes a reading culture and educates about the importance of high-quality spaces for understanding the values of architecture. In this way, it significantly outgrows its physical scale and proves that smaller architectural tasks can go beyond mere technical-functional issues and successfully address the social, emotional and cultural aspects of society."

 
PLEČNIK AWARDS 2023

 
. PLEČNIK AWARD . an architectural realization of a smaller scale
OPEN LIBRARY, 2022
SCHOOL LIBRARY OF VIČ PRIMARY SCHOOL, LJUBLJANA
authors of architecture: ARP STUDIO: Matjaž Bolčina, Ernest Milčinović, Jan Žonta
investor: Municipality of Ljubljana
photo: Ana Skobe, Tadej Bolta
 
. PLEČNIK MEDAL . an architectural realization of a larger scale
KOČEVJE KINDERGARTEN, ČEBELICA UNIT, 2022
authors of architecture: SVET VMES: Jure Hrovat, Ana Kreč, Katja Paternoster
authors of landscape architecture: KOLEKTIV TEKTONIKA: Darja Matjašec, Nejc Florjanc, Katja Mali
investor: Municipality of Kočevje
photo: Ana Skobe
 
. PLEČNIK MEDAL . public space
KRATER, 1994–2020 …
TYPOLOGY OF URBAN WILDLIFE, LJUBLJANA
authors: multidisciplinary collective KRATER: Gaja Mežnarić Osole, Andrej Koruza, Danica Sretenović, Rok Oblak, Primož Turnšek, Sebastjan Kovač, Anamari Hrup, Eva Jera Hanžek, Amadeja Smrekar, Altan Jurca Avci in društvo ProstoRož
the initiator: Društvo Trajna
collaborators: interspecies community Krater (more than 200 species of plants, animals and fungi), Borut Jerman, Renata Šifrar, John Buscarino, Agrodivizija, Ministry of Justice, Permaculture Association of Slovenia, Krater Summer School: Plantations (Nina Vidić Ivančič, Marko Vivoda, Kaja Kisilak, Nina Kozin, Tamara Lašič Jurković, Nika Erjavec, Tamara Rijavec, Pia Groleger), The Feral Palace/Palača divjine (Gaja Pegan Nahtigal, Aja Golob, Zala Metlika, Tatjana Kotnik, Jana Vukšić, Filipa Valenčić, Iskra Vukšić, Lotte van der Woude, Urška Škerl, Zuzana Jančovičová, Justyna Chmielewska, Jane Pirone, Barbara Adams, Hala Abdel Malak, Zsuzsanna Szegedi, Jana Stankić, Zoltan Puzsár, Benedek Lits, Angelo Renna, Katherine Boles, Xavier Acarin, Ola Korbańska, Iwo Borkowicz, Lara Jana Gabriel, Lidija Pranjić, Ajda Biček, Tina Božak, Sieta van Horck, Andreja Benedejčič, Rens Spanjaard), BIO 27 Forbiden Vernaculars (Lyson Marchessault, Manca Hrovat, Katarina Živković, Sandra Revuelta, Kinga Gacsályi, Elias Brun, Ahmed Othman, Daniele Cristini), Debra Solomon, Klaas Kuitenbrower, Rok Kranjc, Mitja Žagar, Daniell Bell, Jasper Van der Linden, Pedro Jervell, Elizabeta Maleksić, Neža Novak, Cristián Roman, Nina Rojc, Gorazd Kurent, Marko Turkuš, Karlo Hmeljak, Aleksandra Kansky, Gregor Klemenc, Taja Gorjan, Nina Dolar, Tina Pernuš, Klemen Košir, Oriol Gracia Vallès, Petra Žumer Štrigl, Nina Dolar, Bojan Trstenjak Makar, Vladimir Borštnik in Damjan Kostič, Anna Kotova, Mladi za podnebno pravičnost, Tjaša Zagoršek, Alja Petric, Liza Šimnec, Marko Čeh, Jovan Višnjić, Ajda Bračič, Edern Haushofer, Pauline Liogier, Darinka Pilári, Monika Tominšek, Lena Penšek, Eva Stopar, Zala Velkavrh, Daša Bezjak, Zavod Bob, Knjižnica REČI, družina Štiglic & njegova ekselenca veleposlanik Johan O. Verboom
client and investor: self-started creative community in cooperation with RUK, PINA and Trajna Society
land manager: Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Slovenia
photo: Amadeja Smrekar
 
. PLEČNIK MEDAL . enrichment of spatial culture
PROJECT FOR THE PAVILION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA AT THE 17TH INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA, 2021
TOGETHER IN THE COMMUNITY: SEVENTY YEARS OF CO-OPERATIVE HOMES AS SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
authors and curators of research projects, exhibitions and books: Blaž Babnik Romaniuk, Martina Malešič, Rastko Pečar, Asta Vrečko, Anja Delbello, Aljaž Vesel, Nuša Jurkovič, Samo Kralj, Vid Hajnšek, Jana Jocif
pavilion design: Obrat, d.o.o.
client: Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO) with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia
info graphic: Aljaž Vesel, Anja Delbello
photo: Janez Marolt
 
. PLEČNIK FUND SCHOLARSHIP
IDEAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE ECONOMIC-LEGAL SPACE AND DESIGN OF POTEMKIN TOWN IN THE CITY OF LJUBLJANA, 2023
author: Sebastjan Cvelbar
mentor: prof. dr. Aleš Vodopivec
Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana
visualization: Sebastjan Cvelbar
 
. PLEČNIK FUND SCHOLARSHIP
CAN WE BUILD DIFFERENTLY?
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF THE HEMP CONCRETE FACTORY IN ŠMATEVŽ PRI GOMILSKEM, 2022
author: Lenart Piano
mentor: prof. mag. Tomaž Krušec, co-mentor asist. Miha Munda
Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana
visualization: Lenart Piano
 
 
DESSA Gallery congratulates all award winners.
 

Producent and organizer of the exhibition Plečnik Award 2023: DESSA gallery
Design: Ivan Ilić, 0.10 Büro
Placement on panels: ARP STUDIO
Printing of invitations and catalogues: Mat-format
Panel printing: PRIMA IP

The sponsor of the exhibition in the DESSA gallery is the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.
 

Plečnik awards
Architect Jože Plečnik fund
Plečnik's jury 2023 and texts: Aljoša Dekleva (president), Matej Kučina, Meta Kutin, Anja Planišček, Špela Spanžel
Language review: Hana Cirman
 
The awarding of the Plečnik awards was made possible by members and donors of the Architect Jože Plečnik Fund:
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Natural Resources and Space of the Republic of Slovenia, Municipality of Ljubljana