Rural city 2.0

The Šentvid area in Ljubljana is very diverse, encompassing large halls, army barracks, the St. Stanislav Institute, long old Šentvid farmhouses, and newer, low-density houses. The character of the space is thus somewhere in between urban and rural, residential and industrial, large and small, longitudinal and point-like. "In between" is an adverb that defines the space, and with our project, it gains its own character.

The proposal encapsulates the qualities of the old Šentvid rural urbanism and reinterprets them. The row houses are slightly irregularly rotated from each other, and the facades along the main road are dense, creating a similar relationship to the street as found in the older heritage parts of the area. The internal connecting road of the settlement and the backs of the houses are set back to the edge of the entire plot. This creates space for the intermediate world, which we have dedicated to a park and pedestrian and bicycle connections. With greenery, the boundaries between private and shared green areas are blurred, making the park visually richer. Towards the end, the park expands, offering views of the old trees between the army barracks, and a slight offset of one of the houses directs views towards the Church of St. Vid.

The proposal encapsulates the qualities of the old Šentvid rural urbanism and reinterprets them. The row houses are slightly irregularly rotated from each other, and the facades along the main road are dense, creating a similar relationship to the street as found in the older heritage parts of the area. The internal connecting road of the settlement and the backs of the houses are set back to the edge of the entire plot. This creates space for the intermediate world, which we have dedicated to a park and pedestrian and bicycle connections. With greenery, the boundaries between private and shared green areas are blurred, making the park visually richer. Towards the end, the park expands, offering views of the old trees between the army barracks, and a slight offset of one of the houses directs views towards the Church of St. Vid. The houses are divided into two parts: the base of the ground floor with a covered carport and the upper floors in the shape and material of brown-red roof tiles, inspired by local farms. They offer different sizes, suitable for families with one to four children.

The solution reinterprets the old values of the village, which has merged and become one with the city. It stands between modern and traditional, small and large. It is an intermediate space that has become a park.