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The Flow of Energy
According to architect Plečnik Ljubljana has two vital
lines, the water line of the
Ljubljanica River
and the
green line connecting the two central forested parks
-
Tivoli
and
the Castle Hill
. These lines actually meet
at the Triple Bridge, one of Plečnik’s most renowned
masterpieces. This was designed in a funnel shape as
to allow people coming down six streets to easily flow
into a simple one leading towards the Old Town. The
bridges therefore do not only connect different banks
of the river but also bind different historic parts of
town, bonding the lives of people on both sides. This
is why
the river is a meeting point
, where many locals
and visitors alike gather regardless of the season.
It is all of these individual elements that provide the
city of Ljubljana with a unique added value, which
highlights its attractiveness as a
meetings destination
.
It is an energetic, creative, passionate and lively city
with a young beat, softened by a tinge of romanticism
and nostalgia.
The Flow of Creativity
The urge to create is instilled in each individual, and all
it needs is to be stirred by the right impulse and then
nurtured by patience, imagination and cooperation as
to realise what would otherwise only remain a vision.
Inspiration
is found in abundance in Ljubljana, which
is proven trough the creativity of different people
who have and still work here.
Jože Plečnik
, the most
notable Slovenian architect, was one of them. After
studying and working in Graz, Vienna and Prague, he
returned to his birthplace in the 1920’s. Ljubljana at that
time was undergoing an infrastructural transformation
and Plečnik could start realising his vision of a capital
city. With over a hundred bridges, buildings, streets,
fountains and statues he designed till the late 1950’s,
Plečnik made a stronger impact on one single city than
any other architect.
Today his works continue to inspire the creativity
of world-renowned thinkers and artists, such as
the philosopher
Slavoj Žižek
, the interdisciplinary
artist
Marjetica Potrč
and the physicist and poet
Andrej Detela
.
Paulo Coelho
was inspired to place his
novel »Veronica Decides to Die« in Ljubljana and the
Venezuelan author
Eduardo Sánchez Rugeles
titled his
latest book »Ljubljana«.
Metelkova Alternative Arts Centre - statue of David
Street musician