ProstoRož
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11 Dec 2014
A presentation by Alenka Korenjak (ProstoRož), a project partner, at the final event of ECLECTIS (European Citizens' Laboratory for Empowerment: Cities Shared), EU funded project led by Dedale Research and Production Association
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15 Mar 2012
31 Mar 2012
Reclaiming Public Space with participating Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia and the ProstoRož,
at the Human Cities Festival
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11 Jun 2011
18 Jun 2011
Activities and awards
ProstoRož interventions are not merely artistic installations in public areas but also in-depth searches for new city planning options of space usage. In their projects, experts from various fields of spatial planning, architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, nature conservation, cultural heritage and tourism are involved.
Among the latest interventions there are the new coverings of fountains in the winter time and exhibitions in the abandoned windows of shops in the city centre, printed with poetry of contemporary Slovene poets. ProstRož also participated in the 2008 project Slovenska Street when the traffic was closed at the main street in Ljubljana during the weekend and inhabited with various cultural programmes of several design studios including CodeEp and Asobi.
The work of the association includes architecture as well. In collaboration with architectural studio Kombinat Architects they renovated the Plečnik and Tivoli underpasses in Ljubljana.
ProstoRož Association has received several awards and mentions, of the most important is ranking among finalists at the international competition The European Prize for Urban Public Space in 2006 for the project ProstoRož – Parks. The female architects ware also granted the title "young prospective designers in the field of interior design" at the event Month of Design in 2008.
Annual ProstoRož Project
The group's first exhibition project ProstoRož happened in 2004 with a transformation of neglected atriums into attractive public spaces. One year later the parks were rearranged in order to open new perspectives on the existing grounds. The ProstoRož collective focused on the Ljubljanica River in 2007, offering selected areas to public use, while playgrounds were the main theme in 2008 with furniture installed in order to provide children creative territories for play. In 2009 a selected street was inhabited in cooperation with the Mladi levi Festival.
See also
External links
- ProstoRož - ProstoRož website
- ECLECTIS project information
- ProstoRož lecture at BOKU (Faculty of Landscape Architecture) in Vienna, Austria
- Audio extract of ProstoRož presentation at the Kunst Apotheke Salon in 2009
- The European Prize for Urban Public Space website
- Maša Cvetko at the Human Cities Symposium 2010 in Belgium