An exhibition in the Museum of Architecture and Design and the public space of the city of Ljubljan   Opening ceremony: 19 October, 6.00 p. m.   The history of organised housing construction in Slovenia is also the history of various solutions to the housing crisis. Economic, social, war and political conditions have exacerbated housing conditions in the twentieth century. Still, they have also helped develop many ambitious solutions to the housing problem for a dynamic, rapidly changing society. The housing crisis may indeed be continuous and chronic, but that does not mean that it has always been equally acute. Today, we need new answers to the old question of what constitutes a modern, healthy, economical, environmentally friendly, generous and flexible apartment. The search for new answers depends on past experiences: on the many realised projects in the space around us and on a critical analysis of overlooked opportunities. In the past hundred years, a variety of forms ...

Opening Ceremony: July 8th, 7 p. m.    Curators: Maja Vardjan, Cvetka Požar, Katjuša Kranjc   Inside, in an interior, is where we spend most of our time. The interiors in which we live, work, and spend our leisure time have a profound impact on our daily routines, yet the interior is only rarely the focus of relevant professional discourse.   The exhibition The World Inside: Designing Modern Interiors, 1930–Today, is the first more extensive such effort in Slovenia to look at interiors as a subject of systematic research and evaluation. Rather than focusing on interior design the exhibition looks into the interior as a constituent part of architecture and society.   Interiors constitute a discipline that blends various practices related to the inside of a building and various forms of housing. It is an interplay between architecture, interior design, and product design. As a rule, interiors represent elements that create space and atmosphere, such as ...

THE COMMON IN COMMUNITY Seventy Years of Cooperative Centres as Social Infrastructure As we go through our daily routines we frequently overlook how important community is in our lives; we lose sight of our place within it, our relationships with other people, and how strongly this shapes our daily lives. But once this interaction is broken due to personal or social circumstances, it soon becomes obvious how much it is missed. It’s in times of economic, health or natural crises that indoor public community spaces suddenly become extremely important connective elements whose existence is crucial for the widest community.   The exhibition focuses on the Cooperative Centre – a multipurpose public building most often set in a rural context. In villages, small towns and suburban areas they serve as venues for various administrative, economic, social and cultural activities. The cooperative centre has a specific architectural typology, whose purpose is to create an indoor public ...