November 4 I 16.30 and 20.30 I Institut für Architektur, Straße des 17. Juni 152, Berlin

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Jože Plečnik the Institute of Architecture of the Technische Universität Berlin in collaboration and supported by the Slovenian Culture Centre SKICA Berlin is holding a Symposium on the subject of PLEČNIK NOW ! Exploring Public Space and Urban Porosity.

Interesting guests like renown German artist Olaf Nicolai and architects Jürgen Mayer H., Boštjan Vuga, Maja Vardjan, Maruša Zorec and Luka Skansi will speak about the architect in two thematic parts: Public and porous and the Uncanny.

The symposium will be accompanied by an exhibition of contemporary photographs on Plečnik’s oeuvre. The works of the Czech photographer Adam Štěch show the architects variety of urban interventions and his approaches in Ljubljana. This exhibition was organized by SKICA Berlin, the Museum of Architecture and Design Ljubljana (MAO) and curated by Tomaž Štoka.

Slovenian architect, urban planner, designer and artist – Jože Plečnik was one of the most versatile architectural personalities of the first half of the 20th century. As a student of Otto Wagner, he himself was a source of inspiration to many generations of architects to follow. In the spirit of Human Centered Urban Design – the title of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention – his architectural, artistic and urban planning work was primarily created in Ljubljana. Plečnik’s architecture celebrates the city as a stage for human life and public space as a place of community and democracy. Plečnik understood social space as a public resource and fabric which constitutes the livable city.

The symposium questions if Plečnik is up-to-date as a role model for Human Centered Urban Design. What can we learn from Plečnik?

The symposium, which is scheduled for November the 4th of 2022, will be scientifically guided by the Department of Architectural Theory and the Department of Fine Arts of Technische Universität Berlin. It was designed and realized in cooperation with Boštjan Vuga, SADAR+VUGA, currently president of Architect Jože Plečnik’s Fund, Ljubljana and Saša Šavel Burkart, the Head of SKICA Berlin.