Medprostor Arhitekturni Atelje D.O.O.

Rakova Jelša Town Park

Rakova Jelša Town Park
© Andraž Keršič

RAKOVA JELŠA TOWN PARK

Medprostor d.o.o.

ARCHITECTS
Medprostor d.o.o.

CATEGORY
Park

LOCATION
Liubliana, Slovenia

PROJECT YEAR
2016

AREA
106000.0 m2

PHOTOGRAPHS
Andraž Keršič, Tamara Németh

Rakova Jelša Town Park
© Andraž Keršič

Text description provided by architect.

Town park Rakova Jelša is intended for leisure activities and picnic grounds, but simultaneously acts as one of the entry points to the regional park Ljubljansko barje (Ljubljana Moors).

Rakova Jelša Town Park
© Andraž Keršič
Rakova Jelša Town Park
© Andraž Keršič

The park is located by the ring road, next to the arterial road Ljubljana – Centre in the area of former allotments that have, following the 2010 shed removal, become an illegal dumping ground.

By removing disruptive elements and collecting hazardous and other waste, and by implementing minor spatial interventions, the project aims to revive the image of the rural moor landscape just a step away from the city and create a new entrance to the regional park Ljubljansko barje.

Rakova Jelša Town Park
© Andraž Keršič
Rakova Jelša Town Park
© Andraž Keršič

The design principle of the project are elements of big dimensions (waiting shelters, benches, walkways) that are resistant to vandalism and made out of local materials, which reduces the carbon footprint of element production.

The design uses and emphasizes the natural features of the area, such as ditches, which are typical of the moor landscape, and the existing adult vegetation.

Rakova Jelša Town Park
© Andraž Keršič
Rakova Jelša Town Park
© Tamara Németh

Thusly the precarious balance of the marshland natural habitat is preserved.

Rakova Jelša Town Park
© Andraž Keršič
Rakova Jelša Town Park
© Andraž Keršič


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