housing neighbourhood Litijska Pesarska

diverse, open communications and quality of apartments, combined in a rational design

The location of the new residential neighborhood is at the intersection of the urban city feature and the landscape-diverse space between the fields and the Ljubljanica River. The correct placement of the new residential neighborhood in the space can enhance the urbanity of the area, which already has an extension in the existing local center with a public program along Litijska Street, and at the same time establish new connections that will enable greater integration of the area into the green system between Golovec and the Ljubljanica River.

The concept of the new residential neighborhood is based on five architectural and urban planning principles: the placement of 3 slender lamellas in the east-west direction, which define the future profile of Litijska street with a public program, delimit the bank on the northern edge of the location and form a transition between longitudinal and point-by-point roadside construction; the establishment of a central transitional green public space of the neighborhood in the east-west direction, intended exclusively for pedestrians and cyclists, which connects the neighborhood with the system of surrounding park and sports areas; the central public space of the neighborhood transitions into a semi-circular structure of porches with entrances to the apartments on the northern side of the lamellas, which define the duality of the buildings: on the southern side, the buildings are embedded in the urban city line and on the northern side in the structure of the green system; the slenderness of the lamellas enables a two-sided orientation of all apartments, with good two-sided lighting and ventilation and with open views to the south (Golovec) and north (Kamniške Alpe). The circular floor plan allows for flexibility, consistent separation of living and sleeping areas, and visually enlarges the modest living space.

client

Public housing fund MOL

competition

honorable mention

year

2020

location

Ljubljana, intersection of Litijska and Pesarska street

surface area

8890m2

project group

Primož Žitnik, u.d.i.a.
Mina Hiršman, m.i.a.
Uroš Rustja, u.d.i.a.
Tomaž Mlinarič, u.d.i.a.
Darja Josić, m.i.a.
Denis Hitrec, m.i.a.
Luka Gerden, m.i.a.
Borut Rebolj, u.d.i.a.