ALJAZ BABIC MSc in landscape architecture
Ajdovščina, Slovenia
Landscape Architecture and Architecture Design
of the Area of the ‘‘Cesta 5. Maja’’ (the 5th of May Road) in Ajdovščina
Authors:
Luka Javornik, u.d.i.k.a.
Mojca Kumer, u.d.i.k.a.
Ana Tepina, u.d.i.k.a.
Katja Mali BSc
Aljaž Babič BSc
competition
2016
Cesta 5. maja (the 5h of May Road) connects various spots in Ajdovščina, both in the structural and functional sense – it links the town's arterial road to many of its other urban functions, including the bus station, city blocks from the 60's and 70's, bourgeois villas, the classicist city from the 19th century and a modernist part of the city.
An alley, the new layer of the Ajdovščina palimpsest, is a modern urbanistic feature that upgrades the identity of the spatial axis. Clearly delineated and divided in a way that connects the already existing ambients in both their functional and experiential senses.
Concept:
- PLANE
A uniformly paved surface marks a pedestrian area, in which all other traffic participants are subordinate. Carefully planned transverse "bays" across the alley expand its perception and functionality.
-RHYTHM
The rhythm of verticals along the main axis highlights the linear character of this public city space.
-MATRIX
Low trees are arranged in a rectangular grid along the alley. A new spatial feature supplements the alley's experiential space.
-EDGES
Low walls define a clear border and create social areas. This design feature connects many existing walls into a comprehensive unity.
view along the promenade

master plan of broader promenade area

view from the centre of the promenade towards the river

concept schemes
rhythm

program scheme
spatial system

edges


master plan

cross section 01

cross section 02

detail: central promenade area

detail: connecting promenade with the river

aerial view of the promenade

view of the river bank design

detail: promenade cross section
