Placemaking Events
A Happy Place: Dardaar
5 Co-production workshops (2021)
Within the framework of the transformation of the Pieremans playground, Alive Architecture in collaboration with BRAVVO organized four workshops throughout June 2021 to test the ideas observed during
Posted on 21/07/07
A Seedling Place
The new world of hyperlocal food, Benjamin Greene
On July 6 2021, Benjamin Greene from Imaginary Farms, gave an online lecture open to the public with the title “The new world of hyperlocal Food”. The lecture was attended by students of t
Posted on 21/07/06
A Seedling Place
Guided Walk
Urban Gorillas and Students of the Summer course: Urban Entrepreneurship - Opportunities in times of uncertainty took part in two guided visits in relation to Greening strategies in the city and
Posted on 21/07/03
A-Pla(y)ce in Ljubljana
Pick your favourite!
The proposals or A-pla(y)ce interventions were now presented by students to the local community representatives and exhibited in the neighbourhood community place. The event was followed by a lively d
Posted on 21/05/30
A-Pla(y)ce in Ljubljana
Students' proposals • discussions
In the last segment of the workshop course students collected and synthesised all the knowledge and information gained in previous sessions – from theoretical knowledge and references to actual
Posted on 21/05/29
A-Pla(y)ce in Ljubljana
Guest lecture and consultations: Playscapes • Creativity and Safety
The workshop process has now gradually reached the design phase. Students insight into the alleys structure, children’s behaviour and parents or teachers’ opinions have progressively matur
Posted on 21/05/25
A-Pla(y)ce in Ljubljana
What adults say…
After getting an insight into what children have to “say” by play, students were now invited to ask the adults as well! Different interview techniques were used to reach various users, fro
Posted on 21/05/22
A-Pla(y)ce in Ljubljana
Playing with kids & challenging wits!
Students were now invited to pilot the knowledge gained and the observation techniques acquired in the previous lectures. We organised several ventures where students were able to meet the kids from a
Posted on 21/05/19
A-Pla(y)ce in Ljubljana
Exploring A-pla(y)ce alleys and the neighbourhood
To get the first impressions of the location, students were encouraged to explore and learn about the A-pla(y)ce alleys and neighbourhood surroundings onsite. Due to current Covid19 regulations in Mar
Posted on 21/05/14
A-Pla(y)ce in Ljubljana
Guest lecture: Children in the playground - observation techniques • psychological account
After getting more familiar with the location and thematic focus of the workshop, students were invited to the second guest lecture delivered by prof. dr. Matija Svetina, a professor at the Department
Posted on 21/05/14
A-Pla(y)ce in Ljubljana
Guest lecture: Planning of Play Space • from strategic to implementation level
After the first introductory session of the workshop with students and mentors, we dug into the “playmaking” challenges with a guest lecturer, dr. Maja Simoneti, a licensed landscape archi
Posted on 21/05/13
A-Pla(y)ce in Ljubljana
A-pla(y)ce workshop is launched!
The foreseen 2-month student workshop has been launched at the Faculty of Architecture in Ljubljana. Curiosity and interest for the complex “placemaking by playmaking” challen
Posted on 21/05/12