Matevž Juvančič
Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Is an architect, a teacher and a researcher at the Faculty of Architecture. His research work was initially focused on architectural education of general public and public participation, specifically dealing with new means of transmitting and communicating space related issues. His research time was dedicated to visualizations and presentations of urban spaces as well as educational architectural tools for general public, their design, use and evaluation. During his teaching, research and practice years, he has become fascinated by anonymous, generic, mundane objects and elements in urban environments as well as more distinct ones, studying their significance in space orientation, space use and spatial character. His main research focus has recently shifted towards spatial semantics, spatial character in connection with identity issues, and fundamental questions related to what makes the places recognizable and identifiable, or put more simply: why they are as they are, why we recognize them as such and how they came to be.
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Tadaaam! We are almost done • A Re-Place is like a new place!
In the last steps of the workshop, the participants did their best to fine-tune their design solutio
Posted on April 26, 2022

Reuse and recycle • Learning by doing!
Now, after all the thinking process, things just need to be done! Students have tackled
Posted on April 25, 2022

Rethinking the design • Planning phase
There are plenty of materials on the site to be reused. But how? Students and mentors, guest and vis
Posted on April 24, 2022

Yay! • Finally, we go ahead with the work on-site!
After sharing our knowledge and experiences in the lecture rooms, tackling the reuse concepts, by al
Posted on April 23, 2022

Guest lecture: 'Renewing Knowledge Production at Floating University Berlin and Haus der Statistik' by Marjetica Potrč
The last guest lecture in A Re-Place cycle before the hands-on weekly workshop on-site was a lecture
Posted on April 07, 2022

Guest lecture: 'Three projects' by Tobias Putrih and Aleš Korpič
We continue with the guest lectures in “A Re-Place” workshop and cycle. This time we lis
Posted on April 02, 2022

Guest lecture: 'Social matter' by Antoine Aubinais
The second in the series of guest lectures of A Re-Place workshop was held by Antoine Aubinais, an a
Posted on March 26, 2022

Guest lecture: 'Crop' by Pedro Jervell
The first in the series of guest lectures of A Re-Place workshop was a lecture session tit
Posted on March 24, 2022


Pick your favourite!
The proposals or A-pla(y)ce interventions were now presented by students to the local community repr
Posted on May 30, 2021

Students' proposals • discussions
In the last segment of the workshop course students collected and synthesised all the knowledge and
Posted on May 29, 2021

Guest lecture and consultations: Playscapes • Creativity and Safety
The workshop process has now gradually reached the design phase. Students insight into the alleys st
Posted on May 25, 2021

What adults say…
After getting an insight into what children have to “say” by play, students were now inv
Posted on May 22, 2021

Playing with kids & challenging wits!
Students were now invited to pilot the knowledge gained and the observation techniques acquired in t
Posted on May 19, 2021

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 invi
Posted on May 14, 2021

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 th
Posted on May 14, 2021

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 &ldq
Posted on May 13, 2021

A-pla(y)ce workshop is launched!
The foreseen 2-month student workshop has been launched at the Faculty of Architecture in Ljubljana.
Posted on May 12, 2021


AHiddenPlace goes delicious - contributing to the actions of ADeliciousPlace in Nicosia
With this action we virtually interconnected the story of AHiddenPlace place in Ljubljana and the st
Posted on November 03, 2020

AHiddenPlace goes on show – student exhibition opening
The work and results of the student workshop are exhibited at the UL FA official annual student work
Posted on July 10, 2020

AHiddenPlace goes tangible – student competition for a symbolic on-site intervention
In order to compensate for the cancelled on-site construction of the proposed plans and events
Posted on June 09, 2020

Students’ proposals for temporary interventions and events
In the last segment of the workshop course students collected and synthesised all the knowledge and
Posted on May 19, 2020

'Hey you, out there, have a say, have a place!' – Masterclass on the interview methodology and practice with Zala
In order to get an insight into the views, opinions and attitudes towards AHiddenPlace by the differ
Posted on April 14, 2020


AHiddenPlace goes green
After getting more familiar with AHiddenPlace location through our visits, students presentations an
Posted on March 26, 2020

Behind the fence - exploring the site & first impressions
In the first half of the March students of the workshop in Ljubljana were encouraged to explore and
Posted on March 26, 2020

What is a place, who is it “making” and what is placemaking?
On our second meeting of the workshop (Zoom meeting due to Covid19), participating students were del
Posted on March 22, 2020

Launching of the student workshop in Ljubljana
At the beginning of March, the foreseen 3-month student workshop has been launched at the Faculty of
Posted on March 17, 2020
