Špela Verovšek
Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Špela Verovšek graduated from the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana and gain her PhD degree at the Faculty of Architecture (University of Ljubljana), where currently employed as a research associate. Her fields of expertise include architectural heritage, local identity, sustainable development and valorisation of living quality. She is currently actively involved in national program Sustainable planning for the quality living space. As an academic researcher with wide geographical, social and architectural/urbanistic backgrounds she is well acquainted with past and current social, geopolitical and economic issues and familiar with a broad range of methodological approaches, critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making. Her initial research interests focus on development of the presentation techniques in urban design, participation of public in decision making, methodologies for the assessment of built environment and quality of urban spaces.
Participated in:
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A-Place book (forthcoming)
The A-Place book will offer a summary of the collective work accomplished during the four-year proje
Posted on November 30, 2023
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Exhibition at the Museum of Architecture and Design- MAO, Ljubljana
This exhibition took in conjunction with the seminar "The Future of Placemaking", organize
Posted on May 08, 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Rapanta, C., Madrazo, L., Aparício, M. I., Fonseca, N., Pinto, R., & Verovšek, Š. (2021). "Assessing the Quality and Social Impact of Creative Placemaking Practices". Annales Series Historia et Sociologia, 31(3), 427-440.
Placemaking and creative placemaking aim at transforming public spaces by fostering new bonds betwee
Posted on January 17, 2022
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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
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Students' proposals • discussions
In the last segment of the workshop course students collected and synthesised all the knowledge and
Posted on May 29, 2021
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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
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What adults say…
After getting an insight into what children have to “say” by play, students were now inv
Posted on May 22, 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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A Confined Urban Vision
A short film competition “A Confined Urban Vision” was organised to explore and widen th
Posted on January 22, 2021
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A Confined Urban Vision - WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT
From June 23 to September 30, 2020, the short film competition “A Confined Urban Vision&r
Posted on December 18, 2020
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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
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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
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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
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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
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'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
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AHiddenPlace goes green
After getting more familiar with AHiddenPlace location through our visits, students presentations an
Posted on March 26, 2020
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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
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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
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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
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