The spatial layout of the five small ski jumps has thoroughly interfered with the landscape and topography of the valley area and geometrically regulated all the developments in the centre area.
With the second phase of renovation and the construction of additional ski jumps, the Nordic Centre becomes a national centre for training and development of Nordic sports. The simultaneous summer and winter use allows the centre to be active all year round, while also becoming an attractive tourist destination.
The five smaller ski jumps, which are mainly used for training younger sportsmen and sportswomen, were moved and their axes rotated in the competition solution from their previously planned position. The Bloudek Giant and the Goriška Brothers Aerodrome are positioned in the slope so that the axes of their profiles meet at an apparent point at the top of the slope. The other five ski jumps were also oriented towards the same intersection, thus achieving a harmonious unification of all major interventions in the area. In a similar way, the location of the fan-shaped outlets of all the ski jumps is unified as a series of gradually rising terraces. The large open relief “staircase” is also the symbolic entrance to the Tamar Valley and the Triglav National Park.
Even though the ski jumps are much smaller than their neighbours, the construction of this part of the centre was the most logistically challenging, as motorised access for construction technology and materials from the top side was not possible. The entire construction was based on the use of a mountain cableway, which transported all the material to the slopes of the individual ski jumps.
The visual and structural design of all the buildings follows the previous phase of the restoration of the Bloudek Giantess, with all the buildings being appropriately smaller and simpler. For example, with the three sizes of the referee towers, children’s, youth and Olympic, we can follow the variation of the same architectural theme through gradations of scale and complexity. Access to the individual ramps is provided by a specially designed inclined lift, both the cab itself and the canopy at the lower station.
Authors of the project: BLENKUŠ Matej, FLORIJANČIČ Miloš,
KUČAN Ana, JAVORNIK Luka, KOBAL Klemen, SMREKAR Marko, VODOPIVEC Aleš
| Static: | Kilar Vojko |
| Other engineers: | Poljšak Miran, Robič Andrej |
| Co-authors: | Kučan Ana |
| Implementation: | Gorenjska gradbena družba, d.d. |
| Project year: | 2012 |
| Year of implementation: | 2013 |
| Photo / visualisation: | Kambič Miran |
| Customer: | Sport Institute of the Republic of Slovenia Planica |
| Awards / publications: | Slovenia Design Showroom Milano 2017, participation in the international exhibition, Centro culturale e Galeria san Fedele, Milano, 04.04.2017 Trend Award 2015, National Award, Slovenian Visual Arts Award, National Gallery, 16.12.2015 Article Five Slovenian examples of open houses from the previous season, published in a national publication, LC Tim Magazine, #5, Lafarge Slovenia, p. 35, winter, 2015/2016 Planica Nordic Centre article, published in a foreign publication, Magazine sb 5/2019, IAKS, Cologne, pp. 20 – 21 May, 2019 Monograph Stories of Slovenian Architecture, included in the monograph, Beletrina, Ljubljana, chapter Architecture of Sport, authors of the monograph Špela Kuhar and Robert Potokar, p.: 389, November, 2020 Publication Architecture for the People, Architectural Policy of Slovenia, publication in a national publication, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, editor mag. Barbara Žičič, st. 20, January 2018 Plečnik Award 2016, national award, Jože Plečnik Fund, National Gallery, Ljubljana, 18.04.2016 Maks Fabiani Award 2017, national award, Association of Urban Planners and Spatial Planners of Slovenia, Štanjel Castle, 18.11.2017 Publication Plečnik’s Awards for 2016, publication in a local publication, Catalogue of the exhibition Plečnik’s Awards for 2016, Institute DESSA, Jože Plečnik Architect’s Fund, p. 10-15, April, 2016 Article Nordic Centre Planica, Trend Award for Architecture, publication in the local publication, Trend 15 years : Slovenian awards for visual creativity, pp. 108 – 125, 2016 Premio Fare Paesaggio, Vincitore, International Award, Premio Triennale Giulio Andreolli, Provincia autonoma di Trento, IT, Marangonerie, Castello del Buonconsiglio, 08.06.2016 Article Plečnik Award to the Planica Nordic Centre, published in a local publication, LC Tim Magazine,#06, Lafarge Slovenia, p. 6, Summer, 2016 Gold IOC IAKS Award 2019, International Award, International Oyimpic Comitee, International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities, Cologne Messe, 05.11.2019 Publication Plečnik’s Awards for 2016, published in a national publication, Ljubljana : Dessa Institute : Jože Plečnik Architect’s Fund, pp. 10 – 15 April, 2016 Publication Slovenian Alpine Architecture 2008 – 2018, publication in the national publication, Architect’s bulletin : AB : international magazine for theory of architecture = Architect’s bulletin : international magazine for theory of architecture, pp. 66 – 69, January 2019 Akrapovič publication : Akrapovič lifestyle magazine, published in a domestic publication, Korpmedia, Akrapovič, d.d., pp. 74 – 77, November, 2016 Exhibition Slovene Alpine Architecture 2008 – 2018, participation in international exhibition, DESSA Gallery, January, 2019, Maribor House of Architecture, April 2019, Slovenian Mountain Museum, October 2019, Holmenkollen ski museum, Oslo, NO, November 2019, Tolmin Library, January 2020, 28.01.2019 |
