Bruto Krajinska arhitektura in oblikovanje prostora Landscape architecture and design
matej kučina, bruto, krajinski arhitekti, krajinska arhitektura, oblikovanje prostora, prostor, krajina, vrt, načrtovanje, nacrtovanje, planiranje, urbanizem, park, dizajn, rastline, matej kucina, landscape arhitecture, landscape design, landscape planning, garden, garden design, urban design, design, plants
Hypo Urban Park Location; Ptuj, Slovenia Client; Hypo Alpe-Adria-Consultans Area; 2600 m2 Project; 2004 Project team; Matej Kučina, Tanja Maljevac, Luka Vidic Digital images; Urška Kranjc The nearby new shopping centre will, to a great extent, change the area, which is why the decision to produce a park area in the style of shopping phenomenon is logical. The park consists of four smaller autonomous thematic parks that together create a conglomerate of multifunctional park areas. Four units are connected by a communication spine; the “horse alley” with a new chestnut promenade and life-size horse silhouettes as an evocation of the former function of a livestock fair. The park is designed to be distinctive; bright, colourful and attractive in the style of consumers’ sociology, for only in this way can it represent an adequate antipode to the shopping centre. The art park; a transitional, communication park, built in a net construction, vertically illuminated panels with individual spaces in-between – the program rooms. The children’s park; the space is planned imaginatively, with an organic rubber crest in the form of a snake and children’s areas and installations in bright colours. The grass park; an area with small concave and convex tumuli, planted with different types of decorative grass. The sports park; the sport ground with marked polygons for different games. The horse alley; connects all park units and works as a common spine with a new promenade and life-size horse silhouettes. The metal two-dimensional horses symbolise the history of the space, on which livestock was sold in the past.