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Liljana JANKOVIČ GROBELŠEK

Town and Spatial Planning Association of : The 2014 Maks Fabiani Awards, Štanjel na Krasu, Slovenia, 15 November 2014

The Town and Spatial Planning Associa- fifth consecutive Maks Fabiani Awards. The second-place Maks Fabiani Award tion of Slovenia (TSPAS) is a profes- The Maks Fabiani Awards were given was presented for the “Municipal Spa- sional association offering professional out by an expert jury consisting of tial Plan for Sežana: Opportunities in connections and cooperation to Slo- Andrej Pogačnik (jury chair), Breda the Karst: My Municipality, My Vil- venian town and spatial planners, and Mihelič and Boštjan Cotič. lage” by Leon Kobetič, Manca Jug, active participation in town and spatial Nuša Britovšek, Daniele Toscano, An- planning discussions both nationally The first-place Maks Fabiani Award drej Podjed, Jasmina Puškar and Locus and internationally. Its statute states and the nomination for the European d.o.o. (client: Municipality of Sežana). that the association’s purpose is to pro- Urban and Regional Planning ECTP The jury found the presentations in mote the development of conditions Award, as the Slovenian national selec- form of cartograms and photomontages contributing to Slovenia’s sustainable tion, went to the project “Preliminary very convincing, providing a model for development and to safeguard the cul- Design Concepts for Revitalising River municipal spatial plans in other mu- tural identity of Slovenian territory and Mills in White , and Site Se- nicipalities as well, particularly for new its residents’ access to natural, cultural lection and Placement of Small Hydro- developments and revitalisation of in- and material goods. power Stations” by a group composed of dividual settlements. The presentation Urša Šolc, Zorislava Fras and Danijela had a local touch by including some The association strives to maintain a Kure Kastelc and with the contributors sentences in the local dialect, and it high level of expertise among its mem- Tamara Kočevar, Matej Kure, Luiza expressed the wishes of the local popu- bers and to develop their skills, promote Suhadolnik, Renata Rozman, Anes lation regarding spatial planning. The proficiency in social decision-making Durgutović and Mitja Marn (client: Municipal Spatial Plan for Sežana is a and raise public awareness in imple- Municipality of Črnomelj). The project good example of bringing spatial plan- menting public territorial interests. Col- was partially financed by the European ning closer to people and their needs. laboration with related organisations Commission through the European and associations in both Slovenia and Agricultural Fund for Rural Develop- The third-place Maks Fabiani Award abroad is important. The association ment (EAFRD), under the LEADER went to the project “Cycling, Landscape is a member of the European Council approach, and provided for in the 2010 and Symbolic Aspects of the Cycling of Spatial Planners (ECTP-CEU) and Annual Implementation Plan of the Trail in Bohinj” by Aleksander S. Os- actively participates in it. and White Carniola tan and Nataša Pavlin, co-authors Saša Local Action Group. The potential sites Malenšek, Tomaž Dobravc and Edvin In a time of rapid changes and devel- and five preliminary design concepts for Hadžiahmetović, and contributors Lea opmental challenges, planners’ tasks the actual mills were demonstrated. A Prezelj, Sanja Simič and Urška Špeh, should include drafting updated spatial technological solution using an Archi- all from the Atelje Ostan Pavlin design legislation, raising public responsive- medes’ screw and a standard waterwheel studio, and an image package by Žiga ness, proposing solutions to current were explained. This preliminary study Okorn. The jury welcomed the fact that issues, and recognising and awarding on the reuse of old mills can provide a this was a revitalisation project, the suc- the best Slovenian town and spatial model for problem-solving in Slovenia cess of which is demonstrable and verifi- planning practice. This is intended to and elsewhere in Europe. This makes it able in the field. The work goes beyond promote quality professional practices possible to tackle the problem of pre- existing cycling trail projects in Slove- and present them to the general public. serving the cultural heritage of mills, nia, also addressing the cycling trail in including rehabilitation of small river its visual, cultural, symbolic and other In this spirit, on 15 November 2014 in sections. The solution is a contribution dimensions. Štanjel na Krasu, in collaboration with to a sustainable, “green” energy supply the Ministry of Culture and the Min- using water power – a domestic, re- The expert jury, consisting of Andrej istry of the Environment and Spatial newable and environmentally friendly Pogačnik (jury chair), Breda Mihelič Planning, the association presented the source of energy. and Boštjan Cotič, conferred the Maks

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Figure 1: a) Authors of and contributors to the project “Preliminary Design Concepts for Revitalising River Mills in White Carniola, and Site Selection and Placement of Small Hydro- power Stations”; b) project authors and contributors with the award presenters (photo: Rok Grobelšek).

Figure 4: Advisor for the project “A Flex- ible Coastal Edge: Izola East” (photo: Rok Grobelšek) Fabiani Student Award (a travel scholar- ship) for the project “A Flexible Coastal Edge: Izola East” by the students Miha Bukovec, Natan Franciel Arend and others (advisor: Lucija Ažman Momir- ski et al.; University of , Fac- ulty of Architecture, other participating establishments of higher education and design studios). The jury found that the Figure 2: Authors of the “Municipal Spatial Plan for Sežana: Opportunities in the Karst: My Municipality, My Village” (photo: Rok Grobelšek) work offered an innovative and fresh way of presenting various approaches to revitalising and remediating a section of the Slovenian coast from Izola to Ruda, including a campsite in the Viližan Bay area. A number of variations by student groups were convincingly presented, combining cartograms, cross-sections and photomontages, with an emphasis on walkways along the coast, new cul- tural and tourism development in the abandoned Izola Shipyard, the use of thermal springs and other forms of qual- ity transformation of this abandoned part of the Slovenian coast, which is currently exposed to uncontrolled de- velopment.

Liljana Jankovič Grobelšek Town and Spatial Planning Association of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia Figure 3: Authors of and contributors to the project “Cycling, Landscape, and Symbolic Aspects E-mail: [email protected] of the Cycling Trail in Bohinj” (photo: Rok Grobelšek)

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