Monograph
Monograph
Gallery
Gallery
Monograph LUZ60
A comprehensive, 464-page monograph for the 60th anniversary of the Ljubljana Urban Planning Institute (LUZ).
CLIENT
Ljubljanski urbanistični zavod, d.d.
CJVT, University
of Ljubljana
YEAR
2020–2022
CONTRIBUTION
Design
Data Visualisation
ROLE
Designer
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Context
The Ljubljana Urban Planning Institute (LUZ) is the oldest and most important institute of its kind in Slovenia and the broader ex-Yugoslavian region. It is responsible for the most complex projects and solutions in the areas of urban and spatial planning, traffic infrastructure, public transport, architecture, geodesy, and landscape architecture, including the general urban city plan of Ljubljana, completed in the sixties.
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Context
The Ljubljana Urban Planning Institute (LUZ) is the oldest and most important institute of its kind in Slovenia and the broader ex-Yugoslavian region. It is responsible for the most complex projects and solutions in the areas of urban and spatial planning, traffic infrastructure, public transport, architecture, geodesy, and landscape architecture, including the general urban city plan of Ljubljana, completed in the sixties.
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Context
The Ljubljana Urban Planning Institute (LUZ) is the oldest and most important institute of its kind in Slovenia and the broader ex-Yugoslavian region. It is responsible for the most complex projects and solutions in the areas of urban and spatial planning, traffic infrastructure, public transport, architecture, geodesy, and landscape architecture, including the general urban city plan of Ljubljana, completed in the sixties.
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Context
The Ljubljana Urban Planning Institute (LUZ) is the oldest and most important institute of its kind in Slovenia and the broader ex-Yugoslavian region. It is responsible for the most complex projects and solutions in the areas of urban and spatial planning, traffic infrastructure, public transport, architecture, geodesy, and landscape architecture, including the general urban city plan of Ljubljana, completed in the sixties.
Complex Challenge
Complex Challenge
Complex Challenge
We were invited to design a comprehensive monograph, marking its 60th anniversary. The project posed a substantial organizational, editorial, and technical challenge that spanned over a period of three years. The majority of the visual material, such as plans, drawings, and photographs (more than 1,500 items in total), had to be newly prepared specifically for this occasion, as the material from the archive was not suitable for use in the monograph.
We were invited to design a comprehensive monograph, marking its 60th anniversary. The project posed a substantial organizational, editorial, and technical challenge that spanned over a period of three years. The majority of the visual material, such as plans, drawings, and photographs (more than 1,500 items in total), had to be newly prepared specifically for this occasion, as the material from the archive was not suitable for use in the monograph.
We were invited to design a comprehensive monograph, marking its 60th anniversary. The project posed a substantial organizational, editorial, and technical challenge that spanned over a period of three years. The majority of the visual material, such as plans, drawings, and photographs (more than 1,500 items in total), had to be newly prepared specifically for this occasion, as the material from the archive was not suitable for use in the monograph.
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Solution
The monograph is divided into three thematically focused 20-year period sections: 1960-1980: General Urban Plan of Ljubljana, 1980-2000: The New Urban Plan, and 2000-2020: Municipal Spatial Plan. A general overview of the projects is accompanied by memories of employees, printed on transparent tracing paper and randomly scattered throughout the monograph. This way, we wanted to emphasize that LUZ is not only about its projects but more importantly about its people.
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Solution
The monograph is divided into three thematically focused 20-year period sections: 1960-1980: General Urban Plan of Ljubljana, 1980-2000: The New Urban Plan, and 2000-2020: Municipal Spatial Plan. A general overview of the projects is accompanied by memories of employees, printed on transparent tracing paper and randomly scattered throughout the monograph. This way, we wanted to emphasize that LUZ is not only about its projects but more importantly about its people.
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Solution
The monograph is divided into three thematically focused 20-year period sections: 1960-1980: General Urban Plan of Ljubljana, 1980-2000: The New Urban Plan, and 2000-2020: Municipal Spatial Plan. A general overview of the projects is accompanied by memories of employees, printed on transparent tracing paper and randomly scattered throughout the monograph. This way, we wanted to emphasize that LUZ is not only about its projects but more importantly about its people.
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Solution
The monograph is divided into three thematically focused 20-year period sections: 1960-1980: General Urban Plan of Ljubljana, 1980-2000: The New Urban Plan, and 2000-2020: Municipal Spatial Plan. A general overview of the projects is accompanied by memories of employees, printed on transparent tracing paper and randomly scattered throughout the monograph. This way, we wanted to emphasize that LUZ is not only about its projects but more importantly about its people.
Modernist Tradition Today
Modernist Tradition Today
Modernist Tradition Today
The monograph is complemented by over 25 custom-made infographics that further illuminate larger, more complex, and more prominent projects. The publication draws its visual inspiration from the style of Slovenian and ex-Yugoslav modernism of the sixties, the same era in which LUZ was established. The most notable visual element is the use of green, Ljubljana's distinctive color, but in this instance interpreted with neon green, lending a more contemporary feel to the publication.
The monograph is complemented by over 25 custom-made infographics that further illuminate larger, more complex, and more prominent projects. The publication draws its visual inspiration from the style of Slovenian and ex-Yugoslav modernism of the sixties, the same era in which LUZ was established. The most notable visual element is the use of green, Ljubljana's distinctive color, but in this instance interpreted with neon green, lending a more contemporary feel to the publication.
The monograph is complemented by over 25 custom-made infographics that further illuminate larger, more complex, and more prominent projects. The publication draws its visual inspiration from the style of Slovenian and ex-Yugoslav modernism of the sixties, the same era in which LUZ was established. The most notable visual element is the use of green, Ljubljana's distinctive color, but in this instance interpreted with neon green, lending a more contemporary feel to the publication.
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Credits
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Credits
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Credits
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PUBLISHED BY
Ljubljanski urbanistični zavod, d.d.,
Ljubljana 2022
DIRECTOR
Tadej Pfajfar
EDITING
Ferdo Jordan
Petra Vertelj Nared
Urška Kranjc
Bernarda Bevc Šekoranja
Marko Fatur
DESIGN
Anja Delbello
Aljaž Vesel
Gregor Makovec
Gašper Uršič
PROJECT PHOTOS
Gašper Uršič
Medium, d.o.o.
