1. JOŽE PLEČNIK Jože Plečnik was born in 1872 in Ljubljana.
In Gratz he was taught to be an artistic carpenter and furniture designer because he could draw very well.
In Wienna he first worked for the architect Wagner, then he finished his study of architecture with flying colours.
He created lots of buildings in Wienna and Prague where he was highly respected.
Ljubljana is decorated by a great number of his works and, because of this, it is also called Plečnik‘s Ljubljana.
He died in 1957.

2. TROMOSTOVJE TRIPLE BRIDGE
There was only one bridge before Plečnik in 1929 made his plan for the Triple Bridge.
By Triple Bridge Plečnik pointed out the characteristic of Prešeren Square being a funnel where all the streets from different directions run and lead over the bridge to the old part of the town.

3. TROMOSTOVJE TRIPLE BRIDGE

4. THE OPEN AIR MARKET PLACE

5. ČEVLJARSKI MOST SHOEMAKER‘S BRIDGE

6. SLOVENE NATIONAL AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY (NUK)
It is the biggest Plečnik‘s work in Ljubljana.
It was built between 1931 and 1941.
The front façade was designed as a combination of brick and stone with windows in the shape of open books.
Behind the big window there is a bright reading room.

7. PLEČNIKOVE ŽALE PLEČNIK‘S CEMETERY BUILDING-ŽALE
Plečnik named the complex of chapels surrounded by trees and bushes The Garden of All Saints.
Each chapel is different.
The entrance is special and divides the town of the living and the town of the dead.

8. WHAT HAVE ALL THE PICTURES IN COMMON?

9. COLUMNS
Plečnik liked columns a lot. Wherewer he could he included a pillar.

10. COLUMNS USUALLY CARRY THE HEAVY BURDEN OF CEILINGS OR WALLS.

11. COLUMNS CAN BE DECORATIVE.

12. THE COLUMNS CONSIST OF THE BASE, SHAFT AND CAPITAL.

14. JOŽE PLEČNIK KATEDRALA SVOBODE THE CATHEDRAL OF FREEDOM
The Cathedral of Freedom or Plečnik‘s Slovenian parliament was never built.
The base would be classical columns (colonade), surrounding the two storey main part, topped by a huge conical dome rising 120 metres in the air. The dome would be supported by oblique columns.

16. The architect Jana Černigoj created a graphical presentation of the exterior and the interior of the parliament.

17. THE 10 CENTS COIN
On the coin for 10 cents there is a motif of Plečnik Cathedral of Freedom – parliament.

18. CATHEDRAL
The word cathedral derives from the latin word, which means a chair, a seat.
It also means a big church where a bishop has his seat.
Plečnik named Slovenian parliament Cathedral of Freedom.
In the parliament sit the government and the members of the parliament-politicians.

20. PARLIAMENT
In the parliament the members decide about important things that happen in the country. The members of the parliament were elected by people.

21. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

22. FRENCH PARLIAMENT

23. ARCHITECTURAL ASSIGNMENT
- MAKE A PARLIAMENT OR A CATHEDRAL USING WOODEN BRICKS AND STICKS. - IT HAS TO BE SOLID, MAGNIFICENT AND INTERESTING. - THINK ABOUT THE NAME FOR THE BUILDING. - IN YOUR PARLIAMENT SHOULD RULE PEACE, RESPECT, COOPERATION, FREEDOM AND FRIENDSHIP. - WHAT LAWS WOULD MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT WRITE IN YOUR PARLIAMENT?

24. SOURCES:
Kutin, M., Koder Jesenšek, N., Delovni listi – Arhitekturice – arhitekturne ustvarjalnice, 2016