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Canopy for an ancient trunk
Canopy for an ancient trunk
Apače, Slovenia
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Other Projects by Atelje Ostan Pavlin
Canopy for an ancient trunk
Apače, Slovenia
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2005
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In the Apače Fields in NE Slovenia, a shelter was built in 2005 for an ancient trunk that has been called the "Father of the Pannonian Oaks". At Konjišče, in an abandoned gravel pit, next to a dead branch of the Mura River, research came across a trunk of a mighty, ancient oak tree. Analyses showed that it was more than a millennium and a half old and well preserved in soil and water to this day. We tried to conceive an interesting structure/canopy for it with little resources, which would evoke the archaic nature of the subject and at the same time speak about modern design principles. It is therefore regional and openly universal at the same time. It is placed on the shore of the lake and axially oriented to the dominant tree on the islet. We used a combination of indigenous (wood, thatched roofing) and modern (concrete, steel joints) materials. The ground under the canopy is sunken (the tree is close to the level from which it was taken), and should be raised or filled in on the sides on the outside, to hide the two thawed out walls/bands of the structure's foundations. The two walls on which the cantilevered visitor benches should be anchored create spatial tension in the passageway and the possibility of contact with the trunk. The signage system informs visitors about the different contexts of the story of the father of the Pannonian oaks. The project was co-funded by the Municipality of Gornja Radgona and the European Community.
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