BIO27 Production Platform
2022
Garnitura

At the beginning of this year, members of the interdisciplinary group Garnitura began to re-work the material on Jože Plečnik beyond surface-level interpretations. The search for their own reflection on the architect’s work began with his humanistic approach towards architecture and his holistic intervention in the urban fabric of Ljubljana, namely in the so-called water and land axes. Garnitura has recognised vernacular gestures within Plečnik’s work which he used – often subtly and in a user-centred way – to replace existing structures and buildings. Adam Štěch, an architectural historian and co-founder of the creative group OKOLO, has mentored Garnitura. By drawing on Plečnik’s profoundly human vision for the city of Ljubljana, the team communicates and translates his architectural legacy to contemporary context using several different means.

The team set up markers with a QR code to highlight monuments along the water and land axes. The markers redirect the visitor to Garnitura’s web page with content related to Plečnik’s distinctive approach to design. The team took inspiration from Plečnik’s fundamental interest in shape and form to create ceramics, wooden toys and printed textiles, while their creative photographic documentation explores and exposes today’s interventions in the architect’s monuments. All of the above is brought together in the project webpage and a booklet that presents and connects different products through a multi-layered design.

More of the action also takes place in Plečnik’s renovated kiosk on Tromostovje. During BIO27, they are staging  pop-up shops, workshops, and host other production groups from the biennial there. But most importantly the kiosk is a starting point for guided walks along Plečnik’s axes.