Common Places

Designed by the architecture office Plan Común and the landscape architect Tiago Torres-Campos, Common Places is a series of brick constructions located in Ljubljana.

MAO presents Common Places, a commissioned project by Chilean-French architecture office Plan Común and the Portuguese landscape architect Tiago Torres-Campos. Common Places is a series of brick constructions located in Nove Fužine, Ljubljana.

Plan Común and Tiago Torres-Campos, Common Places, general map

Plan Común and Tiago Torres-Campos have designed five multifunctional plinths, which are strategically positioned over the entire neighbourhood. The plinths build, encourage and reinforce different uses of public space and create specific relations with the surroundings. They intend to become platforms for contemplation, meeting points, stages for events, concerts or lectures, or simply structures on which to sit and enjoy the communal life of the neighbourhood.

Plan Común and Tiago Torres-Campos, Common Places, Ljubljana, 2016

By working closely together as a constellation, the interventions also make a gesture toward developing a distinct relationship between the museum’s public grounds and its surroundings in an effort to strengthen the connection and encourage unexpected encounters between the local residents and visitors to the museum. 

Plan Común and Tiago Torres-Campos, Common Places, axonometric view

The opening of the exhibition will coincide with the kickoff event for 25th Biennial of Design: Faraway, So Close, also organised by MAO and curated by Angela Rui and Maja Vardjan (read here the interview with the curators).