New European Bauhaus Prizes

Initiative title

Ljubljanska 6

Full initiative Title

Reconstruction of building on Ljubljanska 6 in Kočevje, Slovenia

Please provide a short, catchy description of your initiative to be used in communication towards the public.

Reconstruction of building on Ljubljanska 6 street includes total recontruction of abandoned building. After complete renovation, bulding will serve as public space for programs for healthcare and education of elderly people.

Where was your project implemented?

Slovenia

If relevant, please indicate the address of the initiative

Ljubljanska 6, 1330 Kočevje, Slovenia

Please indicate the current stage of development of your concept

Early initiative

Has an infrastructure element or public space been identified?

Yes

Has political support for the project been secured?

Yes

Is there a commitment (current or future) to involve partners, end users, and other relevant stakeholders through a participatory or co-creation approach?

Yes

Has your initiative benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?

Has your initiative won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?

Please select the main municipality submitting the application: Applicants must pick only one option.

048: Kočevje (SI)

Please select all associated authorities if relevant

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Please provide a summary of your initiative, outlining the overall aim, target group(s), specific objective(s) and expected outcomes.

Complete renovation of building includes preservation of cultural heritage, renovating in spirit of circularity and carbon nautrality, sustainability, adjusting to climate changes and providing new public programs for social service, education and healthcare. With expected activities will be improving accessibility of social and other public services for vulnerable groups (older people, unemployed, young foreigners), creating now jobs and employments, which will contribute to preserve active people in local environment and encouridge local economy grovth. With investment will be establishing conditions to strenghten social interactions between generations, generate more social activities and events, to strenghten competences of youth and elderly people, social economy, development of social inovations.
Objectives: - number of renovated objects of segnificant local cultural heritage (1), - number of steps for sustainable adjustment of project (9), - number of renovated public building surface (1.035,24 m2), - number of new services, duties and activities in newly renovated public areas (7), - Number of workshops, events, performances connected with new services (104)

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with 5 key words.

Preservation and restoration of cultural heritage

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words

Sustainable management of public building

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words

Improved livelong healthcare

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words

Improved education nad social services for 3. life period

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Career center for youth and multiple generation center

Please describe key objectives of your initiative in terms of sustainability and how these have been/will be met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.

Project includes actions for adjusting to climate changes (sustainable energy source usage, sustainable waste management, reducing consumption of drinkig water, colecting and reusing rainwater, planting trees, planting plant that encourage beehive activities, energetic sanation of building, sustainable rainwater management). This initiative could be exemplary for its rainwater reuse and management and for implying sustainable energetic solutions for reducing impact on climate changes.

Please describe the key objectives of your initiative in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design, positive emotions and cultural benefits) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.

Renovation of building includes specialists for contructions and architecture, who must aply measures for restoring building cultural heritage segnificance. Initiative could be exemplary for restoring building of cultural heritage, restoring original design and giving new life to building that has been involved in cultural evolution of our city for generations.

Please describe the key objectives of your initiative in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.

Expected activities will be improving accessibility of social and other public services for vulnerable groups (older people, unemployed, young foreigners), creating now jobs and employments, which will contribute to preserve active people in local environment and encouridge local economy grovth. With investment will be establishing conditions to strenghten social interactions between generations, generate more social activities and events, to strenghten competences of youth and elderly people, social economy, development of social inovations. Atributing programs:
- livelong healthcare
- multigenerational center
- university for 3. life period
- basic skills program 2023-2029
- social activation
- conseling
- career center for youth
Initiative could be exemplary providing healthcare, educational and social services in one place.

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the initiative and civil society have been/will be involved in the initiative and what has been/will be the impact of this involvement on the initiative

Citizens are benefiting thru improved healthcare, educational and social services. Through programs of institutions 'Ljudska univerza' and 'Zavod za dolgotrajno oskrbo' citizens will be involved .

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) were engaged in the design and implementation of the initiative.

Local Municipality and institutions 'Ljudska univerza' and 'Zavod za dolgotrajno oskrbo' were involved in providing content and funds for investment. Regional or national engagment is planed with application for the tender for revitalisation of buldings and energetic renovating.

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields have been or are being reflected in the design and implementation of your initiative. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted with each other, and what the added value of this process was

Disciplines or knowledge fields that interacted through planing proces are: education, healthcare, social, architecture, civil, mechanical, electrical enginering, restoration experts and city planners.

Please highlight the innovative character of the initiative, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the initiative

Innovatice character is in restoring building in sustainable way, keeping cultural heritage and providing activities which will benefit local environment and people.

Please describe the methodology or approach used or being use in your initiative.

Aproach consisted in aknowledging services, that have deficit and implementing them in space of segnificant cultural heritage meaning, while applying sustainable methods of renovation.

Please describe which elements of your initiative could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and contexts. This may involve, for example, aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings, etc.

Elements that can be replicated or transferred are good planning practice, involvment of new building technologies for sustainable products, process of including local institutions and their programs to benefit public services. This can be replicated in restoration of old buildings by not just renovating them, but choosing the right activities and programs, that will be included.

Please explain what kind of global challenges the initiative addresses by providing local solutions

By providing local solutions we address global challenges in reducing affects on climate changes, restoring historic cultural heritage, educating and employing foreigners, providing lifelong healtcare for citizens.

Please describe the activities planned for the further development and implementation of your initiative, and how the NEB values and working principles have been incorporated so far. Additionally describe what are the expected steps to implement the initiative according to the NEB values and principle.

Muniyipality Občina Kočevje has provided funds for investment. Activities have begun with creating investment documentation, project documentation, aplying for tenders for co-financing. Reconstraction is planned for 2025 and 2026.

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