The first spiral_ The walk starts in the underground, at -3.00m where level of Ljubljana was located in prehistory. As the level of the city was layered through the history the walk rises up through the era of Rome , presented by original Roman road, medieval and baroque Ljubljana where the museum bar is located end returns to the ground-floor lobby. Archaeology was preserved in situ – no original stone was relocated.

The courtyard floor splits and raises parallel to this path and location of the roman road; it forms a roof above the stepped archaeology. The second spiral- in function as a roof over archaeology from level minus 3.00m to level 0.00m rises above the courtyard and becomes a levelled balcony. It allows different views on the courtyard and the palace.

The third spiral continues inside the palace on the level +4.00m as a balcony looking on the main hall. Going upstairs the old staircase the spiral becomes suspended ceiling (+7.50m), containing the entire service infrastructure such as acclimatization, diffuse lighting, sound system and fire protection system. The suspended spiral continues through the rooms and leads the visitor through the exhibition.
The same situation repeats on the next floor (+12.50m).

The existing palace was renovated using only minimal necessary elements such as frame-less windows and doors and neutral materials. The exhibition spaces are preserved in its original sizes according to the conservation program. Furniture in the palace is integrated within existing walls. Oak is local wood, colours of the glazed surfaces emerged from the colours that were used by archaeologists to define different era and times of the history.

At the time of the competition they were suspected that there will be some archaeology on the site but they did not new exactly where and of which importance. Therefore this part of the project had to be flexible and adaptable. The proposed solution was an opened plan of the cellar with adaptable structural system. The structural plans were drawn as 3d computer module that was adapted in relation to the suggestions of archaeologists. For example- the necessary column next to the roman road was placed in the centre of the discovered prehistoric graves.

Project & design team:
Rok Oman
Spela Videcnik
Rok Gerbec
Karla Murovec

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