FOREST PLANETARIUM
A spatial intervention between forest and cosmos.
The Forest Planetarium is a spatial intervention on the forested ridge of Golovec in Ljubljana, conceived as a meeting of two scales — the immediate world of the forest and the vastness of space.
Rather than a single object, the project consists of a sequence of interventions placed among existing trees and paths. A circular timber bench, a model of the Solar System and a celestial sphere create different ways of observing, moving through and pausing within the forest. The natural environment is not a backdrop to the project, but its fundamental spatial framework.
A SPACE WITHOUT A BUILDING
A circular bench among the existing trees creates a space without a built boundary. Its geometry defines a place to pause and observe, while the trees remain an unchanged part of the spatial composition.
The intervention is raised above the forest floor and adapts to it rather than replacing it with a new surface.
THE SCALE OF THE UNIVERSE
The geometry of the planetarium introduces a different scale into the natural, organic structure of the forest. The celestial sphere represents the equator, the Sun’s annual path and the brightest stars, translating abstract astronomical relationships into a physical object that can be experienced directly in space.
NATURAL MATERIAL AS A MEASURE
The model of the Solar System is conceived as part of the forest floor. Timber sections form a relief surface above which planets made from different species of wood are positioned on slender metal supports.
Project
Spatial intervention in a natural environment
Location
Golovec, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Design
Studio Drevo
Client
City of Ljubljana
Photography
Branko Čeak
