Influence of Le Corbusier’s

an obvious reflection of economic logic and the influence of modern foreign models. There was a parallel development of a different attitude towards highrise construction and a tendency to reduce the vertical dimension, as show in the BS3 neighbourhood.69

In the 1970s, the construction of neighbourhoods continued, which to some extent still followed the original principle. They included facilities of the accompanying program, maintained the separation of motor traffic from the pedestrian path, used different housing types, and included spacious common green areas. They preserved patterns, mainly adapted architectural forms, and gradually revived traditional urban elements, squares, streets, and courtyards.

69. In the 1960s, in addition to the traditional collective apartment block and singlefamily house - a terraced block became a popular type, combining the advantages of the previous two. In Ljubljana, the first were built in Koseze and represented a quality typological novelty. However, concentrated in one space and repeated countless times, they bring monotony to the housing estate.

70. Kaja L. Vehovar, “Soseska BS 3,” Ohranjanje stanovanjske dediščine, accessed December 5, 2021, https://kubusarhitektura. com/sl/soseska-bs-3/

xi. The green street, BS3

The motif of the residential street, used in BS7 as the main urban element, in the BS3 neighbourhood (1970-1982) evolves into the form of a “green street”. BS3 covers a 800m long and 250m wide building strip and lies by the Ljubljana northern ring road, near the Stožice sports park and green recreational areas along the Sava river. Approximately 10,000 inhabitants live in 2,364 apartments. It is one of the best housing projects with a high density of construction in Slovenia and, in many respects, represents the culmination of the work of Arnautović. It intertwines a developmentally mature prefabricated system, ambient diversity, rationality, and playfulness of formal derivations.70

The main guideline in urban design was intended to create quality and diverse outdoor environments. They were created with a rich articulation of buildings and open spaces and modernly redesigned classic elements of urban space, such as streets, footpaths, squares and parks, green areas, and playgrounds. Instead of the usually planned single central public space, several smaller ambiences with different characters were designed. The basic program of the residential neighbourhood is supplemented with activities of social importance (kindergarten, shops, library, post office, bakery, bars). The low-block area of the neighbourhood is divided into four parallel lines of articulated buildings, interrupted three times by large green areas. The public space between the lines of the buildings is organised into streets, along which there are children’s playgrounds and recreation areas, or into park arrangements, intertwined with walking paths and lush greenery. The main access routes to the building entrances run perpendicular to the primary lines of urban design.

Streets and parks

Opposite page: Figure 20: BS-3 Neighbourhood (slo. Bežigrajska soseska 3), 1970-1982

The settlement contains a wide range of different outdoor ambiences, formed by units of blocks with their vertical and horizontal displacement.