Mountain huts in Slovenian highlands – between tradition and the future

• Main Author: Domen Kušar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture and University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering 2019-10-01
• Series: Igra Ustvarjalnosti
• Subjects: architecture; highland; mountain huts; slovenia
• Online Access: https://iu-cg.org/paper/2019/IU-CG.2019.07.054-059.pdf

The article is about mountain huts in the Slovenian highlands. These buildings are specific according to: origin, purpose, time of use, etc. In these area of highlands there were practically no new project in the last few decades. There were only some small interventions in the field of energy efficiency and ecology. In most cases, these buildings are old. They need to be renovated or even replacement. It is interesting that some quality solutions for new bivouacs in the Slovenian mountains have been made. Considering the developments in the neighbouring Alpine countries, where they replaced some old huts with new ones, which they have both technological and architectural surpluses, we want to determine the condition of our huts. With the help of various categories such as elevation, year of construction and renovation, size, accessibility and design of buildings, we tried to extract some of the important features that are presented below.