Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (ZAPS)
Activities
ZAPS provides architects with useful information on legislation, hosts lectures and educational seminars, maintains a directory of its members, and can assist private sector clients in organising and conducting tenders and competitions for building and landscape design projects.
The more visible side of the chamber's work involves the organisation of exhibitions and awards, the foremost of which being the traditional annual exhibition of the work of its members. It administers the Golden Pencil Award for achievements by its members in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, and planning. Since 2006, the exhibition and award ceremony have tied in with the Congress of Slovene Architects. ZAPS also issues a range of publications, including the annual Slovenska arhitektura in prostor series cataloging prominent works by its members.
Since 2008 the House of Architecture – Hiša Arhitekture has operated under the auspices of the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning with a mission to promote architecture through exhibitions, lectures and related cultural and educational activities.
ZAPS is taking an active role in addressing social issues in the fields of architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture. In 2018, it rolled out the Women in Architecture project, the aim of which is to showcase and promote the work of women engineers and architects and to draw attention to problems women face in this field, and by doing so to underscore the importance of architecture to society as a whole. The project linked up with the Women in Architecture working group at the Architects' Council of Europe and is a partner organisation in the Erasmus+ Yes We Plan! initiative
See also
External links
- ZAPS website (in Slovenian)
- A list of competitions on the ZAPS website