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The [[Maks Fabiani Foundation]] was founded in [[established::1999]] with the aim to support and further the research on the work of the architect and urban planner [[Maks Fabiani]] (1865–1962). Its main activities thus include book publishing, expert consulting and, most importantly, maintaining and developing the archive of Fabiani's work and heritage. Though he is thought by many to be one of the most important architects of ''Mitteleuropa'' in his time, documentation of his work has been only modestly preserved due to the destruction wrought by the Second World War. | The [[Maks Fabiani Foundation]] was founded in [[established::1999]] with the aim to support and further the research on the work of the architect and urban planner [[Maks Fabiani]] (1865–1962). Its main activities thus include book publishing, expert consulting and, most importantly, maintaining and developing the archive of Fabiani's work and heritage. Though he is thought by many to be one of the most important architects of ''Mitteleuropa'' in his time, documentation of his work has been only modestly preserved due to the destruction wrought by the Second World War. | ||
| − | + | Max Fabiani's architectural signature style was secession and historicism tinged modernism, which he – together with his urbanistic proposals – imprinted into the urban landscape of numerous European cities, most notably in Vienna, Trieste, Gorica and Ljubljana. Still, his work can be found all over Middle Europe, from Bielsko in Poland and Konopište in the Czech Republic, to the coastal city of Opatija (Croatia). | |
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
| − | The idea for the foundation was | + | The idea for the foundation was conceived while the architect and art historian [[Marko Pozzetto]] (1925–2006) was writing his book ''Maks Fabiani - Vizije prostora'' [Max Fabiani - Visions of Space], which was published in 1997. Pozzetto has been working on Fabiani for 35 years, during which he has been actively collecting and categorizing relevant documentation and other materials. Upon its founding, he contributed these to the foundation. |
This archive became a part of the [[Centre for Karst Architecture]] in 2010 | This archive became a part of the [[Centre for Karst Architecture]] in 2010 | ||
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==Foundation's activities== | ==Foundation's activities== | ||
| − | The foundation's main project, the archive, also functions as a library. There, one can find Fabiani's writings, his engineering plans and sketches, second hand assessments of his work and various studies and photographic representations of his heritage. The | + | The foundation's main project, the archive, also functions as a library. There, one can find Fabiani's writings, his engineering plans and sketches, second hand assessments of his work and various studies and photographic representations of his heritage. The archive comprises mostly copies from several European archives. An extensive catalogue of it is available on-line. |
Other foundation's activities involve cooperating in exhibitions on Fabiani like the ''Adijo Dunaj, pozdravljen Štanjel'' [Good-bye Vienna, Hello Štanjel] at the [[Lojze Spacal Gallery and the Karst House, Štanjel|Lojze Spacal Gallery]] in 2004 and at the [[Museum of Architecture and Design]] in 2005. The foundations is also involved in activities during the so called ''Fabiani's year 2015''. | Other foundation's activities involve cooperating in exhibitions on Fabiani like the ''Adijo Dunaj, pozdravljen Štanjel'' [Good-bye Vienna, Hello Štanjel] at the [[Lojze Spacal Gallery and the Karst House, Štanjel|Lojze Spacal Gallery]] in 2004 and at the [[Museum of Architecture and Design]] in 2005. The foundations is also involved in activities during the so called ''Fabiani's year 2015''. | ||
| − | They also set up workshops and often deal with practical architectural and urbanistic | + | They also set up workshops and often deal with practical architectural and urbanistic issues; one can here mention their collaboration with the Department of Architecture at the University of Ferrara. The foundation was intensively involved in the renovation of the Štanjel village (which was in great part re-imagined by Fabiani) and helped set up the so-called ''Fabiani trail'' in that same area, where the architect lived out his last few decades. The trail consists of several pathways connecting the locations and buildings that are associated with his life. |
Though the foundation existed only unofficially at the time of its release, it is in a way also the publisher of Pozzetto's book on Fabiani. Later, it published a translation of Fabiani's philosophical work ''Akma : duša sveta'' [Akma: Soul of the World] and occasional exhibition catalogues. In 2007 the foundation published the book ''Maks Fabiani - a Guide to his Architecture in Slovenia and Italy''. | Though the foundation existed only unofficially at the time of its release, it is in a way also the publisher of Pozzetto's book on Fabiani. Later, it published a translation of Fabiani's philosophical work ''Akma : duša sveta'' [Akma: Soul of the World] and occasional exhibition catalogues. In 2007 the foundation published the book ''Maks Fabiani - a Guide to his Architecture in Slovenia and Italy''. | ||
| − | Since 2006, together with the [[Slovene Association of Urban and Space Planners]], the foundation is involved in presenting the ''Maks Fabiani | + | Since 2006, together with the [[Slovene Association of Urban and Space Planners]], the foundation is involved in presenting the ''Maks Fabiani Urbanism Award'' for best projects of urban, regional and spatial planning in Slovenia and, since 2015, in the neighboring countries of Austria, Italy, Croatia and Hungary. |
==Maks Fabiani== | ==Maks Fabiani== | ||
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His own architectural studio in Vienna was operating between 1896 and 1917. He was commissioned for a number of elite projects in the Empire. Some of them are the still iconic Viennese buildings ''Artaria'', ''Urania'' and ''Portois&Fix''. He projected the pavilions for the 50th anniversary Franc Joseph's reign, partly the World Expo in Paris in 1900 and the Imperial Kings exhibition in London. His projects of that time also include Franz Ferdinand's mansion at Brioni, the renovation of the ''Konopište castle'', the ''Casa Bartoli'' palace in Trieste and the ''Spas for civil servants'' in Opatija. | His own architectural studio in Vienna was operating between 1896 and 1917. He was commissioned for a number of elite projects in the Empire. Some of them are the still iconic Viennese buildings ''Artaria'', ''Urania'' and ''Portois&Fix''. He projected the pavilions for the 50th anniversary Franc Joseph's reign, partly the World Expo in Paris in 1900 and the Imperial Kings exhibition in London. His projects of that time also include Franz Ferdinand's mansion at Brioni, the renovation of the ''Konopište castle'', the ''Casa Bartoli'' palace in Trieste and the ''Spas for civil servants'' in Opatija. | ||
| − | He left Vienna in 1917 and after that based most of his project in either Slovenia or Italy. He developed his urbanistic ideas for major Italian cities like Venice, Rome and Bologna, but probably implemented them | + | He left Vienna in 1917 and after that based most of his project in either Slovenia or Italy. He developed his urbanistic ideas for major Italian cities like Venice, Rome and Bologna, but probably implemented them in Gorica only. Much of his "Italian" works during that time were left anonymous due to the political climate of that time. |
===Fabiani's work in Slovenia=== | ===Fabiani's work in Slovenia=== | ||
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===Plečnik and Fabiani=== | ===Plečnik and Fabiani=== | ||
| − | [[Plečnik Collection|Jože Plečnik]] and Fabiani were arguably the two most important Slovenian architects and town planners who also share quite some common history, as Fabiani used to act as Plečnik's his professor at Wagner studio. Their work most visibly overlapped in Ljubljana, where Plečnik created some of his most known works (The Marketplace and the Insurance Company building) on urban designs of Fabiani. The famed Plečnik's [[National and University Library]] was supposedly also very strongly influenced by one of Fabiani's churches, as was his handling of the Vegova street in Ljubljana modelled upon Fabiani's arrangement in front of the Vienna | + | [[Plečnik Collection|Jože Plečnik]] and Fabiani were arguably the two most important Slovenian architects and town planners who also share quite some common history, as Fabiani used to act as Plečnik's his professor at Wagner studio. Their work most visibly overlapped in Ljubljana, where Plečnik created some of his most known works (The Marketplace and the Insurance Company building) on urban designs of Fabiani. The famed Plečnik's [[National and University Library]] was supposedly also very strongly influenced by one of Fabiani's churches, as was his handling of the Vegova street in Ljubljana modelled upon Fabiani's arrangement in front of the Vienna Technical University. |
===Fabiani inventor=== | ===Fabiani inventor=== | ||
| − | Fabiani was a classical all-rounder and as an engineer he worked on very curios, if not always realizable projects. These projects include the machine for walking into the mountains (powere by either petrol or compressed air), an armored tricycle, a warship, a special chainless bicycle, a flying machine powered by hands (the prototype was financed by the Italian army) and an idea for the ventilation of the city of Milano, for which he planned to bring fresh air from the mountains by | + | Fabiani was a classical all-rounder and as an engineer he worked on very curios, if not always realizable projects. These projects include the machine for walking into the mountains (powere by either petrol or compressed air), an armored tricycle, a warship, a special chainless bicycle, a flying machine powered by hands (the prototype was financed by the Italian army) and an idea for the ventilation of the city of Milano, for which he planned to bring fresh air from the mountains by means of huge ducts, lowering the summer temperatures for up to 10 degrees. |
Despite the ingeniousness of these ideas, they were never finalized in any functional form. | Despite the ingeniousness of these ideas, they were never finalized in any functional form. | ||
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* [http://www2.arnes.si/~usmafa1/ Maks Fabiani Foundation website] (in Slovenian) | * [http://www2.arnes.si/~usmafa1/ Maks Fabiani Foundation website] (in Slovenian) | ||
* [http://cak.komen.si/mma/KATALOG%20knj%20gradiva%20UMF/2012030712021096/ A catalogue of the foundation's archive] | * [http://cak.komen.si/mma/KATALOG%20knj%20gradiva%20UMF/2012030712021096/ A catalogue of the foundation's archive] | ||
| − | * [http://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/dokumentarni-filmi-in-oddaje-kulturno-umetniski-program/43523920 A documentary | + | * [http://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/dokumentarni-filmi-in-oddaje-kulturno-umetniski-program/43523920 A documentary ''Plečnik : Fabiani'' by [[Amir Muratović]]] (in Slovenian) |
* [http://outsider.si/iz-fantasticnega-kabineta-dr-fabianija/ An article of Fabiani's engineering projects] (in Slovenian) | * [http://outsider.si/iz-fantasticnega-kabineta-dr-fabianija/ An article of Fabiani's engineering projects] (in Slovenian) | ||
* [http://cak.komen.si/mma/Zgibanka%20razstave%20MF/2012030713422708/ Brochure on the CKA and Max Fabiani (PDF)] (English, German, Italian) | * [http://cak.komen.si/mma/Zgibanka%20razstave%20MF/2012030713422708/ Brochure on the CKA and Max Fabiani (PDF)] (English, German, Italian) | ||
Revision as of 07:00, 22 October 2015
Contact
Past Events
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6 Mar 2015
Trgovski dom izložba mesta, a permanent exhibition commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Maks Fabiani conceived by Nataša Kolenc and produced in cooperation with the Maks Fabiani Foundation,
Today the archive is housed in the Štanjel castle, which was renovated according to Fabiani's plans. As he was a renaissance type of a man, being also a town planner, an arts historian, a speculative engineer and a painter, philosopher, poet and fiction writer, this archive holds a rather varied collection.
Background
The idea for the foundation was conceived while the architect and art historian Marko Pozzetto (1925–2006) was writing his book Maks Fabiani - Vizije prostora [Max Fabiani - Visions of Space], which was published in 1997. Pozzetto has been working on Fabiani for 35 years, during which he has been actively collecting and categorizing relevant documentation and other materials. Upon its founding, he contributed these to the foundation.
This archive became a part of the Centre for Karst Architecture in 2010
Foundation's activities
The foundation's main project, the archive, also functions as a library. There, one can find Fabiani's writings, his engineering plans and sketches, second hand assessments of his work and various studies and photographic representations of his heritage. The archive comprises mostly copies from several European archives. An extensive catalogue of it is available on-line.
Other foundation's activities involve cooperating in exhibitions on Fabiani like the Adijo Dunaj, pozdravljen Štanjel [Good-bye Vienna, Hello Štanjel] at the Lojze Spacal Gallery in 2004 and at the Museum of Architecture and Design in 2005. The foundations is also involved in activities during the so called Fabiani's year 2015.
They also set up workshops and often deal with practical architectural and urbanistic issues; one can here mention their collaboration with the Department of Architecture at the University of Ferrara. The foundation was intensively involved in the renovation of the Štanjel village (which was in great part re-imagined by Fabiani) and helped set up the so-called Fabiani trail in that same area, where the architect lived out his last few decades. The trail consists of several pathways connecting the locations and buildings that are associated with his life.
Though the foundation existed only unofficially at the time of its release, it is in a way also the publisher of Pozzetto's book on Fabiani. Later, it published a translation of Fabiani's philosophical work Akma : duša sveta [Akma: Soul of the World] and occasional exhibition catalogues. In 2007 the foundation published the book Maks Fabiani - a Guide to his Architecture in Slovenia and Italy.
Since 2006, together with the Slovene Association of Urban and Space Planners, the foundation is involved in presenting the Maks Fabiani Urbanism Award for best projects of urban, regional and spatial planning in Slovenia and, since 2015, in the neighboring countries of Austria, Italy, Croatia and Hungary.
Maks Fabiani
Though Max Fabiani was born in Kobdilj, a hamlet in the Slovenian region of Karst, he conducted his studies and also a big part of his career in Vienna. He attained his doctorate on urban planning there and later worked as a professor of ornamental drawing, interior design and for a short time of architectural composition. He was the founding member of the Austrian Society for Architecture and the president of the Austrian Society of Engineers and Architects. For a time he worked as an urban advisor at the Viennese Interior Ministry and was later Franz Ferdinand's counsellor for architecture and history of art and urbanism (as anecdotes go, he supposedly advised him – obviously unsuccessfully – not to go to Sarajevo).
Fabiani worked with Otto Wagner for a few years and together they – though Wagner was the only one credited – co-wrote the much acclaimed book titled Modern Architecture. The book shocked the European architectural community of that time and has seen countless translations and reissues. They also worked together on Wagner's Vienna Electronic City Railway project.
His own architectural studio in Vienna was operating between 1896 and 1917. He was commissioned for a number of elite projects in the Empire. Some of them are the still iconic Viennese buildings Artaria, Urania and Portois&Fix. He projected the pavilions for the 50th anniversary Franc Joseph's reign, partly the World Expo in Paris in 1900 and the Imperial Kings exhibition in London. His projects of that time also include Franz Ferdinand's mansion at Brioni, the renovation of the Konopište castle, the Casa Bartoli palace in Trieste and the Spas for civil servants in Opatija.
He left Vienna in 1917 and after that based most of his project in either Slovenia or Italy. He developed his urbanistic ideas for major Italian cities like Venice, Rome and Bologna, but probably implemented them in Gorica only. Much of his "Italian" works during that time were left anonymous due to the political climate of that time.
Fabiani's work in Slovenia
Besides Vienna, Ljubljana bears the mark of Fabiani most strongly. In the aftermath of the 1895 earthquake that destroyed much of the city, Fabiani's report was actually the first text on urban planning in Slovenian language. Though his plan was not endorsed as such, most of his ideas were implemented and the present day Ljubljana still displays its logic. Some of his important works in Ljubljana are the Krisper's, Hribar's in Bamberg's mansions, the Mladika building, the Miklošič park and partly also the Prešeren Square. He also built the much famed and later destroyed pavilion for the painter Rihard Jakopič and at that time even helped the Slovenian impressionists to exhibit abroad.
After Fabiani returned to live in Kobdilj and Gorica in 1917, he naturally left a significant mark in that region. He also took over the renovation of the war-torn Posočje, Gorica and Karst region in years 1917–1922 and was the chief architect and urban planner for Gorica, where he stationed his studio until his death.
He was the mayor of the medieval village Štanjel in the years 1935–1945 and his restoration of the village is unique in his re-imagining of the castle as the place for communal infrastructure (i.e. the the school, the medical centre, the cinema hall, the local dance-hall and the municipality offices and vaults). As such, this was one of the first examples of the now common practice of revitalizing medieval infrastructure and yet retaining its heritage looks. Together with his relative Enrico Ferrari he created (architectural and engineering) projects for the Ferrari Garden in Štanjel, a splendid park just outside the village. After the Second World War Fabiani moved to Gorizia in Italy and worked there until his last days. He died in 1962 at the age of 97.
Plečnik and Fabiani
Jože Plečnik and Fabiani were arguably the two most important Slovenian architects and town planners who also share quite some common history, as Fabiani used to act as Plečnik's his professor at Wagner studio. Their work most visibly overlapped in Ljubljana, where Plečnik created some of his most known works (The Marketplace and the Insurance Company building) on urban designs of Fabiani. The famed Plečnik's National and University Library was supposedly also very strongly influenced by one of Fabiani's churches, as was his handling of the Vegova street in Ljubljana modelled upon Fabiani's arrangement in front of the Vienna Technical University.
Fabiani inventor
Fabiani was a classical all-rounder and as an engineer he worked on very curios, if not always realizable projects. These projects include the machine for walking into the mountains (powere by either petrol or compressed air), an armored tricycle, a warship, a special chainless bicycle, a flying machine powered by hands (the prototype was financed by the Italian army) and an idea for the ventilation of the city of Milano, for which he planned to bring fresh air from the mountains by means of huge ducts, lowering the summer temperatures for up to 10 degrees.
Despite the ingeniousness of these ideas, they were never finalized in any functional form.
See also
- Centre for Karst Architecture
- Museum of Architecture and Design
- Slovene Association of Urban and Space Planners
- Plečnik Collection
External links
- Maks Fabiani Foundation website (in Slovenian)
- A catalogue of the foundation's archive
- A documentary Plečnik : Fabiani by Amir Muratović (in Slovenian)
- An article of Fabiani's engineering projects (in Slovenian)
- Brochure on the CKA and Max Fabiani (PDF) (English, German, Italian)
- The Fabiani Path
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