THE OPENING OF THE GRAIN BRIDGE AND RIVER STOP BY THE RED HOUSE IN LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA

New Grain bridge, work of an architect Boris Podrecca and the river stop by the Red house, work of an architect Breda Bizjak, were ceremoniously opened to the public on 24th of august 2010 in the center of Slovenian capital as a part of the series of river bank arrangements which are intensively going on for over two years.

There are twenty river stop projects envisaged along Ljubljanica river and also the regular boat line will start operating in the near future. This river stop is one of the first built for this purpose.
It consists of prefabricated concrete platform made of artificial stone and wooden floating device on the river level. The concrete platform is composed of three soft-edge montage elements which formally follow the configuration of the embankment and make a console conclusion over the water. Console soft-edge elements of stairs and benches which are attached to this three elements have built-in led linear lights which make this soft looking concrete even softer in the evening.
Pontoon construction of the floating device is made entirely of stainless steel  and attached with two rings on two steel pillars which enable vertical movement and adjustment to different water levels. The adjustable steel stairs which enable the access to the pontoon are constructed especially for this project and operate by the parallelogram principle which enable the adjustment of the stairs to water hight differences of 1,5 m. The stair construction is made in collaboration with Mechanical engineering faculty, University of Ljubljana.
Ljubljana has been living detached from the river for over a century. Physical and programme connections to the river has given new dimension and perception to the city of Ljubljana.
It is essential for a city by the water that lives in close relation and harmony with it's natural water entity.