Text description provided by the architects. Let the kindergarten become a place where an architect’s play with space blends with a child’s play. We are presenting the newly built kindergarten in Ribnica which is the biggest kindergarten in Slovenia. The new kindergarten designed by Bojan Mrežar, Renato Rajnar and Peter Rijavec has twentyfour playrooms and measures 4,500 m2. 400 children is playing and learning in it. The conviction of the authors, when contemplating a kindergarten’s position in the modern world, is that a safe, warm place is a precondition for successful development of a child.  This place should enable the child to get acquainted with the world and society in peaceful and relaxed manner.  Therefore, rooms of the kindergarten were designed to embrace the playground in the middle, imitating hands embracing the child and forming a safe, warm place and environment. © Jorg CeglarRooms, intended for children of early ages, almost fully embrace the child, while a hug of the rooms, guarding children of later ages, is less closed and points to the child’s leaving for a big, wide world when the time comes. Therefore, authors earnestly hope that the feeling of safety and warmth, given to the children in the kindergarten, will accompany them throughout life. © Jorg CeglarDesign layout of the administrative-commercial building Building is designed as a simple cube acting as a contrast to noticeably varied children’s building. Correct geometric body functions as a hard, serious basis/starting point around which wings of children’s building playfully twist. © Jorg CeglarDesign layout of children’s building Children’s building has been designed to contrast with the administrative-commercial building. Rooms for children are designed in a much playful, crumbling, and attentive manner.  Therefore, they follow each other, under different angles, and forming together two big bays or pockets that surround and form a quality playground environment in the middle.  © Jorg CeglarCeiling lowers in cloakrooms and toilets whereas rises in playrooms to open the space we have placed a folding platform giving additional appeal to the room At breaking points of the wings the corridor widens considerably A part of central rooms’ floor descends terrace-like and creates a theatre environment The long side of the façade opens central area into the park Both the interior and exterior is designed with variety of shapes It creates a very rich environment to provide the child with diversity of experience You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email After getting off the main road that leads to Divčibare from the Mionica village of Brežđe The road winds through vast green meadows and forests That is how you get to the Ribnica river gorge but can cause massive problems when it overflows due to heavy rains This poses a threat to areas nearby as well as those in the Kolubara District because Ribnica flows into the Kolubara River and its silence is “broken” only by the sounds of birds and insects from the uncut grass Children who live within 30 meters of the river swim in it is nicknamed after it – everyone calls him River Bane Both my grandfather and father (…) There used to be a mill here but my great-grandfather moved here in the early thirties,” says Branko as he shows us around his little paradise – a home that is almost a hundred years old how much longer he will be able to stay there it was said that the state would build a dam on Ribnica and submerge part of the gorge water would accumulate in the artificial lake and not flood the surrounding areas Branko heard nothing about these plans for years then a man from the Municipality came and said that they were surveying for the dam They were also called in to the Municipality to see the plan of what will be submerged He says that he is startled by them every time but he tries not to think about the construction of the dam and his potential eviction What Branko doesn’t know is that a fierce battle has already taken place regarding the dam geographer Sava Simić was working at the Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia when a project for the construction of a dam on Ribnica and the creation of an artificial lake appeared on his desk He had to decide whether to approve the so-called Detailed Regulation Plan which determines how the dam and lake will be built A rejection would mean that a dam could not be built there but there are many protected animal species at the site of the Ribnica gorge grey wagtails and white wagtails are on the hunt a large species of owl that also inhabits gorges All these animals are protected to prevent their extinction Simić wanted to consult other experts from the Institute he made a decision – he was not in favor of the dam being built in that location He believed that it would have a “multitude of negative consequences for the overall natural values of the gorge (valley) of the Ribnica river” Documents obtained by CINS clearly show that he was forced to do so The Municipality of Mionica appealed against Simić’s decision stating that the Institute had already approved a Spatial Plan in 2006 foresaw the construction of the artificial lake Head of the Geodiversity Department at the time and Simić’s superior he believed that the correct decision had been made Ten years had passed from 2006 until the moment when he made his decision a part of the gorge became part of a network of environmentally significant areas The deadline for responding to the appeal was expiring Mijović urged Simić to change his decision within two days Although the construction of the dam and the lake was unacceptable to him Simić decided to clear the way for the dam to be built in which he describes the pressure he was placed under it is clear that the opinion of experts was ignored in this case: “It seems that not a single argument that led to this turnaround was related to nature conservation the professional work and reasoning of the Institute‘s associates.” one of Simić’s colleagues with whom he consulted now an assistant professor at the University of Kragujevac tells CINS that in this case their profession lost He explains that even during the ice age various types of plants and animals managed to survive in the Ribnica gorge due to its specific conditions it is seen as a nursery for endangered species and considered essential for conservation: “If we stick to the law and basic biological principles “You put in the work and you wonder what the point was and you ask yourself ‘what did I go to school for’.” Sava Simić did not respond to the email we sent him while his former colleagues did not wish to give us his phone number We tried to reach Dušan Mijović through people from the Institute for Nature Conservation as well as his associates from the Đerdap National Park but none of them wanted to give us his number The Institute for Nature Conservation says that the decision was made in accordance with the law they did not want to comment on Mijović’s insistence that Simić change his decision given that neither of them is employed by that institution any longer the construction of the dam in the Ribnica gorge seems certain A document is currently being prepared that should show whether the project will cause irreparable damage to the environment the so-called Environmental Impact Assessment The Municipality of Mionica responded to CINS by stating that whether the dam will be built depends on this study and the Feasibility Study The Municipality also stated that the construction of the dam was foreseen earlier and that in recent years floods have caused millions in damages in the municipality Urban planner Ksenija Radovanović tells CINS that at this stage there is little chance of stopping the project “If it is proven that the environment cannot be protected if the dam is built in theory the project could be stopped.” The Institute and the Municipality could find a compromise says former assistant director of the Institute for Nature Conservation Goran Sekulić “I think that the decision would have to be reconsidered regardless of the appeal being accepted and the Institute’s hand being forced it is difficult to make decisions like that a situation from 10 years ago is not relevant anymore.” the construction of the dam and the artificial lake could start soon part of the gorge and its nature will be submerged Part of the land they own will be under water still does not believe that this will happen he is happy there and he wants to stay there for the rest of his life He says that moving away would 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Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience Anton Majnik and Ferdo Kravanja fought an Italian patrol which is considered to be the first battle with the occupying forces in World War II on Slovenian soil The head of the unit Danilo Zelen was killed in battle Ferdo Kravanja was wounded and captured but later escaped and Anton Majnik managed to escape during the fighting The keynote speaker at the state celebration marking the Day of Uprising Against Occupation was President of the National Council Alojz Kovšca three members of the illegal organisation TIGR risked their lives in the name of freedom as the first fighters against Fascism and Nazism in what was a highly charged Europe at the time they played an invaluable role and their contribution to freedom remained a secret for a number of years as did the historical importance of the TIGR fighters The President of the National Council said that the aspirations and efforts of the TIGR fighters can nowadays be connected to the Slovenian people’s calls for freedom and self-determination stressing that "every nation has the elementary right to exist and express its national identity" He said that as a small nation Slovenians must be aware that the fight for freedom goes on every moment all over the world and can become unpredictable tomorrow He also said: "There is nothing wrong with Slovenians being divided in our worldviews religions and life styles if only we are united in one thing: that the Slovenian nation is free and sovereign at its hearths." cooperation and integration that shine a brighter light on us which is why we should look for them in our daily squabbles and quarrels Our ancestors knew how to find light in the crucial dark and stormy moments Let the Day of Uprising Against Occupation be a holiday of Slovenian stubbornness if not for anything else than for our brave ancestors." 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