Vodne zapornice na Ljubljanici
Plecnikova ureditev Ljubljanice in njenih
nabrežij se iztece ob vodni zapornici pri Cukrarni, kjer je po
arhitektovi velikopotezni zamisli oblikovan simbolni slavolok,
posvecen vodi, ki zapušca mesto. Zapornica je namenjena
uravnavanju gladine vode v središcu mesta. Prvi nacrt zanjo
je Plecnik izdelal v zgodnjih tridesetih letih, kasneje ga je
precej popravil. Postavljena je bila v letih med 1939 in 1944 in je
zgrajena tako, da ni videti mehanicnih sklopov za njeno dviganje in
spušcanje ter ostalih tehnicnih elementov.
Plecnik je arhitekturo zapornice zasnoval tako,
da je na obeh bregovih in v sredino reke postavil tri stolpe,
obložene s kamnito oblogo, ki spominjajo na arhitekturo
egipcanskih templjev. Ostrešja stolpov poudarjajo okrasni
venci. Stolpe krasijo na eni strani kratki dorski stebri s posodami
etrušcanskega videza z izklesanimi zmajevimi glavami, na
drugi strani pa nizki jonski stebri s stiliziranimi
cloveškimi glavami, ki nosijo brv cez
reko.
Na vsaki strani zapirajo dostop do zapornice
vrata v mogocnih portalih. Monumentalnost zapornice je Plecnik
pospremil z oblikovanjem parkov na Ambroževem trgu in na
drugem bregu, na Vrazovem trgu. (www.visitljubljana.si)
Ljubljanica River Barrier
The length of the Ljubljanica river embankments
landscaped by the architect Jože Plecnik extends all the way
to the Ljubljanica River Barrier, located by the Cukrarna building,
where Plecnik envisaged a monumental triumphal arch in order to
symbolically mark the point where the river leaves the city.
Plecnik's original designs of the early 1930s were later
considerably revised and the Barrier was only built between 1939
and 1944.
Due to its specific construction, neither the
mechanism for raising and lowering the barrier nor any other
technical elements are visible. The Barrier consists of three
towers, one next to each river bank and one in the middle of the
river. Covered in stone, the towers are reminiscent of ancient
Egyptian temple architecture. Their tops are enhanced by decorative
garlands. On one side, the towers are decorated with Doric columns
and Etruscan-looking vessels with carved dragon heads, and on the
other with low Ionic towers with stylized human heads supporting a
footbridge across the river.
On each end of the barrier, a door with a
monumental portal prevents access to the barrier mechanism. The
monumentality of the Ljubljana River Barrier is matched by
Plecnik's design of a riverside park in the Ambrožev trg
square and a park in the Vrazov trg square on the other bank of the
river. (www.visitljubljana.si)
