The different scales of relationality. Edvard Ravnikar and the Revolution Square in Ljubljana

Revolution Square (today known as Republic Square) is a large-scale multifunctional complex of high symbolic and urban value, located by the historical center of Ljubljana. As a result of a long design process (196074), the complex designed by Edvard Ravnikar and his collaborators can be considered as one of the most extraordinary and at the same time peculiar examples of socialist "capitols". Its uniqueness derives from its capacity to interlace through its various volumes a multiplicity of spatial and linguistic relationships with, on the one hand, the different scales of the city and, on the other, with its historical stratifications. The balance between the parts and between the elements of the project is managed over time, using precise tools of spatial composition that, far from rigid monumentalism, can project the work into a living, changing reality. The essay aims to bring to light the main strategies and techniques of relationality that characterize Ravnikar's work.