Ljubljana’s Own Weather

The "Ljubljana's own weather" project is being implemented on Prešern Square, right in the most frequented area of the old city centre. A sprinkler system has been installed in the middle of the square to produce artificial rain. This interactive artwork by painter Zmago Modic was originally created in 2008, but has become a regular seasonal installation during the summer since 2015, mainly due to the increasing number of tourists and rising summer temperatures. The installation helps to reduce the heat, especially on hot summer days when the city is full of tourists.

• Integration of the installation on the site.
• Support of the local authority for implementing the idea.

• Installation of a 40-metre plastic pipe with a spray nozzle at a height of 20 metres.

• No information about citizens and stakeholder involvement.
• Positive feedback from citizens and visitors.

• Lower temperatures provide residents and visitors with better conditions to move around the old city center.
• One of the biggest attractions in the city.

• Small interventions as acupuncture solutions, can stimulate other initiatives in the city or other cities in Slovenia and abroad.
• Small interventions can have multiple effects on the city (reduce the heat, attract tourists).

- The development of small, efficient installations can have a wider impact (environment, social interactions, tourists, lowering the temperature of open spaces in cities, etc.).
- Simple and inexpensive solutions can be replicated in other places or cities.
- Involve stakeholders such as artists in the process of developing small interventions and enhance them from the perspective of multiple effects.

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