The master's thesis examines an abandoned, unfinished shelter near the village of Javor in the southeastern part of the municipality of Ljubljana, which was built shortly after World War II. The research encompasses a review of the history, usage, and significance of underground dwellings for humanity, during which important existential questions related to the primal perception of architecture and space have emerged. Reflections on the space of the selected shelter were accompanied by works in various techniques, including drawings, plans, graphics, and models, which, as part of the research construct, were created not only intentionally but primarily instinctively, reflecting the fundamental nature of human spatial perception. Through the thesis, an insight into the personal process of addressing intriguing spatial peculiarities and questioning unconventional infrastructure objects as architecture, and vice versa, is presented.
The research, using a range of works as expressive means, seeks to arouse a different and unsettled perception of specific spaces and architecture, such as the discussed shelter, addressing questions about the significance of light, shadow, and darkness in architecture, and highlighting their existential importance for humans and their perception of space.
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