Uporabnik in njegov odnos do prostora je tema, ki izrazito označuje raziskovalni pristop arhitekta Stanka Kristla. Pomembnost sociologije in psihologije prostora izpostavlja ter prepleta z drugimi znanimi značilnostmi Ravnikarjeve šole, kot je npr. konsistentnost zasnove od umestitve v prostor do avtorskega detajla. Vrtec Mladi rod, delo arhitekta Stanka Kristla, je ob svojem nastanku zbudil veliko pozornosti, ne samo takrat, ko se je pojavil kot zmagovalni projekt na natečaju.
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Users and their relationship towards space is the main issue in the research approach of architect Stanko Kristl. He stresses the importance of space sociology and psychology, linking it to other well-known characteristics of Ravnikar’s School, like for example, project consistency from location in space all the way down to author’s details. Mladi Rod kindergarten, the work of architect Stanko Kristl, attracted a lot of attention at the time it was built, and not only when it won the competition.
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