The Slovenian Hayrack

SLOVENIAN HAYRACK - MODEL ELAN

IT EXPRESSES A PART OF SLOVENIAN TRADITION. The "Kozolec Toplar" (Hayrack) is classified amongst one of the most valuable monuments reflecting the people's architecture and is deemed as a Slovenian special feature and also expresses a part of the Slovenian tradition. IT HAS A SOUL. The hayrack acts like a little old man with beety little eyes, eyebrows and gap-toothed. Each one tells their own story. SERVES AS A MULTI-PURPOSE STRUCTURE. The multi-purpose hayrack - drying, a shed for tools and storage for crops - contributed to the fact that this type of architecture was used across most of Slovenia's territory. IT HAS A TYPICALLY RECOGNIZIBLE ARCHITECTURE. We can especially find them in regions where our ancestors had settled, which mostly includes the regions of Štajerska, Koroška, Gorenjska, Dolenjska and in parts of Bela Krajina, Primorska and Notranjska including »Austrian Koroška« in Zilje and a little in Roža and Podjune. WE CAN FIND IT IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS. They are also widespread in Eastern Tyrol, in some parts of Switzerland and they also know them as the basic form for drying structures in Finland, Sweden, Belorussia and even in China and Japan. However, the hayrack did not develop anywhere else as much in the structural, artistic and different unique functional forms as it did here at home. We still do not know what exactly contributed to this. HAYRACK AS A GYM IN THE OPEN AIR We can preserve this unique Slovenian speciality even through sport We can satisfy the needs of potential market niches We can stimulate people to stay healthy in an attractive way We can ensure quality and safety for its multipurpose use Make the monotony and dullness of existing building more interesting where there is the biggest concentration and fluctuation of the population
WHY A HAYRACK? Use of tools 24 hours a day and 365 days a year In addition to sports activities fresh air is also an important element Usage is free for visitors Due to the attic maintenance is cheaper The opportunity for sports activities in all weather conditions Useful for children and adults, the entire family Useful for the youth: a world of relaxing motives for young people Useful for the elderly; quality exercises for the elderly at old age homes For training of professional athletes as a supplemental exercise during regular practices As a warm-up area before different competitions; within the environments of competition areas or sports events locations Exercising for automobile drivers To make exercising more interesting in camps, at water resorts and ice rinks A supplement to children playgrounds New possibilities for kindergartens and school playgrounds
MARKET NICHE Slovenian ski resorts Stadiums School courtyards or playgrounds Organized recreational areas along highways Tourism grounds Camps Slovenian health resorts An additional installation at bigger children playgrounds Specific parking lots Specific areas within the economy's infrastructure Rehabilitation centres Old age homes Hotel-tourism industry infrastructure Slovenian military barracks Recreational areas along rivers and lakes Customized ideas for kindergardens Expanded programs for running paths Additional infrastructure for football fields in villages Alpine sports centres Regional sports centres (for individual sports) Additional infrastructure for multi-purpose platforms
CONCEPTUAL ORIENTATIONS OF THE PROJECT Complete exercising in the natural environment and in the open fresh air POSSIBLE IMPLEMENTATIONS: Ethnological implementation (regional specifics) Industrial implementation Customized implementation of environmental architecture Alternatives of modern frameworks with an open concept Universal intended purpose IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPREHENSIVE TECHNOLOGICAL AUTONOMY: Solar power (roof) Chemical WC or normal implementation Running water Dressing rooms OTHER POSSIBLE IMPLEMENTATIONS: Implementation of temporary tent jutting roof (tightened tarp Open pavilion), below jutting roof structure - cage Structure for installation at the seaside Implementation of structure along homologous bike paths Special structure for Bavaria Fitness studio in open air (combination of outdoor and indoor program) Three-pole hayrack 15 x 9m The hayrack equipment is adapted to the requirements of the sports and exercises for all age groups. During the activities we can also develop different forms of strength, flexibility, balance and coordination.
EQUIPMENT: tartan lining gallows (poles, rings, trapezium, side beams, ropes) supporting equipment (parallel bars, rowing mechanism) balancing equipment (beams, slides, ladders, bridges, nets, carrousels) instructions for use and for exercises dressing room BALCONY: Safety net Bridges and balance board Rotating plate Authors: Dr. Ivan Čuk , Janez Matoh Equipment: Elan Inventa