ože Plečnik’s Extension of his Brother Andrej’s House in Trnovo

Abstract

Vpogled v doslej neprebrano arhitektovo pisemsko zapuščino in nekatere druge zgodovinske vire temeljito spreminja vedenje o nastanku in opremi Plečnikovega domovanja v Trnovem. Glavni namen gradnje valjastega prizidka (1923–1924), ustvariti skupen dom za brate in sestro, se ni posrečil zaradi njihovih različnih življenjskih usod. Sprva so se vsi navduševali za hišo na sedanjem Ciril-Metodovem trgu 10, v kateri je stanovala sestra, a se je Andrej Plečnik po vrnitvi iz Idrije raje odločil za nakup hiše za trnovsko cerkvijo v Ljubljani. Popraviti je treba tudi trditev, da naj bi se Jože sprl z najmlajšim Janezom, nakar naj bi ta zapustil hišo v Trnovem. V resnici oba v njej nikoli nista skupaj stanovala. Tudi starejši Andrej svoje posesti ni dolgo užival, ker ga je disciplinska komisija spodila iz ljubljanske realke, na kateri je poučeval verouk. Odšel je za kateheta v Kočevje in se ni nikoli več za stalno vrnil v Ljubljano. Na koncu je arhitekt v hiši ostal sam in si jo po svoje opremil.Insight into the architect’s previously unread epistolary heritage and some other historical sources profoundly changes our knowledge about the origin and furnishings of Plečnik’s home in Trnovo. The main reason for the construction of the cylindrical extension (1923–1924) was to create a common home for the brothers and sister, but it was not successful because of their different destinies. At first, they were all enthusiastic about the house at present-day 10 Ciril-Metod Square, where the sister lived, however, when Andrej Plečnik returned from Idrija, he decided to buy a house behind the Trnovo church in Ljubljana. The claim that Jože quarrelled with the youngest Janez, who then left the house in Trnovo, also needs to be corrected. In reality, they never lived there together. Moreover, the older brother Andrej did not enjoy his property for long, since the disciplinary committee drove him away from the Ljubljana Realschule, where he taught catechesis. He left to be a catechetic in Kočevje and never permanently returned to Ljubljana. In the end, the architect remained alone in the house and furnished it according to his own liking