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Barbara Mušič is an architect and urbanist with many years of experience in spatial and urban planning. She has been employed as a researcher at the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia since 2007. She is involved in projects at the local, national and international level of research and applied nature. For some of them she took the role of the project manager and a coordinator especialy on the local and international level. Her field of work is strategic spatial planning, urban renewal and energy efficiency related to urban planning. Between 2006 – 2014 she was upgrading her knowledge on the local level through the role of the municipal councilor and as a president of the Committee for Spatial Planning, Environmental Protection and Real Estate Management of the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica. From 2012 to 2014 she was a member of the Executive Board of the Town and Spatial Planning Association of Slovenia.
Selected current projects
- Implementation of Sustainable Land Use in Integrated Environmental Management of Functional Urban Areas (LUMAT)
CENTRAL EUROPE Interreg V-B 2014-2020 (2016 - 2019)
- (OPN MOL SD)
Mestna občina Ljubljana (2016 - 2018)
- Methodology for defining and gathering business zones and entities of an innovative environment in Slovenia (CRP Poslovne cone)
ARRS (2018 - 2019)
Selected Achievements
- Barbara Mušič et al.: Guidelines for urban design concept
Education
- Architect (Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za arhitekturo - 2003)
Work experience
- Independent expert on cultural field (Ministrstvo za kulturo - 2004 / 2007)
- researcher (Urbanistični inštitut Republike Slovenije - 2007 / )
Significant scientific and professional articles
- COTIČ, Boštjan (urednik, prevajalec), MUŠIČ, Barbara (urednik, prevajalec). Implementacija trajnostne rabe zemljišč skozi celostno okoljsko upravljanje funkcionalnih urbanih območij : projekt Lumat knjiga : maj 2016- julij 2019. Ljubljana: Urbanistični inštitut Republike Slovenije, 2019. 126 str., ilustr. ISBN 978-961-6390-52-1. [COBISS.SI-ID 301523968]
- MUŠIČ, Barbara. Priložnosti energijske učinkovitosti v urbanističnem načrtovanju = Opportunities for energy efficiency in urban planning. Igra ustvarjalnosti : teorija in praksa urejanja prostora, ISSN 2350-3637, 2019, št. 7, str. 28-32, ilustr. https://iu-cg.org/paper/2019/IU-CG.2019.07.028-032, doi: 10.15292/IU-CG.2019.07.028-032. [COBISS.SI-ID 2921667]
- MUŠIČ, Barbara. Urban planning and industrial symbiosis in Slovenia. V: 3rd World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning Symposium (WMCAUS 2018), 18-22 June 2018, Prague, Czech Republic, (IOP conference series, ISSN 1757-899X, Materials science and engineering, vol. 471). Bristol: IOP. 2019, vol. 471, str. 1-9, ilustr. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/471/11/112084/pdf, doi: 10.1088/1757-899X/471/11/112084. [COBISS.SI-ID 2911427]
- MUŠIČ, Barbara, COTIČ, Boštjan. A comparative overview of major urban and territorial issues in the STATUS partnership. V: ELISEI, Pietro (ur.). Strategic territorial agendas for small and middle-sized towns and urban systems, (Urbani izziv). Ljubljana: Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (UIRS). 2014
- COTIČ, Boštjan (urednik), MUŠIČ, Barbara (urednik). Upravljanje prenove degradiranih območij : od izobraževanja do prakse : COBRAMEN. Ljubljana: Urbanistični inštitut Republike Slovenije, 2012]. 20 str.
Participation in conferences
- Barbara Mušič (2018). Urban Planning and Industrial Symbiosis in Slovenia
World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering-Architecture-Urban Planning Symposium WMCAUS 2018 ( - Praga, Češka).
- SCHRENK, Manfred, WASSERBURGER, Wolfgang W., MUŠIČ, Barbara, DÖRRZAPF, Linda (2013). SUNSHINE : Smart UrbaN ServIces for Higher eNergy Efficiency
REAL CORP 2013 (CEIT ALANOVA - Schwechat, Austria).
- Barbara Mušič (2018). Management of degraded areas and underutilized business zones as a tool to ensure sustainable development
29. Sedlarjevo srečanje: Od prostorskega načrtovanja do upravljanja prostora, 1.6.2018 (Društvo urbansitov in prostorskih planerjev Slovenije (DUPPS) - Ljubljana, Slovenija).
- Barbara Mušič (2020). Urban design as a tool for creating the image of settlements
31. Sedlarjevo srečanje: Kako do boljše podobe slovenskih naselij - načrtovanje in ukrepi, 2.10.2020
(Društvo urbanistov in prostorskih planerjev Slovenije (DUPPS) - Ljubljana, Slovenija).
Lectures at universities, research institutions, etc.
- Spatial development plans (2017). University of Ljubljana
- Expert training for city and municipal councilors on spatial plans on the local level, Academy Zares (2012).
- Urban planning and energy efficiency (2019). Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana
- Urban planning and energy efficiency (2020). Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana
Public media apperances, interviews, publications, etc.
- Music, Barbara (interviewee), Cotic, Boštjan (interviewee). "If you have a dwelling and a job, there is a quality of living": a discussion with urban planners: Ljubljana has some good examples of revitalizing degraded areas: if you have a job and an apartment, you live well. (2013). Delo, ISSN 0350-7521, 27. jul. 2013, leto 55, št. 172, str. 13, portret.
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Membership in professional organizations
- Town and Spatial Planning Association of Slovenia (2012 / 2015)
Functions
- President of the Committee for Spatial Planning, Environmental Protection and Real Estate Management of the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica (2010 / 2014)
- Municipal councilor of the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica (2006 / 2014)
- member of the Executive Board of the Town and Spatial Planning Association of Slovenia (2012 / 2014)
Awards
- GOLDEN PEN - award for spatial planning for Spatial Development plan of the Municipality of Tivat, Monte Negro (2009)