Results of the competition: Europan 7 in Croatia

FIRST PRIZE

2. Team leader: Valentina Laus (Croatia)
Associates: Jan Bohnert, Christian Neuburger (Germany)
Site Glavicine-Sutroica, SPLIT, internal code ST-5, entry code ST 305

Project ST 305 (ST-5), «Tectonical Driftings»
In this project the theoretical concerns, reflections on the theme and urban context analysis lucratively produced an innovative, yet realistic and feasible solution.
Although elaborated within the limits determined by the competition brief, the proposal is obviously built up on the wider urban context analysis. Thus several general concepts can be observed, one of them being the intention to integrate northern and southern part of Split peninsula. This is to be achieved through the extension of central functions towards north, that is, the development of commercial, residential and tourism zone with adequate urban quality. Existing variety of functions on the site is acknowledged and enhanced with new combinations of housing, offices, commercial, tourist and sport-recreation facilities. Increased centrality of the zone adds to its prospective to act as nucleus of renewal and revitalisation for wider area including former military port Lora and industrial areas on the north.
The project is respectful to the environment - in addition to the preservation and arrangement of nature around Holy Trinity church and Turska Kula Park, landscape planning is also yet another way of integrating south and north part of the city. Proposal is to establish green, sport-recreational «boomerang» - new recreational and green areas on the major roads crossing facilitate continuous nature flow from Marjan over Poljud stadium, around and through existing buildings to culmination in designed park around the Church and Turska kula Park.
Architecture is adequately elaborated, with major quality in interesting, appropriate and varying typology, heights differentiation and fluency of space. Some criticism could relate to the implementation of green roofs which are questionable bearing in mind Mediterranean climate. The variety of typologies and sizes of housing units, their orientation towards the park and acknowledgment of realities such as parking space clearly prove the consideration for the quality of living.

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