Results of the competition: Europan 7 in Croatia

RUNNER-UP

2. Team leader: Katrin Maja Rappenecker (Germany)
Associates: Petra Lenschow (Germany)
Collaborators: Sandi Johnen (Germany)
Site Sv. Katarina, RIJEKA, internal code RI-20, entry code AT 356

Project AT 356 (RI-20), «Space Green»
The project is concerned with the wider surroundings of the competition area and addresses the hybridity of the zone through the intervention on the site and wider. Besides road access to the site, new pedestrian access is introduced in the form of shortcut lift from Rječina canyon. This aerial connection serves not only as a functional link, but also visually integrates the hillside intended for the botanical garden.
Reanimation of Sv. Katarina is intended for the large number of citizens, thus relatively high density of construction is envisaged. Although this density is appropriate for the city centre, the complex structure is still fluid and light enough due to the wise choice of typology and architectural forms. The combinations of individual houses, urban villas and collective housing are cleverly embedded in the environment. The intertwining of the architecture and nature reflects on private-public relationship, too. Public and private mingle creating private, semi-private and public areas. Whereas the slopes and terrain rises are used for the houses so the panoramic views are exploited, the public spaces are situated in «hollows», or plain parts of the terrain. Public space does not flow continuously, but it takes fragmented, oval shapes positioned centrally in relation to the houses.
Complex urban morphology which can be implemented in phases is well elaborated on the architectural scale offering the variety of shapes, sizes and positions, thus enabling a number of uses and meeting of different needs.

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