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:Preservation/Revitalization

Upgrade or demolish?

April 2, 2012 10:56 No comments

The question is how to estimate, within say 70 to 100 years, which structures should be retained and restored and which should be demolished. Does the issue of energy efficiency or the change of users habits in older buildings have an impact? Perhaps it is time for a new course in architecture, a more mature approach to contemporary architecture that does not necessarily imply the demolition of old buildings that are still in good shape. With only minor modifications these buildings can continue to function efficiently as well as meeting the new standards of today’s building codes.

Urban Editing – Architecture of Occurrence

March 30, 2012 10:43 No comments

Urbano Editiranje - Arhitektura Događaja

The inspiring and rich stratification of a city, formed by deposition and growth over time, is an important element in understanding and interpreting the moment in which the contemporary city and urban territory exist. Spatiotemporal sediments of a city and its architecture and rapid urban development in recent decades, firmly define the context of architects’ work. In addition to the original image of a city or a building that is designed and conceived through urban plans and projects, there is a current, realistic and stimulating image of the moment, which shapes the space for the different possibilities of operation and interpretation.

Revitalization of the Youth Centre in Split

March 29, 2012 11:49 No comments

The concept of the project implies the reorganization of space and its usage. The existent, never completed, House of Socialist Youth, built in 1978, was conceived as a centrally organized theatre space with public and staff spaces strictly separated and with a large permanent ensemble area like in The Croatian National Theatre. Our project treats the building as an available space which is fragmented into several smaller areas for current culture events.

London Riverside re-invented

December 3, 2011 16:01 No comments

A story about Thames riverside revitalization cannot commence without mentioning the importance of London harbor, dating back to the Roman Empire. In those times, London was the center of British commerce with the rest of the Empire. Later on, during the expansion of the British colonial Empire, the importance of the city and its harbor was immense.