ILICA STREET

Building on the specific nature of the assigned area that includes several smaller locations along the Ilica Street, we propose this project of sustainable conversion to establish an urban laboratory, which encompasses one central location and its affiliated satellite locations. The central location of the urban laboratory brings together experts from the fields of architecture and landscape architecture, urbanism, spatial planning, civil engineering, sociology, art history and other professions/fields dealing with the transformation of the urban space. Its main goal is the continuous exploration and analysis of the spatial, social and cultural elements and of the needs of the local community, in order to define, create and initiate new content introduced in the converted spaces of satellite locations. The latter aim to introduce cultural and commercial content by including as associates on this project young professionals of the cultural and creative industries and local artisans.

OLD MILITARY HOSPITAL

The old Military hospital in Vlaška Street in Zagreb is a former barrack built in 1833. The hospital was abandoned during the 1980's, as was its funding, resulting in the complex being in very bad condition and almost entirely abandoned and unusable today. The regeneration project proposal focuses on repurposing the former Military hospital based on an intercultural social centre model as a new institutional model for the utilisation and management of public infrastructure intended for trans-disciplinary and trans-sectoral cultural needs, need of civil society organisations and other fields of society, as well as local communities.

PAVILLION 15

Pavilion number 15 is located on the eastern edge of Zagreb Fair complex. It is a protected cultural heritage, designed by architect Giuseppe Sambito in 1962 as an exhibition pavilion to present the newest achievements of Italian economy. The pavilion is today in a state of disrepair and dilapidation with numerous damages as a consequence of corrosion and years of abandon. Our project proposal is a result of present state analysis, local community opinion survey (within the Novi Zagreb east and Novi Zagreb west city districts) and functional capabilities and restriction of the Pavilion. The Eco-market proposal which will promote local and ecologically produced food completely meets the needs of the city districts (the lack of specialised eco-markets), the character of the districts (mostly residential area), the character of the Pavilion, in a functional way (high glass hall), the character of the Pavilion in the value way (the need to protect the cultural heritage with non-invasive methods) and actual need for sustainable, ecological and local methods for food and lifestyle habits.