The project’s site is located within the boundaries of the southern part of Zagreb which is divided by the national railway. In many ways, this site was thought as part of the new Zagreb city urban concept. There are two important facts: the position on the margins of the traditional lower City and the structural composition and reference within the future new City. Both in this case determine the composition and character of the project, designed by SANGRAD Architects & AVP_Arhitekti. By raising or lowering the railway, several possibilities are opened in terms of linking the site with the central and northern part of the City. More images and architects’ description after the break.
The fundamental concept of the lower City is acknowledged: lower block composition and strict grid construction. It is very well known the critic towards lower city blocks as spaces which are alienated from the urban public life and affected by poor, uncontrolled privatization.
