The aim for the design of the Varaždin University Student’s Restaurant and Home was to connect the new building with the old student’s home with the restaurant treated as a separate pavilion. This first prize winning design by SANGRAD Architects + AVP Arhitekti creates a new square between both buildings, which is defined by the main entrance to the existing building and the new restaurant volume. Along with the student’s home on the west side, the restaurant has a visual connection with all three buildings through an access plaza, while the student’s home towards the east continues the structure of the existing house forming a block. More images and architects’ description after the break.
The basic parameters in the creation of a new urbanism come from the existing student’s home. The restaurant is positioned along the west side of the plot and while being near to the existing historical building (old student’s home), the approach established a non-inciting relationship. The whole outer frame of the block is closed, except for the southeastern tract that opens to the west connecting to the restaurant. The student’s restaurant is a simple, low, compact trapezoidal pavilion set on the main square surrounded by green areas.
