PROGRAMME
As the “Return to the sea” programme
plans, the project foresees residential function together with public,
commercial, sport and recreation utilities. Particular importance is given to
the urban ambient, and everything is conceived to have the best quality of
life.
The promenade should be the
connection axis among the different areas of the town of Rovinj. On its
platforms people can take a walk from the new port to the old town, and the
site can be the starting point to the future growth of other areas along the coast.
EXPLANATION
OF HOW THE PROJECT ADDRESSES THE PROBLEMS RAISED BY THE EUROPAN 5 THEME
The programme of the competition
requires a solution capable of integrating spaces with the existing nature and
a new residential area into a whole that can guarantee a good quality of life for
the residents, the necessary structures for the visitors, and the connections
to the other parts of the town.
Different activities are foreseen in
the Public
Spaces:
- commercial utilities at the ground floor;
- recreation utilities: the old railway station building
becomes a warm and characteristic restaurant on the sea while other spaces can
be found in the commercial area;
- public utilities: the kinderkarten and the nursery
school at the ground floor of the “Seagull” building, which could have also
different fuctions in accordance with the requirements of the Administration;
- cultural utilities: the old engine depot comes into use
as an expositions’ hall, after adequate rehabilitation and appropriate lighting
system;
- two squares are in the site. One is located
between block “A” and block “B” and is surrounded by a commercial area with a large
flower-bed in the centre and garden benches. The second is in an open space,
and it is divided in three parts:
- a place covered by a tensostructure, in the shape of
starfish, under which on a simple platform children shows can be represented;
- a circular playground for children with garden benches for
their parents;
- a covered wooden pier with other garden benches where to
stay;
- a sport centre is foreseen on the east side: a soccer
playground and a minigolf in the open air, a bar and various utilities inside
complete the equipment.
Walkways are particularly important:
- a new covered wooden promenade, replacing
the old railway tracks, connects the site with the north and south parts of the
town.The covering is made by wooden pillar- beams carrying wooden rods to break
sunlight. Little wooden piers are attached, as crescent, to the promenade, to
allow walks near to the sea, swimming and sun bathing. Along the sea-front
people can find newspaper and ice cream kiosks and other utilities. On the
north side one of the piers becomes a port for small boats for citizens’ use;
- some other wooden platforms are located in one of the
squares and at the entrance of the sport centre;
- the other walkways in the site and near the parking lots are
made in stabilized earth, to better integrate themselves with existing
green.
Nature is considered very
important, being one of the main elements that denote urban quality:
- a pathway shows the entrance to the pine wood;
- many other trees of different varieties belonging to
the same families are planted in the site;
- green gardens are everywhere.
The type of House Units aims
at answering to one of the peculiarity of contemporany society: the request for
houses varies in accordance with the type of persons, and the type and size of
families; therefore the project proposes different flats from 55 sq.m. to 110 and
more sq.m., trying to satisfy the needs of both the young couples, looking for
their first house (small and cheap), and the larger families.
Traffic Network and parking
lots are studied to serve the site without producing problems to the internal walkways
and to the residential area.
The Architecture Of The Project
is tightly connected to the nature and the position of the site:
- the contour lines design the trend of the buildings;
- the heliothermic axis determines the orientation, to
obtain the best sun irradiation;
- the interior distribution is conceived to guarantee the best
sight orientation;
- one of the buildings has the form of a seagull.
