E17 Portraits - A Roof Without a House - A Study of Slowness

Makarska (HR) - Runner-up

A Roof Without a House - A Study of Slowness

Associates: Sara Blekić (HR), Hana Dašić (HR), Antea Divić (HR), Jana Horvat (HR), Ria Tursan (HR) – architects

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"The project proposes a design strategy that is not purely additive, but also subtractive, deemed appropriate for the over-built spatial context of our project site, Makarska. We were interested in adding new spatial qualities to the sites, but also in taking part of the excess away. The resulting open, public spaces with newly-introduced natural, as well as architectural elements, serve as a social platform and home to the city’s various ecologies, human and non-human alike."

A sequence of open public spaces formed on the project sites
Man-made and natural roofs inhabited by diverse ecologies
The project sites as vibrant, new focal points of the city center