Swap on the river. Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio
03/12/2019.
[Zagreb] Croatia
metalocus, ANA DIOSDADO
metalocus, ANA DIOSDADO
The project is the winning proposal of Europan 13 – Adaptable City international competition organized by Europan HR team. It is the first implemented Europan Competition project in Croatia within the 25-year cooperation.
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Site plan. Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio.
Activities. Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio.
Activities. Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio.
Axonometric section. Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio.
Plan. Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio.
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio.
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Renderings before and after flooded area. Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio.
Model. Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio.
Rendering. Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio.
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
Sava Activities by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Photograph by Marko Mihaljević
The project, designed by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio, aims to revitalize and reincorporate the banks of the Sava River into the daily life of the city of Zagreb.
The development of the proposal is proposed as a phased intervention that will grow over several years. The construction of the first phase was completed last summer of 2019.
The development of the proposal is proposed as a phased intervention that will grow over several years. The construction of the first phase was completed last summer of 2019.
Project description by Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio
Sava Activities is an on-going public urban design project aiming to reintroduce the riverbanks of Zagreb’s Sava River to the daily life of the city. Initiated as a competition proposal in 2015, the project had been developed around the flood related characteristics of the river.
Unlike the other European capitals which are established around a river, Zagreb’s urban growth had been formed with a tendency to move away from Sava. As the wildest branch of Danube, Sava River historically had harmed and destructed Zagreb, but now regulated with the construction of the embankment; its riverbanks carry the potential to be rethought as vital urban spaces of Zagreb.
Due to increasing water levels which occur several times a year, no permanent structure or object can be placed on the riverbanks. Under the main theme of the competition topic of “Adaptable City”, the project focused on revitalizing the 7 km long riverbank area through ephemeral programmatic injections to experiment the inclusion of this waterfront public space to the city, enhancing the east-west connection through the river.
Expanding into a 7 km long area of inundation zone, the project transforms the riverbanks with subtle landscape interventions and employs 9 activator structures (temporary scaffolding pavilions) with varying programs to be interchanged in various combinations in between sites, in different seasons, with the ability of dismantling in case of raising water levels.
In Summer 2019, the first phase of the project has been implemented on 3 sites which are located around the frequently used bridges of Zagreb. The scaffolding pavilions of the first phase have been constructed and activated with various cultural and sports programs between June-September, and later, dismantled before the seasons of high-water levels.
The on-going process revolves around an interactive exhibition to help shape the project’s future phases with an inclusive public debate employing the learnings from the initial phase. As a research tool and an idea gathering platform, the exhibition attempts to create a stage to blur the design decisions between the architect and the user, and encourage a design process in which the future of the project is built on the feedback from the users.
The main aim of the project and the process concentrates on the transformation of 7-km long riverside into an enduring public space with temporary programming. In this manner, the project stands as an exploration of opportunities to experiment the effect of relatively small, soft and temporal interventions that are characterized by dynamism, immateriality, and indeterminacy on an XL urban scale scenario.
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Architects
Openact Architecture + Sara Palomar Studio. Authors.- Zuhal Kol, Carlos Zarco Sanz, Sara Palomar Pérez.
Design team
Zuhal Kol, Carlos Zarco Sanz, Sara Palomar Pérez, Jose Luis Hidalgo, Barış Can Cüce, Zeynep Küheylan, Ozan Şen, Rana Zehra İmam.
Collaborators
Local consultancy.- Arhitektura minimal d.o.o. Structural project.- Ultra Studio d.o.o. Electrical project.- ETS Farago d.o.o. Installation project.- Sinerji Dinamik Proje Mühendislik. Fire safety project.- Inspekting d.o.o.
Client
City of Zagreb - City Office for the Strategic Planning and Development of the City
Contractor
Openact Architecture Ltd.
Dates
Competition.- 2015. Project.- 2017. Completed.- 2019 (Phase 1)
Area
Total area.- 105,000 m². (Phase 1)
Builded area.- 2534 m². (Phase 1)
Photography
Sara Palomar. SaraPalomar Studio
SaraPalomar Studio is a young creative office based in Madrid and founded in 2017. Sara Palomar have worked and collaborated with several national and international architectural firms . We are interested in architecture, art, design, sociology, technology and politics as a way of enhance and promote urban coexistence.
Sara runs her own architecture practice and is co-founder of AOA, Another Office of Architecture, a collaborative platform for architecture, art, research and other shared interests.
Sara runs her own architecture practice and is co-founder of AOA, Another Office of Architecture, a collaborative platform for architecture, art, research and other shared interests.
Zuhal Kol, Carlos Zarco Sanz. Openact Architecture
Openact Architecture is a multiple design practice that operates within the fields of architecture and urbanism. Founded by Zuhal Kol, Carlos Zarco Sanz, OPENACT has received several international and national awards in multiple architecture and design competitions. The studio’s work has been exhibited in numerous venues across Spain and Turkey, as well as the United States, Croatia, Poland, Portugal, Italy, Argentina, and China. Their academic research and works have been published in several books and journals including: Water Index, Praznine, Cornell AAP Association, Mimarist, The Petropolis of Tomorrow, Yapi, Scenario Journal and UEM Reia.
OPENACT has received national and international recognition for innovative design work and research.
OPENACT has received national and international recognition for innovative design work and research.
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