E18 Sites - Zagreb (HR)

Zagreb (HR)

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Location Zagreb, Croatia
Scale L/S
Site Family Re-sourcing from social dynamic / Creating New Urban Relationships

Commission after competition is an URBAN DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

Inhabited milieu's challenges The city’s expansion across the Sava River began in the mid-20th century with the construction of the Zagreb Fair and the bridge along the central urban axis. In the socialist system, new housing estates were developed based on the Athens Charter principles and the functionalist city concept. These estates followed orthogonal matrix, featuring freestanding multi-apartment buildings surrounded by large park areas.
Simultaneously with the planned development of residential neighbourhoods, unplanned self-built housing areas emerged around historical village centers and along roads and pathways. Traditional villages have transformed into sparsely populated suburbs, a substandard urban periphery lacking adequate social and communal infrastructure.