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Year: 2004
Location: Budasevska Str. 20, Zagreb
Investor: Caritas of the Zagreb Archdiocese
Kaptol 31, Zagreb
Authors: Vesna Mikić, Ph.D.,Arch.Eng., Zorana Protić, B.Sc. (arch.) and Damir Petric, B.Sc. (arch.)
The project foresees construction of an infill and a playground next to the existing Caritas's Home for Abandoned Children in the Zagreb neighbourhood of Savica-Šanci.
The land plot is of a square shape and the terrain is gently sloping towards the northeastern edge of the plot and the existing road.
The building is designed as a compact two-level structure set up along the existing Caritas facility, retracted from the road to the line of the existing facility.
The building consists of two above-ground levels, a basement, and a loft. It is designed as a family house with rooms for different purposes: living rooms and dining rooms equipped with sanitary facilities on the ground floor and the first level, a play-room with an open terrace in the loft, and common, supplementary units in the basement, including a kitchenette and the common area for socializing. The land plot is of an irregular shape, covering 415 m2 and 316 m2 of gross surface.
The above-ground section of the building includes: the ground floor, the first floor and the loft.
The building is designed as a single-storey building with an exit to the exterior pedestrian plateau at the same level in order to contribute as much as possible the organization and the quality of an individual family house, with a garden – playground, and to ensure its three-sided orientation.
All users of the facility have the possibility to use the exterior green part of the children's playground.
All units of the facility are organized in two sections in terms of function and available space: the primary zone of the living space is predominantly open to the exterior greenery by means of large glass planes; and the secondary zone, which includes sanitary facilities and workshops designed with single openings.
The area of Budaševska Str. consists of a number of free-standing buildings densely arranged along the road.
In an effort to achieve a high-quality interaction with the existing structure, the infill is designed as a compact structure of a simple appearance.
The infill is set up in the interior part of the land plot. The elongated, relatively narrow structures create a new space in the front area of the pedestrian and vehicular plateau through a protected and free green zone intended for play and rest.
The access to the facility is provided from the internal road and an access plateau to the main entrance.
The exterior area is divided into a representative access plateau made of coloured asphalt, with two parking places and two trees that separate this section from the entrance section; and a green, closed and protected, playground area fenced with 150-cm high hedge. The zoning of the land plot is achieved by taking into account the purpose of the facility and by selecting materials and directions of movement that ensure undisturbed work with children and the servicing of the facility.
In terms of form, the facility is articulated through different treatments of facade sections: the lower, square-shaped, closed basic body (poly-cement plaster) is designed with large glass planes; the sloping upper section of the loft (bituminized shingle) with an open roof terrace that covers 25% of the floor surface.
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