Reka patching the city, international architecture workshop

• Main Author: Ajda Primožič
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: University of Ljubljana 2012-01-01
• Series: AR: Arhitektura, Raziskave
• Online Access: http://www.fa.uni-lj.si/filelib/9_ar/2012-2-3/ar2012-23_36_primozic.pdf

The INA oil refinery, having a significant impact on the quality of life in Rijeka, is just about to complete the transfer of its oil production from the city to the southern penninsula of Bakar. Rijeka is thus acquiring great potential for developing new kinds of activity almost in the centre of the city.What is the quality of this newly acquired area? While the land is steep and hard to build on, the 50 ha of land and 2 km of waterfront being liberated from industry is priceless. An additional value lies in its rich industrial heritage and specific industrial building legacy. What happens to this land in the near future is therefore a very important issue.An international student workshop called PATCHING UP RIJEKA was organised by the City Council of Rijeka to generate some initial ideas about what Rijeka needs, and what the most suitable programme for the location would be. Firstly, we were introduced to the site and INA’s role in the everyday life of Rijeka in October 2009. At that time, we made an analysis which served us later when we were developing our projects. We gave a preliminary presentation of our developing ideas in Ljubljana in order to establish the direction of different groups and their progress. The final review was in Rijeka, in December 2009, where all the projects were publicly compared and critically discussed. There were no winners, but a wide range of different ideas that the City Council can now use for the future management of the newly-acquired area.