Block Badel - Urban clues for Zagreb Brownfields Rehab

Case study 2012: Hehab of UrbanBlock  Badel 

competition for the urban-architectural concept design for the BADEL SITE redevelopment

starting point: http://www.d-a-z.hr/en/competition/badel/

responds

mere playground for future possibilities or challenge for connoisseur

1. what does it mean "urban - architectural concept design" with no context

Is it we don't know what to do with the block or pretext for we want to make use of this area for opportunistic goals

2. need for programs that include systems approach

step by step guide: 

1. involve only a dash of history

2004 blok Badel sazetak

What was most important in 2004

2. consciernt networking 
There is only one Man_orientated street in Zagreb CBD  left if so.
Marticeva street is leading from The Main square to Block Badel

3. integration trough street life 
there are separated treas inside and outside the block
New alleys may induce new activities and tie up
Kvatric square, Marticeva street and Petrova hospital from outside in.

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some clues (from ZZPUGZ) needed? there are already   urban-rules
tips and tricks embedded in ZG Master plan  

4. narrative potential - layerd urban story-telling garnished with  
 architectural approach: reuse of style, scale, rythm and colors

Zagrepcanka district detailed plan for brownfield rehabilitation 001heinzel-vukovarska222a City project Zagrepcanka program 2007. "build city within the city" City project Zagrepcanka

Oil factory conversion 2007 2007 02Izmjene UPU Lj_p_z_b_CK Uljara Cond bus factory 2008 Zagreb east 2008 03upu Tvornica Autobusa Prezentacija Croatia bus conversion 001heinzel-radnicka222a TKZ Zagreb Textile factory Zagreb west 2008 01UPU_TKZ Banjavciceva Zavrtnica conversions 010prezentacija06_UPU Banjavciceva222

Urban clues for Zagreb as Blitzableiter

 OMG, reconsider rights and duties of Zagreb
as
the Blitzlight of Croatia


FTF
upside-down strategy

  invest in rails,
build settlements next to the rails
by making use of plans and programs

by preserving urban standards even hoist them radically if in these bad times butbe aware that
there are no shortcuts, only steady hard work for
black swans are eager on you if you are
a bottom line managers

A clue: bottom-up strategy
 percentage play
 a bit of common sense and
retrofitting strategy
be JIT
act immediately  -  re-use

engage empathy too
you want viable cities, poignant streets - biz life

learn panoptic picture

  

adopt scientific approach for

comparative and statistical analysis only

Learning from Borovje

Zagreb district  Borovje

pedestrian lanes still missing gentile horticultural touch, please plant trees

through the building where are shrubs, pots with flowers, more private initiative

linking settlements with vast void space
- something is missing on the both sides of the bridge
 to say hallo

cheapskates in action:
missing trees at least robinia, and curb side parking  

enclosures   with taste and style  separating denizens

  pretty traditional taste

well equipped villages will provide pedestrian lanes with a strip of flower beds, shrubs next to the fence

cosy  gardens on the ground level, elevated or depreciated;  yet not on roof -  leider

that looks comme il faut   like a nice start with personal charm

but white aggressive  zigzag fence is  introducing private parking
strange but far more interesting than

a pavement like this obviously instigating car drivers only 

nobody want to live with view on the street 

At the end - the bright example a fence treated 

as playing ground:  green stuff dotted with children  

really do you  miss some color in wintertime
 are we dulled by abundance of grayish cheep asphalt

but talking about  the color and style

komunalci gdje je taj osjećaj za ljepotu življenja
ljepota je u metodi pokušaja i promašaja i trenutnom ispravljanju pogrešaka
što se traži
openness, clarity and  sensitivity, 
when path and fruit are taken as union

and not to point out an iconographic building
chained by neighboring grayish  buildings that are to close
please use colors 
Bunt is beautiful
but plant more trees 

these buildings are not smiling 

they expect the ante gardens and 

appropriate focal point:

an invitation to visit Savica lakes like:

Posted 19th January by ivica fanjek

Labels: plans

Learning from Staro Trnje

Trnje most exposed part of Zagreb left bank

a gate
 a harbour
   a village
      a dormitory
people willing to stay /leave  =  dawn/dusk of tradition

lest  a symbol of ZG prospect


part one:   most obvious one,  Tempel of  Amun Re

universal prescription for everything concerning architecture and urbanism  incl.   attitude, scale and respect

glass   justifies pretext of coupling virtual couples in Mr.Struka mind
scale  is the scale of social awareness and deep care for human nature under the sun


part2: symbolic values of Zagreb bridges  specially  next to or inside the recreational areas

Bridge of freedom  Most slobode connecting the braves
SRC Jarun is expecting the same  :(

entrepreneurial Zagreb,  go to Trnje, invest in new Tkalčićeva street
!

get Zagreb in your heart

scope of present generators of change

or the old school missing childern

immanent potentials due to proximity to river Sava 

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starting point or  fresh-start in modern style
new dormitory  or  entrance Sava

further on:

road-to-trnje.html

zg-agenda.html