project Zagreb Downtown
windows of opportunities for central business district of Zagreb or Zagreb Downtown
open questions: how to make this district more attractive for habitation and business
what are the positive effects that public garages might have on public life and structural organization of 168 city blocks
what are inherent black swans of Zagreb downtown
and what are windows of opportunities
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IN Zagreb Central business district CBD exist two parallel worlds in one matrix, perimeter embellish street facades impressive only for the street sighting and
the other, lackluster courtyards hidden inside the urban blocks occasionally treated like parking grounds, dumps, slums but with far greater potentials |
stepping stones for CBD revitalization:
critical leverage lies in improvement of public transport and public garages in order to ban 12000 parking lost from the pavements
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Chief dangers:.quest for identity lies depend on how many new skyscrapers are acceptable.
in ZG downtown.
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2. Parking in the middle of the block is suitable solution only for local residents, Present shabby garages cannot be converted to other uses. That is pretext for status quo polity.
It is one very effective method how to obstruct retrofitting inside of urban blocks.
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Basically there are only two strategies how to deal with CBD.
Bold but scaled redevelopment projects that unite and open the block to new uses through variety of new public or semi public spaces, and
Closed projects for VIP user only,
identified by automatic fences on the entrance.
Are we rebuilding CBD only for those on top of the chain i.e. status quo
proponents or for all from bottom up.
| ZG downtown needs relevant key studies on how we use might or wish to use CBD as if it is a mere supermarket |
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| Up to new strategies indulge in occasional cultural triggers that indicates that 7/24 CBD is real possibility. |
in out and in between the block
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| prerequisites for urban renewal are flaneurs and open spaces |
Cjelovita studija Donji grad 2011.-, Govore da vole Donji grad, tako snažno da ga guše a da to ne vide.
Koji su vaši prijedlozi što činiti gradu koji u pomanjkanju razumijevanja i skrbi sve više gubi svoja prepoznatljiva Ilica.
Nakon 1979. fali o Donjem gradu, cjelovito, analitički i sa ciljem.
Društveno ekonomski razvoj prvenstveno tehnološki.
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| ZG downtown by AF in 2011 |
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| ZG downtown by ZZPUGZ 2009/2010 |
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private initiatives and real limits of capitalism
A coda:
objectives: life infills inside the block
main obstacle: parking lots, pious urban rules |
Attention:
Zagreb Downtown main peculiarity:
it abides two cities in one place
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| vernacular inner city - still hardly known waiting for euthanasia for more then 150 years |
representative and gemuetlich - polished jugendstil facades do not suffice
new life - target citizens needed to live there
