Introduction to the Space
The square is a space devided into western and eastern sides by Jelaska House. We decided to choose the western side of the square. This part is situated between Croatian National Theatre, church, Jelaska House and City Wall. It is near the bulwark of the historical core, but it is undefined as a square after many demolitions and buildings.
Around the square each building is self-sufficient, without connecting points. Towards the sea, spacial axis of the square as a distorted resultant of existing axis ends in the widened northern part of Marmont street. Heterogenity of buildings on the square, according to shape and value and relatively low objects do not sustain panoramic visures, only each object within the frame can keep certain qualities, and the square itself a certain monumentality.
We noticed the contrast between the architectually and stilistically analyzed neorennaisance fasade of the theatre, the secession Jelaska House on the opposite side and the baroque, later modernist fasade of the church. Mix of architectural shapes and of styles reflects the diversity of surrounding buildings: private-residental, spiritual, defensive.
Our first conclusion was that the place lacks a harder frame.
Key observations
- Unused potential of the square
- Function of a crossroad
- Frequent/transit space
- Traffic
- Older people remember the square as it was before (green area), but now they don't use it as a square
- All types of people circulate, but different groups in different parts of the day
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