dubrovnik's cruise ship tourism - a blessing in disguise

Dubrovnik’S cruiSe Ship TouriSma blessing in disguise

Proposal for an urban strategy with architectural interventionsdeveloped for the city of Dubrovnik, Croatia

Contact

Sybille Paulsen I email: [email protected] I phone: +49 (0) 176 60 96 75 71

Katharina Riedel I email: [email protected] I phone: +49 (0) 171 15 51 70 6

PREFACE

Dubrovnik, the pearl of the Adriatic, is a fascinating city because of its rich cultural heritage, its history, its location and its people. It

attracts many international tourists, especially cruise ship tourists due to the location at the Mediterranean Sea. The cruise industry

is the fastest growing sector in the tourism industry. Consequently the city will have to adjust to the circumstances it brings along,

namely the concentration of ships and passengers during the summer season which also results in a congested road network. The

emerging seasonality leads to extreme fluctuations ranging between congestion and emptiness; or between a vivid cultural scene and

a seasonal decline of public activities. Another critical realm is the city’s identity which focuses on the historic city core which limits

Dubrovnik’s identity to the image of the Old Town and restrains its other neighbourhoods to develop their potential.

This accelerating development brings new challenges for a sustainable city development and asks for solutions how to manage

the cruise ship tourism in Dubrovnik. Our project investigates possibilities to integrate cruise ship tourism in Dubrovnik’s urban

development, since it is of crucial importance for the balance of the city and the everyday life of its citizens. Furthermore we propose

to use the cruise ship tourism as a generator for urban development processes with all its positive and negative effects.

Our urban strategy combines a renewed overall public mobility network alongside acupunctural architectural interventions. Placed

strategically throughout the city the interventions trigger urban processes which lead to a slow and therefore genuine urban

development. Newly introduced alternative means of transportation link the interventions in order to increase the impact and create a

more sustainable infrastructure, matched to the needs of tourists and inhabitants likewise. We state that by intensifying certain zones

with new public spaces and sociocultural programms the pressure of the overly congested areas are relieved and in turn improves

the city structure as a whole. The overall aim of the project is to strengthen local communities by emphasising the uniqueness of their

neighbourhoods. A more diverse picture of Dubrovnik will be created while manifold local identities emerge. We propose an inventive

and authentic solution for the city of Dubrovnik which is also applicable for cities from similar historical and cultural backgrounds

dealing with the same issues.

Additionally, the often encountered paradox of having a strong identity in a global context, but lacking identifiability on a local level is

addressed.

Enjoy your reading,

Sybille Paulsen & Katharina Riedel

TabLe of conTenTS

inTroDucTion

Dubrovnik’s urban setting

Impact of cruise ship tourism

urban STraTegy

The intensified Dubrovnik

The intensified mobility system

archiTecTuraL inTervenTionS

Gruz - Terminal

Srdj - Libertas Museum

MoMA - Art in residence

Pile - Old Town Pier

Lapad - Beach terrace

evaLuaTion

Intensification and diversification

The extended mobility system handles the cruise ship shuttle traffic

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inTroDucTion Dubrovnik’s urban settings

The city of Dubrovnik is taken as

an example on how urban acupuncture can be

used to revitalise neglected neighbourhoods and

create new public spaces for social interaction.

Dubrovnik’s public spaces and its further urban

development are widely seen as challenging,

notably since the Europan 11 competition, where

the city sought solutions for new ways to explore

urban life and to confine the omnipresent traffic

facilities.

Our project proposes an urban

strategy addressing the most critical realms of

the city: the mobility network, seasonality and the city’s identity. It discusses the

regularly congested mobility network, as well

as its prevailing seasonality due to cruise ship

tourism, which leads to extreme seasonal

fluctuations ranging between congestion and

emptiness. Furthermore our thesis treats of the

predominant focus on the historic city core which

limits Dubrovnik’s identity to the image of the

Old Town and restrains other neighbourhoods to

develop their potential. On this basis the city loses

its balance which impairs the quality of life.

In order to restore this balance the

cultural public life, which is already exemplary

during the summer season, has to thrive

throughout the entire year without recession, to

enhance social interaction between the citizens

instead of restricting them. The perception of the

city needs to be broadened in order to explore the

city‘s full potential. The overall aim of the project is

to strengthen local communities by emphasising

the uniqueness of their neighbourhoods. A more

diverse picture of Dubrovnik will be created while

manifold local identities emerge.

Our developed urban strategy

combines a renewed overall public mobility

network alongside acupunctural architectural

interventions, implemented in defined

micro-urban zones. Placed strategically the

interventions trigger urban processes which lead

to a genuine urban development. We state that by

intensifying certain zones with new public spaces

and sociocultural programmes the pressure of the

overly congested areas are relieved and in turn

improves the city structure as a whole.

empty Stradun during winter season crowded Old Town during summer season congested streets in front of the Old Town

introduction 07

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the pearl of the Adriatic - Dubrovnik’s Old Town dominates the city’s identity

a holistic view - interventions on the whole city scale rebalance the urban system

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PEAK–SEASON for individual holiday travelsOFF–SEASON

PEAK–SEASON OFF–SEASON cruise ship tourists

10.000 passengers

5.000 passengers

cruise ship itineraries in the context of the Mediterranean Sea

Mayor cruise destinations:#1 Caribbean 46%#2 Mediterranean 11%#3 Alaska 6%

DubrovnIk In our opinion the strong focus on the

historic Old Town is obstructive for Dubrovnik’s

urban development. On the one hand, this iconic

perception is based on the tourists’ demand, for

whom the Old Town poses as the main attraction.

On the other hand, it is the centre of public life

for the citizens, where most of the cultural events

take place.

This concentration seriously affects

the city’s mobility. The additional traffic in the

summery peak season exceeds the capacity of

the infrastructure and leads to congestions. In

that aspect the cohesion with cruise ship tourism

is evident, whereby up to 10.000 day tourists

arrive simultaneously. Those high numbers cause

enormous logistics to transport the masses with

shuttle busses to the Old Town.

Another impact and typical by-product

of this particular mass tourism is the strong

seasonality. The city offers a from wide range of

cultural activities for visitors and inhabitants from

June to September. In the off-season tourism

and happenings decline and the city’s public life

becomes more or less desolated.

Those aforementioned circumstances

lead to extreme fluctuations, which affect the

physical as well as the sociocultural structures of

the city. Dubrovnik oscillates between congestion

and emptiness.

08 introduction

inTroDucTion Impact of cruise ship tourism

overstrained infrastructure system due to shuttle traffic between the harbour in Gruz and the Old Town

Gruz Old Town

Cavtat // AirportSplit // Ston

Highway E 65

GruZ

526 cruise ships / year611.756 passengers / year

179 cruise ships / year259.879 passengers / year

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CruIse shIp TourIsTs

experience I 7 cities in 7 daysDuration of shore leave I 4 -7 hours$$$ I tourists spend little money but cruise ships pay harbour dues

time spent on the ship

0.5 h

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cruise ships / year

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705cruise ships / year

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*source: 2010 - Statistic Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia

introduction 09

urban STraTegy

10 urban strategy

A strategy of deconcentration was

developed as an answer to the state of extreme

concentration in the mobility and identity issue of

the city.

The seasonally congested road

network is relieved by an additional public

transport network which connects the city in a

new way. An additional cable car links the two

parts of the city via the mountain Srdj and a water

taxi line connects Dubrovnik via the sea side. Both

new means of transportation offer an additional

alternative choice to get around in the city.

The aim of the new mobility network

is to orchestrate and deconcentrate the masses,

hence a strategy of deconcentration, as well as

creating a sustainable and easily accessible

public transportation system.

urban STraTegy Mobility: creating alternative connections

new public transport system

orchastrating the masses

existing connection between Gruz and the Old Town

Gruz

Old Town

70 minduring peak season15 min

45 min

eXiSTing TENSE SiTuaTion

l Existing connections by bus /car / foot

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neW RELIEVED SiTuaTion

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45 mingruZoLD

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lll New connection via the water by water taxi

10 min 25 min 32 mingruZ

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ll New connection via the mountain by cable car

3 min 18 min 21 min

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urban strategy 11

urban STraTegy Identity: enhancing potential subcenters

trigger

subcenters

placing architectural interventions that trigger the urban development

localising potential subcenters outside of the Old Town

Old Town

Gruz

architectural acupuncture

Here the paradox that Dubrovnik

has a very strong identity in a global context

but is lacking identifiability on a local level is

addressed. To equalize this phenomena of

a concentrated identity the development of

potential subcenters outside of the Old Town is

stimulated.

The research focuses on public spaces

of interaction, where tourists and inhabitants

already encounter each other. Moreover the

specific characters of these zones were analysed

to strengthen the local identity of the places.

Architectural acupuncture is

stimulating the urban development process by

placing architectural interventions, so called

„triggers“, in these three prospective subcenters.

The triggers are hybrids of an infrastructural

programme, ensuring the connection to the city,

and a socio-cultural programme deriving from the

aforementioned character analysis of the zones.

Hence they link both strategic measures - the

extension of the public transport system and

the stimulation of the socio cultural exchange,

resulting in an enriched public life and activation

of the urban fabric.

inhabiTanTS

beaches & parks

restaurants& bars

cultural institutions

hotels

sights TouriSTS

inhabiTanTS & TouriSTS inTenSifieD ciTysubcenters

zones of retreat

subcenter analysis 1: zones of interaction among the inhabitants

Socio cuLTuraL programm mobiLiTy programm

triggers: architectural hybrids of two programmes to activate the subcenters

subcenter analysis 2: zones of interaction among the tourists

subcenter analysis 3: overlay of zones to identify the parts of the city where tourists and inhabitants interact

subcenter analysis result: 3 subcenters are defined, where interaction among inhabitants and tourists take place, as well as a “grey area”, the zones of retreat which are untouched residential areas for the inhabitants.

12 urban strategy

zones of interaction / envisioned subcenters unplanned area / functioning city unplanned area / zones of retreat

5LAPAD

5 Lapad Bay Sauna, Lapad

1 Gruz Terminal, Gruz

2 Libertas Museum, Mount Srdj

3 MoMa Artist-in-Residence, Ploce

4 Pile Station, Pile

urban STraTegy The intensified City

urban strategy 13

3 MoMA4PILE

1 GRUZ

2 SRDJ

14 architectural interventions

archiTecTuraL inTervenTionS Cable Car Connection

The harbour in Gruz is a segregated

area, inaccessible for the inhabitants and

Dubrovnik‘s biggest area without inclination.

In the summer time the harbour is used to its

full capacity handling up to eight cruise ships at

a time. Despite the high number of cruise ship

tourists that arrive here day by day hardly anyone

spends time in this part of the town. Most of

them immediately continue their journey to

the famous Old Town at the other end of the city.

During the winter season the activity decreases

and the vast, cut-off harbour area is abandoned.

A striking theme of Gruz is the

difference in the buildings scale: from big

scale cruise ships over medium size storage halls,

administrative buildings and hotels to small scale

housing. With its markets, cafes and restaurants

Gruz is a lively area for the inhabitants.

1 gruZ Character Analysis

Queen Mary 2

HOTEL PETKA

AUTOBUSN KOLODVOR

GRUZ SHOPPING

100m1:500

Queen Mary 2 (341m)

Bus Terminal (86m)Shopping Center (66m)

Hotel Petka (53m)

Souvenirs (3m)Gruz Dwellings (6-20m) Access Gate (10m) Ticket Shop (17m) Kiosk (3m) Tent (4m)

Cruise Ship Terminal (117m) Gruz Port Authority (45m)

Konzum Supermarket (90m)Halls (58m)

Queen Mary 2

HOTEL PETKA

AUTOBUSN KOLODVOR

GRUZ SHOPPING

100m1:500

Queen Mary 2 (341m)


Hotel Petka (53m)




Queen Mary 2

HOTEL PETKA

AUTOBUSN KOLODVOR

GRUZ SHOPPING

100m1:500

Queen Mary 2 (341m)


Hotel Petka (53m)




large scale structures

segregated area

Gruz harbour: arrival point for most cruise ship tourists

a playful handling of different scales

analytic map - main influences and characteristics on site

architectural interventions 15

The new terminal building in Gruz

is located next to the segregated area of the

harbour. It plays with the varying scales of

the site, ranging between small scale housing

and large scale warehouses of the harbour. It

combines a necessary mobility hub with leisure

orientated programme to equalise its transient character.

The building reacts to the seasonal

changes of the district. It expands in the winter

season and integrates the unused harbour areal,

adding it to its programmatic variety. Thus the vast

open area turns into an accessible park landscape

and invites the citizens to reconquer this mostly

unaccessible land. The building complex houses

the cable car station, the international bus station,

a roof top park and a flexible event space. This

big open space is able to host various big events.

Secondly it serves as parking spaces in the

inbetween times, where no event takes place and

the need for parking spots demands it.


1 gruZ Gruz Terminal

gruz terminalgruz harbourcable car station, water taxi station, flexible indoor space, roof park and car park14.312 m211.451 m20,816.885 m211 m above ground

project:location:

programm:

plot area:gross floor area:floor area ratio:

outdoor floor area:building height:

main building materials

mobility programm

2:00 pm / 28. october: kite festival

pArk LAnDsCApefor recreation

shops & CAFesfor waiting & watching

ouTLookfor watching ships

evenT spACefor flexible uses



2 SrDJ Character Analysis

The view from Mount Srdj over

Dubrovnik, the Adriatic sea and the mountains

is majestic. From up there the city can be

perceived as a whole and the visitor can

observe the urban life with distance. The existing

cable car station houses a cafe, souvenir shop and

an outside amphitheatre. Right beside the station

is the imperial fortress build by Napoleon which

hosts a war museum today to commemorate the

defence of Dubrovnik during the war in the 1990’s.


view from cable car station

Dubrovnik and Mount Srdj


InTerACTIve eXhIbITIonfor educating & discussing

pAnorMA TerrACefor overviewing the city


2 SrDJ Libertas Museum

The cable car station connects Gruz

with the high plateau of the local mountain Srdj.

Architecturally the station is carved into the

mountain with a 360° roof terrace, overlooking

Dubrovnik‘s stunning landscape.

The building houses the “Libertas

Museum” which broaches the issue of Dubrovnik‘s

independence in the course of history. Thereby

the new Libertas Museum creates a counterpart

to the already existing war museum located at

the other cable car station towards the Old town.

Thus the panoramic view can be perceived with

two very different connotations; one of war

and destruction and one of freedom and peace.

From the entrance the visitor is lead through

the museum along a ramp, passing an exhibition

about the city’s historic development. The waiting

hall provides enough space for small events, like

lectures or temporary exhibitions. libertas stationmount srdjcable car station andcity museum1.400 m21.785 m20,782.700 m26.454 m above ground

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mobility programm

12:01 am /1. January: new years celebration

LIberTAs MuseuMfor educating


archiTecTuraL inTervenTionS Water Taxi Connection

3 moma Character Analysis

The district of Ploce consists of

residential housing, cultural institutions like the

Museum of Modern Art and hotels alined at the

shore. The hotels are mostly four or five star

accommodations with a great and unique view on the Old Town of Dubrovnik. The Lazareti

and the Revelin, which are found on the way to

the Ploce Gate, house cultural events like parties,

concerts and exhibitions. The popular Banje

beach is situated between the Old Town and

Excelsior hotel. This is a thriving and lively public

space in the summer time .

momabanje beach

hotel excelsior

view from Hotel Excelsior to the Old Town

hotels

beaches

cultural insitutions

Lazareti with the Revelin in the backgroundBanje beach

Ploce



open sTuDIofor teaching & exhibiting

pubLIC sQuArefor seeing & being seen

beACh DeCkfor sunbathing & swimming

ArTIsT sTuDIosfor creating & studying


3 moma Artist-in-residence

This hybrid of an artist residence and

a water taxi station is located directly in front of

Dubrovnik‘s Museum of Modern Art. It connects

the Museum to the coastline and accentuates

the slightly hidden institution with a public space

arranged in front of it.

The building cascades down

alongside the cliffs, thereby connecting the water

taxi pier with the street level. Nestling to the

coastline it keeps the panoramic view on the Old

Town for the expensive hotels intact. The artist

studio spaces for the artists are connected via

an publicly accessible path system, allowing the

visitors to have an insight into the artists work.

This provokes interaction among the different

users. The artists private and collective rooms are

located more remotely underneath the studios,

allowing privacy and contemplation. MoMA residenceplocewater taxi pier and artist-in-residence1086 m2516 m20,4873 m222,9 m above ground

project:location:

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mobility programm

4:00 pm / 2. June: artist in residence open studio exhibition



4 pile Character Analysis

The drop-off area for the public

busses, taxis and private cruise coaches is located

in front of the Pile Gate, hence this gate is the main

entrance to the Old Town. During the summer

season it is congested and overcrowded.

Meanwhile the two other gates to the Old Town,

Buza and Ploce Gate, are hardly used. The

sidewalks along the moat are very narrow and

close to the busy streets, making it difficult for

tourist groups to use them.

Potential areas that are currently used

as car parks and taxi hubs have the potential to be

converted into a pedestrian park connecting the

gates and profiting from the impressive views on

the city walls.

potential !

PILE GATE

BUZAGATE

PLOCEGATE

NEWBus station &

parking

cabel car station

congested Pile Gate parking in the moatexisiting park on sea level

current traffic situation in Pile

BUZAGATE

PLOCEGATE

PILE GATE

New Bus station & Car park

access to Old Town

bus traffic




4 pile Old Town Pier

Next to the architectural intervention

a redesign on urban level is planned. In order

to deconcentrate the pile drop-off area the

private cruise ship shuttle coaches and the taxi

drop-off are relocated to a new spot at Buza Gate.

There the construction of multi-use car park and

infrastructural hub should be considered. The

parking facilities for cars should be gathered in

this new building as well, clearing the potential

areas in the moat for a pedestrian connection.

Predominantly the urban and architectural

interventions are meant to orchestrate the masses that want to get in and out of the Old

Town.

The water taxi station relieves the

public transport on street level and creates

an inviting public space on water level. The

architectural interventions are minimal: two roofs

offer shelter from the weather and create space

to improvise a public use, e.g. a market. The pier

prominently reaches out to the open sea between

the rocks. Its roof creates a waiting area for the

water taxi passengers. At the other end big stairs

connect the park with the street level.

pile pierpilewater taxi pier and flexible sheltered space for improvised programm4.884345 m20,071.460 m25 m above ground

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mobility programm

1:00 pm / 28. August: market and lido performance

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GArDenfor relaxing & gathering

GArDenfor playing & interaction

rooFfor waiting & resting

rooFfor playing & interaction



5 LapaD Character Analysis

The bay’s shore is alternating between

rocky cliffs, pebble beaches and man-made

shapes and stairs taming the rough nature. Lapad

bay is a popular beach in Dubrovnik and used by

locals and tourists likewise. The coastline is lined

with hotels promising great views and access

to the sea. In the summer time the area is very

vivid and the area celebrates body culture and the experience of the senses: swimming,

sun bathing, sailing, playing, relaxing. The lack

of a proper winter programme leaves the bay

abandoned during the off season.

100m1:2000

shore variation: man made vs. natural rocky coastline

lively summer season abandoned winter seasonenjoying the warm water

hotels

beaches

bathing areas



beach terracelapad baywater taxi station, sun deck & sauna1.226 m2233m20,19993 m24 m above ground

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5 LapaD Beach Terrace

The seasonal differences can be

clearly experienced in the Lapad Bay. As soon

as the temperatures drop in wintertime and the

sea turns cold the bay is abandoned and empty.

The architectural intervention responds to this

phenomena by offering different uses for the two

seasons, introducing a winter programme for the bay. During winter a sauna landscape

takes advantage of the cold water temperatures.

In summer the terrace serves as a beach deck for

sunbathing and sporty activities. In both seasons

the intervention stays authentic to the bays

characteristic theme “body culture”.

The building nestles against the rocky

coast line, hiding the sauna and change rooms

inside the cliffs. The sun deck mimics the man-

made shapes that are already present in the

design of the bay. The water taxi connection

makes the area easily accessible by sea. The

Lungomare, which encloses the bay, guarantees

access by foot.


mobility programm

8:00 am / 11. november: cooling off after the sauna

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WATer TAXI pIerfor arriving & departing

beACh DeCkfor sunbathing & swimming

sAunA for relaxation

The project intents to transform

Dubrovnik into a versatile and balanced city; we

call it the intensified Dubrovnik. By this means

the city becomes resilient and adaptable. Due to

that progression the city is capable to absorb the

seasonal fluctuations on every level and thus

minimises its subsequent effects.

The project explaines how targeted

interventions can function as a catalyst for

fundamental urban transformations. The punctual

intensification and diversification of small defined

„micro-hubs“ in the different neighbourhoods

are minimal operations, which achieve maximal

results. Urban processes are provoked and

ideally implemented with the participation of the

citizens.

Furthermore the project strives to

initiate a sustainable development for the city

on different levels. Firstly the new mobility system

reduces the road users and introduces eco-

friendlier means of transportation, emitting less

C02. Secondly a social sustainability is envisioned

by supporting sociodiversity and interaction. Thus

the local communities are strengthened, leading

to vivid neighbourhoods and enhancing the

quality of life for the citizens.

For the implementation and the final

definition of the trigger-projects a democratic

process is favoured, which should ideally be based

on the participation of the citizens together with

the local authorities. In that way the development

will be authentic and fruitful.

This strategy has the major advantage

that it can be implemented in phases and to a

flexible extent, concerning available budgets

and resources as a point of origin. Therefore the

developed approach is equally applicable during

times of the global economic crisis.

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evaLuaTion Intensification and diversification

“Strategic punctual interventions can create a new energy and help the

desired scenario to be consolidated. This is “Urban Acupuncture”: it revitalises

an ... area and its surroundings through a simple touch of a key point. Just

as in the medical approach, this intervention will trigger positive chain-

reactions, helping to ... enhance the whole system.

There are three fundamental issues that are key to the good quality of urban

life: sustainability, mobility and sociodiversity.“

Jamie Lerner, Harvard Business Review, 2011

newly activated buildings buildings within subcenters buildings inbetween buildings in zones of retreat

For the interpretation of our research

we would like to place the project in the context

of the „urban acupuncture“ methodology. In the

current urban and architectural discourse this

approach is intensely discussed and seen as

an innovative alternative to large-scale master

planning. The method got already applied in cities

like Curitiba in Brazil. Jamie Lerner, architect

and the city‘s mayor, succeeded to revitalise the

entire city system by stimulating problematic

neighbourhoods punctually.

a balanced city: offering a gradient of interaction ranging between intense subcentres and zones of retreat

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diversification over time - rhythms and life cycles of the urban space

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evaLuaTion The intensified Gruz

Shops & Cafés

Bus Station

Park

Concerts

Cinema

Skating

Roller Disco

Flexible Space

ShopsRestaurantsClubsBars

* inoperable due to stormy weatherCable Car Station

*

Ferry Terminal

*

ENRICHMENT of CORE PROGRAMME

IMPLEMENTATION of CORE PROGRAMME

wintersummer wintersummer wintersummer

INTENSIFICATION within the ZONE

Gruz terminal serves as a landmark

and combines the functions of a mobility hub

with a flexible event space and a public park. It

introduces leisure activities in an area dominated

by its roughness and transitory character.

The intensification of the zone begins with the

enrichment of the core programme with more

diverse uses. Improvised activities take place like

skating or movie screenings. This adoption of the

place by the citizens triggers the settlement of

new active programme along the harbour road.

the gradual settlement of new public programmes already activated buildings phase 01 phase 02


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evaLuaTion The intensified srdj

Libertas Museum

*

Cable Car Station

Park

Independence Day Party

Lectures

Panoramic Photo Point

Planting The Park

New Years Celebration





* inoperable due to stormy weather

Srdj station connects Gruz and the Old

Town. At the same time the Libertas Museum

gives an input to the visitors, influencing his

perception on the city panorama. The core

programme will be diversified with events like

lectures and public celebrations. It is not intended

to intensify this area with new buildings, it will

have its effect on the valley stations

the gradual settlement of new public program already activated buildings phase 01 phase 02

evaLuaTion The intensified MoMA





*

* inoperable due to stormy weatherWater Taxi Pier

Artist Studios Art SuppliesGaleries Bars Fishing Supplies

Exhibition Space

Diving Contest

Beach Deck

Performing Summer Festival

Beach Party

Dubrovnik Art Fair

Art Classes

Fishing Fishing Competion

Artist Studios

New Artists Moving In


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The MoMA artist-in-residence

programme reemphasises the city‘s edge behind

the Old Town, focussing on artistic culture. In the

process of adoption to the new activation the core

programme of artist studios and exhibition spaces

will be enriched by art classes, art fairs and

performances for the Summer Festival. These

additional activities trigger the intensification

of the zone with new settlement of for example

galleries, studios, shops for art supplies and bars.


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Playground

Garden

Ping Pong TournamentIndoor Sports (eg. Ping Pong)

Location for the Dubrovnik Sweets Festival

Ice Cream Parlour

Gardening in the Moat local boat repair

Flexible Space

Summer Festival Performance

Kayak Rental





*


evaLuaTion The intensified pile


Pile Old Town pier establishes a

new access to the Old Town by the waterfront.

Its main task is to organise and distribute the

flow of people. Additionally the flexible space

at the square can shelter spontaneous public

activities, like performances and sports. The

triggered intensification of the surrounding mainly

influences the Old Town Moat, which has the

potential to become a lush green connecting park

with locations for urban farming.

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evaLuaTion The intensified Lapad

*


Sundeck

Sauna

Cool Off

Summer Festival Performance

Beach Party

New Year Bathing

(converted) Saunas Whirlpools Massages Sport Facilities







Lapad beach terrace introduces new

uses during the winter season in Lapad Bay,

keeping the zone vivid almost all year long. The

enrichment of the core programme foresees

events like new year bathing, beach parties or

using the Lapad terrace as a stage for Summer

Festival performances. The developments in

that area will trigger similar new venues to settle

around the bay, like whirlpools, saunas and sport

facilities.

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current shore excursion itineraries - the few connecting streets between Gruz and the Old Town are easily congested - poorer experience for the cruise ship tourists

possible future shore excursion itineraries - using the new mobility system relieves the city traffic - manifold first impressions for the tourists

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evaLuaTion The extended mobility system handles the cruise ship shuttle traffic

The authorsSybille Paulsen and Katharina Riedel, both young architects based in Berlin, graduated from

the University of Technology Berlin in 2012 with the diploma thesis „Dubrovnik Cruiseship

Tourism- a blessing in disguise“ at the chair of Prof. Bostjan Vuga. Their fields of research are

urban processes and the composition of public space.

Sybille Paulsen Sybille undertook further education at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of

Architecture, Copenhagen. During her studies she assisted Prof. Susanne Hoffmann, founder

of the office Baupiloten, in developing and leading several participation based workshops. She

has worked for Graft Architects, Berlin and is currrently practising as an artist and designer.

Katharina Riedel Katharina undertook further education at the Delft University of Technology. During her

studies she participated in multiple international workshops e.g. at Tsinghua University

in Bejing and with die Angewandte, Vienna. She has worked several years as a student

tutor at the University of Technology Berlin and in various offices amongst others NL

architects, Amsterdam. Currently she is working as an architect in Berlin, establishing her own

architecture and urbanism practice.

ABOUT

The AuThOrSSybille Paulsen

(Dipl.-Ing. of Architectural Studies)

Katharina Riedel

(Dipl.-Ing. of Architectural Studies)

PrOjecT PhASeDecember 2011 - June 2012

within the framework of the University of Technology Berlin

Guest Professor Boštjan Vuga

Straße des 17. Juni 152

10623 Berlin

cOncePT, DeSiGn, cOMPOSiTiOnSybille Paulsen, Katharina Riedel

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or

transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording other-

wise, without the prior written permission from the authors.

SOurceSIf not mentioned otherwise, for sketches, models, photography, plans, and computer-generated

pictures: Sybille Paulsen, Katharina Riedel

DiScLAiMerThe authors have taken every effort to trace the copyright holders of photographs and plans

reproduced in this edition. Should any copyright holders be missed, we ask those affected to contact

the authors.

cOnTAcTSybille Paulsen I email: [email protected] I phone: +49 (0) 176 60 96 75 71

Katharina Riedel I email: [email protected] I phone: +49 (0) 171 15 51 70 6

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