IVANA NIKOLIĆ - PORTFOLIOARCHITECT AND URBAN PLANNER

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urban integration - KAJZERICA KINDERGARDEN

On the south bank of the Sava river in Zagreb in the residential area of Kajzerica there is not much space quality , pleasant ambience or represen-tative architecture. Although it was built without any spatial or urban plans, the rows of houses and buildings can still be determined. Existingurban value was used to group and locate the kindergarten and its facilities into 6 units. Nevertheless, that urban value is not visible in the spacebut only in the plan, therefore a new membrane with multifunctional purpose was created. The membrane served as a border of a new childrenmicroworld, as a security fence, as a connection among all the units and as a multipurpose space for children to play.

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was situated in the ground, with roof’s surfaces and skylights being the only visible intervention in the natural envi-ronment. The underground space held sport and dance halls, while the administration area was located in the oldforti�cation roof structure was designed as a series of wooden beams with di�erent sections.

The Muzil peninsula is a part of the city Pula mostly covered with rich vegetation and old forti�ca-tions. Because of the natural resources any new interventions in this area should be as subtle aspossible, while its form and purpose should emphasize the quality of existing views. The mainpurpose of the new building was to construct sports facility with an emphasis on dance. Most of it

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housing revitalisation - FOLNEGOVICEVOFolnegovicevo is a residential area in Zagreb built in the 1960s and due to its high quality there is no need for urban intervention, while its build-ings need an urgent revitalisation. The basic constructive and residential unit of the selected building type was 4 x 4 metres, so the intention wasto keep that concept since it o�ers potential for �exibility. The aim was to keep the same constructive system and the same number of �ats, butto improve the quality of life. Along the north side of the existing building a new row of units was introduced, as well as one unit added to boththe eastern and western sides. These interventions create new �exibility inside the �ats, which on one side can be extanded into a new unit bet-ween two �ats as well as being used as open or closed spaces.

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interior design - MADE IN CROATIA

Recently Croatia has made a big e�ort in order to present itself through more aspects ofits heritage other than the beautiful Adriatic coast. The idea of this project is to create acommon and unique space to display outstanding Croatian products. The interior designwas carried for a brand called PIP d.o.o. that produces quality products made of honey.The space that was created would be both a showroom and a shop, de�ned by a centralconstruction that is imitating a bee hive.

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detailed design - CAR SHOWROOM

The task was to create an original space for cars to be shown and sold. The design was determined by the path ofusers moving through the space. This path was de�ned by three continuous, curved walls. Those curvatures deri-ved from the idea of opening to the northwest, which is the most representative space. Contrast was also one ofthe themes most successfully shown in the construction, where organic, soft and wavy walls were opposing thesolid and squared roof plate.

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educational building - VRBANI SCHOOL

Within this program it was required to design a primary school with theaccompanying sport facilities. The given location was in the new resida-ntial area called Vrbani, planned and located in the southwest part ofZagreb. The goal of the urban setting was to contrast surrounding buil-dings, to create a local community centre as well as to emphasize newlyplanned pedestrian trail located along the north facade. The conceptwas to transmute the vertical communication into a multipurpose spacewhich connects all the parts and creates a unique and common area forthe whole school.

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conceptual thinking - CONNECTING MULTIFACETED UNITS INTO A SETThe task was to make a multipurpose space using multifaceted units for displays at the fair exibitions. It was inspired by free �oating icebergsthat create di�erent surfaces in di�erent moments. The elements used in the project were wooden �at surfaces �exible in their horizontalplacement on steel girders with adjustable height, where the vertical communication was located in the space between the girders which istwo metres wide.