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A surface that folds to create a public scenography and to give privacy to residential neighborhoods, or to realize different public places. A platform that is flexible to any change, which in any moment perfectly answers to the needs of the city and the public.
The square will be the new gate of Pogdorica. A representative public space that can perfectly be the arrival point of a visitor in the Capital of Montenegro. The first sight of a public and urban space. A representative place which binds at the same time the bus terminal, the train station and the Jusovača prison with the neighborhood. A place that can be experienced by its inhabitants every day. A space suitable for pedestrians, which leaves a large space for the view from the station but at the same time finds moments of intimacy in the shade of the trees.
The square communicates with the other public spaces of Pogdorica. In fact, it’s inserted in a system of public spaces and green corridors. The project reinterprets the context on a large scale, combining different components of the city in a single place: the green compontent, the residential one, the monumental one, the public one. The square is connected by pedestrian axes and public transport to other squares and the historical center, and it welcomes the green elements.
The proposal is not only about design but it’s about a strategy of future development and expansion of the public space in Pogdorica. For this reason we present an hypotesis of development for the future, where some fictitious scenarios, taken as example, can show the flexibility and the possibilities of the square, reacting as a catalyst of future transformations.
The first act will be the construction of the square in front of the station, with the excavation of the parking and commercial levels. The square will react to the context in two different ways, on one side it will fold to realize a urban scenography for the arrival in the city, on the other side it will reconnect to the neighborhood thanks to a system of green spaces.
In the future the square can transform, according to the needs of the city and its economical changes. The project can be the catalyst of future transformations and investments on the area. For example the residential area in the north part of the plot, that now it preserved to mantein the continuity with the low density areas of the city, can be transformed in a high density area for offices or housing. The future infrastructure can be implemented, adding also an undeground line to the public transportation system. In a future vision the area will be the central point of a bigger transformation, the public space at the center of a future neighborhood.
The square will be an hyperflexible space, a free surface where it’s possible to organize special events for the city. The place that can accommodate all the public activities that don’t take place with a specific form, or that are temporary. The square is a perfect public space. A blank canvas for social life. A real public square, like in the past the main square in a city. An agorà, a place where people can identify themselves, using the space as a urban living room. The square can host a variety of activities, from markets, to sport events, or art installations to concerts, party or social gatherings at night. The project is a formless surface that can accommodate all the possible events of the city. A flexible platform, ready to any change, which in any moment it perfectly answers to the needs of the city and the public.