A.BAUERA 8, 10000 ZAGREB, CROATIA
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"DRY" GARDEN: Interior design for the Atrium
Zagreb 2001-02
Interior design for the Atrium of the Pliva Pharmaceutical Research Centre in Zagreb. The new Research Centre building required a space for contemplation and daily relaxation for scientists, which could also serve as the pharmaceutical company's main locale for various ad hoc gatherings. There are four multifunctional elements fabulating the concept of a "dry" garden: a floating, meandering platform made of teak wood people can sit on, walk along or look at; integrated glass prisms with vertical water flows and interactive light sources; intelligent bamboo groves; textile screens for different types of light "calligraphy". Adjusting the huge abstract space to a human scale, with the possibility of creating a suppler, more intimate atmosphere, was highly appreciated.