A.BAUERA 8, 10000 ZAGREB, CROATIA
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ORGANIC CONTINUITY: Trnje Parish Centre&Monestary
Zagreb 1994-99 (partly constructed)
The complex was situated at a location where both functions had co-existed for years within an old and granular, suburban organic structure. The main issue to be tackled in the project was preserving the scale and the identity of the space, which has emerged as an oasis within a new city centre development. The Parish Centre part with future public halls, a library and a bookshop was built first, temporarily incorporating all functions. The main Monastery facility could subsequently be executed in such a way that the old church may become its inner chapel. The church and the parish priest's residence, along with the Monastery extension, are yet to be built.