Ecological Tapestry

South of the Sava River in Blato, Croatia exists 2,000,000 square meters of highly vegetated and ecologically diverse land. Aside from an unfinished concrete hospital, the land is entirely unprogrammed. The proposed project explores ideas for a new type of hybrid urbanism. Networks of ecological streets are organized with consideration to proximity, sub-cultures, and the desire for a shared type of living. Connecting each neighborhood is a series of architectural and landscape interventions called ‘stitches’.

Designed at IIT College of Architecture 5th Year B.Arch Studio with Allaa Abdelsaid, Jacob Jang, and Erez Krengel

Recipient of the 2021 George Danforth Traveling Fellowship

Zagreb, Croatia, Fall 2020 & Spring 2021

Approx. 2 mil square meters

 site from above
 population densities of surrounding districts
 Stitch: connects public spaces together with a hybrid pathway

City Scale Comparisons: Chicago – Hong Kong – London – New York City – Zagreb

a compiled axon of urban design principles
breaking up the perimeter block
 proposed city fabric overlaid onto the existing site
site plan
Stitch becomes walking path
the river is widened and brought back to a more natural state
 rewilding the Sava River
University Park – neighborhood axon
Amphitheater at University Park
Programmed public spaces connected by the Stitch create hubs of activity
Sunken Gardens at the public plaza

ecological tapestry