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Bruno Velcic

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Rijeka je stari industrijski lucki grad. Grad se sirio kako je napredovala industrija, brodogradnja i pomorska trgovina. Danas rijecani zive na ostacima te infrastrukture, industrija je gotovo potpuno nestala s ovih podrucja, brodogradnja prolazi svoje dekadentno razdoblje, a pomorsku trgovinu su preuzele druge luke jadranskog mora. Sama obala se kroz desetljeca otvorila za gradane, nestao je taj privredni sadrzaj, pa obala uglavnom zjapi neiskorištena, van svakog interesa. Lukobran, podrucje oko Torpeda i druge priobalne zone puste su i nevazne. Gledano sa tih tocaka, Rijeka je lijep grad, sto se ne vidi s vecine ostalih tocaka, onih koje nisu uz more. U unutrasnjosti, to je jedna pomalo bezlicna nakupina funkcionalne arhitekture, bez istaknutog karaktera, u ovom ili onom smislu. Podrucje oko rijecine, gdje je takoder mnogo industrijske bastine, zanemareno je i odbaceno, jer vise ne sluzi prvotnoj svrsi. Obalno podrucje je najpotencijalniji gradski kapital, ovdje bi se cak (da pokucam u drvo) jednom mogao razviti i turizam. More nije strašno onecisceno, a sva je postojeca arhitektura iskoristiva, uz odredenu restauraciju, za ovu ili onu namjenu. U duhu te ideje koristenja postojeceg dobra, ja sam obukao posljednjih cca 25 kvadratnih metara betona u staru bukovinu, sagradio stepenice i osigurao mjesto ogradom. Pod je satkan od jednog kubika sirove bukovine, koja zbog stanja u kojoj se nalazi ne bi mogla posluziti za nista drugo, a iz kojega sam uspio izvuci tih 25 kvadrata solidnog poda; stepenice su od potrosenih pruznih pragova, takoder bukovo drvo, vec impregniranih uljem, a skrta ograda ukljucuje hrastove rukohvate i zaobljene cijevi, kako bi unjela trag topline u taj minimum sigurnosti. S pokojim komadom interijernog namjestaja, u konacnici tu je svojevrsni dnevni boravak na otvorenom, koji gravitira prema zapadu i jugu. Odmarajuci se na takvome mjestu, covjeku bi se moglo dogoditi da mu se prosire horizonti, vezani uz Rijeku, uz Hrvatsku, a i opcenito vezani uz nove mogucnosti kao takve.

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Bruno Velcic

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Rijeka is an old industrial port city. The city spread as the industry, shipyard business and sea trade developed. Today, citizens of Rijeka live on the remains of that infrastructure: industry almost completely vanished, shipyards are in their decadent period, and the sea trade has been taken on by the other ports of Adriatic sea. The shore itself became more available to citizens through last few decades, with the disappearance of the industry, so it mostly lies unused, outside any substantial interests. The breakwater, the Torpedo-surrounding area, and other shore zones are empty and insignificant. Observed from those points, Rijeka is a beautiful city, which is rarely seen from other points which are not close to sea. From inside the city, it seems to be a slightly amorphous mass of functional architecture, without character in any particular sense. The area surrounding Rijecina, also rich with industrial heritage, has been forgotten because it doesn't serve the original purpose. Sea isn't highly polluted, and all the existing architecture is solid and could be, with respective restauration, used for a wide array of purposes. In the spirit of the idea of using the existing good, I would make an 25 - 30 square meters plateau with stairs, fence and few pieces of interior furniture, made out of some useless wood, some simple metal pipes, some wool and few similar raw materials. Finally, there is a some kind of open living room installed on the wall of the breakwater, revealing the spectacular view of Kvarner Gulf and the southwest. Relaxing in that place, person could have his or her horizons expanded, regarding Rijeka, Croatia, or new possibilites as such.

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