Everyday Oasis
Winner - International Urban Design Competition
Client: Capital City Podgoriça, 2021
In almost all European capitals around a river, the rivers had been profoundly manipulated, tamed, constructed and urbanized throughout history, whereas in Podgorica, due to the unique morphology of the riverbed and also due to the historic urban planning approaches, Morača persisted as an almost untouched, untamed wilderness right in the middle of the city.
This specific potential and offering of Podgorica probes distinct reinterpretation and exploration of Morača’s existence within the urban realm. Therefore, instead of an urbanized riverbank park, the project concentrates on discovering non-invasive socio-ecological encounters while intervening in this valuable natural environment; it aims to develop socio-cultural density without being necessarily urban; and envisions to provide a mutually harmonized common habitat balancing human use, ecological processes and natural preservation.
Competition Entry with Openact Architecture
Team: Zuhal Kol, Carlos Zarco Sanz, Zeynep Küheylan, Ozan Şen, Berna Yaylalı.
Team: Zuhal Kol, Carlos Zarco Sanz, Zeynep Küheylan, Ozan Şen, Berna Yaylalı.