DESA1002 'Continuous City' Sophie Canaris

Abstract

THE DUBROVNIK PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY REPRESENTS A CENTRE OF CULTURE AND A PLACE OF MEETING WHICH ALLOWS PEOPLE AND IDEAS TO ENGAGE. THE SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT REFLECTS THIS INTENT, THE COURTYARD CREATES A CENTRAL ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING WHICH PAVES THE WAY FOR ACCIDENTAL ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN LEARNED INDIVIDUALS, PROMOTING PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE. THE STRUCTURE REFLECTS THE CULTURAL AFFLUENCE OF DUBROVNIK AS IT EXPRESSES A CERTAIN ELEGANCE IN A TRADITIONAL STYLE. THE SOLIDITY OF THE BUILDING IS CONTRASTED BY THE CHARACTERISTICALLY LIGHT COURTYARD.THUS THE BUILDING AIMS NOT TO CONSTRAIN THE THOUGHTS OF THOSE WITHIN BUT RATHER OPEN THEIR MINDS TO A UNIVERSE OF POSSIBILITIES.