DESA1002 'Continuous City' Jane Armstrong

Abstract

Dubrovnik College of Fine Arts and Languages Inspired by the famous Croatian poet, Ivan Gundulica, whose statue stands in Gundulic Square, the public area located in front of my building site, the Dubrovnik College of Fine Arts and Languages was developed. This public square comes alive during the day as a food market. Based on the initial motif that art and language will never be fully defined, this learning space is manipulative according to the purpose of the students. Therefore studios with moveable and sliding walls are located on the second and third floor, flowing from a central core holding the materials. There are also more defined rooms for dedicated learning. The community resources, such as the library and the display area, are situated on the bottom floor. All these spaces are developed from a central circulation area on each floor at the front of the building, allowing prospect over the public square. The facade embraces the public space, especially with a public alleyway running through the ground floor and following the lane through the 2 buildings behind it. The masonry structure involves a combination of brick and stone in acceptance of the context of old Dubrovnik City, with the structure dictating the method in which light flows into the interior.