rAUP – Filip Romic – Kresimir RomicUniversity of Zagreb – Faculty of Architecture
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The main object of this design challenge is to bring order to the city’s chaotic traffic. The challenge lies in designing a functional, highly efficient main building to serve as the headquarters of the Motorino Checkpoints, a network of parking areas in the whole city. The site, the Cinquecento Piazza in front of the central station Roma Termini and its role as a main building call for a highly expressive appearance.
The Motorino Checkpoint forms a linking point between the turbulent crush of the scooters and the straight linearity of the railroad lines. In response to these different types of movement, we developed a proposal with enormous height.
We consider the parking area as a vertical element to be a sculpture. Not least to treat carefully the antique roman complex, which the site faces. It is a light structure, working like a paternoster, covered with radially arranged scooters as facade. The scooters’ illumination at night epitomizes the city’s mobility, similar to a chart.
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