pazar pijaca plac
In the premises of the Association of Croatian Architects (UHA) on Trg bana Jelačića 3/1, as part of the 56th Zagreb Architecture Salon, the exhibition ‘pazar pijaca plac sajam tržnica trg – market architecture’ by Miranda Veljačić and Dinko Peračić, as winners of the Grand Prix of the 53rd Zagreb Salon, was held.
Market architecture is an exhibition of architectural projects for the reconstruction of markets in seven cities and towns in Croatia, by Miranda Veljačić and Dinko Peračić, created in the last eight years. Some of the projects have been realized, some are in the construction phase, and some are in the concept phase. They are connected by the need to use modern architecture to create places of dynamic urban life and revitalize the space that surrounds them. They are based on the idea of an open covered square, as an ideal public space in the Mediterranean. The markets presented in this exhibition do not strive to be objects, but subjects in their urban context, “verbs, not nouns”.
The exhibition shows the projects of the market and fish market in Vodice, markets in Dubrovnik, Imotski, Stari Grad, the Benkovac Fair project, the small market in Tisno, the study of the market network in Split, but also the project of the fishing port in Brižine, which, although it is not a market, forms an important part food supply chain. The exhibition was accompanied by a program of public events with themes that connect markets and architecture. Through the public discussions “Market-City” and “Market-Tomorrow”, the views of different involved parties (market managers, farmers, public administration, politics, architects, urban planners, associations) met with the aim of jointly reflecting on the possibilities, aspects, and importance of markets for spatial and the social context of the community. The exhibition was held as part of the 56th Zagreb Salon of Architecture and Urbanism. The central multimedia exhibition of the Salon was held under the name ‘Ping – Repository of the Future’ from December 11 to 19, 2021 in the pavilion on Roosevelt Square, in front of the Mimara Museum.
