A Temporary Use Action (TUA) is being activated in the “Football club Solin” building, located by the promenade along the Jadro’s riverbank, which is still partly used for locker rooms and club rooms of the local football club.
Introducion
The river Jadro (Dalmatia, Croatia) flows through the city of Solin down to the Adriatic Sea and provides water also to the cities of Split, Kaštela, and Trogir.
In ancient times, this river played a relevant role, since its headwaters were the original water supply for the Diocletian’s Palace, which is now an area within the present day city of Split. Salona, the capital of the ancient Roman province of Dalmatia and the predecessor of modern city of Solin is now one of the most important archaeological sites in Croatia. Nowadays, though, citizens have lost their connection with the historic port, mostly due to the industrial and transport infrastructure that created physical barriers in the 20th century. As a result, the City of Solin is hardly perceived as a city with a sea coast.
Through the TEMPUS project, the Municipality of Solin wants to make a move towards the reconnection of the city to its port as a space to be lived.
A Temporary Use Action (TUA) is being activated in the “Football club Solin” building, located by the promenade along the Jadro’s riverbank, which is still partly used for locker rooms and club rooms of the local football club.
In the late 1950s, temporary wooden barracks were built, whereas, the first solid building with two locker rooms, and two offices, was built between 1962 and 1963. Between 1971 and 1973, a first floor with a terrace for spectators was built on the existing building, and the extension to the southeast towards Dvorine was built in 1977. In the period from 1988 to 1990, the rooms under the terrace were extended.
The TUA intervention area is the first floor of the building, which was previously used as a restaurant, and then abandoned and unmaintained for the last couple of years. This space will be turned into a “community centre” with:
- a co-working space that will be made available to local organisations, start-ups associations and young entrepreneurs operating in the field of local heritage valorisation;
- public spaces for the organisation of conferences, education and cultural events of all those local/regional organisations that lack appropriate spaces in their premises.
All the activities performed in this space will be linked to the communication on the particularities related to the water, the port, and the cement industry that connected, and still connect, the two shores of the Adriatic Sea.
This will be the first space in town with such a purpose.
The works begun...
The renovation works started in February 2022. The initial plan was to renovate the space into a modern polyvalent work and events’ space.
To perform procedures that would adapt the space to new users, it was necessary to prepare project-technical documentation, which included the main construction project, interior design, and cost estimates. Based on the prepared documentation, certificates of the competent public legal bodies were requested, and finally, the works begun. The City wanted to arrange the building to obtain an attractive and at the same time simple space that is easily adapted and transformed into spaces for various activities.
By the end of the roof renovation, work was continued on the first floor of the building. New superstructures were built and a complete system of impassable flat roofs over the heated spaces made of Thermopane was installed. A new white ceiling was installed above the multipurpose hall, and facade thermal insulation was made. Moreover, all the installations inside the building have been conducted along with the external shutters. By the completion of the work on the roof, the interior of the space was prepared for the installation of the screed and the final covering of the space.
Through the execution of rough works, the interior decoration of the space began with the delivery of equipment and inventory that enables the use of the space.
The TUA is ready for use
Finally, the TUA is currently fully equipped and ready for use. Now, the users have a new modern space at their disposal.
Thanks to this TUA, the city of Solin, for the first time, is providing to the city a space specifically dedicated to the nourishment of its cultural and creative entrepreneurial ecosystem supporting the valorisation of the local heritage.
