Swimming pool Vukovar is located on the site of the old, open-air swimming complex in Borovo naselje, which had been destroyed during the war of the 1990s. The former, torn down pool in Borovo naselje was not only a sport and recreation center, it was a place of encounter, fellowship, the place of social interaction of people from Vukovar as well as their outside visitors. On the site of the previous swimming complex architects faced an entirely devastated rectangular plot, positioned within the defined recreation area: bordering a big sports hall to the south and to the north, an outdoor tennis center and football court.
Work on the new project began in 2004 and in the subsequent 13 years the complex was designed, developed, redesigned, reworked, constructed, demolished, suspended and relaunched, finalized and concluded, tested and appraised and, at last in 2017, open to the public.
Design Team: Project architects in the 2nd phase of project from 2012: Ana Staničić, Marko Liović, Josip Mičetić, Vilijam Brajković, Vedran Hubicki. Project architects in the 1st phase of project, from 2004: Gordan Resan, Ivana Žalac, Janja Zovko, Saša Randić, Margita Grubiša
Engineering: Nikolina Drinski (1st phase of project), Ante Grubišić (2nd phase of project)
Collaborators: Božidar Legović, Ivan Conjar (Façades)
Vukovar Water Tower was heavily damaged during Croatian War of Independence and became a symbol of war suffering.
We barely touch the Water Tower… Panoramic elevator leads us to the memorial room in place of the former water tank. In the room, on the screens, we can see documentary videos from the period of the city and Water Tower suffering. A long zig-zag path leads us to the roof, to a viewpoint from which we can see the city which is renewed. And we can see the Danube.
The museum building is a path which the visitors climb to overcome the elevation difference of some twenty meters, from the access road to the plateau on which the Vučedol culture archaeological findings have been discovered. Passing through the museum visitors get all the necessary information about the Vučedol culture, and come to the place of the archaeological sondages aware of importance and meaning of that place. Exhibition areas of the museum are a series of terraces that climb slowly adapting to the topography.
Agency for Inland Waterways’ new headquarters building in Vukovar acquires central status within a new redefined city center after the 1990’s war. Public routes direct visitors to sightseeing area with magnificent views of river Dunav and Vukovar City centre. Ground floor level encompasses restaurant with an info deck oriented towards island plateau and river Dunav, as well as areas for different sport associations (anglers sport club, nautical and diving club) oriented towards winter harbour and area for maintenance of river cruisers and boats.
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