Arhitektonski Studio Fabijanić

Principia Archaeological Park

Principia Archaeological Park
© Miro Martinić

PRINCIPIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK

Nenad Fabijanić

ARCHITECTS
Nenad fabijanić

LOCATION
Rijeka, croatia

CATEGORY
Heritage

AREA
1500.0 sqm

PROJECT YEAR
2014

PHOTOGRAPHS
Miro martinić

Principia Archaeological Park
© Miro Martinić

Text description provided by architect.

The opening of the Principia Archaeological Park in Rijeka, in February 2014, enriched the topography of ancient sites on the Adriatic’s eastern shore, adding a monumental locus, unique in the type and the shaping level of presentation.

Principia Archaeological Park
© Miro Martinić
Principia Archaeological Park
© Miro Martinić
Principia Archaeological Park
© Miro Martinić

As for the type, the Principia was an architectural and town-planning element of castrum, a Roman military encampment or town, one of the many scattered along the boundaries of the Roman Empire (limites).

In Dalmatia, only fragments of no more than two castra, those of Burnum and Tilirum, have been preserved, not the entire complex as is the case with Tarsatica.

As for the shaping level of presentation, the intervention is a result of a public competition and a creative authorial concept, which was meticulously elaborated, and implemented in a controlled fashion.

Principia Archaeological Park
© Miro Martinić
Principia Archaeological Park
© Miro Martinić
Principia Archaeological Park
© Miro Martinić

The Principia is a novelty that has already proven itself as a value and a locus in the urban image of Rijeka.

The concept is based primarily on the idea of highlighting the archaeological area by strengthening its margins, by some kind of framing in order to present it, in the middle of the existing fabric, as a homogenous whole, or – new individuality.

Principia Archaeological Park
© Miro Martinić
Principia Archaeological Park
© Miro Martinić
Principia Archaeological Park
© Miro Martinić
Principia Archaeological Park
© Miro Martinić


Principia Archaeological Park
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Principia Archaeological Park
© Miro Martinić
Principia Archaeological Park
© Miro Martinić
Principia Archaeological Park
© Miro Martinić
Principia Archaeological Park
© Miro Martinić


Principia Archaeological Park
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Principia Archaeological Park
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Principia Archaeological Park
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Principia Archaeological Park
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Principia Archaeological Park
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