ORGANIZATION

andres f. oviedo

Architects: Randić & Turato / Saša Randić and Idis Turato

Location: City of Krk, Island Krk, HR, Croatia

Project team: Leora Dražul, Marko Derenčinović, Zvonimir Sabljak

Contractor: G.P., Krk

Client: City of Krk

Site area: 5,575 sqm

Total built surface: 4,300 sqm

Design year: 2003

Construction date: 2005

Elementary school “Fran Krsto Frankopan” in the city of Krk is situated on north-east corner of

the medieval town.

Decision to locate the school within the medieval city was intensly discussed within the community

and the city council. The central issue of the discussion was of course the dilema where to locate

the building: within the city center, on the site of the existing school where everyone was used to have

the school, or in the outskirts, where the school would have a larger area and better accessibility, but it lacked

the specific character of the existing location. Finally, the decision to position the school was followed

with an invited competition, where the whole community has participated in the choice of the project.

This project is a winning entry from this competition.

Elementary school Fran Krsto Frankopan

Scale of the intervention in proportion to the size of the town made it an urban project.

First important element was the relation to the city wall. The idea of replacing the existing

school with the new one was in part generated by the Monument Protection

Department, that wanted to change the existing skyline of the city dominated by the

late 19th century school building. At the same, construction of the new school has enabled

archeological research and reconstruction of the city wall.

This context meant that the new building had to be recessed as much as possible

from the fortification and respect the skyline where the fortification and the churches were

the most important elements.

SITEENTRANCE

GEOMETRY

Basement Floor Plan

ORGANIZATION

Ground Floor Plan First Floor Plan

GRID/STRUCTURE

CLASS ROOMS

OFFICE

PUBLIC AREAS

FACILITIES

CIRCULATION

USES

CIRCULATION

Ground Floor Plan

First Floor Plan Basement Floor Plan

SUN RAYS SUN RAYS

WIND

SUN RAYS

SUN RAYS

WINDWIND

WIND

LIGHTHING

SECTION 1

SECTION 2

GRID/STRUCTURE

Basement Floor Plan Ground Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

SECTION 2