Colored asphalt like in Scandinavia - Take a look at how new city square in Sabac will look like (PHOTO)

(Future look of the square) The square of Sabac victims (Trg sabackih zrtava) will soon get new look, Ksenija Lukic, master engineer of architecture at JUP Plan Sabac said for eKapija. She is one of the authors of this new visual identity of the city square in Sabac .

- During 2014, city administration of Sabac started the process of rehabilitation of the main city square which has been considered for years an impermissible devastated space in the heart of the city. The author team, overburdened for modest budget, great insecurity in implementation of solution and options of political support which is not provided, started shaping central city square as a game where all citizens are invited to participate in – Lukic outlined adding that apart from her, the author team comprises another architect, Bojan Alimpic and a painetr Igor Marsenic.

The idea authors of visual identity of the city square in Sabac presented yesterday to the mayor of Sabac, Nebojsa Zelenovic and Vladimir Nedeljkovic, the head of public company for construction site management, a situation plan for square development.

Ksenija Lukic said that current situation of the square is bad and that maintenance is essential. She said new square will have plenty of innovations which cannot be seen in other towns in Serbia.

- We were led with the experience our public company has but with new methods as well in space analysis. For the first time, we will have colored asphalt used in Scandinavian countries, Spain and Portugal and in has never been used in this part of Europe. It is an innovation not only for Sabac but for the entire Serbia. Apart from that, the square will have vertical greenery as well which is rare in towns of Serbi– Lukic said.

As Lukic says, design team opted to split the square in a number of smaller units with an idea to treat them differently and design them. The objective is that users are supported to use the space actively, discovering different environment. The rough division could be defined in 4 zones, one of them having minimal interventions so the work was focused on the remaining three zones. They can be defined as: square as a monument, square as event, and square as a playground.

- Preliminary square design is features with intensive colors in sections development, set up of modern conceptual sculpture and monument, set up f vertical green garden and exhibition space-gallery outdoor. Still, the major specific of the project is open cooperation of authors with formal city institutions with different creative individuals, informal groups and citizen initiatives with organization of project manager – our collocutor outlined.

The works total RSD 45 m. The amount does not include construction of the fountain for which the funds will be set aside after city budget rebalance.

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