The project for the primary school in Kastav – a new district school for about 450 students, with classes conducted in one shift – has been presented to the public.
Our overall concept seeks to respect the existing context, ensuring a harmonious integration of the school buildings into the surroundings. The topography is highly specific, featuring sinkholes characteristic of the area, and the elevation difference in some places is 27 meters. A two-story volume with classrooms, facing south, is connected to the sports hall volume by an underground passage. Above the passage, a public pedestrian path runs east to west. The sports field located on the roof of the hall forms a covered school square/courtyard and defines the main entrance. One of the key elements is the terraced gardens on the southern part of the plot, which will serve as a space for outdoor school activities.
In July of this year, the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County was granted an amount of 17.9 million euros to build the new branch school of Milan Brozović Primary School Kastav in Rešetari, along with the school's sports hall.