Bus Terminal Žabica

The project for the new bus terminal and a garage for over 800 cars in Rijeka is one of the first steps in the "conquest" of the Rijeka port area, which is slowly begining to open up the city. 
The terminal is located in a part of the port of Rijeka which has always been closed to the public, between the railway stations, freight terminals and the passenger ferry. One of the determining design factors is the difference in scale between the port warehouses on one side and the city blocks on the other. 

The new terminal building, with a length of 225 meters, evokes the massiveness of a warehouse, while urban blocks determine the height dimensions and divide the structure into zones - blocks with atriums.
The area around the new terminal is surrounded by various types of traffic - railway, freight, port, road, and pedestrian, so the new building infrastructure has become an urban strategy, much more than just architecture.

Pedestrian access points are provided from Krešimirova street, newly designed Žabica square and the prolonged Riva street, and they are all connected at the street level of the building, from which they move on higher levels. An accessible and quality pedestrian island of the bus terminal was created through the design process, with access to all of the platforms and no overlapping with the vehicular traffic. 

The construction and the facade are made of steel and a kind of a tribute to port cranes and constructions. They also allow a greater construction span and a better design of spaces.