DRAVA RIVER EMBANKMENT | Francesco Belvedere

The new image of the Drava embankments will be designed by Rome architects Francesco Belvedere, Francesco Sabatini, Francesco Deli, Aurelia D´Andria, Alessandro Carmine Console andGina Oliva. With a simple and good idea, namely that the Lent could become a spacious, wood-paved promenade on water, the Italian architects expressed their respectful relation towards the old town and the river. The second prize went to the Croatian architects Helena Paver Njirić and Jelena Botteri and to the architect Miro Roman for the project that proposed a strategy of dividing the Drava embankments in thematic fields with various programmes involving growing vine as well as children and sports playgrounds. The third prize was given to the bureau Taller 301 from Columbia, which suggested the introduction of a more informal natural environment to the city. According to this project, the right Drava bank should be forested, while the left bank should become a long, flat landscape set aside for spending leisure time including Lent designed as a beach.