Dubrovnik Town Hall

Fall 2015

Program: New town hall for the city of Dubrovnik that includes an auditorium, gallery spaces, city planning offices, and main administration offices.

The city of Dubrovnik in Croatia stands as a hidden gem on the Adriatic coastline. Its historic Old Town stands resolute, surrounded by a limestone wall. Variances in the organization of the city relate back to the many changes of power throughout Dubrovnik's history.

A proposal for a new town hall on the coastline outside of the walled Old Town aims to bridge the old and new parts of the city. The streamlined volumes of the building attach to a limestone plinth, while a grand public staircase and plaza cut through the main programmatic spaces. The new town hall's simple volumes stand as a new coastal icon for the historic city.