INHABITING THE VOID

sport centre in Skrad 2011. master thesis

The main spatial element of Skrad is the landscape. Horizontal (forests) and vertical (steep terrain) density of the landscape is caused by the specific form of conquering space. Habitation in Skrad is “scattered” throughout the territory of the municipality. While the primary sector is still the economic base of the municipality, such a formation was favorable because of the use and types of agricultural land. Transport infrastructure was functioning as a bloodstream allowing for the exchange of people and goods at a lower intensity.

The problem today is the demand for high-intensity exchange and the economic policy of the municipality, which focuses on tourism. Taking the existing network of transport infrastructure and the continuously inhabited area, the idea is not spreading and zoning of existing settlements but a superposition of the new network with periodically populated areas. The new network hosts facilities of interest to the everyday life of the municipality in terms that, in addition to creating jobs, it provides activities for both tourists and residents themselves.