IVO
VITIĆ – THE ARCHITECT OF ANTROPHOCENTRIC VISIONARY
Ivo
Vitić (Šibenik, 1917–Zagreb, 1986) is one of the most prominent
Croatian architects in the XX century. In his relatively short life
span he created over 300 projects and witnessed more then 100
realizations in Croatia, in all ex-Yugoslavian countries, and
internationally, ranging from public, sport and residential
architectural buildings to urban regulations and design.
His
most important buildings Youth
city
in Zagreb (1949), Pavilion
40
at the Zagreb Fair (1957), National
Bank Residential block
in Zagreb (1962), Communal
and political organizations building
in Zagreb (1968), the Military
Cultural centers
in Šibenik (1960) Komiža (1961) and Split (1962) present
the zenith
of his autoreferential and innovative style that reveals his superior
three-dimensional control, the exemplary clarity of volumetric
composition, supreme layout of the solution, exceptional engineering,
and constructive ability of innovation. Vitić' individualistic
approach towards the context has added a new value to the space by
interpreting the existing values of place and landscape in a most
sensitive way. Furthermore, he has always emphasized the
representation of social and communal life by creating the
architecture that overcomes basic functional requirements, and
reflects socially sensitive and progressive society.
National
Bank Residential block in Zagreb is an extraordinary contextual
example of collective housing that embraces
the
postulates of post-war international modernism, inspired by Le
Corbusier, Mies and De Stijl. Its unique quality is recognized in its
urban disposition (by transforming the urban regulation of the site),
its design and form with picturesque painterly characteristics, its
housing typology (the organization of the building and the specific
layout of its apartments), that all together underline and promote
the idea of egalitarian and democratic housing of
late modernist era and the living paradigm of new urban spaces and
models.
Vitic'
architectural style encompasses multiple layers, from contextual,
social, formal and aesthetic, morphological, to traditional and
cultural, thus creating an outstanding
legacy
of Croatian post-war architectural identity.
Written
by Sandra Uskoković and Boris Bakal
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