The context is determined by the structure of the existing hotel complex and its position in the pine woods along the Mediterranean Sea. The APCC seeks a new expression which is achieved through a regular volume wrapped by a perforated façade inspired by traditional Croatian lacework. The color-suppressed and neutral presence of whiteness of the existing buildings is expanded through the airiness of the structure and texture of the façade, through the tithe of the game of light and shadow.
The layout of the building is clearly zoned by so-called “Horizontal and vertical streets”. The “Horizontal Street” is the main link to the existing building, but also the access to the congress halls. Through the glass façade, indirectly through the perforated façade, it communicates with the square, while being exposed and hidden at the same time. Immediately at the entrance, the accentuated main vertical communication linking all three floors of the building is found. This “Vertical Street” shaped as a spiral staircase is linked by a bridge on the upper floor with a two-story entrance hall space.
