Civitas Jadertina

Zadar is geographically situated in the middle of the Adriatic coast. It has the historical heritage dating from the Roman times up until now. The population of 72.718 makes Zadar the 5th town in Croatia. The majority of the public functions are on the peninsula, so is the existing University. The city aspire new urban and economical development. Voids and brown-fields created by the abandoned military camps and industries are available at the real estate market.They are mostly idle and vacant spots. Under the upcoming global pressures of the capital and local need for the future city expansion, University of Zadar has been given the unique opportunity to move all facilities to the site of the previous military camp Franko Lisica. The area is positioned in the public horseshoe designed by the Italian architectural studio gruppo Cliostraat as the competition proposal for European 4 in 1996.

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Universitas Studiorum Jadertina

University of Zadar has its roots parallel to the beginning of University in Europe in 13th century. Today, it is expanding the student population from 4500 to 10000 till 2015.

The University is becoming a new public sphere in the city, a new hotspot, which allows different intersection of the city functions on its new site. The site area is aproximately 15 ha flat terrain, and it is situated in the vicinity of the historical core.

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