The town of Koper has developed a port infrastructure which
allows landing of the largest cruise ships sailing the world's
seas. It is one of the northernmost ports in the center of
Europe, which makes it attractive for transport from southern
and eastern ports worldwide. In recent years, Koper also started
to reveal its other side - the town with a rich cultural heritage
and highly attractive natural hinterland of Istria, Karst
and the coastal strip. It is the northernmost city in the
Mediterranean Istrian necklace of pearls, which begins are
in the south of Istria with Pula and continue to Rovinj, Porec,
Novigrad, Umag, Piran and Izola. Koper managed to offer operators
of cruisers all this heritage and nowadays, over 100 cruise
ships take anchor. This makes it necessary to adjust the level
of reception and display of offer to passengers of cruise,
in order to attract them to programs on land. The project
is divided into three segments - a passenger terminal, the
central square at the end of important urban features and
arrangement of a classic Mediterranean Riva, with the purpose
to attract visitors from cruise ships, other tourists and
locals to the area with fine night views of Trieste and the
silhouette of the Dolomites in the background. Passenger terminal
is devised as a catenary structure with a fabric roof, envisaging
sailing and also providing a note of leisure, enjoyment of
travel and ambiance of garden parties. Terminal's program
combines administration and marketing, with the idea of marketing
overshadowing the administrative part so as to make the user
experience more enjoyable. Arrangement of Riva and the central
square regulates movement of users. At the same time it is
a space newly devised for them, because so far this part of
Koper has been determined by the freight port which did not
attract urban users.
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