The Zamet Centre in Rijeka, Croatia is a 16,830 square meter multi-use facility that includes a 2,380 seat sports hall, local community office, city library, commercial and service spaces, and a 250-space parking garage. The design integrates the large complex into the urban structure of the Zamet neighborhood through elements like sinking one third of the sports hall underground. Flexible design allows the hall to host sports, concerts, and conferences. Stripes on the facade reference local rock formations. The square outside connects surrounding areas and determines the connection point between new and existing development.

1. By-
Nikhar mehra
Aman singh
Akhil
B.ArchSem3

2.  Full name of the project: Sports and Community Center – Zamet
Full name of architecture firm: 3LHD
 Project name: Zamet Centre
Program: public, cultural, business, sport
Project year: 2004
Project start date: 2004
Project end date: 01.2008
Construction start date: 21.12.2007
Construction end date: 10.09.2009
Site area (m2): 12,289
Size (m2): 16,830
Volume (m3): 88,075
Footprint (m2): 4,724
Entry level: 103
Budget (EUR): 20 mil euros
Client: Grad Rijeka / Rijeka Sport
 Address: B.Vidas Street, Zamet
City: Rijeka
Country: Croatia
Geolocation: 45-20-39 N, 14-24-0 E
(Central and Southeast Europe.)

3. Location
Location of Rijeka within Croatia
Coordinates: 45°19′N 14°25′ECoordinates: 45°19′N 14°25′E
Country Croatia
County Primorje-Gorski Kotar
Government
• Mayor Vojko Obersnel (SDP)
• City Council Six parties/lists[show]
Area
• City 44 km
2
(17 sq mi)
• Urban 825 km
2
(319 sq mi)
• Metro 1,665 km
2
(643 sq mi)
Elevation 0–499 m (0 – 1,561 ft)
Population (2011)
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• City 128,624
• Density 2,923/km
2
(7,570/sq mi)
• Urban 243,666
• Urban density 259/km
2
(670/sq mi)
• Metro 345,054
• Metro density 147/km
2
(380/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 51000
Area code(s) 051
Website http://www.rijeka.hr
Croatia is located in Central and
Southeast Europe.
Rijeka is the principal seaport and the
third-largest city
in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is
located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of
the Adriatic Sea and has a population
of 128,624 inhabitants (2011). The
metropolitan area, which includes
adjacent towns and municipalities, has
a population of more than 240,000.

4. Concept
The basic characteristic
of the design is the
integration of a big
project task into the
urban structure of
Zamet, with the
objective of minimizing
disruption and to
evaluate its given urban
conditions – unlevelling
the terrain.

5. The joint conceptual
and design element of
the handball hall and
the Zamet centre are
‘ribbons’ stretching in a
north-south direction,
functioning at the same
time as an architectural
design element of the
objects and as a zoning
element

6.  Situated in Rijeka’s quarter Zamet, the new Zamet Centre in complete
size of 16830 m2 host various facilities:
sports hall with max 2380 seats,
local community office,
city library,
13 commercial and service facilities
a garage with 250 parking spaces.
 The basic characteristic of the design is the integration of a big project
task into the urban structure of Zamet
 One third of the sports hall’s volume is cut in the ground, and other
public facilities and services fully fit into the surrounding.

7.  The hall has been designed according to latest world sports standards for
major international sports competitions with a sitting for 2100 people
with all stands open.
 The concept of the hall is based on flexibility of space. Space of the field
is size 46 x 44 meters, for two handball courts.
 The hall contains all the supporting facilities for professional training and
competition, and auditorium designed as a system of telescopic stands
enables the transformation for everyday use as well as for other activities
such as concerts, conferences and congresses.

8.  The architecture of public facilities,the shopping centre, the
library and the local authority stands out in the topography of
the terrain, connecting the square in front of the hall and in
front of the school and tries to integrate into the overall existing
context of western Zamet
 The public space on the
roof is not only a
feature of the building
in the business part of
the centre, but the
roof of the hall is also
used as a kind of
extension of the park
situated to the north
of the hall.
 The hall has been
designed for major
international sports
competitions, in
compliance with
state-of-the-art world
sports standards. The
design of the hall has
been conceived as a
very flexible space.

14.  The stripes were inspired by “gromaca”, a type of rocks specific to Rijeka, which the
centre artificially reinterprets by colour and shape. They are paved with 51.000
ceramic tiles designed by 3LHD and manufactured specially for the centre. The steel
construction, girder span of 55 meters and their varying height allow the natural light
illumination of the sports hall.

15. 1. Square
2. Utility court
3. Entrances
4. Local community
5. Library
6. Shop
7. Storage
8. Sauna
9. Massage
10. Locker room
11. Halls
12. Auditorium
13. Utility room
There are in total 72 facilites available in zamet centre including these
all

16.  Selected interior materials – wood and acoustic panels, suggests that the
hall is a large living room for athletes. The main access to the hall and
other facilities is located west of the hall from the public square and from
the underground garage.

22.  The square plays between gradients and the natural and the artificial,
and determines the zero plane of connection among the road to the
south, the commercial activities, the sports hall, and the connections to
the school and the park situated to the north.
 The intervention is exceptional in its kind; it does not distort the place,
but completes it.The skilled group of architects precisely transformed
what was once the biggest problem of the place –the slope — into the
main force element.