The main idea, that the project aims for, was to create a continous open space in the center of the Metropol. By removing the building’s core a visual link between the Boulevard and the park is assigned. Since the terms of reference required the hotel to be transformed into a students’ dorm, the whole space is devided in two elements: The first is the kernel, the public space diffusing from the core of the Metropol. This space is devised as a lane, a pathway bent and planted inside the structure, providing continous program and communication. The second part is the space on the left and on the right of the opening, where the students’ rooms are placed. As the Metropol is located in the center of the city, sorrounded by numerous students’ facilities (the University Library, the Technical Science School, The Law School, the students’ canteen) the aspiration of the project was to create a unique gathering place for all these students.

 

Osnovna ideja u projektu bila je stvaranje kontinualnog javnog prostora u središtu Metropola. Otvaranjem Metropola u centralnom delu se istovremeno obezbeđuje vizuelni kontakt između parka i bulevara. Pošto je projektnim zadatkom predviđeno da Metropol postane studentski dom ovom intervencijom je prostor podeljen na dve celine. Prvu čini novo jezgro, javni prostor formiran u sada otvorenom središtu metropola. Ovaj prostor formiran je kao traka, savijena i smeštena unutar objekta, čime se postiže kontinuitet programa i komunikacije. Drugu celinu čine prostori, sa leve i desne strane od otvora u koje su smeštene studentske sobe. S obzirom na to da se Metropol nalazi u centru grada, okružen brojnim studentskim sadržajima (Univerzitetska biblioteka, Tehnički fakultet, Pravni fakultet, studentska menza) cilj projekta bio je stvoriti ovim studentima jedinstveno mesto okupljanja.