MINISTRY OF THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS
SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
CLIENT: Institute for Construction of Canton Sarajevo
LOCATION: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
TOTAL FLOOR AREA: 29,000.00 m2
TYPE: Competition, first prize
STATUS: Ongoing
DATE: 2024
PROGRAM: Office, Public areas, Laboratory, Archive, Underground parking, Helipad
CONCEPT: The design concept, consisting of four partially dynamic volumes that develop vertically, is the result of urbanistic and architectural analyses of the location as well as the analysis of the building’s programmatic organization. This design concept is referred to as vertical urbanism, as the composition of the building is formed by vertically arranged volumes, resembling urban “stems”—the surrounding buildings that shape the urban architectural context of the location. In this way, the large volume of the building is adapted to the urban scale of the site, and through its integration, it becomes a cohesive part of the surrounding environment. Simultaneously, the size of the individual volumes has been derived from the internal programmatic organization of the building, where each volume symbolizes the complex organization of the Ministry of the Internal Affairs of Canton Sarajevo. The partial dynamization of the volumes in the east-west direction reflects the positioning of the tower at the macro scale, responding to the context of the city of Sarajevo and its longitudinal urban matrix.
COST ESTIMATION: 38MEUR
