YACHT & CRUISE
Albanian carpet Dutch studio Casanova + Hernandez Architects has revitalised a stretch of the lakeside in the small Albanian village of Shiroka. A carpet of stone creates new spaces for socialising and encourages local residents to feel a sense of belonging and familiarity
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ith its Albanian Carpet project, Casanova + Hernandez Architects has successfully pulled off an aesthetic and functional restoration of a stretch of the lake shore at Shiroka, a fishing village on Shkodra Lake, near the border with Montenegro. The initiative has restored a high-quality urban scenario to the community after the unregulated occupation and privatisation of this public space, actions which changed the shape of the village in the period immediately following the collapse of the Communist regime. The illegal structures have now been demolished, the lake views opened up and the new pedestrian piazza now creates a space 106 | IFDM
WATERFRONT
Shiroka, Albania
