Mate Rupić, landscape architect
WORKS 1. Sisak Steelworks Sculpture Park - master plan 2. Viktorovac Park, Sisak - master plan 3. TehnoPark, Garešnica - detailed design, built project 4. Šubićevac Memorial Park, Šibenik - conservation study 5. Bundek Park, Zagreb - conceptual master plan 6. 4 Therapeutic gardens - master plan to built 7. Gardens of Friendship - master plan to built 8. Handlarn and Långed Park - master plan to built 9. HeralD - cultural heritage research and web design 10. Drawings and sketches 11. 2 Ashplank benches - concept to built
CV & BIO Author: Mate Rupić, landscape architect Born: 27 August 1991 in Šibenik, Croatia Education: School of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb Bs 2010-2014, Ms 2014-2016 student exchange semester at the School of Landscape Architecture, University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland in 2014 Diploma thesis: Stari Pazar market and public space in Šibenik design, cum laude mentor: prof. Stanko Stergaršek, architect Student activities: “Student for students” 3D modeling and visualization workshop (2011-2013) Design & Build: Therapeutic garden in Rab Psychiatric Hospital, student (2013-2014) Landscape Architecture Student Association Croatia, group leader (2012-2016) Exhibitions of drawings and sketches “Sketchbook vol. I” and “Sketchbook vol. II, Zagreb (2016, 2017) Membrain project, University of Zagreb, Solar Decathlon Europe international competition (2014) Design & Build: Therapeutic garden in Rab Psychiatric Hospital, teaching assistant (2015) Rector’s award for international collaboration nominee, University of Zagreb (2015) Design & Build: Student friendship garden at the Faculty of Agriculture, student (2015) Robert Duić Landscape architecture firm, intern (2016) Work experience: Design & Build: Multisensory garden, student dorm in Rijeka, Croatia, teaching assistant (2016) Design & Build: Therapeutic garden, Orthopedic hospital in Rovinj, Croatia, program co-director (2018) Design & Build: Handlarn master plan, Stenebyskolan, Sweden, workshop co-leader (2018) 3 E PROJEKTI architecture, landscape architecture and urban planning office: Junior landscape architect (January 2017-May 2019) Landscape architect, project manager (May 2019 - ) Skills: proficiency with AutoCad, Revit, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe CS, Word, Excel, QGIS experienced in physical model making, mock-ups, built installations and hand drawing strong verbal and written communication skills native in Slavic languages, fluent in English, intermediate in Italian and German
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Sisak steel plant Sculpture park Location: Sisak, Croatia Client: City Gallery Striegl Phase: master plan Area: 147 ha Year: 2019 Team: Nikolina Krešo, Tanja Udovč, Jelena Šimat, Stanko Stergaršek, Juraj Božić, Alma Trauber, Sagita Mirjam Sunara, Vlatko Čakširan, Ivana Miletić, Mirjana Miloševski Ntontos, Mate Rupić The collection of Sisak steel plant sculptures consists of 38 works of art. All the works were sculpted by Croatian artists and crafted in collaboration with the steel mill workers during the art colonies organized by the factory in 1980s. Publicly accessible works of art have since been a vital part of the modernist garden city designed and built for its workers. The master plan works on two levels: first being the museum concept which deals with placing, orientation and immediate surrounding of the sculptures, while the other is a long-term concept for development of the public space through the artist & workers art colony. Using the narrative of the sculptures, we aimed at enhancing the overall outdoor activities and life in the neighbourhood, by programming and placing areas where new public parks, children playgrounds and sport courts are to be designed. All the sculptures are scheduled for renovation and conservation and are to become the pride of the community and the beating heart of its public spaces once again.
photo: Davor Konjikušić
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Viktorovac park Location: Sisak, Croatia Client: municipality Phase: master plan, main design Area: 7 ha Year: 2019 Team: Nikolina Krešo, Tanja Udovč, Juraj Božić, Jelena Šimat, Stanko Stergaršek, Igor Cindrić, Vlatko Čakširan, Ivana Miletić, Mirjana Miloševski Ntontos, Antonia Trlaja, Anamarija Popović, Mate Rupić Originally created in 1901, Viktorovac consisted of several conceptually different historic parts. The analysis, which was a key design tool, found that while the park has great value as a natural habitat, it is widely unused due to its lack of pedestrian paths, seating areas and lighting. The main goals were to use unforested areas within the park to create activity zones, to establish a network of communication that could be used as walking, running or cycling pathways and to implement smaller seating and resting structures in enclosed natural ambients. The large parking lot is turned into a modern multifunctional plaza: a venue for concerts and events, skate park, mobile seating areas, children playground, cafe terrace. The entire area consists of large sloped and water flowing areas, so all the pathways were placed along the site contours to avoid heavy infrastructural work. Other areas include a natural lake, secluded seating structures and a small botanical garden.
photo: Petra Sturica
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TehnoPark Location: Garešnica, Croatia Client: local business Phase: detailed, built Area: 1,8 ha Year: 2017 Team: Mirjana Miloševski Ntontos, Jelena Šimat, Nikolina Krešo, Tanja Udovč, Mate Rupić The new innovation and office building is surrounded by agricultural fields and meadows. The designed space surrounding the building dissolves into the rural landscape. The building entrance is designed as a large plaza with a central paved area flanked by leisure and break area, creating outdoor space for the employees. Lawn areas closest to the building are the most maintained and quickly switch to meadows with the occasional shrub as you move to the edge of the site. Planted trees are light masses of canopies with species like the Szechuan birch (Betula Szechuanica), Norway maple (Acer platanoides) and the thorny honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos).
photos: Marko Mihaljević
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Šubićevac Memorial Park Location: Šibenik, Croatia Client: Municipality Phase: conservation study Area: 1,3 ha Year: 2019 Team: Emil Jurcan, Sanja Horvatinčić, Dario Crnogaća, Ana Selak, Roberta Škugor, Petra Zaninović, Marko Chiabov, Marija Rupa, Iva Petković Pavić, Jure Živković, Mate Rupić Šubićevac Memorial Park was erected by the socialist government at the original site where fascists executed 26 Croatian partisans in 1942. It consists of a central axis with a climax in a 5 meter tall white stone obelisk designed in reference to columns onto which the victims were tied. These columns, along with the original karst terrain, serve as an in situ proof of the atrocity. he Park seized to be maintained in the 1990s and in 2018 the Municipality hired a transdisciplinary team to work on conservation analysis and find ways to restore the park and add modern public space value to it.
photo: Marko Chiabov
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Bundek Park Location: Zagreb, Croatia Client: municipality Phase: conceptual master plan Area: 30 hectares Year: 2018 Team: Juraj BoŞić, Mate Rupić A large wetland area at the banks of the river Sava is to become an extension of an existing park. As opposed to a 20th century park that includes a lake, pathways and running tracks and barbeque meadow we questioned the idea of a contemporary, 21st century park. The design experiments with the idea of an enhanced natural habitat, a place where architecture is mere infrastructure. Rather than changing the natural water levels, introducing heavy dirtworks and machinery, the concept is to let the natural area be what it strives to be, a biodiverse swampy habitat which is still accesible to humans and holds built structures that host sport events or provide a public space for the skating subculture. The balanced concept offers space for nature to grow in its own manner, while offering the community a sustainable approach to public space use.
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4 Therapeutic gardens Location: Rab, Croatia Client: Rab Psychiatric hospital Phase: master plan to built Year: 2012-2015 Team: Daniel Winterbottom, Luka Jelušić, Srna Krtak, Siniša Mirković, Stanko Stergaršek, Iva Rechner Mate Rupić, UW Landscape Architecture students, Zagreb Landscape Architecture students In 2012 a partnership between the University of Washington, Seattle and Rab Psychiatric hospital was established. The project lead by prof. Daniel Winterbottom and landscape architect Luka Jelušić started with a master plan of developing a therapeutic campus at the hospital (formerly a fascist concentration camp in WWII). Through 4 workshops, that lasted between 4 and 10 weeks and were held annually, our team worked closely with the hospital experts on mental health and staff, as well as with patients, and conceptualized, designed and eventually built 4 therapeutic gardens within the hospital grounds. During workshops, students worked, ate and had accommodation within the hospital, which helped the project develop in a participatory way, in other words we were all one community. The designs happened through collaboration, analysis, mock-ups and open studio and the construction site consisted of students and mentors in work, along with specific experts on matters such as welding, which the students were taught as well. The 4 gardens include the Celebration garden (wooden plaza and stage), Anima garden (a place for meditation and rest), Physical therapy garden (exercise and dog therapy) and Aromatherapy garden (seating area, pergola, raised aromatic plants beds).
photo: Nenad Faflja
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Gardens of Friendship Location: Zagreb, Rijeka, Croatia Client: Podmurvice student dorm Rijeka, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb Phase: master plan to built Year: 2015-2016 Team: Daniel Winterbottom, Luka Jelušić, Siniša Mirković, Stanko Stergaršek, Iva Rechner, Mate Rupić, UW Landscape Architecture students, Zagreb Landscape Architecture students Two Design & build projects, one at a student dorm in Rijeka (European Culture Capital 2020) and at the Faculty of Agriculture campus in Zagreb shared a goal of creating and outdoor space for students (and even kindergarten kids), a place of rest and privacy, but also a place to express themselves and develop relationships with their peers. The Zagreb workshop took place in the middle of a heat wave, which meant the students and mentors sometimes worked in the burning sun. On the other hand, during the Rijeka project the heaviest rainy fall was recorded. Adjusting to the outdoor conditions and answering the projects’ demands, two Friendship gardens were built where kids and young adults can now play with water and mud, slide, give a performance or just take a break from a class and have a cup of coffee.
photo: Holly Chan
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Handlarn and Långed Park Location: Dals Långed, Sweden Client: Municipality, Stenebyskolan Phase: master plan Year: 2018 Team: Daniel Winterbottom, Luka Jelušić, Jonas Lilja, Vedrana Pecotić, Mate Rupić, UW Landscape Architecture Students, HDK-Stenebyskolan students The projects were implemented through a collaborative model with students from American and Swedish universities, as well as with active participation of many locals, some of which are newly arrived immigrants, still looking for their place in the larger community. The workshops primarily focused on producing a master plan for potential developments of public spaces within the village, and later resulted in newly formed Långed Park at the Långed water canal. The Park consists of an outdoor viewpoint and herb garden and two vernacularly designed pavilions, one a public kitchen and a place where the community members socialize through food, and the other a public sauna. A master plan of another site in the village, the Handlarn meadow, was developed through experimenting with multiple space uses. Future projects involve another Design & Build project and a Studio in the Woods workshop that will gather 100 students from the UK and Sweden. The Långed Park is already a vibrant community space and one of the most popular public spaces in the rural area.
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photos: Luka Jelušić
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HeralD Website: www.herald.com.hr Client: Croatian Ministry of Culture Phase: online Year: 2018-2019 Team: Marko Radeljić, Mate Rupić Medieval cities such as Šibenik hold numerous secrets in their stone architecture. While walking through the narrow cobbled streets, you can simply lose yourself in masonry details, gothic and renaissance portals and stone coat of arms displayed on the facades of the novelty palaces and commoners’ houses. Project Herald deals with revealing this type of cultural heritage to general public and the scientific community by digitalizing and cataloguing coats of arms for the first time. The project was funded by the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Šibenik became the first city to have its stone secrets published online. Future goals of the project include establishing an online database of stone coat of arms of other cities, such as Split, Trogir, Rab, Cres etc. Since coats of arms tell the narrative of life in coastal cities, their urban development and changes in government and politics, we are developing a mobile app that will allow users to explore for themselves. The website includes a gallery and portfolio of coats of arms, information on Šibenik’s history and architecture and an interactive map with georeferenced locations.
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Drawings and sketches The hand-eye-mind connection in drawing is natural and fluent, as if the pencil were a bridge that mediates between two realities, and the focus can constantly be shifted between the physical drawing and the non-existent object in the mental space that the drawing depicts. Juhani Pallasmaa, The Thinking Hand
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2 Ashplank benches Phase: concept, detail sketches, built Year: 2019 Team: Matej Boťnjak, Mate Rupić A sawmill factory donated three ashwood inch thick planks and we decided to use them to create 2 benches for our flat and forest house. The planks were roughly sawn and the bark was still on. We found the planks and the bark beautiful and decided to construct a minimal steel supportive structure and display the planks as they were given to us - organic in line and texture.
REACH CONTACT: Mate Rupić materupic7@gmail.com +385 91 594 88 66 Gjure Szaba 13 10 000 Zagreb Croatia instagram page project HeralD
photo: DA! Festival
Mate Rupić, landscape architect