The idea of building a new
bus station in Osijek was created in 2007, when the
city of Osijek published an invitation to tender for
the construction of a new bus station in Osijek on the
principle of public-private partnerships. The tender required high
quality architectural, and an economically best
solution, in terms of construction cost, maintenance and usage. We,
the renowned Croatian architect's
office Rechner Ltd. from Osijek, were hired by one of
the greatest Croatian construction companies “Osijek Koteks Inc.”
from Osijek, and together we won the tender previously
mentioned.
Problem task was
to design the bus station up to A category, which
means high quality
contemporary architecture, whereas the “Osijek Koteks Inc.” offered
the best economic conditions of financing, construction, maintenance and
usage.
According to the tender, the city of Osijek
and “Osijek Koteks Inc.” signed a contract on public-private partnership in
which the city gave land and “Osijek Koteks Inc.” invested in the project and
the construction of the bus station. The investor is claimed to use and manage
business for the period of 28 years, after which it is obliged to give it into
the ownership to the city of Osijek. After the designs were created and all the
necessary permits were gained, work started and it hasn’t stopped even at the
time of greatest global economic crisis. In the summer of 2011 the bus station
in Osijek was officially opened.
Urban solution of Bus station in Osijek was
in many ways defined by its placement in urban tissue. Longitude of the city
situated on river Drava is reflected even in the positioning of the Bus station
building on the parcel.
Terminal of urban transport is located on
the east, the most contractual side of longitudinal parcel: tram station, five
platforms for urban transport buses, taxi stand, a large square with dominated
roof surface and oblique high wall which points toward
the entrance of the building and also separates
the platforms from external access.
By its longitude, the bus station building
constructed in parallel with the access intrazone road, "closes"
16 bus platforms that are located behind the
building, in the "backyard", whose dimensions
are 132.9 x 16.4 m. Besides the two-storey high station
aula and communication areas there are all necessary trade-service-catering
facilities and transportation offices. Facilities are located on ground floor
and gallery. Buses arrive at the
platform through checkpoints. Passengers access the platforms from
the station building.
Slightly wavy dominant roof surface substantially shelters
Bus terminal building on all sides, especially over
the bus platform and the access of the square, which
gives the association of a pleasant bus ride, like
sailing on low and long waves. Her "weight" dematerialized glass surfaces of building facades, with
a distinctive horizontality of glazed fields. Underground public
garage beneath the entire building and
the external platform has a
capacity for 251 vehicles.It is directly associated with the contents of the
bus station building, and pedestrian access is also
possible from outside, through the access square.Transportation to the garage is
separated from bus traffic.
Supporting structure of
underground garage is a reinforced concrete. Supporting structure of
the ground floor and staircase core of the bus station
building are reinforced concrete columns and beams
connected with reinforced concrete slab. Huge roof surface lies
on the steel trusses in both directions, bearing steel
columns 32 cm in diameter, in raster 8x8 m.
Bus station is characterized
by extreme modernity, both in design and idea, as
well as in performance and function. The basic
idea is derived through research
and tours of many European passenger terminals and
airports.