Title of the report: Programme-spatial design of the harbour open to public traffic Valbiska
Client: Institute for Physical Planning of PGC Public Institution
Creator: Rijekaprojekt d.d. Rijeka and Rožić Architects and Partners d.o.o. Rijeka
Year compiled: 2016.
The programme and spatial design of Valbiska harbour included the entire area of the harbour as well as the access road and on the basis of this design it is possible to determine the conditions for the construction, landscaping and use of the demarcated surface areas and to define the measures of the protection of the area during construction and use. With the design the current needs are covered, however, a phased upgrading is planned in view of the construction of additional berths, nevertheless, everything is in line with the spatial limits and possibilities.
Fig. 1 Photomontage 1
The entire area is defined through determined units which are interconnected in a functional sense and together they make the entire area of the ferry port compatible. The construction, landscaping and use of demarcated surface areas are also in line with other factors of the area satisfying the basic conditions which are related to: efficiency, functionality, the compliance with other spatial units, connectivity, cost-effectiveness and safety.
In line with the proposed transport design of the harbour, the linking of most of the amenities into a single area is proposed, in other words, a new building – a Terminal.
Fig. 2 Photomontage 3
Fig. 3 Harbour upgrade – the situation
Title of the elaboration: Conceptual design of the port open for public traffic St Fuska
Client: Institute for Physical Planning of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Producer: Rijekaprojekt d.d. Rijeka
Year of production: 2019
For the realisation of the Valbiska project, it is necessary to move the communal berths from the harbour of Valbiska, and the potential location for the relocation of the communal berths is the harbour of St Fuska. For the verification and definition of the spatial possibilities of the harbour of St Fuska for the placing of the communal berths from the harbour of Valbiska, a conceptual design of the St Fuska harbour was produced in 2019.
An integral part of the conceptual design was also the analysis of the hydrodynamics of the sea. Despite the fact that the harbour of St Fuska is seemingly located in a very well-protected cove, the natural protection and the smaller existing quay are not sufficient protection from the waves from all directions.The critical directions of the wind are SW, W and SSE. The SW direction is directly perpendicular to the cove and causes the greatest wave heights.
On the basis of the analysis of the hydrodynamics of the sea in the conceptual design, two variants of the harbour were produced that are conceived in a way that the harbour could be developed in phases.
In both variants, the construction of communal and nautical parts of the harbour is planned with the priority on the communal berths.
Variant 1 was assessed as being more acceptable. On the east coast, in the 1st developmental phase, a primary 80 m long breakwater is planned for protection against the SW and SSE winds. Besides the breakwater also planned are quays (Quays 1, 2, 3 and 4) and new smaller shorelines.
With the construction of the breakwater and quays 1, 2 and 3 the reception of communal vessels from the harbour of Valbiska will be made possible, whilst the west shoreline with a second breakwater can be added subsequently in the 2nd developmental phase.
Fig. 4 Conceptual design of the harbour of St Fuska – Variation 1