3LHD: Making of Urania

Описание: video by domagoj blazevic (https://vimeo.com/svjetionik), music by autechre
Staro kino Urania jedno je od mnogih kina izgrađenih početkom 20.st koja se nalaze u urbanim blokovima cijelog zagrebačkog donjeg grada. Otvaranje velikih multiplex kina dovelo je u posljednjih nekoliko desetljeća do postupnog odumiranja tih starih kino-dvorana koje su, zanemarene i prazne, počele propadati.
Usprkos svojoj starosti, zgrada starog kina Urania imala je dobre predispozicije za prilagodbu i novu funkciju – javni prostor različitih namjena i uredski prostor. U rekonstrukciji su zadržana tri od četiri postojeća volumena: ulazni lobby, glavna dvorana i prateći uredski prostori. Novi volumen predstavlja stakleni paviljon koji je prethodno služio kao ulazni prostor kina.
Urania Cinema/Theatre is one of the oldest cinema buildings built in Zagreb during the last 120 years. Those cinemas were spread within the urban city blocks across Zagreb’s Downtown. With the opening of new and modern multiplex theatres 20 years ago, the old Zagreb cinemas have gradually started to die out, and the buildings, neglected and emptied, started to deteriorate.
Despite its age, the building has had good spatial predispositions to be adapted, converted and reused into a new office and public space. Three of the four original building volumes were kept: the three floor entrance foyer and office building, the big lobby and the main double height cinema hall. The only new building is the Entrance Glass pavilion, which was in very bad condition and had to be replaced.