»Območje v neposredni okolici Hotela Holiday (Inn) na Marijinem Dvoru v Sarajevu je danes prostorsko razdrobljeno, prometno obremenjeno in programsko osiromašeno, čeprav ima eno ključnih zgodovinskih in simbolnih točk mesta. Na istem prostoru se plastijo trije temeljni urbani in kolektivni narativi Sarajeva – Olimpijske igre leta 1984, vojno obdobje med letoma 1992 in 1995 ter sodobna urbana dinamika –, vendar obstoječa prostorska ureditev teh plasti ne povezuje v koherentno izkušnjo. Primanjkuje kakovostnih javnih površin, jasnih peš povezav in prostorske hierarhije, zaradi česar hotel postopoma izgublja vlogo nosilca kolektivnega spomina. Predlagana zasnova območje revitalizira z oblikovanjem muzejske četrti, v kateri se obstoječi hotel ohranja kot avtentični prostorski in simbolni element, ob njem pa se vzpostavi nov muzejski volumen, zasnovan kot arhitektura spomina. Nova arhitekturna struktura prostorsko interpretira različne zgodovinske sloje Sarajeva ter jih prevaja v sodoben arhitekturni izraz. Poseg temelji na načelu subtilnega prostorskega dialoga z obstoječo stavbo: nove prostorske plasti se z njo povezujejo brez dominacije, jo prostorsko poudarjajo, programsko dopolnjujejo in ponovno aktivirajo širši urbani kontekst.«
» The area in the immediate vicinity of the Holiday (Inn) Hotel at Marijin Dvor in Sarajevo is today spatially fragmented, heavily burdened by traffic, and programmatically impoverished, despite containing one of the city’s key historical and symbolic sites. Three fundamental urban and collective narratives of Sarajevo overlap in this location—the 1984 Olympic Games, the wartime period from 1992 to 1995, and contemporary urban dynamics—yet the existing spatial arrangement fails to connect these layers into a coherent experience. A lack of high-quality public spaces, clear pedestrian connections, and spatial hierarchy has gradually caused the hotel to lose its role as a carrier of collective memory. The proposed design revitalizes the area through the creation of a museum quarter, in which the existing hotel is preserved as an authentic spatial and symbolic element, while a new museum volume is introduced alongside it, conceived as an architecture of memory. The new architectural structure spatially interprets the different historical layers of Sarajevo and translates them into a contemporary architectural expression. The intervention is based on the principle of a subtle spatial dialogue with the existing building: the new spatial layers connect to it without domination, spatially emphasize it, programmatically complement it, and re-activate the broader urban context.«
