- Spatial Plan for the Special Purpose Area of Development of Part of Riverside Area of the City of Belgrade – the Riverside Area of the River Sava for the Belgrade Waterfront Project (Official Gazette of RS, Nos. 7/15 48/22 and 86/25) (SPSPA BW)
- General Regulation Plan of Rail Systems in Belgrade with the Elements of Detailed Elaboration for Phase I the First Line of Metro System (Official Gazette of the City of Belgrade, No. 102/21) and General Regulation Plan of Rail Systems in Belgrade with the Elements of Detailed Elaboration of the Second Line of Metro System – Phase II (Official Gazette of the City of Belgrade, No. 104/25)
PLANNING REQUIREMENTS FROM SPSPA BELGRADE WATERFRONT
The entire SPSPA BW area is divided into 13 urban units. The Competition Site belongs to the Urban Unit II which comprises the blocks along Savski Square and Savska Street (Blocks 10, 11, 23 and 25).
The Urban Unit II includes the blocks along Savska Street, between Gazela Bridge and Karadjordjeva Street. Within this unit it is planned to construct residential buildings and buildings for accompanying public purposes: Educational Campus (elementary school and kindergarten), cultural facilities, metro station.
The site in question is located in the Urban Block 11 in the areas planned for:
- public services, buildings and complexes,
- public infrastructure areas and facilities,
- public green and free areas,
- commercial zones and city centers;
Competition Site Scope includes:
- part of building lot GP11a on which cultural facility (KL5) is planned – repurposing of the existing building of the Old Railway Station into a public use building or compatible use in the domain of culture;
- part of building lot GP11b on which the Educational Campus (EC) is planned (includes a part of the lot of the educational institution to the designed campus fence to obtain a unique view to metro station access).
- part of building lot GP11c on which commercial zones and city centers are planned and/or reconstruction of the Old Post Office Building and its repurposing into the Archeological Museum of Serbia;
- part of building lot GP11d on which the transformer substation TS 110/10kV Belgrade 47 – Belgrade Waterfront is planned (excluding transformer substation facility);
- part of building lot GP11e is planned for Savski Square (along Savska Street).
PLANNED TRAFFIC NETWORK
Metro
The SPSPA BW boundary comprises the parts of Belgrade Metro route (planned lines 1 and 2) and four metro stations – Ada Ciganlija, Sajam, Mostar, Savski trg.
Route of Metro Line 1 (Železnik-Mirijevo) runs along the corridor of vojvode Mišića Boulevard and further under Gazela Bridge and by regulation of Savska Street towards Republic Square, while the route of Metro Line 2 connects Bežanija with Mirijevo.
Savski Trg Transfer Metro Station (for metro lines 1 and 2) is planned within the scope Competition Site, in the Savski Square zone, immediately beside the Old Railway Station Building (Historical Museum of Serbia).
Street network
According to the functional classification, streets of the primary street network are:
- in the rank of arterial street – Savska Street,
- in the rank of class I street – SAO 1 (Vudroa Vilsona Boulevard) and SAO 6 (Luke Ćelovića Trebinjca),
- in the rank of class II street – Karadjordjeva Street.
SAO 4 (Kraljice Drage Obrenović Street) is a part of the secondary street network.
Parking
Parking of content users’ vehicles is planned:
- on open parking areas (on-street parking or parking spaces – off-street parking),
- in public garages in the zone of public use buildings or in underground garages under public streets,
- in special purpose garages within residential and/or commercial buildings.
As regards the surrounding of the Competition Site, parking in regulation of the public traffic areas on the streets SAO 4 (Kraljice Drage Obrenović) and SAO 6 (Luke Ćelovića Trebinjca) is planned.
In addition to the existing public garage next to the Galerija shopping mall and the garage in Bristol Park (under construction), a new public garage is planned in a wider surrounding of the Competition Site: underground garage between Vudroa Vilsona Boulevard (SAO 1) and Luke Ćelovića Trebinjca Street (SAO 6), in the zone of intersection of these streets with Nikolaja Kravcova Street (Block 24a).
Pedestrian and bicycle traffic
According to the SPSPA BW, pedestrian and bicycle traffic is planned within the regulation lines of the surrounding roads.
Public urban passenger transport
Bus and tram routes are planned along Vudroa Vilsona Boulevard (SAO 1), Savska Street and Karađorđeva Street. Belgrade Waterfront bus terminus under Gazela Bridge and Gospodarska Mehana technical tram turning loop are retained.
The nearest stops in the surrounding of the Competition Site are:
- bus and tram stop on Savska Street in the zone of the Old Post Office (Archeological Museum of Serbia),
- public transport bus stops planned along SAO 1 (Vudroa Vilsona Boulevard).
RULES FOR DEVELOPING FREE AND GREEN SPACES
General rules for developing free and green spaces are defined in compliance with the SPSPA BW, as well as the specific rules and requirements for certain types of green spaces.
- By the planning solution the existing Savski Square is retained on the existing surface area of approx. 10,543 m2 as the central square – plateau, in front of the existing Railway Station Building, planned for representative cultural contents of national significance.
- In cooperation with the Secretariat for Traffic it is possible to create drop-off zones to enable users to access some specific contents.
CONSTRUCTION RULES FOR GP11a – KL5 CULTURAL FACILITY
According to the SPSPA BW, construction rules are defined together for both the building lot GP11a and the KL5 cultural facility which belongs to the said building lot and is not within the Competition Scope.
URBAN DEVELOPMENT RESTRICTIONS
The following restrictions are recorded at the Competition Site (reference map 10 – Urban development restrictions):
- cultural monuments – cultural property of great importance – Railway Station;
- movable cultural property (cultural property-cultural monument) – Blue Locomotive;
- views to the old Belgrade from the river, as well as from the old Belgrade to the river represent a special, unique and exceptional value. Cultural heritage, together with the water area of the confluence of the Sava into the Danube and natural values of the Great War Island, represent a visual and spatial dominant in the overall urban image of the city.
PLAN IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES
The SPSPA BW represents the basis for forming the building lots for pubic uses and the lots for other uses, issuing information about location, location conditions, elaboration of resubdivision and subdivision projects, urban projects and detailed regulation plan.
Further implementation of the SPSPA BW is defined for Block 11 subject to mandatory elaboration of urban design (except for transformer substation and building lots 11b and 11c).
According to the guidelines for implementation of the SPSPA BW, for the KL5 complex, building lot GP11a and Savski Square in Block 11 it is desirable to call for public urban and architectural competition. It is allowed to come to a unique solution by means of several separate urban and architectural competitions.
PLANNING REQUIREMENTS FOR GRP OF RAIL SYSTEMS
Plans which define development of railway, metro and tram systems are in force within the scope of the Competition Site:
1) General Regulation Plan of Rail Systems in Belgrade with Elements of Detailed Elaboration of Phase I of the First Line of Metro System – (Official Gazette of the City of Belgrade, No. 102/21) (hereinafter: GRP of Rail Systems (Phase I – Line 1))
According to this plan, at the Competition Site, between the Old Railway Station Building (Historical Museum of Serbia) and the street SAO 6 (Luke Ćelovića Trebinjca), Savski Trg Station is planned at which the first and the second metro lines are intersecting, as well as tram and bus lines.
Metro line 1 is planned in the following direction: Železnik – Makiš – Žarkovo – Bele vode – Trgovačka Street – Požeška Street – Banovo brdo Park – Ada Ciganlija – Fair – Mostar Interchange – Savski Square – Republic Square – Skadarlija – Dunav Station – Pančevo Bridge – Karaburma – Ada Huja – Višnjička Street – Mirijevski Boulevard – VII Grammar School – Mirijevo. The route section from Bele vode Station to Pančevački most Station is planned in a deep tunnel.
Metro line 2 is planned in the direction Bežanija Depot – Mirijevo.
With the introduction of the metro system into the public transport system it is planned to reorganize the existing lines of public urban transport, aimed at servicing and/or bringing passengers to the high-capacity rail systems. It is planned to reorganize conventional modes of transport – bus, trolleybus systems and partially tram system. Of particular significance in this regard should be the places where several types of rail systems intersect – metro, BG train, but also tram system, as it is the case in the zone of Savski Square.
Tram traffic runs along the streets Karadjordjeva, Savska and Nemanjina (existing tram lines). Savski trg tram stop is in the immediate vicinity of the Competition Site, in front of the Old Post Office Building.
Elements of Detailed Elaboration of Phase I of the first line of Metro System – Planned land use
2) General Regulation Plan of Rail Systems in Belgrade with Elements of Detailed Elaboration of the Second Line of Metro System – Phase II (Official Gazette of the City of Belgrade, No. 104/25) (hereinafter: GRP of Rail Systems (Line 2 – Phase II));
According to this plan, the route of the second metro line, from the planned Blok 18 Metro Station to the planned Južni Bulevar Metro Station, is adjusted relative to the solution defined by the GRP of Rail Systems (Phase I – Line 1).
Metro line 2 is planned in the following direction: Bežanija Depot – Marka Čelebonovića Street – Bežanijska Kosa Clinical Hospital Centre – RS Zemun – Zemun Novi grad – Ugrinovačka Street – Filipa Višnjića Street – Zemun Stadium – City Park – Džona Kenedija Street – Novi Beograd Municipality – Merkator – Arena – Blok 18 – Savski Square – Slavija – Karadjordjev Park – Južni Boulevard – Grčića Milenka Street – Vojislava Ilića Street – Zvezdara Market – Mite Ružića Street – Ustanička Street – Mirijevo.
Savski Trg Metro Station is located within the scope of this plan, but it is not within the scope of the detailed elaboration because it is defined by the valid GRP of Rail Systems (Phase I – Line 1).
PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF SAVSKI TRG METRO STATION
The preliminary design of “Savski Trg” Metro Station (EGIS RAIL, 2024) was made for “Savski Trg” Metro Station. The Books of Architecture and Landscaping, as well as the Architectural Branding Manual are an integral part of the Competition Documentation.
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
The station services the Waterfront area, new residential area along the Sava River and it is positioned below the part of Savski Square which is the subject of this Competition.
The level deemed the ground level will be constructed after completion of the future works of ground filling and will be at the level +76.00 m.a.s.l.
L1 and L2 Savski Trg Station has two entrances – the first entrance A is to the north, and the second entrance B is to the south from the station location. Technical openings and grids are on free surfaces.
The station has ground level and five underground levels and its total surface area is 28800 m2.
ANDSCAPING DESIGN
General information about station location and general landscaping requirements are provided within the landscaping design. Also, the zone of underground construction of metro station (planting of low vegetation allowed), proposed fire escape route and zones in which planting of high vegetation is allowed are presented.
PROJECT DOCUMENTATION FOR BUILDINGS SURROUNDING THE SQUARE
Project documentation has been prepared for all buildings on the building lots in the immediate surrounding to the Square.
1) Old Railway Station – Historical Museum of Serbia
The subject of the Detailed Design – reconstruction, rehabilitation, adaptation and repurposing of the Main Railway Station Building CP (Cadastral Plot) 1532 CM (Cadastral Municipality) Savski Venac (Mašinoprojekt KOPRING A.D., 2024) is repurposing of the Main Railway Station Building into the Historical Museum of Serbia.
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2) Parts of Square around Main Railway Station Building (Historical Museum of Serbia)
Public space of the KL5 Complex – Old Railway Station (Historical Museum of Serbia), i.e. unique development of the part of the area in front of the Museum building which, together with Savski Square, is making a visual and ambient unit is defined on the basis of the Preliminary Design of Landscaping in the Zone around the Stefan Nemanja Monument at Savski Square in the Scope of the Waterfront Project (CeS.TRA, 2021). The design elaborates three units: the plateau in front of the main façade of the Old Railway Station (Historical Museum of Serbia), the area between this building and the Old Post Office Building (Archeological Museum of Serbia) and the square towards Karadjordjeva Street.
3) Savski Square
The As-Built Design – (ABD) for the newly constructed and reconstructed public green space – square on the building lot GP ZP consisting of CP 813/6 CM Savski venac (CeS.TRA, 2021) covers the area of the completed Savski Square in front of the Old Railway Station (Historical Museum of Serbia), building lot 11e – public area and holding area of the cultural facility with the planned sculpture and radial movement concept.
4) Old Post Office – Archeological Museum of Serbia
According to the Construction Permit Design – Form-Related Reconstruction of Post Office Building based on the Original Design, Construction and Repurposing (Mašinoprojekt KOPRING A.D., 2024), it is planned to demolish the existing building and to build a new one with the idea to perform a complete reconstruction of the building’s form based on the original design of the architect Momir Korunović.
5) Educational Campus – elementary school and kindergarten annex
Based on the design of the elementary school and kindergarten annex (Mašinoprojekt KOPRING A.D., 2024 these two buildings on the building lot 11b are elaborated.
Within the Educational Campus the following zones are clearly defined: for the elementary school, for the kindergarten annex and for the amenities. Organization of open spaces and setting of green spaces are defined with the aim to form protective zones and sound insulation between school’s sport grounds and kindergarten building. The Campus fence is recessed relative to the boundary of the building lot 11b, thus the zone within the building lot and outside the designed fence is included into the scope of the Competition Site.
6) Transformer substation TS 110/10 kV Belgrade 47 – Belgrade Waterfront
The Construction Permit Design for TS 110/10 kV Belgrade 47 – Belgrade Waterfront on c.p. 462/8 and 1508/433 CM Savski venac, 110 kV elaborates the transformer substation on the building lot GP11d.
7) Designs of the streets Karadjordjeva, Savska and SAO 6 (Luke Ćelovića Trebinjca)
These designs elaborate perimeter streets in detail.