Koper Central Park, Slovenia Landscape Architecture, Competition Winners, Images
Central Park in Koper, Slovenia
Slovenian Public Landscape Development – design by Enota, Architects
20 Feb 2019
Koper Central Park
Design: Enota
Loction: Koper, Slovenia
Construction underway on ENOTA´s winning Koper Central Park competition proposal
New Koper Urban Park is set between Piranska Road and the Semedela promenade, and between the Grande canal and the area just beyond the city market.

Piranska Road represents a new stage in the development of the town’s infrastructure while the promenade is one of the more important features of the town having once acted as the link between the city on the then-island and the mainland.
As such, it counts among the characteristic elements in the panorama of Koper. The connection ran between the sea and the salt ponds. As the city developed during the past decades, the former salt-pond area was gradually filled in.

The land thus recovered represented a major development potential for the town. Nowadays, these surfaces are partially built, but there are still extensive unoccupied surfaces, including the area under consideration. The key characteristic of the area is the immediate connection with the promenade and the sea, which is to be recognised as a significant spatial quality.

The area is partially occupied by a large car park behind the city market. In the broader context, the area represents the first contact with the sea f...