Mapping the Croatian Coast
A Road Trip to Architectural Legacies
of Cold War and Tourism Boom

This book, conceived as a road trip, leads through the fascinating architectural heritage from the time of the tourism boom and of the Cold War in Croatia. Along the Adriatic high way, the picturesque coastal road from the 1960s, impressive hotel complexes and secret military posts emerged at the same time, which today share a similar fate: as ruins with a sea view. The authors from the research department of housing and design of TU Vienna outline routes to these hidden architectures describe their development, their role in the non-aligned state of Yugoslavia, their decline and their transformation. Eight removable folding maps examine special phenomena of the coastal area and make the book a practical guide on the journey to the hidden gems of the Croatian Adriatic coast.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

06 | Introduction
       Mapping the Croatian Coast
       Antonia Dika & Bernadette Krejs

10 | Coastal Tour Meditations
       Michael Obrist

14 | Timeline-Map of Croatia

20 | Day 01 around Rijeka
       01 ex. Motel Sljeme Preluka [Motel Panorama], near Rijeka
       02 Hotel Neboder, Rijeka
       03 Hotel Complex Uvala Scott, Kraljevica 
       04 ex. Hotel Complex Haludovo, Malinska

38 | Adriatic Coast Between Mass Tourism & Cold War
       Antonia Dika

42 | Day 02 around Zadar
       05 ex. Military Complex, Šepurine

50 | From “Social Tourism” to a Mass Market Consumer Paradise
       Michael Zinganel 

56 | Day 03 around Šibenik

       06 ex. Hall of the Yugoslav People‘s Army [Dom JNA], Šibenik
       07 ex. Military Complex, Island of Zlarin
       08 Hotel Complex Solaris, Šibenik
       09 ex. Hotel complex Marina Lucica, Primošten
       10 ex. Motel Sljeme Trogir [Motel Soline], Trogir

78 | Motel Trogir: Saving the Past Futures
       Lidija Butković Mićin & Nataša Bodrožić

84 | Day 04 around Split
       11 Hotel Maestral, Brela
       12 ex. Children’s Holiday Resort, Krvavica
       13 ex. Ship Bunker Brijesta, south of Ploče

102 | Mobility Map Croatian Coast 

104 | Opposing Ambitions Shaping the Ground
         of the Eastern Adriatic Coast
         Melita Čavlović

108 | Day 05 around Dubrovnik
         14 Hotel Palace, Dubrovnik
         15 Hotel Libertas, Dubrovnik
         16 ex. Military Holiday Resort, Kupari
         17 ex. Grand Hotel, Island of Lopud

126 | Mapping as a Research Method in Architecture
         Bernadette Krejs

132 | Photo References
         Further Reading
         Hotel Recommendations
         Mapping Jadranska Magistrala
         Dictionary

142 | Imprint

ABOUT THE BOOK, EDITORS & CONTRIBUTORS
This book was produced as a follow-up to the master design studio “Mapping the Croatian Coast”, taught by Bernadette Krejs and Antonia Dika at the Research Unit of Housing and Design, Vienna University of Technology. 
Essays by: Nataša Bodrožić & Lidija Butković Mićin, Melita Čavlović, Antonia Dika, Bernadette Krejs, Michael Obrist und Michael Zinganel.
Contributions by: Irena Atanasova, Carina Bliem, Diana Contiu, Magdalena Drach, Lucia de la Duena Sotelo, Aline Eriksson, Michaela Fodor, Sarah Gold, Raphael Gregorits, Joana Gritsch, Maria Groiss, Nina Haider, Pia Knott, Cristina Krois, Philip Langer, Michael Lindinger, Jakob Lugmayr, Nina Zawosta and Marija Živanović.