RESTAURANT AND SPA LEŠIĆ DIMITRI
restoration and the infill of 3 stone ruins

PROJECT TYPE:  direct order

CLIENT:  Lešić-Dimitri d.o.o.

LOCATION:  old town Korčula

STATUS:  realisation -  2008, the interior is not finished

AREA:  285 m2

project leader: Zora Salopek Baletić

project team:  Andrijana Pozojević, Zora Salopek Baletić , Bojan Baletić,

associate:  Samira El-Majzoub

HISTORICAL EVALUATION :  Igor  Fisković
ARCHEOLOGICAL RESEARCH:  Vesna Zmajić
ARCHITECTURAL MEASUREMENTS : Kata Dubljević
ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT:   Wizart d.o.o. – Roberto Vdović
STRUCTURAL DESIGN:  Lokošek projekt d.o.o. – Egon Lokošek
ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION PROJECT:  Elag d.o.o. - Zvonimir Petar Gajšak
WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE PROJECTS: Zavod za arhitekturu AF- Ivan Cetinić
MECHANICAL INSTALLATIONS PROJECTS: Zavod za arhitekturu AF- Ivan Cetinić
INTERIOR DESIGN:  ISM - Attayut Piravinich
CONSTRUCTOR:  Domizgradnja d.o.o.

The three stone ruins need to be converted into the restaurant and the leisure relaxing space, as a complement to the residential function of main building Palace Lešić Dimitri, small boutique hotel. There were not relevant data for the reconstruction of the ruins, for analysis remained only the demolished ground floor, therefore the facsimile strategy is not an option. The existing walls were restored, constructively strengthened, and presented, and above them the new elevations were built. This infill was emphasized by dilatation from the old part. The infill corresponds with the urban city tissue by building material and by typology but with clear, modern lines, with smoothness and with emphasized monolithic appearance is distinctly contemporary. The dialog between existing and added is architectural expression which is consistent with the very notion of Korčula, the town which was modern and original at the time.