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sador Hotel and Matejuska”, explained the project mr.sc. Nenad Mikulandra, chief architect at Nemico d.o.o.from Split, which has developed the project of the newWestern coast.These plans, among other things, indicated theextension of the lungomare along the Eastern coast,where all the facilities of the Split’s port would be connectedwith the pedestrian communications. Today wecan say that the main features of the extension projectof the Western coast include pedestrian areas, a biketrail, road with a roundabout and supply driving lane,stone paving, indigenous horticulture, environmentallighting and appropriately designed urban equipment,all of which make an extremely appropriate face-lift ofthis part of Split’s port and a significant improvementof the town’s new image. However, reaching this resultis not at all fast nor easy. For this task, the Town of Splitformed in 2007 a Commission, which had the task tomonitor the execution of project documentation.From 2007 to 2009 the company Nemico, alongwith its subcontractors, prepared 28 solutions of conceptualdesigns, from the extension of the Westerncoast through an underground circulation of vehicles,an underground garage and a tunnel that connects theWestern coast with the pier of Sv. Nikola (St. Nicholas),approx. 220 m long, then through the undergroundgazebo on the Western coast, up to the solution withcovered public parking in Zvoncac of capacity for 540vehicles. In September 2007 the Commission adoptedsolution no. eight, with 650 meters of coastline anda total width of 50 meters. The project according towhich the extension of the Western coast was carriedout, adopted the width of the shore of 45 meters,except on the part of the gas station for the supply ofvessels”, explains Mikulandra.The biggest problem and technical issue was thedesign of the coastal structure, system of chambers ofvarious heights, depending on the intended depth ofthe seabed, for acceptance of vessels of various sizes.At the same time, in the period of the next six years,32 people - from university professors to designers- worked hard on developing the design documentationand study as well as on professional and projectsupervision. Meanwhile, in 2010 the Town of Splitand the Split Architects’ Association announced theurban-architectural competition for the extension ofthe Western coast, where young architects from SplitMirta Dilas, Jure Beslic and Ivan Juric won first prize,after what the company Nemico was engaged for theexecution of the entire project documentation for obtainingthe necessary permits and for constructing theextension of the Western coast.“During the whole time of the preparation andwork, to greater or lesser extent, the authors werecontacted and from the beginning of the design, allphases were monitored by the Conservation Departmentof the Ministry of Culture in Split. Likewise, theselection of the ways and types of paving, landscapingsolution, selection of lighting, projects of facilities inhorizontal and vertical dimensions as well as treatmentof the facade, urban equipment and other elementswere made according to the instructions and requirementsof the Conservation Department. The project ofextending the Western coast had to be been executedin such a way to protect the view of Sustipan and partof the old town, which I consider to have been doneproperly, as well as the mutual compatibility of thepromenade, landscaping arrangement and placementof three multi-function single storey facilities”, concludesMikulandra.If Split’s Waterfront is the town promenade underthe southern wall of Diocletian’s Palace, Eastern coasttraffic-commercial hub of downtown, then the Westerncoast is the meeting point of the beauty of the seaand park Marjan, a natural frame that intertwined withits new freshly washed face the natural, topographicand tourist elements and connected them with the urbanstructure of the town. Therefore, the Western coastis today a place where both visitors and Split natives,may perfectly experience all the delicacies of a modernMediterranean town opened to beauty and the future.