Historic villa Bozdari – Škaprlenda

The project envisages the reconstruction of the baroque historic villa Bozdari - Škaprlenda, located in Rijeka Dubrovačka, as an Interpretation Center for visitors. The goal of the project is to contribute to sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development, improve the cultural and social offer and the quality of life of the local population, along with the expansion of public spaces on the outskirts of the city. The Bozdari - Škaprlenda historic villa reconstruction project promotes the idea of cultural and social action, which will contribute to increasing the specific tourist offer with a strong cultural message, while defining a reference point for the tourist valorisation and use of several historic villas in Rijeka Dubrovačka. The historic villa stands out for its representativeness, while its specific location emphasizes the inseparable interaction with the surrounding gardens. Walking through the center, visitors get to know different types of gardens, and the eastern garden is the starting point.

The concept of designing garden fields was developed in cooperation with Assoc. Ph.D. Mara Marić, mag.ing.prosp.arch. The baroque volute of the emblem of the historic villa Bozdari-Škaprlenda was reinterpreted as a garden figure.
The southern garden of the historic villa is articulated by the topography of the terrain. The steep rock freely enters the garden area and forms a harmonious whole with it. In the western garden, picturesquely named “giardino segreto”, the element of water has been reintroduced in order to obtain an additional visual and acoustic experience of the space. Reconstruction of the original elements; cisterns, niches of nymphs and an octagonal basin; the main building material of the western garden becomes stone, not plant. Also, the project envisages the reconstruction of the utility area, which is accessed from the western garden, and it houses all the technical areas of the historic villa.