LISTED WORKS

044 DG43

An outdated flat in a modernist block turned inside out for student living. A stripped-back, colourful shell that amplifies daylight and a new functional organisation, with red micro-cement flooring acting as both memory and motif.

023 DG43
TYPOLOGY: interior / executed
TYPE: private
YEAR: 2025

026 MMPS

A stripped-back modernist slab in Rijeka retooled as ‘My Place Under the Sun’ – an inhabited wall of brick and colour turning leftover office space into social infrastructure for excluded kids. Nominated for Mies van de Rohe Award and Bernardo Bernardi award.
026 MMPS
TEAM: Ana Boljar, Ida Križaj Leko, Enia Kukoč, Kristijan Mamić, Marin Nižić, Ariana Sušanj, Damian Sobol Turina
TYPOLOGY: interior / executed
TYPE: public
YEAR: 2021

ARHITEKTURA U RIJECI 1991-2018

A research-based exhibition book, Arhitektura u Rijeci 1991.–2018. maps three decades of contemporary architecture in and around Rijeka —from mosques, campuses and sports halls to housing, museums and one-off installations.

ARHITEKTURA U RIJECI 1991--2018
TYPOLOGY: book / publishing
EDITORS: Luka Skansi, (UNIRI) Gorana Stipeč Brlić, Martina Mataija , Ana Orlić, Damian Sobol Turina, Ariana Sušanj, Mia Bećirević,Ana Orlić,Katarina Šantić,Andrea Šepić (SEKCIJA – DAR), Students of Art History on the Faculty of Humanities and Social sciences, (UNIRI)
TYPE: public
YEAR: 2019

NEBODERI - PRIRUČNIK ZA AKTIVACIJU

“Neboderi: priručnik za aktivaciju” is a research-based handbook by Sekcija DAR that reconstructs the history, typologies and public image of Rijeka’s residential towers, treating them as key figures of the city’s post-war urban identity. Through essays, archival material and step-by-step “actions” – from archival research and guided walks to rooftop gardens and community events – it reframes these high-rises as shared resources for contemporary collective life and future urban experiments

NEBODERI – PRIRUČNIK ZA AKTIVACIJU
TYPOLOGY: book / publishing
EDITORS: Martina Mataija, Ana Orlić, Damian Sobol Turina, Gorana Stipeč Brlić, Ariana Sušanj (DAR) & many others…
TYPE: public
YEAR: 2021

043 POL

An old country flat trying on a new role as a rental — small, efficient, and quietly quirky in shades of sand and beige.
042 POL
TYPOLOGY: interior / executed
TYPE: private client
YEAR: 2025

LIFE AFTER PORT - RIJEKA 2050

The thesis reclaims Rijeka’s 105-hectare port basin, from Brajdica to Kantrida, as a continuous urban–architectural project: a former industrial strip that once blocked the city’s access to the sea is reworked through new structures and programs for food and energy production, logistics, education and housing. Instead of extending mono-functional fabric, it proposes a program-driven transformation of piers, docks and warehouses into a productive waterfront that connects local dereliction with 21st-century questions of climate, resources and urban living.
LIFE AFTER PORT - RIJEKA 2050
TYPOLOGY: Urbanism
TYPE: Master thesis
YEAR: 2019

SCIENCE CENTER ČAKOVEC

The Čakovec Science Centre is conceived as a compact vertical volume on a former barracks site, keeping a small footprint to preserve existing greenery while wrapping its structure in a planted facade. Inside, flexible stacked floors host exhibitions, education and workshops in minimal, reconfigurable spaces, supported by low-carbon systems—solar roof, heat pumps and rainwater use—as a straightforward “house of science” in the landscape.

SCIENCE CENTER ČAKOVEC
TYPOLOGY: Public
TEAM: Gorana Stipeč Brlić, Karla Ritoša, Damian Sobol Turina
TYPE: competition proposal / 4th prize
YEAR: 2024

Architecture of Appropriation redefines the urban outsider as an architect of necessity, elevating the subversive tactics of the squatting movement into a rigorous spatial discipline. By framing radical improvisation and collective living as legitimate architectural acts, the project transforms derelict voids into vital case studies for an alternative, rights-based urbanism. It is a compelling argument that the city is not a finished product, but a constant invitation to hack, reclaim, and reinvent. ARCHITECTURE OF APPROPRIATION
TYPOLOGY: Exhibition
TEAM: Het Niewe Institut Rotterdam, TU Eindhoven students
TYPE: exhibition
YEAR: 2017-2018

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The Brdo 2 project is a contemporary residential development designed to seamlessly integrate the urban fabric of Ljubljana with the natural landscapes of the Rožnik hill and the Barje plains. By weaving together two distinct morphological patterns design creates a diverse urban identity that prioritizes open space, natural light, and pedestrian connectivity.

BRDO 2 PUBLIC HOUSING MASTERPLAN
TYPOLOGY: Urbanism/Housing
TEAM: Tadej Glažar, Vid de Gleria, Jure Henigsmann, Saša Štuhec, Damian Sobol Turina
TYPE: competition proposal
YEAR: 2017

021 IVO

A stacked house on a steep slope – leisure below, open living in the middle, sleeping on top. Rooted in local context, shapes, colours and knowledge how to turn a hillside into the functional space.

021 IVO
TYPOLOGY: single family home / proposal
TYPE: private
YEAR: 2020

RUSULICA KINDERGARTEN

The proposal lifts four kindergarten units into the tree canopy, adopting the square-grid logic of the surrounding housing while freeing the ground as a shaded, open court that preserves existing greenery. Classrooms act as “observatories” with deep terraces, perforated screens and sliding glass, allowing flexible indoor–outdoor teaching and future adaptation of the building for other public uses.

RUSULICA KINDERGARTEN
TYPOLOGY: Public / 2nd prize
TEAM: Gorana Stipeč Brlić, Karla Ritoša, Andrea Šepić, Damian Sobol Turina
TYPE: competition proposal
YEAR: 2022

PTUJ CITY VISION 2050

The project proposes a masterplan for Ptuj that starts from what the city already has: layered history and tourism, wine and gastronomy, and the natural heritage of the Drava. Rather than importing big new objects, it works through these existing strengths to reorganise routes, public spaces and programs from within, tightening the link between city, river and hinterland.

PTUJ CITY VISION 2050
TYPOLOGY: Urbanism
TEAM: Aljaž Lepšina, Grega Indof, Žan Plevnik, Damian Sobol Turina
TYPE: university project
YEAR: 2017

DUBRAVA ELDERLY HOME

Dubrava elderly home rejects the typical "closed-off" institution, using a split-volume design to pull the street and the park directly into the heart of the building. By mixing intuitive circular paths with a sensory garden, it treats healthcare as an extension of the neighborhood rather than a destination for isolation.

DUBRAVA ELDERLY HOME
TYPOLOGY: Public
TEAM: Gorana Stipeč Brlić, Karla Ritoša, Damian Sobol Turina
TYPE: competition proposal
YEAR: 2023

V&D REPROGRAMMED/UNPROGAMMED

Project recasts the obsolete V&D department store in central Tilburg as a dense mixed-use slab of clubs, galleries, shops, offices, housing and a roof park, opened up by light shafts and thickened stair cores cut through the generic modernist shell. It treats the block as a porous passage between Heuvelstraat and Pieter Vreedesplein, a flexible framework for shifting programs rather obsolete retail building.

Vroom&Dreesmann REPROGRAMMED/UNPROGAMMED
TYPOLOGY: Public
TEAM: Damian Sobol Turina
TYPE: university project
YEAR: 2018