Telegraph O
and O
telephone O
centers O
(TTC) O
were O
built O
in O
Pula B-LOC
(1974) O
in O
Rijeka O
at O
Kozala O
(1974 O
1976) O
and O
Trsat O
(1976) O
and O
also O
in O
Umag O
(1982) B-LOC
for O
the O
purpose O
of O
improving O
telecommunications O
in O
Istria O
and B-LOC
the O
Rijeka O
region. B-LOC
They O
were O
designed O
by O
prominent O
Rijeka O
architect B-LOC
Ninoslav O
Kučan B-PER
also I-PER
known O
for O
his O
design O
for O
the O
RI O
department O
store O
and O
Krnjevo O
residential O
complex. O
These O
buildings O
which O
look O
like O
strange O
machines O
are O
spacious O
warehouses O
for O
high O
technology O
organized O
according O
to O
the O
needs O
of O
the O
technology. O
The O
resulting O
design O
is O
constrained O
only O
by O
the O
need O
for O
openings O
and O
perforations O
for O
ventilation O
cooling O
and O
the O
operation O
of O
technology. O
This O
situation O
created O
a O
space O
of O
freedom O
in O
the O
design O
selection O
and O
composition O
of O
façade O
elements O
– O
which O
Kučan O
took O
advantage O
of O
when O
designing O
Telegraph O
and O
Telecommunication O
centers O
in O
Rijeka O
– O
both O
in B-LOC
Kozala O
and O
Trsat. O
When O
designing O
the O
TTC O
in O
Kozala O
Kučan O
applied O
prefabricated O
and O
industrially O
produced O
elements O
architecture O
"as O
a O
product O
of O
contemporary O
technology" O
– O
a O
popular O
approach O
in O
the O
1970s. O
In O
this O
way O
Kučan O
realized O
a O
significant O
building O
a O
kind O
of O
landmark O
in O
the O
panorama O
of O
the O
city O
which O
the O
author O
himself O
thought O
could O
be O
the O
" O
city’s O
first O
architectural O
sign" O
at O
the O
northeast O
entrance O
to O
the O
city. O