Že pred petimi leti je Vladimir Mattioni z naslovom svoje zdaj že kultne knjige ugotovil: "Zagreb se spreminja", pri čemer je diagnosticiral svojevrstno urbano eksplozijo, širitev mesta v suburbana območja, ki so kolonizirana z novimi programi: predvsem z nakupovalnimi središči in pisanimi poslovno-distribucijskimi poslopji v različnih merilih. Ta ekspanzija je predstavljala prvi investicijski val v večjem merilu v Zagrebu, ki se je potem nadaljeval tudi v drugih hrvaških mestih. Sledil je drugi val gradbenega buma, ki pa se je usmeril v nasprotno smer, proti osrednjemu mestnemu prostoru. Gre za svojevrstno urbano implozijo in zgoščevanje posameznih mestnih območij, pri čemer predstavljajo najbolj vpadljive spremembe v urbanem pejsažu stolpnice.
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As long as five years ago, Vladimir Mattioni stated in the title of his today cult book: Zagreb is Changing, whereby he diagnosed
a kind of urban explosion, an expansion of the city into suburban areas which are colonized with new programmes: primarily shopping centres and colourful business and distribution buildings of different scales. This expansion represented the first investment wave on a larger scale in Zagreb, which then continued
in other Croatian cities as well. The second wave of constructional boom followed, oriented to the opposite direction, city centre space. This is a matter of a kind of urban implosion and increase in the density of certain city areas, wherein skyscrapers
represent the most striking changes in the cityscape.
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