Winning proposal by a-fact architecture factory with LAND, Maffeis Engineering, and Charcoalblue consolidates the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Natural History Museum, and the House of Architecture into a cultural district reconnecting Podgorica to the Morača River. The plan centers on a public park and integrates permanent and temporary exhibition halls, research facilities, educational labs, outdoor terraces, a botanical garden, and a flexible event plaza. Three stone-clad sculptural volumes rise from the riverbank as continuations of local topography, with internal circulation linking galleries and shared spaces. A blue-green infrastructure preserves 290 trees, adds over 500 trees and 900 shrubs, and establishes shaded pedestrian routes and biodiversity corridors.
The project envisions a new cultural district consolidating three institutions, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Natural History Museum, and the House of Architecture, within a landscape that reconnects the city to the Morača River. Organized around a public park, the plan integrates permanent and temporary exhibition halls, research facilities, educational laboratories, and social spaces. These extend into outdoor terraces, a botanical garden, and a flexible plaza for events, establishing the district as both a civic hub and a museum destination.
The architectural composition is defined by three sculptural volumes emerging from the riverbank. Conceived as a continuation of the surrounding topography, their stone cladding recalls Montenegro's mountain landscapes while introducing a contemporary formal language. Inside, circulation encourages fluid movement between galleries and shared spaces, supporting independent institutional functions as well as joint cultural programming. According to the architects, the project aims to strengthen the relationship between culture and nature by reconnecting the river with the city.
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