The sociologic appearance of the present city shows its dark and gloomy side. The consequences are reflected in the process of urban renewal and regeneration. The urban regeneration as a method of sustainable development is seen today through the prism of some definitely new and unusual characteristics. The processes are affected, although in Europe as in Serbia, by a whirlpool of sociological, ecological, economical and other changes, due to the period of recession dating from the last decade of the 20th century till the even worse worldwide economic collapse of 2008. In Serbia, the situation seems to be even worse as the country is passing through the difficult transitional period and the post-civil-war era. During the late 1990s however, some banks and investors have tried to participate in financing some acceptable forms of sustainable accommodation in order to launch into the regeneration of the city, but finished rather unsuccessful.
In socialist era, multi-family housing played an important role in creating decent life for proletariat as the main social class in cities. Mass-construction of this type of housing put forward the creation and implementation of standards in housing, which consequently formed a specific urban fabric in socialist cities. Socialist Yugoslavia was a bit unique example due to decentralization during its last decades. This enabled the existence of regional and local housing standards. The differentiation in space was reflected thereby in every local unit, with locally-set relations between buildings and their plots as well as neighbour street and buildings. Therefore, different micro-urban characteristics appeared in housing.This situation was just intensified with the dissolution of Yugoslavia, leaving a lot of freedom to local level to do its own housing "policy". These local "policies" have been significantly influenced by growing market economy and private incentive in housing. Multi-family housing has been favourable type of housing construction for new private investors due to the best exploitation of all related resources. Therefore, it has become a dominant type of housing construction. In the case of micro-urban conditions, this approach has triggered the entire urban development and has sparked public opinion in some extreme cases.Nevertheless, the relevant legislative and statistical data adopted and published by official institutions, such as competent Ministries and Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, is scarce, inaccurate and scientifically limited. Thus, the aim of this research is to find solutions to overcome this gap by using the knowledge and experience of local experts in urbanism. Taking in account that this research is based on their opinions regarding micro-urban conditions in housing, selected methodology is a survey. It was conducted among the participants of the Summer school of urbanism in Kragujevac, Serbia, in May 14-15 2015. Their professional opinion is analyzed to form ...
In socialist era, multi-family housing played an important role in creating decent life for proletariat as the main social class in cities. Mass-construction of this type of housing put forward the creation and implementation of standards in housing, which consequently formed a specific urban fabric in socialist cities. Socialist Yugoslavia was a bit unique example due to decentralization during its last decades. This enabled the existence of regional and local housing standards. The differentiation in space was reflected thereby in every local unit, with locally-set relations between buildings and their plots as well as neighbour street and buildings. Therefore, different micro-urban characteristics appeared in housing. This situation was just intensified with the dissolution of Yugoslavia, leaving a lot of freedom to local level to do its own housing "policy". These local "policies" have been significantly influenced by growing market economy and private incentive in housing. Multi-family housing has been favourable type of housing construction for new private investors due to the best exploitation of all related resources. Therefore, it has become a dominant type of housing construction. In the case of micro-urban conditions, this approach has triggered the entire urban development and has sparked public opinion in some extreme cases. Nevertheless, the relevant legislative and statistical data adopted and published by official institutions, such as competent Ministries and Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, is scarce, inaccurate and scientifically limited. Thus, the aim of this research is to find solutions to overcome this gap by using the knowledge and experience of local experts in urbanism. Taking in account that this research is based on their opinions regarding micro-urban conditions in housing, selected methodology is a survey. It was conducted among the participants of the Summer school of urbanism in Kragujevac, Serbia, in May 14-15 2015. Their professional opinion is analyzed to form recommendations and guidelines for the improvement of current state in housing planning and development in Serbia.
The fields of urban and spatial planning have been significantly changed in Serbia during last 25 years of post-socialist era. These fields have witnessed great changes in legislative framework, socio-economic structure, and implementation connected with everyday practice. The main intention of these changes has been the customization of the entire system of territorial planning to new post-socialist reality. However, municipalities as well as the other levels of the territorial organisation of Serbia have stayed almost intact by their number and size for decades, despite the shift of demographic and economic conditions. But, Serbian municipalities have been particularly important for territorial planning, because they have been the only active level of self-government below national one. This position has given them more active role in territorial planning. Understanding that both urban and spatial planning is strongly connected with territorial organisation, it is questionable how these two sectors have functioned during the last 25 years within the unchangeable shape of municipalities. The purpose of this paper is to explore this issue. The first step, organized as an argumentative essay, will be dedicated to the advantages and disadvantages of the current and prospective organisation of municipalities in Serbia. Then, presented discussion will be an overview from the stance of adequate levels of territorial planning. It is expected to find is current territorial organization of Serbian municipalities suitable for contemporary urban and spatial planning and, if not, which are the ways of its improvement.
This text refers to all aspects of urban regeneration in between the context of sustainable development. Through the urban regeneration there is a possibility to reach the millennium goals and the guidelines of the LOCAL AGENDA 21. The urban renewal is launched by the highest political leaders to assure good financial and time frame. The Whole team of different professionals is needed to provide the urban renewal complexity. We consider the practical guidelines, possible approach and finest urban design to reach the main goals of urban regeneration. ; Ovaj tekst razmatra aspekte urbane regeneracije unutar konteksta održivog razvoja. Milenijumski ciljevi i smernice Lokalne agende 21 imaju mogućnost da se rešavaju i putem urbane obnove. Obnovu lansiraju najviše političke ličnosti jer to osigurava siguran finansijski okvir i dugotrajnost akcije. Metodologija je kompleksna i potreban je čitav tim raznorodnih struka da bi je uspešno sprovelo. Iz problematike se, empirijski, došlo do mogućih preporuka i pristupa, koji uz prioritetnu ulogu kvalitetnog urbanog dizajna mogu da dovedu do cilja.
Shrinking cities are becoming a new 'reality' in contemporary urban development thanks to numerous scientific contributions about this globally widespread phenomenon. However, it is not widely known that the term "Shrinking cities" was initially promoted through the same-name international project that culturally dealt with shrinking cities. This project, led by Eastern-German cultural experts, revealed internationally the essence and frequency of urban shrinkage. Interestingly, the approach used in this project has been important to clarify that urban shrinkage is not a negative process per se. Even more, the project contributed to define the multi-dimensional and productive character of this phenomenon. The further research and projects on shrinking cities were less devoted to its cultural and aesthetical side. They were mostly oriented towards the main causes and consequences of urban shrinkage, discussed within the discourses of economy, geography, demography, political science, and ecology. Nevertheless, the inspirational, artistic and creational aspect of urban shrinkage has not been lost. With the recent formation of the concept of shrinking cities, a new attention has been given to potential ways to overcome urban shrinkage. New conceptual proposals and attempts have also used culture, art, and creativity again, but in different format. They have tried to connect the previously acquired scientific knowledge with creative industries and applied arts, where they are seen not just as a creative moment, idea or artistic inspiration, but as a comprehensive, and usable "healing" approach to reinvigorate shrinking cities. The aim of this paper is to present ongoing efforts towards the link between urban shrinkage, inspiration, and creativity. It is done by comparing them with the position of this link from the beginnings of the concept of shrinking cities in the early 2000s. Therefore, it is a contribution to the development of the historic perspective of the aesthetical and artistic side of this concept, which certainly needs a more prominent role in the future urban development.
Uralmash, a cult neighbourhood of Yekaterinburg, Russia, is famous for its heavy industry, high furnaces, military equipment and the production of famous tanks, located within the purist modern architecture from the late 1930s. Today, however, the Uralmash district represents an interesting ground for young alternatives, which are attracted by the former purpose; stack up on the power of collectivization and the creative industry's methods. The Biennale of Arts is housed, for example, in a former factory halls where visitors can look at works made by workers / secret artists - who instinctively depicted realistic landscapes on their storages-cabinets, to cheer up a little bit their "mornings of steel". Significance of communion places, a dwelling where people can meet their co-workers or neighbours - set up by Le Corbusier on flat roofs of his "dwelling machine" residential house in Marseille a few decades later; here in Uralmash are visible as an original product. Women were gathering out here on purpose, from 1930s onwards: studying the household, creating art objects, and getting acquainted with women rights guidelines. The essence of these "utility hubs", which we are aware today as globally missed in housing development, are born here; in the industrial pool of Ural district. Which method of creative industry we could possibly implement more in order to upgrade and gentrification this quarter with a lack of its primarily purpose will be a focus of this paper.
Today cities are becoming ever more complex systems with vast amounts of data flowing through various channels of our societies. By adding layers and layers of complexity, we as individuals become more disoriented in the vast amount of available information, possibilities and choices. It is only when we are able to structure this information and data into meaningful patterns, can we find ways to understand and cope with the issues at hand. Whether it be seeking employment, better education, cultural events or trying to solve complex issues at a larger scale, similar principles apply. Cultivating a community and bringing people together represents one of the most important aspects of how we choose to use these tools/technologies to make an impact on cities and the globe. The process of building a web application/digital platform should be based on MVP – Minimum viable product, which means that the product should be put into function as soon as possible and tested with minimum investments in time and money. The reason for this is also a better way to find a path to potential users and to make corrections early on, to get rid of needless categories, or to add and develop new applications for the platform. The first phase of the project includes making a map with hyperlinks, pinpoints and other tools which ensures the efficient mapping of start-ups, collaborative spaces, cultural events, etc, so that users can easily search and get information. Authors of new platform - students of Master class named "City and Design" at the Faculty of Architecture University of Belgrade, under the menthoring of Prof. Dr Eva Vaništa Lazarevi����� represent newgrowing young specialists; those who will be responsible for the development of cities in the 21st century, new soft leaders which should be soon incorporated in planning of smart government of Belgrade.
The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the paradigm change and different experiences of using the healthcare design guidelines in the last 3 decades, through the case study of the Belgrade's Military Medical Academy (VMA). Designed in 1973 after a large national competition, when architects Osojnik and Nikolić won the first prize, an extraordinary leaf shaped volume was raised in 1982 as the biggest healthcare center in former Yugoslavia. The 14-story building is covering 180.000 square meters of space on 21 hectares of land of Belgrade quarter of Banjica, divided in 60 different technical-technological entities. It represents still today one of the landmark and recognizable mega-architectural structure of the City of Belgrade. The most contemporary "state of the art" healthcare design guidelines were incorporated along with the most unusual interior design conceived as an U boat. More than thirty years after, its functional organization has been over passed and needs rethinking and upgrading. Its voluminosity and compactness represent major obstacles that need to be rethinked. This paper presents an assessment of the healthcare design of the MMA. The paper has two parts. In the first part a specific set of criteria is defined based on theoretical research of strategies and documents, today's healthcare standards and norms. The second part provides a set of analysis through examining 3 types of users: patients, medical staff and experts: architects and engineers. Some conclusions and ideas in form of guidelines for regeneration and improvement will be presented at the end of the paper.
