This study addressed problems related to the protection, reconstruction, and revitalisation of mo... more This study addressed problems related to the protection, reconstruction, and revitalisation of modern heritage, particularly the regeneration of mass housing estates built after WWII and facing the contemporary perils of urban decay and deterioration. It presented interdisciplinary research investigating the possibility of extending and complementing the heritage assessment methodology and broadening the scope of the criteria by including mass housing landscape values. Starting with a close reading of the key theoretical positions embedded in the conceptualisation and construction of New Belgrade, we investigated a set of holistic and time-based criteria, followed by contemporary methodologies for landscape quality assessment. The investigation was based on an urban landscape approach to heritage assessment and focuses on the Central Zone of New Belgrade, declared a heritage site in 2021. The interaction of the theoretical underpinnings of modern architecture and urban planning with urban landscape discourse, coupled with historically and theoretically relevant knowledge and data, resulted in an investigation of landscape-based criteria for further mass housing assessment. Finally, we presented the findings of the landscape quality assessment of the transformations of the Central Zone. This perspective could be used to extend the possibilities of this approach in order to 1) tackle the "thickness" of temporality related to (urban) landscapes; 2) rethink and redefine the applied heritage assessment approach; 3) open the assessment procedure to a wider range of stakeholders, particularly nonexperts and the local community; and 4) re-actualise the position and role of experts in the sense of communicating knowledge in a completely new context.
XII INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC - PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE PRESERVATION OF ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN HERITAGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES, 2023
This research aims to understand the cause-and-effect relationship between theory and practice in... more This research aims to understand the cause-and-effect relationship between theory and practice in the field of cultural heritage, that is to understand the position and role of heritage in achieving spatial, temporal and cultural architectural continuity, using the example of the "Vojvodina houses" of architect and professor Ratko Karolić. Due to the possibility of parallel analysis of theory and practice, the texts and subject houses of architect Ratko Karolić proved to be an ideal case study for understanding their relationship. The peculiarity of Karolić's thought, as a postmodernist, is reflected in the merging of the old and new, as well as in the idea that architectural continuity can be achieved, not only through heritage preservation but also through its interpretation through recognition and implementation of local values, accompanied by contemporary values. The paper analyses Ratko Karolić's views on vernacular architecture and the importance of architectural continuity through and presents a comparative case study of the traditional Vojvodina house and "Vojvodina houses" by Karolić to understand the role of interpreted heritage in the design process. This paper offers insight into the postmodern discourse on heritage in the region and recognizes Ratko Karolić as an authority through his theory and practice.
European Middle-Class Mass Housing: Past and Present of the Modern Community, 2023
In many aspects MCMH development in Serbia/Yugoslavia was unprecedented, determined by a growing ... more In many aspects MCMH development in Serbia/Yugoslavia was unprecedented, determined by a growing and unacknowledged formation of a middle class in the context of Yugoslav socialism, and a widely proclaimed but elusive social ideal of “housing for all”. Two types of MCMH were the most prevalent in the period considered here (1945-1991): a multi-storey collective residential building, in or outside the city centre, and the individual private house, built in formal and informal or so-cold “wild” settlements. The Yugoslav housing experiment emerged mostly within the collective residential estates. The appropriation, innovation and even invention of different industrial building methods was further enhanced by excellent standards in urban planning and architectural design, exemplified in this study by selected MCMH cases in New Belgrade, Novi Sad, Bor and Subotica. Due to aging, lack of maintenance and the impoverishment of its inhabitants, the present state of this large housing stock is poor, its future uncertain, and yet, its lessons are of vital importance today.
This study addressed problems related to the protection, reconstruction, and revitalisation of mo... more This study addressed problems related to the protection, reconstruction, and revitalisation of modern heritage, particularly the regeneration of mass housing estates built after WWII and facing the contemporary perils of urban decay and deterioration. It presented interdisciplinary research investigating the possibility of extending and complementing the heritage assessment methodology and broadening the scope of the criteria by including mass housing landscape values. Starting with a close reading of the key theoretical positions embedded in the conceptualisation and construction of New Belgrade, we investigated a set of holistic and time-based criteria, followed by contemporary methodologies for landscape quality assessment. The investigation was based on an urban landscape approach to heritage assessment and focuses on the Central Zone of New Belgrade, declared a heritage site in 2021. The interaction of the theoretical underpinnings of modern architecture and urban planning with urban landscape discourse, coupled with historically and theoretically relevant knowledge and data, resulted in an investigation of landscape-based criteria for further mass housing assessment. Finally, we presented the findings of the landscape quality assessment of the transformations of the Central Zone. This perspective could be used to extend the possibilities of this approach in order to 1) tackle the "thickness" of temporality related to (urban) landscapes; 2) rethink and redefine the applied heritage assessment approach; 3) open the assessment procedure to a wider range of stakeholders, particularly nonexperts and the local community; and 4) re-actualise the position and role of experts in the sense of communicating knowledge in a completely new context.
XII INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC - PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE PRESERVATION OF ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN HERITAGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES, 2023
This research aims to understand the cause-and-effect relationship between theory and practice in... more This research aims to understand the cause-and-effect relationship between theory and practice in the field of cultural heritage, that is to understand the position and role of heritage in achieving spatial, temporal and cultural architectural continuity, using the example of the "Vojvodina houses" of architect and professor Ratko Karolić. Due to the possibility of parallel analysis of theory and practice, the texts and subject houses of architect Ratko Karolić proved to be an ideal case study for understanding their relationship. The peculiarity of Karolić's thought, as a postmodernist, is reflected in the merging of the old and new, as well as in the idea that architectural continuity can be achieved, not only through heritage preservation but also through its interpretation through recognition and implementation of local values, accompanied by contemporary values. The paper analyses Ratko Karolić's views on vernacular architecture and the importance of architectural continuity through and presents a comparative case study of the traditional Vojvodina house and "Vojvodina houses" by Karolić to understand the role of interpreted heritage in the design process. This paper offers insight into the postmodern discourse on heritage in the region and recognizes Ratko Karolić as an authority through his theory and practice.
European Middle-Class Mass Housing: Past and Present of the Modern Community, 2023
In many aspects MCMH development in Serbia/Yugoslavia was unprecedented, determined by a growing ... more In many aspects MCMH development in Serbia/Yugoslavia was unprecedented, determined by a growing and unacknowledged formation of a middle class in the context of Yugoslav socialism, and a widely proclaimed but elusive social ideal of “housing for all”. Two types of MCMH were the most prevalent in the period considered here (1945-1991): a multi-storey collective residential building, in or outside the city centre, and the individual private house, built in formal and informal or so-cold “wild” settlements. The Yugoslav housing experiment emerged mostly within the collective residential estates. The appropriation, innovation and even invention of different industrial building methods was further enhanced by excellent standards in urban planning and architectural design, exemplified in this study by selected MCMH cases in New Belgrade, Novi Sad, Bor and Subotica. Due to aging, lack of maintenance and the impoverishment of its inhabitants, the present state of this large housing stock is poor, its future uncertain, and yet, its lessons are of vital importance today.
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Due to the possibility of parallel analysis of theory and practice, the texts and subject houses of architect Ratko Karolić proved to be an ideal case study for understanding their relationship. The peculiarity of Karolić's thought, as a postmodernist, is reflected in the merging of the old and new, as well as in the idea that architectural continuity can be achieved, not only through heritage preservation but also through its interpretation through recognition and implementation of local values, accompanied by contemporary values.
The paper analyses Ratko Karolić's views on vernacular architecture and the importance of architectural continuity through and presents a comparative case study of the traditional Vojvodina house and "Vojvodina houses" by Karolić to understand the role of interpreted heritage in the design process.
This paper offers insight into the postmodern discourse on heritage in the region and recognizes Ratko Karolić as an authority through his theory and practice.
of a middle class in the context of Yugoslav socialism, and a widely proclaimed but elusive social ideal of “housing for all”. Two types of
MCMH were the most prevalent in the period considered here (1945-1991): a multi-storey collective residential building, in or outside the
city centre, and the individual private house, built in formal and informal or so-cold “wild” settlements. The Yugoslav housing experiment emerged mostly within the collective residential estates. The appropriation, innovation and even invention of different industrial building methods was further enhanced by excellent standards in urban planning and architectural design, exemplified in this study by selected MCMH cases in New Belgrade, Novi Sad, Bor and Subotica. Due to aging, lack of maintenance and the impoverishment of its inhabitants, the present state of this large housing stock is poor, its future uncertain, and yet, its lessons are of vital importance today.
Due to the possibility of parallel analysis of theory and practice, the texts and subject houses of architect Ratko Karolić proved to be an ideal case study for understanding their relationship. The peculiarity of Karolić's thought, as a postmodernist, is reflected in the merging of the old and new, as well as in the idea that architectural continuity can be achieved, not only through heritage preservation but also through its interpretation through recognition and implementation of local values, accompanied by contemporary values.
The paper analyses Ratko Karolić's views on vernacular architecture and the importance of architectural continuity through and presents a comparative case study of the traditional Vojvodina house and "Vojvodina houses" by Karolić to understand the role of interpreted heritage in the design process.
This paper offers insight into the postmodern discourse on heritage in the region and recognizes Ratko Karolić as an authority through his theory and practice.
of a middle class in the context of Yugoslav socialism, and a widely proclaimed but elusive social ideal of “housing for all”. Two types of
MCMH were the most prevalent in the period considered here (1945-1991): a multi-storey collective residential building, in or outside the
city centre, and the individual private house, built in formal and informal or so-cold “wild” settlements. The Yugoslav housing experiment emerged mostly within the collective residential estates. The appropriation, innovation and even invention of different industrial building methods was further enhanced by excellent standards in urban planning and architectural design, exemplified in this study by selected MCMH cases in New Belgrade, Novi Sad, Bor and Subotica. Due to aging, lack of maintenance and the impoverishment of its inhabitants, the present state of this large housing stock is poor, its future uncertain, and yet, its lessons are of vital importance today.