| 1st-2nd April 2011, Skopje |
Conference: Strategies of Preservation – Critical Upgrade of Heritage / Public Space |
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How to interpret and promote the cultural significance of modern architecture, often neglected and left to decay? How to re-program the areas and buildings whose function has changed or no longer meets the standards? How to defend the generous modernist open public spaces and green areas threatened by urban congestion?
The aim of this Conference is to critically analyse and evaluate the qualities of existing spaces and structures and explore creative approaches to preservation and revitalisation with regard to cultural values and sustainability. Special attention will be paid to the contemporary concepts of public space. |
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| 02-08.04.2011 |
Exhibition: Borba Federal Architecture Award: A Pan-Yugoslav Discourse between Regional Identities |
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The exhibition will show and analyse the winners of the only federal award for architecture in socialist Yugoslavia, presented by the daily Borba. This prestigious award was the main official benchmark of architectural excellence in former Yugoslavia, but it also reflected and promoted the concept of "brotherhood and unity" and a formation of pan-Yugoslav identity. The aim is to present an insight in the political, social and economic context written by the language of the built environment, but also to provide an opportunity to asses how architectural values of the socialist society fare in today's radically changed conditions. |
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| 25.01.2011 |
Revival of City Squares in Balkan Cities |
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Official launch of the project
Revival of City Squares in Balkan Cities is a regional cooperation project that brings together partners from both non-governmental and institutional sectors from 3 Balkan countries: Coalition for Sustainable Development – CSD, from Skopje, Macedonia, Co-Plan Institute for Habitat Development and Polis University, from Tirana, Albania, and Expeditio - Centre for Sustainable Spatial Development from Kotor, Montenegro. Its aim is to contribute to the revival of city squares as viable public places that foster cultural identity and promote diversity through enforcement of public policies and active community participation. The action intends to achieve two major specific objectives: to promote national and regional policy discourse on how city squares can be transformed into vibrant community places (indeed, knowledge dissemination is the first step towards introducing new ideas and approaches how to transform public spaces into vibrant places that will serve community needs) and provide hands-on support to local authorities to undertake concrete actions for city square transformation.
The project is supported by the Swiss Cultural Programme for the Western Balkans. |
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