The main objective of the course RE_BIRTH_ new life of abandoned spaces_ is to understand the complexity of the phenomenon of abandoned space, and examine the po¬tential of their transformation. Training for the analysis of the abandoned area of urban, architectural, cultural, histori¬cal and socio-economic point of view, and test its potential transformation observed in the framework of contem¬porary everyday life.
Students are expected to explore the area and recognize the present, but the specifics will be the basis of spa¬tial intervention - “its recycling”. The task is to be recognized in the physical form of a different fragment, a cata¬lyst for further intervention. In this way the place is already recognized as a break from their environment and it gets a new meaning as an individ¬ual or common area, as well as break from everyday urban life, as a place of relaxation and leisure, posing the po¬tential for further transformation.
Polygon of the study was Svamala in Belgrade, Serbia. Savamala is the oldest part of the Bel¬grade which changed in the course of its 150 years history from a lively and scenic riverfront to a neglected area, character-ized by heavy traffic and disconnected from both the city center and the river. Savamala is located to the south of the Kalemegdan fortress and the neighborhood of KosancicevVenac, and it stretches along the right bank of the Sava river. The area was the first new settlement constructed outside the fortress walls of Kelmegdan. Construction began in the 1830s as ordered by the prince of Serbia, Milos Obrenovic, after a popular pressure to build a Serbian settlement outside the fortress and the Turkish settlement. The area was originally a bog called Ciganskabara (Gipsy pool), but the name was later changed to Bara Venecija (Venice pool). The pool was drained, becoming a neighborhood of its own and Savamala grew around it. Its current marginalization and dilapidation is in strong contrast with its location and potential. Savamala has a his¬tory, but it lacks a vision for its future.
Some of the themes that we were dealing with were:
Theme - dilemma 01_INTRODUCTIONSAVAMALA_ student task: The potential of location,
site visit and discussions
Theme - dilemma 02_SOCIAL DIMENSION
Theme - dilemma 03_GREEN DIMENSION_student task: RUIN & GREEN
Theme - dilemma 04_ART AS AVEHICLE_student task: RUIN & ART
Theme - dilemma 05_BODY IN SPACE_student task: PERFORMANCE, Video
Theme - dilemma 06_HERITAGE_student task: HERITAGE VS. RUIN
Theme - dilemma 07_THE CONQUEST OF SPACE_student task: URBAN ‘POCKETS’
Theme - dilemma 08_RECYCLING: URBAN GARDENS -BETWEEN ABANDONMENT AND HERITAGE
studenttask_RECYCLING OF SPACE
Theme - dilemma 09_ACTION –REACTION_student task: ART IN PUBLIC SPACE
POSTPRODUCTION
Theme - dilemma 10_ABOUT CONCEPTS OF THE EXHIBITIONS_student task:
CONCEPT FOR THE EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION: MIKSER FESTIVAL_SAVAMALA, BELGRADE
The task (action) takes place in three steps:
Action in 3 steps:
1. First Action: inauguration / identification
Hidden places _ urban ‘pockets’ _Street life: living / loving / having fun / work on the street ...
2. Action: RE: Action
street report _context of activities: day, night and similar _ What is seen behind the fence?
3. Action: Creation
Route: ... point, polygon, area ... fragment topography ... ...
Students had a task to understand not only the technical background of spatial transformation, but also socio-economic circumstances, and also issues of environmental changes in the process of reactivation of under-utilized spaces in the area of Savamala.
Selected location, which is not entirely abandoned and that has its own specific mode of operation, we were looking as "urban laboratory", which heterogeneity should be fostered, but also to meet different needs, in order to avoid "technical" way of solving problem.
The task was to propose intervention in the recognized spatial framework which would be scenography for the event, a different fragment, a catalyst for further intervention. In this way to the place that was already recognized as a break from their surroundings, with the ideology and the sociology of the proposed intervention is given a new meaning as Individual or common area, as well as break from everyday urban life, as a place of relaxation and leisure, posing the potential for further transformation.
Students are expected to explore the area and recognize the present, but the specifics will be the basis of spa¬tial intervention - “its recycling”. The task is to be recognized in the physical form of a different fragment, a cata¬lyst for further intervention. In this way the place is already recognized as a break from their environment and it gets a new meaning as an individ¬ual or common area, as well as break from everyday urban life, as a place of relaxation and leisure, posing the po¬tential for further transformation.
Polygon of the study was Svamala in Belgrade, Serbia. Savamala is the oldest part of the Bel¬grade which changed in the course of its 150 years history from a lively and scenic riverfront to a neglected area, character-ized by heavy traffic and disconnected from both the city center and the river. Savamala is located to the south of the Kalemegdan fortress and the neighborhood of KosancicevVenac, and it stretches along the right bank of the Sava river. The area was the first new settlement constructed outside the fortress walls of Kelmegdan. Construction began in the 1830s as ordered by the prince of Serbia, Milos Obrenovic, after a popular pressure to build a Serbian settlement outside the fortress and the Turkish settlement. The area was originally a bog called Ciganskabara (Gipsy pool), but the name was later changed to Bara Venecija (Venice pool). The pool was drained, becoming a neighborhood of its own and Savamala grew around it. Its current marginalization and dilapidation is in strong contrast with its location and potential. Savamala has a his¬tory, but it lacks a vision for its future.
Some of the themes that we were dealing with were:
Theme - dilemma 01_INTRODUCTIONSAVAMALA_ student task: The potential of location,
site visit and discussions
Theme - dilemma 02_SOCIAL DIMENSION
Theme - dilemma 03_GREEN DIMENSION_student task: RUIN & GREEN
Theme - dilemma 04_ART AS AVEHICLE_student task: RUIN & ART
Theme - dilemma 05_BODY IN SPACE_student task: PERFORMANCE, Video
Theme - dilemma 06_HERITAGE_student task: HERITAGE VS. RUIN
Theme - dilemma 07_THE CONQUEST OF SPACE_student task: URBAN ‘POCKETS’
Theme - dilemma 08_RECYCLING: URBAN GARDENS -BETWEEN ABANDONMENT AND HERITAGE
studenttask_RECYCLING OF SPACE
Theme - dilemma 09_ACTION –REACTION_student task: ART IN PUBLIC SPACE
POSTPRODUCTION
Theme - dilemma 10_ABOUT CONCEPTS OF THE EXHIBITIONS_student task:
CONCEPT FOR THE EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION: MIKSER FESTIVAL_SAVAMALA, BELGRADE
The task (action) takes place in three steps:
Action in 3 steps:
1. First Action: inauguration / identification
Hidden places _ urban ‘pockets’ _Street life: living / loving / having fun / work on the street ...
2. Action: RE: Action
street report _context of activities: day, night and similar _ What is seen behind the fence?
3. Action: Creation
Route: ... point, polygon, area ... fragment topography ... ...
Students had a task to understand not only the technical background of spatial transformation, but also socio-economic circumstances, and also issues of environmental changes in the process of reactivation of under-utilized spaces in the area of Savamala.
Selected location, which is not entirely abandoned and that has its own specific mode of operation, we were looking as "urban laboratory", which heterogeneity should be fostered, but also to meet different needs, in order to avoid "technical" way of solving problem.
The task was to propose intervention in the recognized spatial framework which would be scenography for the event, a different fragment, a catalyst for further intervention. In this way to the place that was already recognized as a break from their surroundings, with the ideology and the sociology of the proposed intervention is given a new meaning as Individual or common area, as well as break from everyday urban life, as a place of relaxation and leisure, posing the potential for further transformation.
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