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(R)Urban synergy reconsidered: the role of information networks in climate change adaptation and mitigation
Get PDFThe paper is focused on the relationship between urban and rural settlements, established via information networks
and oriented towards climate change adaptation and mitigation. The first part of the paper provides a review of
emerging ideas and innovations related to the (un)conventional use of information networks in reducing the
consequences of climate change, while the second part examines the strategic role of networks in the exchange of
data and knowledge. Two levels are especially emphasized - the domain of public communication of climate change,
and the level of connectivity within (r)urban hybrid systems (i.e. their effectiveness, accessibility and low-carbon
outcomes). In accordance with recent environmental and technological trends, as well as the possible spatiofunctional
flexibility of (r)urban hybrid settlements, the paper indentifies and analyses three areas of networks
applicability, targeting main challenges of the anticipated climate-friendly development - human behaviour, ecological
awareness and general efficiency
Integrative and locally sensitive approach to the community planning in Serbia
Get PDFCreating a sustainable and balanced relation between urban and rural settlements cannot be imagined without the
integrative approach to the territorial development, which again, relies upon the environmental protection and
economic and social cohesion within the spatial framework. Once neglected and not treated as equally important as
the ecological sustainability, the social sustainability and cohesion have been gaining importance during the 21st
century. As one of the pillars of the social sustainability and cohesion, public places and services have drawn a great
attention worldwide recently. At the same time, public services planning remains one of the most important themes
of urban and spatial planning and is actual despite the fact that the wider context- planning of the public sector – was
treated exhaustively both in theory and practice. On the other hand, public services have been much less the subject
of research - and almost exclusively in the field of urban sociology, while very little in the field of the methodology of
urban/spatial planning.
In light of this, the focus of the discussion is the spatial aspect and methodological innovation of the planning of
public services and its importance within community planning, as a support to the spatial development of the
community, with special regard to the locally sensitive approach. Focusing the research on the spatial domain has
come from the integrating character of the territory which reflects the relations of the planned activities and land uses,
regardless of their spatial characteristics. This choice is entirely in accordance with the integrative character of
modern urban/spatial planning, as well as the integrative nature of the sustainable development. The locally sensitive
approach ensures better implementation and adaptation of the general concepts to the local needs. The results of the
research aim to improve the theoretical basis for planning and contribute to the establishing better practices of the
public services planning in Serbia
Tendencies in newly-built multi-family housing in Serbia : outlook of urban experts
Get PDFPost-socialist period have brought the myriad of new socio-economic changes for states in Central and Eastern
Europe. Knowing that all such changes mirror in space and settlements, they have also made an unavoidable impact
on housing as the most prominent urban function. In the case of Serbia, these post-socialist changes in housing have
been more severe due to postponed and more complex transition. On the other side, the uncommon model of
qualitative socialist housing in the former socialist Yugoslavia has left a positive legacy to present-day situation.
Hence, Serbian post-socialist housing has some unique features comparing to other post-socialist countries.
This uniqueness is reflected in Serbian reality. A good illustration is a newly-built, “transitional” multi-storey collective
housing as dominant type in local typology. However, the data relating to these unique characteristics are rare and
insufficiently accurate. The aim of this paper is to improve the research of the urban dimension in newly-built collective
housing in Serbia from the point of the planning of housing in new urban plans for Serbian cities. This will be
researched by analyzing the professional knowledge and experience of local urban experts. Therefore, the method.........
expected that the results of the survey will enlighten some mutual issues in Serbian housing and related urban policy
which can be better customised and adequately addressed to enable synergy in the future development
Investment opportunities in Serbia : Kikinda case study
Get PDFSerbia tries to bring foreign companies and manufacturing industries into the country on the basis of its low wages,
closeness to European markets and free trade status with both the EU and Russia. The objective of this paper is to
present briefly some of the suitable sites in Kikinda, which are attractive as investment opportunity. In this paper,
following foreign direct investment matters discussion and analysis of Serbia as investment target, Kikinda
advantages and greenfield and brownfield sites are concisely described. Then urban designs of business complex
and free zone, both in Kikinda, are presented. Besides Serbia's common advantages of doing business, Kikinda offers
appropriate greenfield and brownfield sites for developing and reconstruction to foreign investors
The Routes of digitalization: a runaway city?
Get PDFWe live in informatics society in which we are slowly, but certainly, reaching new limits of digitalization mainly using communication between people through different ICT networks: mobile phones, Facebook, social networks, etc. Today, entire Earth, regions, cities, settlements, etc. can be observed through Google. Data bases of every living person is being formed using possibilities to “track” every individual in space and time. Flows of financial capital are also being digitalized: individuals by using credit cards, on/line transactions, etc. and in banking systems global on-line transactions. Everyday goods such as food, clothing, etc. can be ordered through portals on the internet. Even various study courses and schools are being organized via internet.
The real world (space, people, money, knowledge) are digitally being moved into virtual space. Here arises the question: To which space dimension is this process of digitalization taking us? This main research question will lead the paper discussion opening basic dilemmas: (1) Will real life slowly move to virtual world? (2) Is the dematerialization of spatial and urban systems reaching its limits? (3) Shall and what kind of usage we will have for virtual world? Especially in relation to city development, including the possibilities of estimating developmental options as well as in perceiving the effects of certain decisions in real life.
The main goal of the paper is to give answers to above disposed questions as well as to prove the thesis that we have a great range of influence and possibilities on the new meaning of urban development that is transforming into digital sphere, claiming that we will not have a runaway digital city, but the opposite: the city which digitalization will give a new meaning and possibilities for its re/creation
Evaluation of hospital outdoor spaces through users’ participation analysis
Get PDFHospital outdoor spaces (HOS) play an important part of the Healthcare facilities, with a particular impact on the healing process, which is possible to evaluate by their cultural, social, ecological and economic characteristics and values (Ulrich 1984, 2001, Burnett, 1997; Marcus and Barnes, 1999). However, this paper argues that research studies refer to HOS only as residual spaces to support medical activities. Urban theory, policy and scientific research is focusing on the issue of the hospital evaluation, but mainly on interior and spatial characteristics, rather than a hospital outdoor environment. No more than 1000 papers have been published on this topic. This paper discusses quality and significance of HOS in Belgrade, while identifying the problems and potentials of HOS, from the user perspective. The presented paper is established as the part of the larger research done in collaboration of the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade and Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Architecture, which will be presented in a series of four books. The first book (Health Spaces: Hospital outdoor environment) is already published and it offers a general “top-down” interdisciplinary overview of the topic of HOS, given by experts - architects, urban planners and designers. Particularly, this paper is prepared as a foundation for the second book, with the aim to offer a “bottom-up” overview on the topic of HOS given by hospital “community” (doctors, patients, staff, visitors, etc.). Furthermore, this research was also conducted as a part of an academic course: “Participative Urban Design”, with the students at the master level of studies. The methodological framework used in this paper consists of extensive and fundamental literature review. In the frame of participative and collaborative approach, all analyses were conducted in the form of quality assessment, from the perspective of stakeholders, aforementioned as a hospital community. The survey was conducted using specific two-part questionnaire, carefully established within the academic course, as a main tool for reaching the database. Focusing on the case of Belgrade, four major hospitals were chosen as case studies: Clinical center of Serbia, Military Medical Academy, and both Clinical Hospital Centers: “Bežanijska kosa” and “Zvezdara”. The group of 12 students conducted the survey over a period of four weeks, with more than 120 participants from each hospital, gathering both specific and general results. Overall, this paper presents the first assessment of HOS of this kind ever done in Serbia. The results of the research will contribute to improving hospital environment and could present the first step on the path to integrate outdoor spaces into hospital life
Kласификација намена земљишта и планских ознака у планским документима [26. међународни салон урбанизма] [1. nagrada - kategorija publikacije]
No full textПубликација представља још један резултат сарадње Министарства грађевинарства, саобраћаја и инфраструктуре Републике Србије и GIZ/AMBERO-а у оквиру пројекта Унапређење управљања земљиштем на нивоу локалних самоуправа у Србији. Ово методолошко упутство за стандардизацију класификације намена земљишта и планских ознака је важан искорак пошто ствара оквир за стандардизовану дигиталну израду планских докумената, што је један од предуслова за развој националне инфраструктуре геопросторних података и система електронског планирања на нивоу читаве земље. Усаглашено је са INSPIRE директивом ЕУ и тиме доприноси прилагођавању система планирања стандардима ЕУ
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No full textПриложено је било три рада у форми триптиха који су како се и у описима радова види експериментисали са померањем дистанце. У сваком раду се приступало од приказа макро до микро фрагмената градског пејзажа, са тим што они понаособ развијају различите размере. Са једне стране можемо да посматрамо свеобухватно сва три експеримента у низу (Е34) XXL, XL, S, (Е35)XL, S, XS, (Е36)M, S, XS, а са друге странеможемо од њих да покушамо да добијемо један низ односно сагледавање у серијисвих приложених радова XXL, 2 xXL, M, 3 xS, 2 x XS.Сваки цртеж је разложен на три једнака сегмента у односу а-а-а на шта такође указују називи радова ((Е34) XXL, XL, S, (Е35)XL, S, XS, (Е36)M, S, XS). Микро и макро атмосфере су увезане у радовима на следећи начин: Е34 – мапирање трансформација градског пејзажа са изразите дистанце (XXL), потом са нешто мање дистанце (XL) до фрагмента групе објеката са дистанце где смо као посматрачи у свакодневном животу изложени перцепцији градског пејзажа (S); Е35 – други фрагмент градског пејзажа са значајне дистанце (XL), као и друга група објеката (S) до фрагмента објекта (XS); Е36 – фрагмент групе објеката када је и даље велика дистанца, али почиње да дозвољава препознавање објеката (M), потом трећа група објеката (S) до другог фрагмента појединачног објекта (XS). Кроз један низ, односно потпуно сагледавање у серији можемо да видимода се XL иXSкао размера понављају два пута, док сеSпонавља три пута, што нам указује да смо се кроз цртеже све више приближили објекту као јединици која гради мноштво и да нам је за истраживање постало неопходно разумевање и још систематичније проучавање истог. Како се уз радове тражило и текстуално образложење, определили смо се да сам текст објасни методологију не кроз цртеже појединачно, већ да се и само образложење надовезује од рада до рада као једно синтезно објашњење о цртежу као алату и на који начин смо га развијали
Complexity: Dynamic Diagrammatic Architectures
No full textReferring to Klaus Mainzer’s theory and interpretation of move from symmetry toward complexity (Mainzer, 2005) considering his explanation of complexity theory through various scientific frameworks – mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, economics and social sciences, computer science, philosophy, and arts - additionally extending its influences on many matters covered by research in principles of nonlinearity, a distinctive view on its application in architecture has been revealed and problematized as a specific subject of scientific interest. The architectural design aimed at engaging time and change, transformation, shifting scales, mobility, multiplicity of views, programs/scenarios, and forms, interactivity and inner reconfiguration and self-constructing capacities of architectural systems, renders a specific mapping of complexity offering new measures and strategies of its dynamic control and skilful articulation.
Complexity theory, the study of nonlinear dynamic systems, has been used as a conceptual framework that “reconciles the essential unpredictability with the emergence of distinctive patterns” (Cartwright, 1991) – “It suggests that simple deterministic functions can give rise to highly complex and often unpredictable behaviour, and yet this complexity can still exhibit surprising order and patterns” (Levy, 2000:68). Without simple cause and effect relationships, or a single and easily discernible rule of progression and development, the systems analysed are based on more complex algorithms and relational laws between the elements that constitute them. Their dynamic properties are essential for being characterized by “nonlinear relationships and complex interactions that evolve dynamically over time” (Levy, 2000:68; Tran, in Erçetin and Bağcı, 2016:169).
Following system theory, theory of complexity and chaos, dynamic systems theory, and design intelligence strategies (D. Ciric) as ways of articulating multiple data diagrammatically in architecture and its extended meta-disciplinary field, the paper deals with their problems and architectural interpretation through different studies and research projects. Diagrammatisation of dynamic processes here refers to scientific refinement and definition of their properties as basic motives and principles of architectural research (work with data and organizing structures, or intensive properties with specific spatial effects) and architectural design (e.g. investigation through iterative processes and versioning)
Optical phenomena, Kaleidoscope, exhibit 1 [1st prize]
Get PDFInteraktivni eksponati u parkovima nauke - OPTIČKI FENOMENI predstavljeni su kroz tri eksponata. Svaki od predloženih eksponata (KALEIDOSKOP, KAMERA OPSKURA, MUARE EFEKAT) može biti autonoman – izložen samostalno ili može biti i deo kompozicije koju čini kombinacija dva ili više eksponata.
KALEIDOSKOP je projektovan kao element do kojeg se stiže stepeništem, dok se optički efekat postiže rotacijom ručice koja se nalazi na bočnoj strani eksponata. Sagledavanje efekta omogućeno je kroz mali, jasno naznačeni, otvor na masivnom eksponatu.Interactive exhibits in science parks - OPTICAL PHENOMENA are presented through three exhibits. Designed as an autonomous - independent exhibit - KALEIDOSCOPE, CAMERA OBSCURA, and MOIRE EFFECT can be combined (in pairs, or all of them) to make one dynamic outdoor urban furniture.
The KALEIDOSCOPE is designed as an element that can be reached by a staircase, while the optical effect is achieved by rotating the handle located on the side of the exhibit. The clearly marked small opening on the massive exhibit enables for user to see the effects of the kaleidoscope.1st PRIZE / prva nagrada na javnom pozivu za izbor projekata promocija i popularizacija nauke i tehnike - Kategorija 4: Idejna rešenja za interaktivne eksponate u parkovima nauke, Centar za promociju nauke, Srbij