Publication
Title
Modernism in Belgrade : classification of modernist housing buildings, 1919-1980
Author
Abstract
Yugoslavian Modernist Architecture, although part of a larger cultural phenomenon, received hardly any international attention, since there are only a few internationally published studies about it. Nevertheless, Modernist Architecture of the Inter-war Yugoslavia (Kingdom of Yugoslavia), and specially Modernist Architecture of the Post-war Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia under the "reign" of Tito), represents the most important architectural heritage of the 20th century in former Yugoslavian countries. Belgrade, as the capital city of both newly founded Yugoslavia(s), experienced an immediate economic, political and cultural expansion after the both wars, as well as a large population increase. The construction of sufficient and appropriate new housing was a major undertaking in both periods (1919-1940 and 1948-1980), however conceived and realized with deeply diverging views. The transition from villas and modest apartment buildings, as main housing typologies in the Inter-war period, to the mass housing of the Post-war period, was not only a result of the different socio-political context of the two Yugoslavia(s), but also the country's industrialization, modernization and technological development. Through the classification of Modernist housing buildings in Belgrade, this paper will investigate on relations between the transformations of the main housing typologies executed under different socio-political contexts on the one side, and development of building technologies, construction systems and materials applied on those buildings on the other side. The paper wants to shed light on the Yugoslavian Modernist Architecture in order to increase the international awareness on its architectural and heritage values. The aim is an integrated re-evaluation of the buildings, presentation of their current condition and potentials for future (re) use with a specific focus on building envelopes and construction.
Language
English
Source (journal)
IOP conference series : materials science and engineering. - Bristol, 2009, currens
Source (book)
World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering-Architecture-Urban Planning Symposium - WMCAUS: 12-16 June, 2017, Prague, Czech Republic
Source (series)
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering ; 245
Publication
Bristol : Iop publishing ltd , 2017
ISSN
1757-8981 [print]
1757-899X [online]
DOI
10.1088/1757-899X/245/5/052075
Volume/pages
245 (2017) , p. 1-10
Article Reference
052075
UNSP 052075
ISI
000419056403052
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
Faculty/Department
Research group
Project info
Reuse of Modernist Buildings (RMB).
Publication type
Subject
Art 
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Identifier
Creation 27.11.2017
Last edited 04.03.2024
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