Planning and Creating Place Identity for Podgorica as Observed Through Historic Urban Planning

Popović, Svetislav G.; Lipovac, Nenad; Vlahović, Sanja

doi:10.31522/p.24.1(51).5

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“…With the annexation of Podgorica to the Principality of Montenegro, the planned development of the city began on the undeveloped areas of the right bank of the river Ribnica. The construction period under the first regulation plan of the Russian engineer Vorman, lasted from 1879 to 1945 [54][55][56][57][58]. This plan was developed on an orthogonal grid of streets, with a rectangular square resting on the main connection of the new part of the city, Nova Varoš (better known as Mirkova Varoš) and Stara Varoš, and the city had functionally good connections with inherited urban tissue.…”

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Creative Street Regeneration in the Context of Socio-Spatial Sustainability: A Case Study of a Traditional City Centre in Podgorica, Montenegro

Perović

Šestović

2019

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The physical structure of Podgorica was predominantly developed with a traditional planning concept, whereby public open spaces of the city are as important as the city’s architectural objects. The focus of this paper is the perception of a traditional street in the context of sustainable urban regeneration. The aim of this study is to submit a proposal, through the Urban Design course at the Faculty of Architecture in Podgorica, for the physical regeneration of twelve traditional streets (eight street directions) that define the central core of Podgorica, known as Mirkova Varoš. These streets are the sites of social processes, interpreters of cultural and identity values of the society, and primary keepers of collective memory. It was detected that the attractiveness of the case study streets is weakening due to inadequate social and professional engagement in the processes of preservation and regeneration over time and also due to new users’ needs. Global requirements reflect the weakened role of public open spaces as places of social interaction, in favour of primarily closed shopping centres that are the new urban artefacts of the 21st century city. The first phase of this study is related to the theoretical interpretation of regeneration and the role of public space in the context of socio-spatial sustainability. The second phase of the study is directed toward estimating the perception of the current state of the street area in Mirova Varoš, as seen by the case study area users and architecture students, using (1) visual, (2) tactile, and (3) auditory criteria. The obtained results serve as a platform for concrete urban design proposals for sustainable street regeneration that will reflect a stronger socio-spatial interaction between (1) user–place, (2) the place–city system, and (3) local processes–global flows.

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Creative Street Regeneration in the Context of Socio-Spatial Sustainability: A Case Study of a Traditional City Centre in Podgorica, Montenegro

Perović

Šestović

2019

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“…It shows how people are living in a particular community [1,2]. The traditional architecture of any region anywhere the world characterizes the simplicity of this architecture and the smart usage of the surrounding environmental materials [3][4][5]. In general, traditional architecture is being demolished and abandoned due to many reasons that affect the world's architectural style [6].…”

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“…Sociologists examine the importance of place through the terms concept of place and nature of place experience. Unfortunately, architects and planners in their process of "place creation" very often neglect the place experience as an essential element of the planning process [5][6][7][8].…”

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The Vernacular and Rural Houses of Agrarian Areas in the Zeta Region, Montenegro

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Architectural quality and preservation of rural characteristics is a goal of building design for sustainable environments. The environment has a different function for different societies, creating a large variety of meanings. In the Zeta region of Montenegro, the negative transformation of the rural environment is happening more rapidly than the recording of its traditional built assets. Protection and conservation of traditional rural architecture in this rural region of south-eastern Europe are important to both mitigation of the consequences of unsustainable rural shifts and the preservation of cultural heritage. This research focuses on the meaning of the different dwelling and residential environment features for the residents of the traditional houses of the rural areas of the Zeta region, Montenegro. The aim of the research was to obtain more insight and information on the meaning of architectural and rural design features by exploring the sustainability-related characteristics of traditional rural houses in the so-far insufficiently studied micro-region of the western Balkans to reveal their value and to initiate discussion of the role of heritage regeneration in sustainable rural development. Fifty (50) traditional houses of agrarian and rural areas of the Zeta region of Montenegro were observed and analysed in terms of the building site, space planning of the interior space, and building materials used. The analysis has revealed that many ecological aspects were taken into consideration and different methods were implemented during the construction of the traditional houses of the Zeta region. Taking into consideration the age of those structures, the constructors did not have an in-depth awareness of sustainability theories, and they were acting based on their personal practices and specific environmental requirements. This study’s results can help update a database of sustainability for the traditional architectural heritage of Montenegro, which will enhance the process of creating sustainable buildings without losing the place identity and staying in the same cultural context. Restoration of the traditional houses of the Zeta region of Montenegro, but also of the other rural areas of Montenegro, must in future be defined in a way that enables the preservation of recognized general values and further improvement of environmental quality and climate resilience. Simultaneously, functional reactivation of traditional houses should be understood as a contribution to the sustainable development of the studied region of Montenegro.

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“…In the late sixties and seventies began studying the relationship between the reality and the idea of the space. 31 First studies have shown that equal to actual space, our space perception can be articulated, evaluated and categorized. 32 Tolman was the first who introduced the idea of cognitive mapping when doing the experiment involving rats and mazes.…”

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Rethinking the City Spatial Identity through the Eyes of the Observer

Cafuta

Sitar

2017

Prostor (Online)

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Rad istražuje holistički pristup konceptu grada koji nadilazi materijalnu stvarnost i predstavlja mentalni konstrukt kao rezultat subjektivne percepcije. Percepcija okoliša različita je danju i noću. Provedeno je empirijsko istraživanje utemeljeno na analitičkoj metodi mentalnog mapiranja. Točke koje se najčešće percipiraju predstavljaju uporišne točke prostornog identiteta grada. Njihova važnost povećava se s učestalošću pojavljivanja.

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Planning and Creating Place Identity for Podgorica as Observed Through Historic Urban Planning

Cited by 7 publications

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Creative Street Regeneration in the Context of Socio-Spatial Sustainability: A Case Study of a Traditional City Centre in Podgorica, Montenegro

Creative Street Regeneration in the Context of Socio-Spatial Sustainability: A Case Study of a Traditional City Centre in Podgorica, Montenegro

The Vernacular and Rural Houses of Agrarian Areas in the Zeta Region, Montenegro

Rethinking the City Spatial Identity through the Eyes of the Observer

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