OPPORTUNITIES & TYPOLOGIES

The strong sens of history in the surroundings of Skenderija center is deeply rooted in styles and sensibilities of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Since Sarajevo is under post war building and rebuilding, the sense of tradition is challenged by new and modern styles. Intention is to find approach where old characteristic are maintained, but supplemented by more current attributes. Looking towards the small spaces and voids where new situations can appear and town centers can adopt the village aesthetic along the MAHALA front enhance public utility. MAHALA fronts will also be developed more fully to encourage both private and public spaces.

MAKING A CONNECTION

Todays city situation is no longer a traditional single use of space. It´s a process happening on a global scale, were city is fading into multiple landscapes. New city spaces can be seen as urban paths and networks were city erupts in a heterogeneous land, a network of linked realities.

MAHALA (a way of connecting the realities)

Some aspects of Mahala:

- vertical space (only minaret on a mousque)

- local bakery

- lane with two rows of gates

The Mahaka is the street that leads from business part of the city to the residential area. The houses were arranged in zigzag patterns so that each of them commanded vista of the Mahala and the busines area.

Mahala = Neighbourhood Unit

As soon as 40/50 houses and a mousque were erected along the road, the settlement become a Mahala. History says that Sarajevo developed from 99 Mahalas and 99 Mosques.

What makes a biopolitical space?

"Hva er byrommets politiske dimensjon? Noe grunnleggende har skjedd i byen, noe forflyttet seg og organiserte seg i byen, man har sett det tydelig i forstedene, sier den italienske filosofen Antoni Negri i dette intervjuet med arkitektene og byøkologene Constantin Petcou og Doina Petrescu. Ifølge Negri begynner vi å se konturene av en ny generasjon som har oppdaget politikken utenfor partilokalene, og ser på byen som politikkens åsted."

This is article based on a interview with architects and city researches, Constantin Petcou and Doina Petrescu. It´s great reading material. It helped me put some thing in perspective. City is here, it´s time to take it.

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Government plan

Reading about future plans and future development for Sarajevo, I came across things needed to be improved in center area, according to local government. The land movement around Sarajevo hills is old phenomenon since Sarajevo lies in a wally. All together there are 729 registered land movement ( such as small landslides) in Sarajevo district, where approximately 300 are active. Second subject on government plan is to build more kindergartens in part of the center which is next to Skenderija, called Souk Bunar. Government third issue is how to deal with parking problem in the city?

With population of 400.219 there is approximately 2,1 car per person in Sarajevo.

POTENTIAL FUTURES

The main objectiv here isn`t only to ask where and what, but to seek new and unseen spaces around my site. The work of potentional futures is to show my movement during registration in Sarajevo around my site and offer the opportunities to the next step: understand city functions - understand study area and seek to the program.

City functions-What-Where??

CITY FUNCTIONS 1

The last days in Sarajevo have been interesting and exhausting. Some key-words for last days registrations: movement, city functions, landscape and overview.

The structure for further registrations/analyses:

Phase 1: Mapping

Phase 2: Sketching

Phase 3: Photography

Phase 4: One on One