THIRD CONFRONTATION

l After last productive session in group-work on Friday, with tutors Arild Waage and Camilla Ryhl, my process is heading to a program. Here are some key notes which will provide the next step of choosing the final situations.

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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.

VERTICAL SPACE

The models of investigation of the different layers, the movement between levels will be further investigation in the following steps.

Invasion of public space

It´s not only the new public spaces that I´am seeking for in my project. It´s about finding new way of showing the existing qualities. The pictures show projects done by Dutch artist, Hens Hofstra. His work is done in existing public space. The blue painted road features the phrase "Water is Life" written in eight-meter-high letters across it. The Blue Road is reminiscent of the waterway that used to be where the road is now. It's a memorial to nature, but it's also just plain awe-inspiring.

The sound is blasting

The great power of sound is blasting. The experiment of sound can be created to spread the music or the message...

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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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Play 0f Structure_1

Last night tests were focused on existing structure. Or the extension of old structure to new.

STREET FOR ALL

The street called Vilsonovo setaliste is popular walking and recreation space in the city of Sarajevo. The street is open for cars durin the week until 17 p.m. But from Friday 17. p.m. to Monday morning is car free zone and it´s open for public. Street follows the river Miljacka which is running through town. A great way to use the city-space. I rented a bike and went on the excursion!

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.

POPULATION

Sarajevo´s population has highest density in the old part of the town, but the largest area where people live is on the outskirts (shown as Novo Sarajevo). The center Skenderija is situated in the one of the fastest growing parts of the town with 71.000 inhabitants. Government expects that population picture in Sarajevo in 2023 will be with population of 18% between age 0-14, 61% between age 15-64 (working group in society) and 20,6% older than 65.

Statistic:All the parts of Sarajevo and amount of inhabitants. Divided in age.

IDEGRAM

After visiting my site in Sarajevo last three weeks, I´ve used some time to get the overview of gathered material. It´s time to clean up and create the hierarchy! Since this would be my only visit to the site, I was ready to collect as much knowledge and information as possible. The terrible complicity between the time and creativity was my main enemy during the visit. Who to ask for information? Where to seek for site plans? And how to select conditions of my visit. I was grateful for having my camera. Spontaneously it became natural to take pictures and use it as my tool for observation.

Destructive introduction

After a long day of selecting and making panorama pictures from my visit to Sarajevo I´am of to bed. Finishing with style,with a piece of art.

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.