Naslov
The Communist City as an Architectural Venture - a Case Study of the City of Zagreb

Autori
Bencetić, Lidija

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
2nd Barcelona – International Conference on Social Science & Humanities (ICSSH), 30-31 July 2019 / - , 2019, 20-21

Skup
2nd Barcelona – International Conference on Social Science & Humanities (ICSSH)

Mjesto i datum
Barcelona, Španjolska, 30.07.2019. - 31.07.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Yugoslavia ; Zagreb ; Communism ; Urbanism ; Housing

Sažetak
Communist societies that were formed in the territory of Europe after World War II developed in specific conditions of post-war reconstruction, Cold War politics and society organized on communist principles (Marxism). New Communist order sought to influence all segments of society, and among others it influenced architecture and urbanism through the artistic practices of socialist realism. The case of Yugoslavia is additionally complex due to split with the Communist Bloc countries and the introduction of self-management and new artistic practice – socialist aestheticism, which also had an impact on urbanism and architecture. However, despite the efforts of the Communist leadership to steer the development of society – practice and history has shown that their efforts were not entirely successful. The city of Zagreb, the capital of today’s Republic of Croatia which was one of the federal units of Yugoslavia, was taken as an example of a city’s development in communism. Zagreb is an example of the attempts of policy makers to influence the city’s development that were partially successful (Novi Zagreb) and partly unsuccessful. It was this failure i.e. the compromise that politics had to make with the citizens which led many experts – architects and urbanists – to conclude that the city of Zagreb grew as an architectural venture and evolved without (precise) plan and control. This lecture will try to explain all the factors which led to that conclusion.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest

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