Stitched Space: Interpreting the Patchwork logic of Prishtina

Stitched Space: Interpreting the Patchwork logic of Prishtina

Hofman, L.

Schoonderbeek, M. (mentor)
Rommens, O. (mentor)

Architecture

Architecture

Border Conditions and Territories

2013-06-25

In 1999 the Kosovo war ended and Yugoslav troops begin to withdraw from the territory. A void was left where the Yugoslav government used to be. The new country received assistance from the international community to set up a new government, but in the built environment anarchy continues. After the war there was no enforcement of planning and building regulations in the capital city of Prishtina. It was impossible to get drawings approved and according to some this situation has not changed much till today. In Prishtina, new constructions have been interwoven with the old ottoman city fabric. Due to the period when no municipality regulated construction in the city the spatial characteristics are the result of individual initiatives. The left over public space in the city is characterized by the stitching together of elements: Old and new, high rise and one storey, Ottoman era constructions and modern buildings. The public space is experienced as a patchwork, stitched space in which seemingly random elements exist side by side. This logic is interpreted into a design.

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2013-06-30

Student theses

master thesis

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