At the beginning of the 1960s Sarajevo experienced exponential growth and an economic and demographic boom such that it was unable to satisfy the demand for housing. To remedy this growth, the peripheral areas were occupied by newly built neighborhoods that reflected the gigantism of the socialist period and proposed a system made up of blocks and super-blocks scattered across open territories. The architectural panorama was enriched with a series of new architectural expressions, unequivocally inspired by the principles of functionalism and rationalism of the Bauhaus. All this was possible thanks to the contribution of a group of architects who returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina after having trained in the most important European architecture schools. The work of the new generation of Yugoslav architects generated a significant change in the architectural scene of the 1960s. The contribution intends to retrace some of the main stages of the "modernization" process of Sarajevo to underline the singularity of an architectural production which, at an international level, is still unknown.
The Socialist Sarajevo: between heritage and modernity - La Sarajevo socialista: tra eredità e modernità
Stefania Gruosso
2023-01-01
Abstract
At the beginning of the 1960s Sarajevo experienced exponential growth and an economic and demographic boom such that it was unable to satisfy the demand for housing. To remedy this growth, the peripheral areas were occupied by newly built neighborhoods that reflected the gigantism of the socialist period and proposed a system made up of blocks and super-blocks scattered across open territories. The architectural panorama was enriched with a series of new architectural expressions, unequivocally inspired by the principles of functionalism and rationalism of the Bauhaus. All this was possible thanks to the contribution of a group of architects who returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina after having trained in the most important European architecture schools. The work of the new generation of Yugoslav architects generated a significant change in the architectural scene of the 1960s. The contribution intends to retrace some of the main stages of the "modernization" process of Sarajevo to underline the singularity of an architectural production which, at an international level, is still unknown.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
