Session

Architecture, Spatial Planning and Civil Engineering

Description

This research tries to synthesize the urban development of Tirana, especially in the historical part of it, at different times. The evolution of the city of Tirana is a typical evolution for Albanian cities with an urban structure, which was born in the Ottoman period. The chaotic urban structure shaped spontaneously in recent centuries, in Bosios plan during 1940, was thought to be treated as a "garden city", well integrated with the new form of the city, preserving at the same time his physiognomy. Unfortunately this project has not been taken into consideration during the years of socialist realism, while in urban level there was no clear space developments in these parts. The situation in our time appears tragic with the destruction of the old urban structure but not in favor of a clear urban regulation for the city. The result of this paper is to identify and to dismantle the aggravated problems of urban structure in the capital and show effectively intervenes in special cases.

Keywords:

urban design, Tirana, Bosio, urban plan, urban texture

Session Chair

Sadije Kelmendi

Session Co-Chair

Gergely Norbert Vizi

Proceedings Editor

Edmond Hajrizi

ISBN

978-9951-437-23-3

First Page

181

Last Page

191

Location

Durres, Albania

Start Date

2-11-2013 12:45 PM

End Date

2-11-2013 1:00 PM

DOI

10.33107/ubt-ic.2013.17

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Nov 2nd, 12:45 PM Nov 2nd, 1:00 PM

Tirana, Between East And The West In The Focus Of The Urban Texture

Durres, Albania

This research tries to synthesize the urban development of Tirana, especially in the historical part of it, at different times. The evolution of the city of Tirana is a typical evolution for Albanian cities with an urban structure, which was born in the Ottoman period. The chaotic urban structure shaped spontaneously in recent centuries, in Bosios plan during 1940, was thought to be treated as a "garden city", well integrated with the new form of the city, preserving at the same time his physiognomy. Unfortunately this project has not been taken into consideration during the years of socialist realism, while in urban level there was no clear space developments in these parts. The situation in our time appears tragic with the destruction of the old urban structure but not in favor of a clear urban regulation for the city. The result of this paper is to identify and to dismantle the aggravated problems of urban structure in the capital and show effectively intervenes in special cases.