Kosova's Architecture in the Frame of Socialist Modernization: Boro-Ramiz Complex by DOM Architectural Office
Session
Integrated Design
Description
Yugoslavia portrays a place of different ideological experiments that effected country’s economic tradition metamorphosed from socialism to neoliberalism. After the 1948’s political shifts, Yugoslavian government as a genuine model of management, established ‘Socialist Modernism’. Consequently, international architecture scene, (between World Wars and the 1980s) that was exposed to different streams from ‘International Style’ to Mega-structures and ‘American Brutalism’ influenced Yugoslav architecture too.
The purpose of this work is to describe the modernization of socialist architecture that occurred in Yugoslavia by presenting the evolution of Prishtina, the capital city of Kosova, during Josip Broz Tito administration. As a concrete representation of these historic phenomena, this work introduces the building of ‘Boro-Ramiz: Sport, Culture and Trade Complex’ designed by DOM Architectural Office from Sarajevo and built between 1974 and 1981. The complex is known as a landmark of Prishtina; a symbol of the socialist moral, and portrayal of Yugoslavia’s international political, economic and cultural achievements. Another important statement is the influence of ‘Metabolist Movement’s structuralism, like an expression of collective samples, since the design shows structural and rhetorical similarities with ‘TANU Headquarters’ designed by Kisho Kurokawa. The scope of the work contains the complex’s design context in the frame of ‘Socialist Modernization’, which is a display of Tito-Stalin Split in 1948 and government’s political, economic and cultural shift towards the West and the Third World Countries
Keywords:
architecture, yugoslavia, kosovo, modernism, socialism, structuralism.
Session Chair
Ajhan Bajmaku, Artrit Bytyçi
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-19-2
Location
Pristina, Kosovo
Start Date
26-10-2019 11:00 AM
End Date
26-10-2019 12:30 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2019.15
Recommended Citation
Sylejmani, Sara, "Kosova's Architecture in the Frame of Socialist Modernization: Boro-Ramiz Complex by DOM Architectural Office" (2019). UBT International Conference. 15.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2019/events/15
Kosova's Architecture in the Frame of Socialist Modernization: Boro-Ramiz Complex by DOM Architectural Office
Pristina, Kosovo
Yugoslavia portrays a place of different ideological experiments that effected country’s economic tradition metamorphosed from socialism to neoliberalism. After the 1948’s political shifts, Yugoslavian government as a genuine model of management, established ‘Socialist Modernism’. Consequently, international architecture scene, (between World Wars and the 1980s) that was exposed to different streams from ‘International Style’ to Mega-structures and ‘American Brutalism’ influenced Yugoslav architecture too.
The purpose of this work is to describe the modernization of socialist architecture that occurred in Yugoslavia by presenting the evolution of Prishtina, the capital city of Kosova, during Josip Broz Tito administration. As a concrete representation of these historic phenomena, this work introduces the building of ‘Boro-Ramiz: Sport, Culture and Trade Complex’ designed by DOM Architectural Office from Sarajevo and built between 1974 and 1981. The complex is known as a landmark of Prishtina; a symbol of the socialist moral, and portrayal of Yugoslavia’s international political, economic and cultural achievements. Another important statement is the influence of ‘Metabolist Movement’s structuralism, like an expression of collective samples, since the design shows structural and rhetorical similarities with ‘TANU Headquarters’ designed by Kisho Kurokawa. The scope of the work contains the complex’s design context in the frame of ‘Socialist Modernization’, which is a display of Tito-Stalin Split in 1948 and government’s political, economic and cultural shift towards the West and the Third World Countries