Museums – the narrative and dialogue in between the new design and adaptive reuse – the case of KLA Museum and Memorial Compound in Dukagjin, Kosovo
Session
Architecture and Spatial Planning
Description
Architecture sets the stage for the events to unfold and for the latent meanings to be preserved and conveyed. Commemorating war events, such as loss and victories, through the preserved remnants of place and built structures as collective memory’ clues and mnemonic encoders, seems to be rather more challenging than building new structures like memorials and museums in post-war Kosovo. This paper examines the hybrid approach and methodology of palimpsest, by fusing the new with the existing historical traces. By using the case of the KLA Museum and Memorial Compound in Dukagjin, through conservation, restoration, retrofitting, interpolation, and adaptive reuse on one side and the new structures on the other side, this paper reveals the narrative and the dialogue of reuse as added value in preserving the genius loci, by creating an open museum as a new poetic stage for reconciliating the past with the future.
Keywords:
commemoration, war, mnemonic, adaptive reuse, palimpsest
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-50-5
Location
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
Start Date
29-10-2022 12:00 AM
End Date
30-10-2022 12:00 AM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic/2022.364
Recommended Citation
Shyqeriu, Banush and Lleshi, Driton, "Museums – the narrative and dialogue in between the new design and adaptive reuse – the case of KLA Museum and Memorial Compound in Dukagjin, Kosovo" (2022). UBT International Conference. 373.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2022/all-events/373
Museums – the narrative and dialogue in between the new design and adaptive reuse – the case of KLA Museum and Memorial Compound in Dukagjin, Kosovo
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
Architecture sets the stage for the events to unfold and for the latent meanings to be preserved and conveyed. Commemorating war events, such as loss and victories, through the preserved remnants of place and built structures as collective memory’ clues and mnemonic encoders, seems to be rather more challenging than building new structures like memorials and museums in post-war Kosovo. This paper examines the hybrid approach and methodology of palimpsest, by fusing the new with the existing historical traces. By using the case of the KLA Museum and Memorial Compound in Dukagjin, through conservation, restoration, retrofitting, interpolation, and adaptive reuse on one side and the new structures on the other side, this paper reveals the narrative and the dialogue of reuse as added value in preserving the genius loci, by creating an open museum as a new poetic stage for reconciliating the past with the future.