Adaptive Formations / Design Studio 4of7
Design Studio 4of7 in conjunction with the University of Belgrade’s Graduate Program has spent a year exploring alternatives for the Port of Belgrade, a 110 hectare site on the river Danube bank in Southeast Europe. The port belongs to the central zone of the city and currently, the former industrial riverfront has attracted developers, city authorities, architects and planners to design its future potential. Over the last two academic terms, the Graduate Program has had the opportunity to work with the actual redevelopment of the site and exchange ideas with Daniel Libeskind Studio and Gehl Architects who are both working on the master plan.
More about the design after the break.
Design Studio 4of7 intends to develop a “socially inclusive approach” to bring the city to life. The selected diploma thesis project Adaptive Formations, by student Milutin Cerović, explores the idea of spatial adaptability via rule based design methods. The strategy is based on the bottom-up process, beginning with the master plan and ending with the individual building design.
“We have founded our approach on flexible and time oriented design strategies contrasting the underway master plan based on the vision of Daniel Libeskind Studio,” explained the studio.
Complex spatial forms are generated after examining programmatic needs and compatibility within the wider system. ”In a gradual process, existing warehouses are being converted for multitude of uses revolving around knowledge related industries. Simultaneously, networks of public spaces are formed in relation to varied occupancy scenarios with the aim to allow for interaction between permanent occupants and visitors. ” The plan caters to future development as the pattern lends itself to providing a framework for the increase of the built density and the evolution of high rise buildings on site.
Project Title:
Adaptive Formations
Credits:
Diploma Project by Milutin Cerović
4of7 Design Studio at University of Belgrade Graduate Programme
Mentor: Djordje Stojanović
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This really makes me miss university.
Would be good to have bigger images to have a better understand of the idea.
Anyway, it seems to be very interesting.
Wonderful to see. Thanks for posting.
I attended a lecture by Colin Fournier(The Bartlett School of Architecture) at Dundee University, he presented the two master plans of Port of Belgrade by Daniel Libeskind Studio and Gehl Architects, as he is involved in the project as a consultant.
It was clear that Gel Architects had produced a great master plan with a clear concept of “green corridors”, and a continous waterfront park, retaining the existing historicaly significat industial building, with the proposed urban fabric at a density relative to Belgrade
Daniel Libeskind Studio who were brought in later to the design process seem to have ignored the master plan and produced a high density scheme that resembles New York or any orther world city, that bears no relationship to Belgrade. The redevelopment of Port of Belgrade should offer a modern and disticnt identity to Belgrade.
It’s good to see students involved in the dabate, dont get blinded by the so called “star architecture”!
Wonderful work no doubt. However, what is skillfully hidden in this story is the issue of property ownership, corruption, city zoning, and finally the big issue of restitution. Belgrade is a growing city, with large waterfront, and what I do not understand is why do architects, designers get stuck working out countless proposals for particular part of the city that not only belongs to the city, but also it’s zoning laws do not permit any other use other than that of the port of Belgrade. This is just one example among many, where new private business ownership, built on war crimes and robbery of tax paying citizens, ignores the law (in fact changes it) for selfish interests. Both architects and planners have to step up the plate, act ethically and research a bit before pouring energy into another shady developer project, believing that is going to improve peoples quality of life. It is not all about profits, bottom lines, we do have responsibility to improve quality of life. This is XXI century after all…
Ivane you forgot that, unfortunatelly, Balkan is still mostly in XX or even in XIX century……And research studies should be made regardless to a current state of a matter to create an insight for the possibilities in the future.
well lets talk about architecture and forget the political and social aspects. this is not a rendering forum nor a philosophy one. focus on the architecture!!!! i am from romania… it sucks but im not worried about belgrad citiezen cause i know that its the masses fault they are like that! its stupid to consider that just by being in belgrad you cant design a high quality building only because ppl arround you dont deserve that. let them build whatever looks good! it wont harm anyone!
Salvadore! What in the world did you just WRITE?!? Oh my GOD!
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