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CITY IDENTITY: the IMPORTANCE of CONTINUITY in a DYNAMIC CONTEXT Case Study of Prishtina, Kosovo CITY IDENTITY: THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUITY IN A DYNAMIC CONTEXT Case study of Prishtina, Kosovo ERZA RASKOVA Thesis submitted for partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of MASTER IN SPATIAL PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN Supervisor: Professor Doctor Paulo Manuel Neto da Costa Pinho Co-supervisor: Professor Doctor Sara Maria dos Santos Rodrigues da Cruz JULY 2018 MESTRADO EM PLANEAMENTO E PROJETO URBANO 2017/2018 DEPARTAMENTO DE ENGENHARIA CIVIL Tel. +351-22-508 1901 Fax +351-22-508 1446 [email protected] Editado por FACULDADE DE ENGENHARIA DA UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO Rua Dr. Roberto Frias 4200-465 PORTO Portugal Tel. +351-22-508 1400 Fax +351-22-508 1440 [email protected] http://www.fe.up.pt Reproduções parciais deste documento serão autorizadas na condição que seja mencionado o Autor e feita referência a Mestrado em Planeamento e Projeto Urbano- 2016/2018 - Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 2016. As opiniões e informações incluídas neste documento representam unicamente o ponto de vista do respetivo Autor, não podendo o Editor aceitar qualquer responsabilidade legal ou outra em relação a erros ou omissões que possam existir. Este documento foi produzido a partir de versão eletrónica fornecida pelo respetivo Autor. To my parents City Identity: The Importance of Continuity in a Dynamic Context- Case Study of Prishtina, Kosovo City Identity: The Importance of Continuity in a Dynamic Context- Case Study of Prishtina, Kosovo ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am grateful to have had such supportive and kind supervisor and co-supervisor as Professor Paulo Pinho and Professor Sara Cruz. They have enhanced the work through their knowledge and suggestions that will be professionally assisting indefinitely. I am sincerely thankful to both of you! I have done a good number of interviews for this thesis. I would like to thank all of the people who have spared their time to share their city history and knowledge with me. Your contribution has been priceless for this work. Faleminderit! I would like to express my gratitude to all the MPPU professors of the University of Porto and I want to thank all the people that have enriched the master studies experience in the unique city of Porto. Special thanks to Professor Álvaro Costa for the shared knowledge and irreplaceable Portugal experience. Obrigada! Last but not least, infinite thanks to my dearest family and friends; that have always been the greatest supporters of mine. Thank you! i City Identity: The Importance of Continuity in a Dynamic Context- Case Study of Prishtina, Kosovo ii City Identity: The Importance of Continuity in a Dynamic Context- Case Study of Prishtina, Kosovo ABSTRACT City identity is a physical reflection of society into the city; connecting epoch‟s cultures with one another. Feeling part of the habitat one lives in is as important for an individual as it is for the society as a whole. But, keeping up a city identity has become more difficult in recent centuries with the urbanization, transport and technology advancements and short-living urban trends implied by economic competitions or utopic philosophies. City identity is constantly coping with the adaptations demanded by not only social changes, but also national identity as a shaper of the surrounding based on its goals; marking the political impacts of planning. Therefore, continuity apart from being interpreted as a city identity component is also a challenge for the city through ensuring transmission of gains and burdens of a society indefinitely. This thesis explores city identity evolution of Prishtina, Kosovo with an emphasis on the last 75 years. Prishtina being a capital of a newly-independent state has been a vulnerable ground for self-centered authorities that have imposed stable evidence of their identities through territorial re-creations for decades. Through the chosen qualitative study method, data was collected from four generations of citizens for periods of the mentioned time span. Then, this data was analyzed in six city features: legibility, enclosure, coherence, heterogeneity, affinity, and memorability. This research report showed how the destructions, recreations and socio-political changes of periods have affected the city life in next periods, in other words, explained the city transition with its strengths and deficiencies as perceived by the six feature perspectives. The resulted addition in this timeframe has been heterogeneity in return of loss of coherence, whereas the four other features have been listed as shifted but remaining ones. Afterward, the findings, with the additional information on in-force future development plans, are used to make suggestions that should be considered in future plan revisions. The research report firstly gives a theoretical background on city identity before starting the case study analysis that includes the concept of identity, city identity as well as its creation, recreation, and components; to then, explore and discuss the collected data related to the case study. Findings of the case study underline the stressed points of three requests of city identity: originality, time and public spaces. KEYWORDS: urban planning, identity, city identity, continuity, case study. iii City Identity: The Importance of Continuity in a Dynamic Context- Case Study of Prishtina, Kosovo iv City Identity: The Importance of Continuity in a Dynamic Context- Case Study of Prishtina, Kosovo RESUMO A identidade da cidade é um reflexo físico da sociedade na cidade, ligando culturas de época entre si. Sentir-se parte do habitat em que se vive é tão importante para um indivíduo quanto para a sociedade como um todo. Mas, manter a identidade de uma cidade tornou-se mais difícil nos últimos séculos com a urbanização, os transportes e os avanços tecnológicos e as tendências urbanas de vida curta implicadas por competições económicas ou filosofias utópicas. A identidade da cidade está constantemente a lidar com as adaptações exigidas não apenas pelas mudanças sociais, mas também pela identidade nacional como um modelador do ambiente baseado nos seus próprios objetivos; marcando os impactos políticos do planeamento. Portanto, a continuidade, além de ser interpretada como uma componente da identidade da cidade, também é um desafio para a cidade, garantindo a transmissão de ganhos e encargos de uma sociedade indefinidamente. Esta tese explora a evolução da identidade da cidade de Pristina, no Kosovo, com ênfase nos últimos 75 anos. Pristina, sendo a capital de um Estado recém-independente, tem sido um terreno vulnerável para autoridades públicas autocentradas que impuseram evidências estáveis das suas identidades através de recriações territoriais por décadas. Através da escolha de um método de estudo qualitativo, os dados foram recolhidos de quatro gerações de cidadãos para os períodos do intervalo de tempo mencionado. Em seguida, esses dados foram analisados em seis características da cidade: legibilidade, recintos, coerência, heterogeneidade, afinidade e memorabilidade. Este relatório de pesquisa mostrou como as destruições, recriações e mudanças sociopolíticas dos períodos afetaram a vida da cidade nos períodos seguintes, ou seja, explicaram a transição da cidade com as suas forças e deficiências percebidas pelas seis perspectivas do recurso. O acréscimo resultante neste período de tempo foi a heterogeneidade no retorno da perda de coerência, enquanto as outras quatro características foram listadas como deslocadas, mas remanescentes. Posteriormente, as descobertas com informações adicionais de planos de desenvolvimento em vigor, são usadas para fazer sugestões de considerações a serem feitas nas futuras revisões do plano. Neste relatório de pesquisa, primeiramente, uma base teórica sobre a identidade da cidade antes de ser iniciada a análise do estudo de caso que inclui o conceito de identidade, identidade da cidade, bem como a sua criação, recreação e componentes; para então explorar e discutir os dados recolhidos relacionados com o estudo do caso. Os resultados do estudo de caso confirmam os pontos estressados de três solicitações de identidade da cidade: originalidade, tempo e espaços públicos. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: planeamento urbano, identidade, identidade da cidade, continuidade, estudo de caso. v City Identity: The Importance of Continuity in a Dynamic Context- Case Study of Prishtina, Kosovo vi City Identity: The Importance of Continuity in a Dynamic Context- Case Study of Prishtina, Kosovo ABSTRAKTI Identiteti i qytetit është reflektim fizik i shoqërisë në qytet; që lidh kulturat e epokave me njëra-tjetrën. Ndjenja e të qenit pjesë e habitatit ku njëri jeton është e rëndësishme për individin aq sa është për shoqërinë në tërësi. Mirëpo, ruajtja e identitetit është bërë më e vështirë në shekujt e fundit me dukurinë e urbanizmit, avancimet e transportit dhe teknologjisë si dhe me trendet e shkurtra urbane që ndikohen nga garat ekonomike apo filozofitë utopike. Identiteti i qytetit përballet vazhdimisht me kërkesat për përshtatje të lidhura jo vetëm me ndryshimet shoqërore, por edhe nga identiteti kombëtar si formësues i rrethinës që ka në bazë qëllimet e veta; duke shënuar ndikimet politike në planifikim. Prandaj, vazhdimësia përveç interpretimit si komponent i identitetit të qytetit paraqet gjithashtu sfidë për qytetin për shkak të transmetimit të fitimeve dhe barrës së një shoqërie në pafundësi kohore. Kjo tezë shqyrton evolvimin e identitetit të qytetit të Prishtinës, Kosovë me theks në 75 vitet e fundit. Prishtina, duke
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