Sarajevo is a structurally linear city, spreading from its valley towards vast fields on either side. Because of its topography, it can be viewed from different perspectives: at street level, moving through the fabric of the city, or from above, atop its surrounding hills. Within each of these perspectives, a specific and clearly readable heterogeneous picture of the city can be seen, resulting from the permeation of different cultural and sociopolitical influences. The traditional KREČO ANIDA ASA GROUP HEADQUARTERS (2006) KANLIĆ BOJAN part of the city consists of the Ottoman matrix, upon which it was founded, 1 Architect: ADS STUDIO FESTINA LENTE BRIDGE (2012) Address: Bulevar Meše Selimovića 16 11 Architects: Adnan Alagić, Bojan Kanlić, and diametrically opposed Central European block structures. Together these Amila Hrustić Address: Obala Kulina bana / Radićev form the base upon which the significantly larger new part of the city was LENDLER SANDRO ALTA SHOPPING CENTRE (2010) KREČO ANIDA constructed after World War II. Architect: Studio nonstop 6 VIJEĆNICA CITY HALL (1896, 2014) Address: Franca Lehara 2 15 Architect: Alexandar Wittek and Ćiril Iveković (original design); studio URBING (reconstruction) Address: Obala Kulina bana ANIDA KREČO KREČO ANIDA S2 RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL MUJKIĆ MIDHAT 2 COMPLEX (2015) Architect: BUTMIR - DOM Address: Zmaja od Bosne 47 ANIDA KREČO ANIDA KOVAČI MEMORIAL COMPLEX (1998 – ) ANIDA KREČO ANIDA 16 Optimism for urbanity Architect: Aida Daidžić and Namik Muftić DVOR HOUSING (2014) MUJKIĆ MIDHAT BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA — TEXT: ELŠA TURKUŠIĆ JURIC, ILLUSTRATION: SYLVAIN TEGROEG Address: Širokac 22 7 Architects: AHAKNAP and SAAHA GALLERY 11/07/95 (2012) Address: Kalmija Baruha 1 SANDRO LENDLER SANDRO 12 Architect: MecoLada Today, the complex architectural image of Sarajevo This tour guide provides a brief overview of archi- The ‘new’, or socialist, part of the city was devel- Address: Trg fra Grge Martića 2 IMPORTANNE CENTRE (2010) is threatening to turn into chaos, or at least unaligned tectural examples that seek to mitigate the result- oped between 1960 and 1980, during the region’s 3 Architect: Studio nonstop diversity. Following its stagnation during the 1990s ing cracks in Sarajevo’s morphology and restore the greatest building boom, which predominantly com- Address: Zmaja od Bosne 7-7A as a result of war and the disintegration of the former dynamics of city life. Among those analysed here prised the construction of social housing settlements Yugoslavia, a variety of opportunities opened for are some that have imposed themselves through built according to the principles of modernist urban- Sarajevo’s development on the threshold of the 21st their spectacular appearance, irreversibly chang- ism. The wide boulevard, separating housing from century. The process of transition from a socialist ing certain parts of the city. The aim of this review industrial/work areas, was conceived as the main to post-socialist society has created an unstable is to offer not only a comprehensive understanding arterial for traffic. Unsurprisingly, the boulevard is system of trade laws and social and aesthetic values, of multifaceted urban morphology, but also of its dominated by the imposing brutalist architecture HAMIDOVIĆ AMAR which have for two decades prevented the estab- vulnerabilities. The tour begins atypically, travel- of the Radio-TV Centre (M. Kušan and B. Bulić, PRIVATE HOUSE (2013) lishment of a clear and realistic vision for the city’s ling from the new part of the city to the historical, 1968 – 1983). In the last two decades, liberalization 17 Architect: Muhamed Hamidović Address: Ocaktanum 58 future development. Consequently, there is growing from west to east, from the field to the slopes. Since of the market and additional freedom allocated to mu- JURIĆ TURKUŠIĆ ELŠA DEJAN VEKIĆ VEKIĆ DEJAN discord – both in functional and aesthetic terms – the first phase of planned cycle paths has recent- nicipalities for the management of spatial resources PRIVATE VILLA (1933, 2015) ARS AEVI BRIDGE (2001) between constructed/inherited urban spaces and ly been implemented, our route can also begin have allowed facades along this boulevard to feature 8 Architects: Mate Baylon (original design); new structures. by bicycle. a range of business facilities. This is especially true 4 Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop GRUPA. ARH. (restoration) Address: Vilsonovo Šetalište / Zmaja Address: Koševo 40 in the neighbourhood of Alipašino Polje, where the od Bosne TOUR GUIDE TOUR ASA Group Headquarters (1) stands in contrast to LENDLER SANDRO Exploring a a newly created series of colourful and spectacular city, region, TURKISH CULTURAL CENTRE (2003) or theme architectural forms. A ten-storey glass prism, its 19 13 Architect: Studio Zec 9 concise elegance reintroduces a spatial order. Address: Mula Mustafe Bašeskije 31/33 Further east are residential areas, built on either side of the boulevard from the neighbourhood of KREČO ANIDA 18 Otoka onwards. What were once public green areas KIBE MAHALA RESTAURANT (2012) within these modernist settlements now give way 18 Architect: Studio Zec 8 17 Address: Vrbanjuša 164 to residential and commercial buildings. A high 13 demand for housing has led to the recent completion KREČO ANIDA of the S2 residential and commercial complex (2), 10 12 immediately adjacent to the boulevard. Three sculp- ARHITEKTURA NORMAL 5 16 tural glass towers introduce vertical rhythm to the RODITELJSKA KUĆA (2015) 3 14 grey tonalities of the facades next to the linear, 15 9 Architect: Normal arhitektura monochromatic mass of the Elektroprivreda head- Address: Betanija quarters (I. Štraus, 1978). FILTER NHRV HOUSE (2014) 2 7 11 The most representative example of a hybrid object, in aesthetic and functional terms, is the 19 Architect: FILTER 6 Address: Nahorevska Importanne Centre (3), which comprises housing, 4 a hotel, a shopping centre, office space, and an underground garage. Of its eight planned cubes, six have been completed to date, concentrated KREČO ANIDA GAZI HUSREV-BEG LIBRARY (2013) 14 Architect: Kenan Šahović 1 Address: Gazi Husrev-begova 46 20 ‘ There is growing discord KREČO ANIDA between constructed / BBI CENTRE (2009) AMER KAPETANOVIC AMER ANIDA KREČO ANIDA 10 Architect: GRUPA. ARH. Address: Trg djece Sarajeva 1 inherited urban spaces SARAJEVO CITY CENTRE (2014) THE SMART HOUSE (2007) 5 Architect: GRUPA. ARH. 20 Architect: Argentarium and new structures.’ Address: Vrbanja 1 Address: Husinjska 41 58 A10 #66 TOUR GUIDE TOUR GUIDE A10 #66 59 (Optimism for urbanity) Transversal axes are extremely important in IN THE NEXT ISSUE: Sarajevo, due to the city’s linear structure, and their ‘ For more than half a century introduction has allowed for more efficient traffic EUROVISION: POLAND this area was a substantial flow and easier everyday life. The conception of Poland is currently building the largest number the BBI Centre (10) as a ‘transparent shopping gal- of prestigious cultural projects in its history. and spatial vacuum.’ lery’ and its accompanying square, along with the Throughout the nation, these investments in pub- Festina Lente pedestrian bridge (11) (which fea- lic space have either already been completed in around two atria. With a polychromatic and dynam- tures a covered rest area above the river) revived recent years or are taking place right now. Interest ically articulated facade, and carefully balanced vol- the green, pedestrian-friendly transversal connect- in architecture is growing. Yet, despite the great ume ratio, the centre has created a new boulevard ing the Veliki Park (Great Park) with the Mak Dizdar demand, there is hardly any public housing, and identity in the place at which the main city centre of riverside promenade (see A10 #48). myriad unsolved problems regarding urban plan- Marijin Dvor begins. The area of the city most attractive to tourists ning remain. The latter has spurred a boom in civic At this point, be sure to visit the Historical begins at the BBI Centre and follows the streets of initiatives aiming to resolve the spatial questions. Museum (B.Magaš, E. Šmidihen, R. Horvat, 1963), Maršala Tita and Ferhadija to Baščaršija, the old ba- In the next issue, we investigate these and other Sarajevo’s pearl of modernist architecture, subtly zaar (built in the 15th century). Facing the square issues relevant to this complex situation. echoed by the National Museum complex (K. Pařik, of the cathedral at the historic centre’s heart, it is 1909). Plans for the Ars Aevi museum of contempo- worth visiting the multimedia exhibition space (12), rary art were first conceived in 1992. The project for which was created from a converted apartment unit. the museum building was designed by Renzo Piano, Constructed as an interpolated ‘single facade’ ob- and intended for the free space between the white ject, the Turkish Cultural Centre (13) provided a cuboid Historical Museum and Vilsonovo Šetalište demanding task in the reshaping of a house in one (Wilson’s Promenade, running alongside the Miljacka of the oldest streets. However, its extremely long river). While the construction of this facility is still and narrow lot did not prevent the architect from pending due to a lack of financial resources, there creating a rich and colourful indoor atmosphere. is a rich collection of contemporary art on display in Less successful is the interpolation of the new build- ings of the , due to the Ars Aevi Art Depot (Skenderija Centre). To date, Gazi Husrev-beg Library (14) CERTOWICZ