Vol.9, No 3, 2011 pp. 455 - 462
UDC 711.523:711.4:316.422=111
DOI: 10.2298/FUACE1103455V
SPATIAL AND FUNCTIONAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE CITY CENTER STRUCTURE IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSITION
Jelena Velev*, Petar Mitković, Ljiljana Vasilevska
University of Nis, The Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Serbia
E-mail: *jelena.velev@gaf.ni.ac.rs
Goal of this paper is to point to the ambivalent influence of transition process on the urban environments. The phenomenon of "transition" is defined as complex, multilayered process followed by new market and social principles. By observing the chronological order of changes which occurred in the city morphology, it gives recommendations for overcoming the city center identity crisis as the most significant pubic city space. Through definition and reconsideration of spatial and functional structure of the city center in the context of modern influences of the transition process, this paper emphasizes the elements which could be input in a direct or indirect way into the future strategies and plans. Accordingly, it proposes a set of measures for possible redefinition of the existing concept of the city centers and its adaptation to the demands of the time ahead.
Key words: city center, transition, transformation, restructuring, urban planning.
TRANSFORMACIJA PROSTORNO-FUNKCIONALNE STUKTURE GRADSKOG CENTRA U PROCESU TRANZICIJE
Cilj ovog rada je da ukaže na ambivalentnost uticaja koju je period tranzicije doneo urbanim sredinama. Fenomen "tranzicije" definiše se kao kompleksan, višeslojni proces koji je praćen novim tržišnim i društvenim principima. Hronološkim praćenjem promena koje su nastale u morfologiji grada u radu se daju preporuke za prevazilaženje krize identiteta gradskog centra kao najznačajnijeg javnog gradskog prostora. Kroz definisanje i preispitivanje prostorno-funkcionalne strukture gradskog centra u kontekstu savremenih uticaja procesa tranzicije, ističu se elementi koji bi se direktno ili indirektno mogli ugraditi u buduće strategije ili planove. Shodno tome predlaže se set mera za moguće redefinisanje postojećeg koncepata gradskih centara i njegovo približavanje zahtevati vremena koje je pred nama.
Ključne reči: gradski centar, tranzicija, transformacija, restruktuiranje, urbanističko planiranje