@conference{
author = "Спасеновић, Вања and Сићовић, Бојана",
year = "2023",
abstract = "City planning is shaped by urban, political, social, and other resolutions that are
materialized in the spatial plan. As an example of post-war architecture of the 20th
century, New Belgrade was developed on modernist principles focused on the essence
of dwelling, along with the idea of continuity based on the formation of fluid, liminal spaces
and designing "from the inside out". Taking into account that the blocks of New Belgrade
are particularly valued in the modern-day as locationally desirable and spatially highquality
living units, the research motive is the observed change in the way that one block
entity is considered in today's context against the system of ideas embedded in the
object’s design concept. In accordance with the aforementioned, the research premise is
that the long-term recognition of the overall quality of New Belgrade residential blocks
can be reflected in the preservation of human-scale continuity, which therefore also
ensures temporal continuity - the sustainability of project over time. The proposed
hypothesis will be researched through the analysis of continuity and observed in the form
of ideology instilled in the spatial organization, relying on the user as a reference value.
The continuity of the observed spatial zones is confined by their liminal condition.
Therefore, the border significance is determined through spatially defined phenomena of
different nature (physical, immaterial, social). The methods used in this paper are
theoretical overview, case study, and graphic analysis of the meander objects and their
wider spatial context in New Belgrade’s block 23. Graphic analysis, namely mapping of
relevant borders, sets the frameworks of spatial zones that participate in the construction
of place continuity. Research result is the establishment of a concrete relationship
between the concepts of spatial continuity in modernism, illustrated through the
phenomenon of the border, which further influences the quality of living in the building
after its construction. The research significance lies in a comprehensive understanding
of the relationship between theory and practice, that is, in understanding the process of
design and life of the chosen study objects, observing their development from the initial
idea, through project realization, until its present-day existence.",
publisher = "Niš : University of Niš, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Niš : SASA, Branch in Niš",
journal = "Proceedings [of] The International Conference Synergy of Architecture & Civil Engineering, SINARG 2023, Niš (Serbia), September 14-15, 2023. Vol. 2",
title = "Affirming the concept of continuity in the modernist heritage through the notion of border: case study of the meander buildings in New Belgrade’s Block 23",
volume = "2",
pages = "765-776",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raf_1447"
}
