The 20th century Belgrade passages: A typological analysis and critical examination of the potentials of space
Beogradski pasaži XX veka - analiza tipa i kritičko ispitivanje prostornog potencijala
Abstract
As noted by Walter Benjamin, the spatial phenomenon of a covered glass-roofed passage, stretched between two streets and inserted inside a city block, encapsulated the extreme cultural ambivalence: by expressing repression through the ideology of consumerism and expressing freedom through the utopia of abundance. The hidden emancipatory potentials of the city passages, observed closely in a particular case, represent the subject of this paper and the analytical probe that examines the historical conditions of a particular enterprise. When the Passage of Nikola Spasić was constructed in the main pedestrian and shopping street of Belgrade in 1912, the époque of Parisianstyle arcades had already passed. Observed in this broader perspective, the construction of the Passage, according to the project of Nikola Nestorović, one of the most prominent Serbian architects of the period, was only a late echo of the Parisian 18th century invention. The comparison and contention between the three ch...osen, realized and unrealized, transpositions of the Passage in Belgrade, designed by different prime architects of the time, in relation to Benjamin's idea of space with emancipative potential, correspondingly point out the protean capacity and open up new alternatives in the context of contemporary production of space, particularly important in the light of a changing global culture.
Kao polazna osnova istraživanja, u ovom radu, postavljen je prostorni fenomen XIX veka - pasaž (passagen, nem.) - odnosno, natkriveni (zaštićeni) prolaz između dve ulice, umetnut u gradski blok, koji je, prema opservacijama Valtera Benjamina (Walter Benjamin), predstavljao jedan od suštinskih izraza modernosti u vremenu svog nastanka. Upoređivanjem i ispitivanjem prolaza/pasaža u urbanoj istoriji Beograda tokom XX veka, rad analizira transpoziciju ovog tipa u kontekstu proizvodnje prostora u različitim društvenim okvirima, i problematizuje je kroz aktuelna pitanja savremene devastacije i redukcije javnog domena i javne sfere na globalnom nivou. Ovim radom nastavljaju se i produbljuju prethodno započeta naučna ispitivanja autorki, kroz novu predmetnu građu, problemske okvire i istraživačka pitanja proverena u redefinisanoj kritičkoj perspektivi, koja se bave emancipatorskim potencijalom prostora posebnih tipologija, izvan uobičajenih definicija i interpretacija.
Keywords:
architectural project / city passage / emancipatory potential of space / Belgrade / arhitektonsko projektovanje / gradski pasaž / emancipatorski potencijal prostora / BeogradSource:
Kultura, 2017, 154, 153-168Publisher:
- Zavod za proučavanje kulturnog razvitka, Beograd
Funding / projects:
- Studying climate change and its influence on environment: impacts, adaptation and mitigation (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-43007)
Institution/Community
Arhitektonski fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Milinković, Marija AU - Ćorović, Dragana PY - 2017 UR - https://raf.arh.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/257 AB - As noted by Walter Benjamin, the spatial phenomenon of a covered glass-roofed passage, stretched between two streets and inserted inside a city block, encapsulated the extreme cultural ambivalence: by expressing repression through the ideology of consumerism and expressing freedom through the utopia of abundance. The hidden emancipatory potentials of the city passages, observed closely in a particular case, represent the subject of this paper and the analytical probe that examines the historical conditions of a particular enterprise. When the Passage of Nikola Spasić was constructed in the main pedestrian and shopping street of Belgrade in 1912, the époque of Parisianstyle arcades had already passed. Observed in this broader perspective, the construction of the Passage, according to the project of Nikola Nestorović, one of the most prominent Serbian architects of the period, was only a late echo of the Parisian 18th century invention. The comparison and contention between the three chosen, realized and unrealized, transpositions of the Passage in Belgrade, designed by different prime architects of the time, in relation to Benjamin's idea of space with emancipative potential, correspondingly point out the protean capacity and open up new alternatives in the context of contemporary production of space, particularly important in the light of a changing global culture. AB - Kao polazna osnova istraživanja, u ovom radu, postavljen je prostorni fenomen XIX veka - pasaž (passagen, nem.) - odnosno, natkriveni (zaštićeni) prolaz između dve ulice, umetnut u gradski blok, koji je, prema opservacijama Valtera Benjamina (Walter Benjamin), predstavljao jedan od suštinskih izraza modernosti u vremenu svog nastanka. Upoređivanjem i ispitivanjem prolaza/pasaža u urbanoj istoriji Beograda tokom XX veka, rad analizira transpoziciju ovog tipa u kontekstu proizvodnje prostora u različitim društvenim okvirima, i problematizuje je kroz aktuelna pitanja savremene devastacije i redukcije javnog domena i javne sfere na globalnom nivou. Ovim radom nastavljaju se i produbljuju prethodno započeta naučna ispitivanja autorki, kroz novu predmetnu građu, problemske okvire i istraživačka pitanja proverena u redefinisanoj kritičkoj perspektivi, koja se bave emancipatorskim potencijalom prostora posebnih tipologija, izvan uobičajenih definicija i interpretacija. PB - Zavod za proučavanje kulturnog razvitka, Beograd T2 - Kultura T1 - The 20th century Belgrade passages: A typological analysis and critical examination of the potentials of space T1 - Beogradski pasaži XX veka - analiza tipa i kritičko ispitivanje prostornog potencijala IS - 154 SP - 153 EP - 168 DO - 10.5937/kultura1754153M ER -
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Milinković, M.,& Ćorović, D.. (2017). The 20th century Belgrade passages: A typological analysis and critical examination of the potentials of space. in Kultura Zavod za proučavanje kulturnog razvitka, Beograd.(154), 153-168. https://doi.org/10.5937/kultura1754153M
Milinković M, Ćorović D. The 20th century Belgrade passages: A typological analysis and critical examination of the potentials of space. in Kultura. 2017;(154):153-168. doi:10.5937/kultura1754153M .
Milinković, Marija, Ćorović, Dragana, "The 20th century Belgrade passages: A typological analysis and critical examination of the potentials of space" in Kultura, no. 154 (2017):153-168, https://doi.org/10.5937/kultura1754153M . .