{"title":"Placemaking: elements of critical regionalism in the architecture of Mihailo Timotijevic","authors":"Milica Malešević, Maja Milic-Aleksic","doi":"10.2298/FUACE190909008M","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Using elements derived from what marks a place as singular is key to\n contemporary placemaking, understood as a primary objective of the theory of\n critical regionalism. The need to create humane, remarkably local\n architecture and to minimize the effects of universal and international\n clich?s, in order to avoid the danger of making architecture locally\n unfounded and to invest it with meaning and a sense of place, certainly\n poses a challenge for every modern architect. This paper deals with the\n issue of contextuality and approach to the character and urban matrix of a\n place, as characterizing the buildings in the Western Serbian city of Uzice\n designed by architect Mihajlo Timotijevic. A critical approach is adopted in\n analyzing Timotijevic?s architectural plans and buildings constructed in\n Uzice, in the attempt to show that the architect takes a genuine interest in\n the local topography and that which is called placemaking. The main goal of\n this research is to underline the fact that Timotijevic?s ability to\n perceive and read the messages sent by a place, materialize its\n distinctivness and easily incorporate a \"sense of place\" in architectural\n spaces has given the city of Uzice a new image, by integrating the spirit of\n the regional with that of the contemporary. The research results are\n particularly pertinent to contemporary architectural theory and practice,\n both in Serbia and the region, as a comprehensive, multifaceted example of a\n good practice of critical regionalism.","PeriodicalId":259677,"journal":{"name":"Facta Universitatis - Series: Architecture and Civil Engineering","volume":"164 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Facta Universitatis - Series: Architecture and Civil Engineering","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2298/FUACE190909008M","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Using elements derived from what marks a place as singular is key to
contemporary placemaking, understood as a primary objective of the theory of
critical regionalism. The need to create humane, remarkably local
architecture and to minimize the effects of universal and international
clich?s, in order to avoid the danger of making architecture locally
unfounded and to invest it with meaning and a sense of place, certainly
poses a challenge for every modern architect. This paper deals with the
issue of contextuality and approach to the character and urban matrix of a
place, as characterizing the buildings in the Western Serbian city of Uzice
designed by architect Mihajlo Timotijevic. A critical approach is adopted in
analyzing Timotijevic?s architectural plans and buildings constructed in
Uzice, in the attempt to show that the architect takes a genuine interest in
the local topography and that which is called placemaking. The main goal of
this research is to underline the fact that Timotijevic?s ability to
perceive and read the messages sent by a place, materialize its
distinctivness and easily incorporate a "sense of place" in architectural
spaces has given the city of Uzice a new image, by integrating the spirit of
the regional with that of the contemporary. The research results are
particularly pertinent to contemporary architectural theory and practice,
both in Serbia and the region, as a comprehensive, multifaceted example of a
good practice of critical regionalism.