Social housing in Belgrade: Practice in architecture and urban planning competitions (2003-2014)

Abstract

Despite the absence of a defined social housing system, several programs of social housing, mainly including the organization of public architecture and urban planning competitions, have been implemented over the last decade in Serbia. This paper presents the competition practice in the field of social and non-profit housing, realized by the City of Belgrade and through Association of Belgrade Architects (DAB) in the period from 2003 to 2014, with special emphasis on the best placed and realized designs. The analysis of the results and the quality of the current design and construction practice aims to improve the knowledge about the complex issue of social housing, identifying local specificities and limitations, as well as the potentials and applicability of the winning designs. The importance of the institution of public architecture and urban planning competition in promoting sustainable and innovative social housing is pointed out in the concluding considerations.

Uprkos odsustvu definisanog sistema socijalnog stanovanja, u Srbiji je u toku protekle decenije sprovedeno nekoliko programa socijalne stanogradnje, za čije potrebe su uglavnom organizovani javni arhitektonsko-urbanistički konkursi. U radu je prikazana konkursna praksa u oblasti socijalnog i neprofitnog stanovanja, koju je Grad Beograd, posredstvom Društva arhitekata Beograda, realizovao u periodu od 2003. do 2014. god., sa posebnim osvrtom na najbolje plasirana i zatim realizovana konkursna rešenja. Analiza rezultata i kvaliteta postojeće projektantske i graditeljske prakse ima za cilj unapređenje saznanja o kompleksnoj problematici socijalnog stanovanja, uočavanje lokalnih specifičnosti i ograničenja, ali i potencijala i primenljivosti nagrađenih rešenja. U zaključnim razmatranjima ukazuje se na značaj institucije javnog arhitektonsko-urbanističkog konkursa u promociji održive i inovativne socijalne stanogradnje.