Residential space as changeable and resilient polygon for future living

Abstract

Communities today are faced with increasingly dynamic changes in the city and especially in their residential parts. It is important to consider how much residential space and its residents have the capacity to accept or endure the different aspects of changes (climate, social, environmental, functional, etc.). Although almost all changes at the city level are focused on public service facilities and spaces, the residential segment of the city is another major function that must be adequately adapted to the change. In this regard, the research focuses on observing changes and opportunities for achieving resilience in multi-family housing. The premise of the paper is that changes manifest and can be differently absorbed/mitigated at different spatial levels within the residential complex. The paper, through a case study of a selected urban block in Belgrade, presents an analysis of three spatial levels of resilience and transformational possibilities: (1) level of the building, (2) surrounding of the building, and (3) the residential block. The assumption of the paper is that different spatial levels are interdependent in terms of the possibility of transformation and adaptability to different types of changes. The analysis of thrеe spatial levels in the paper shows that the spatial organization and the qualities of Block 22 can be a good base for adapting to different changes. Combining different responses to change in those spatial levels paper will show how the community and the urban block can be more resilient and can contribute to the general resilience of the city.