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001 paps 2003 step towards river
THEME: research of potentials of spatial development and activation of pathways that connect central core of the City of Belgrade with the Sava river.
POLYGON: Knez Mihajlova street, Terazije, Kalemegdan, Tram bridge.
STRATEGY: STEP BY STEP dispersion of multiple events and artistic interventions in public spaces within the target area, like urban magnetic fields set-up, intensifying space visits and usage frequency, lowering the distances between active city points and therefore making the pathway towards the river more attractive and accessible.
ORGANIZATION AND WORK CONDITIONS: Project was realized by organizing interdisciplinary students teams, with participants from different Faculties of Belgrade Universities. All the work was supported and monitored by proffesionals – mentors with diverse background, coming from Serbia and abroad.
Starting limiting conditions were: undefined budget, lack of collaboration among Faculties at University of Belgrade and University of Arts in Belgade; time constraints (preiod - semester from February to July).
INITIAL PRESUMPTIONS:
• INTERDISCIPLINARY WORK of students o University of Belgrade, EVENTHOUGH THERE IS NO OFFICIAL COOPERATION between the Faculties.
• Motivation for REALIZATION OF PERSONAL IDEAS is providing extraordinary strength for action in limited working conditions, initiating project realization with interdisciplinary approach to artistic design of public city spaces.
• Possibility for MASS and DIVERSE INTERVANTION during such a artistic design of public city spaces.
• Students’ role as initiators of the WORK WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY ON THE PROJECT REALIZATION.
• Student can animate the citizens to actively participate in the realization of the projects of urban quality development.
1. PHAZE: INITIALIZATION
ACTIVITIES:
• Research of the public open spaces and public buildings network within the target field
• Research of the particular locations
• Research of bibliography referring to target area
• Pre-research of ideas about the possibilities and potentials for space significance and stopping by and within the public spaces (Terazije terrace - Terazijska terasa)
RESULTS:
• Publication: Catalogue of Public spaces in the central zone of Belgrade
• Project Presentation on the Terazije Terrace: Urban Stop
• Presentation of the PaPs program
2. PHAZE: IDEAS GENERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES:
• Selection and definition of subprojects (themes, content, methodology, tools,...)
• Project development on the two levels:
„Great vision“ – project’s spatial simulation, the one like it that should be if the enough finances would allow it.
Second level of „less, but possible“ – project which can be realized with minimal investments
RESULTS:
• Publication of initial workshop proposals
• Presentation of preliminary concepts by multidisciplinary teams
3. PHAZE: REALIZATION
ACTIVITIES:
• Selection of particular pathways – connections between the City and the River, and therefore selection of the spaces which will be primarily activated with this aim.
• Scenarios of integral presentation of the workshops with the aim to realize their synergetic impact on the public spaces.
• Development of the realization plan of every particular workshop.
• Particular activity was dedicated to fund raising and sponsor pool gathering, where the students took active role in presentation in front of potential sponsors and lobbying for their project realization.
• Cooperation with International Summer school of University of Arts.
RESULTS:
• Step towards the River event – July 12th2003
step towards river / Gallery
