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In post-conflict contexts architecture and urban planning only have a disciplinary perspective when they consider themselves part of the overall political system – that is to say, of ‘governance’. The profession must also come up with a new planning strategy that can contextualize itself both internationally and locally, within various social situations, and by preparing new contexts for participants in society.

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NGOs operating in post-conflict situations have to find their own place within the global political regulatory system. To do this, they have to organize more among themselves, so that, ultimately, they form a political counterweight at an international level. Independent, international collaborations and associations would then also help NGOs to formulate comprehensive political goals.

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Social and political problems materialize in cities, but since every city is confronted with these problems and their potential future development, there is also a chance to actively influence the optimism of the residents, in ways that go beyond the provision of basic necessities. The pivotal meaning of the city as an agent for political and social change becomes particularly obvious in a post-conflict situation. In this case, a city’s development takes place under mostly unsafe, unstable conditions, and it is essentially defenseless against the mechanisms of political and economic events. This kind of city is scarred by conflicts; it is the expression of the crises in which the city finds itself.

Cities that have to regenerate after a conflict share a recurring problem: the exchange of population segments that occurs when many residents flee during periods of armed conflict.

Often, many do not return to their homes for a variety of reasons: they may have better prospects elsewhere, or the political situation in their homeland may have altered so much that they have no interest in returning. Often, the conflicts have not been solved, but have instead become embedded in the city itself; the numerous divided cities around the world – from Belfast to Nicosia, Mostar to Beirut – are evidence of this. In addition, many people migrate to cities from rural areas. The result is that existing communities dissolve, and new neighborhoods are rapidly assembled. The new residents did not know each other previously, and have little to do with the city and its history. And in the case of rural immigrants, they are often not familiar with city life, which requires people to live closely together with many different types of people. Living conditions are precarious, production has to be set up again, business has to develop, and jobs are scarce. Government institutions have to be rebuilt and do not function well; the political situation is unstable; corruption is everywhere. Most crucial though is the fact that, due to the influx of rural immigrants and the return of refugees after a conflict, the population of a city will grow rapidly in a very short period of time. Cities like Prishtina or Kabul tripled or even quintupled their populations within a few years after military interventions. This results in an unregulated, informal boom in construction, since the demand for living space increases dramatically. Not only does the reconstruction of the city – the rebuilding of ruins – make its mark on a post-conflict situation, but the construction of new buildings also has a significant effect. Political power vacuums at the national level, along with the absence of self-monitoring in the civilian population, generate uncontrolled forces which seriously damage these cities’ chances for recovery. For this reason, it is necessary to scrutinize the aid and planning strategies that are used, and intensify the search for possible alternatives.1 One fact that often goes unrecognized is that social and political structures are formed to a great degree by the way a city is developed. This raises the question of how the expertise of architects and planners can be utilized, not only to overcome the consequences of a crisis, but also to avoid more conflict in the future. What would an ‘architecture of peace’ look like?

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Housing construction is strategically important in war or other catastrophic situations since it guarantees a minimum of safety and protection. And it is the key to urban development, as it also helps to constitute new types of social interaction, which have the immediate ability to help institutions begin functioning again. Still, just like the process of rebuilding urban structures that have been destroyed during armed conflict, the construction of housing, the restoration of architectural legacies, or the expansion of industrial and commercial buildings are not merely questions of architecture or urban planning. Political and economic interdependencies are embedded in these issues. Architects and urban planners

situation and are suitably appropriate. It is imperative that local political, cultural, and social conditions be considered in the process. Through urban planning, overlapping problems in the development of the society as a whole can be dealt with, and models for solutions can be concocted. However, this means that an ‘architecture of peace’ must have a clear understanding of the specific form of local political governance that arises in a post-conflict situation, and its own position in relation to that.

have to find their own positions in relation to this complicated association of intertwining forces.

In recent years, the importance of the international community in managing local conflicts has increased considerably. Banding together international aid organizations, it not only contributes significantly to the regulation of conflicts, but also to the restoration of political, social and cultural institutions. Even when the primary task is to provide basic necessities, such as water, electricity, streets and public transportation, rebuilding a city’s infrastructure means that all of the decisions and steps taken in the process will profoundly influence the further development of the city. Thus, the urban transformations initiated by global players in very diverse regions around the world often follow the same pattern. However, there are an increasing number of problems: first, it is becoming ever more difficult to discern who is involved; and second, large organizations such as the UN, the OECD and the World Bank, along with countless NGOs, are unable to coordinate their efforts. In addition, these organizations are frequently in indirect competition with each other for political sway, their financial backing is opaque, there is no legal oversight of their actions, and lastly there are individuals employed in these organizations who are involved in outright criminal activities, and they often get away scot-free. Thus, it has become urgent to subject the methods and procedures of the international aid community to critical scrutiny.2

Numerous recent global conferences – for example, the 1992 World Environmental Conference in Rio de Janeiro, the 1996 HABITAT II in Istanbul, the 1999 URBAN 21 in Berlin, and the 2010 World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro – have all rehabilitated planning, in terms of influencing and managing social processes. Widely implemented by global players, such as the World Bank in the 1980s, the predominant neoliberal ideology and its efforts to minimize state influence has proved crisis-prone and increased the drive to reconfigure state structures and develop new forms of planning. This strategy, christened ‘good governance’, directly addressed urban agglomeration as the focal point of social transformation, referring to a development that has become increasingly apparent over the last two decades. Further, in conjunction with the significant expansion of cross-border exchange, new transnational structures have also arisen, and they express a new kind of relationship between the local and the global.

This is associated with profound alterations in statehood itself, and also in planning, for it is no longer the hierarchic and centralistic state that comprises the center of politics and controls development when it comes to comprehensive planning. Governmental action instead distinguishes itself in various kinds of areas. The state now tends to play the roles of moderator and coordinator between the international and local levels. Non-governmental players are increasingly involved in decision-making and implementation processes, this being the aim of the term ‘governance’. Governance is defined as the sum of all possible options, within which public and private institutions and organizations are constantly regulating their common affairs in order to coordinate their interests and facilitate cooperative action.4 Within this structure, there are active balances of power that are worthy of special attention.

Global Governance and NGO Activities In a post-conflict situation, the process of rebuilding a city and restoring habitable living conditions is confronted with the necessity of quickly adapting to a specific situation marked by a great deal of ambiguity and insecurity. Most aid and development programs aim to establish new forms of good governance, which often simply imitate the political structures of the donor countries and try to apply generally unquestioned notions of a ‘civil society’ to the situation at hand.3 Hence, normalization strategies around the globe operate with images and concepts – from historical reconstruction to the idea of capacity building. However, despite all of the good intentions, these strategies disregard the realities of these cities. Ideas and concepts, such as ‘freedom and democracy’, are exported, even though most of the time, they are mere euphemisms used to cover up the introduction of the same capitalist principles of property and market economies that dominate the donor nations. Even the term ‘human rights’ is regarded as a political norm that should be valid everywhere, and the fact that human rights have a history, as well as a changeable definition, is overlooked. To spell it out, so as not to be misunderstood: of course, human rights are highly desirable and worth defending, but they do not represent a neutral system of values. Rather, they are always permeated by political claims and ought to be negotiated and adapted to suit local conditions. Briefly stated, too little consideration is given to the special circumstances of local political situations, and frequently, there is little knowledge of local culture and society.

The result is a kind of ‘donor speak’, whose goal is to align everything with the political aims of the donor; this language is spoken by all of the members of local initiatives, as well as by those working for international organizations. Unfortunately, this is not a phantasm, but a political reality, and every plan in the crisis situation has to adjust to it. Donors are accountable to their own countries, and have to consider the political situations there, too. Consequently, it is all the more necessary to create a context for planning in crisis situations, and make sure that the goals of the plan reflect the local

Along with the cross-border expansion of communications, transportation, and information systems, the intensification of economic relationships in the global market, and the internationalization of production and labor conditions, new forms of political regulation have arisen on a global scale. First attempts at a kind of global governance have been carried out

by NATO, the IMF, the OECD, and the United Nations, more or less successfully. They act on an international level, wherever there is a lack of formal democratic institutions. They are the protagonists in post-conflict situations, since they are the organs of the international community, which is supposed to guarantee reconstruction and integration into the global market and the international community of nations. They frequently replace missing state institutions, or participate to a large degree in their formation (nation building). Here, the international NGOs are important correctives. Evidence of this is the almost dramatic increase in the numbers of international NGOs that have begun operating in post-conflict situations in recent decades. However, their role within the current form of political regulation (policy regime) is also problematic.

Are they simply one component of a dominant political and regulatory system, or do they represent the interests of local civil societies?

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Accordingly, the policies of NGOs operating in post-conflict situations should be critically examined, but they should also be allowed to develop further. An important step toward reinforcing their position enough to oppose donors, gain independence from them, and to find their own place within the political regulatory system, is to strengthen their contacts with each other and to organize more among themselves, so that, ultimately, they can become institutionalized on an international level and form a political counterweight.

Independent, international collaborations and associations would then also help them to formulate comprehensive political goals. This also means, however, that they have to develop new forms of democratic politics. New, more transparent, and therefore more open ways must be found to select and represent topics and content, as well as to develop decision-making processes. It is always evident that an ‘intervention’ from the outside is only successful when there is collaboration with local structures and support for political self-determination. This means that there must be more effort made to integrate non-governmental organizations and other civil society groups into the international system, and to increase their presence on the scene. The search for new ways must begin.

they represent interests that have no voice in existing political structures (political advocacy) they identify problems and topics, and include them in political negotiations and decision-making processes on both the local as well as international level (agenda setting) they mobilize factual expertise and knowledge in order to solve or debate topics in public they develop projects that are not undertaken by state and supra-state players, or else carry them out when governments or the international community cannot do so for organizational or political reasons

Their potential lies in their scientific, technical, or even political expertise, as well as in the fact that they are very familiar with the problems in their field and with the local structures. This assumes, of course, that an international NGO cooperates with local civil society organizations, so that they can successfully adapt their strategies to the local political, social and cultural context. One important component in the success of their work is their ability to mobilize the public at both an international and a local level, in order to further the goals of the interests formulated. If they can do this, they can make essential contributions to the processes of reaching the compromises and consensus necessary to political decision-making, and thus play an important role as mediators, since they are pursuing neither commercial nor wider political interests.

Reality, however, has a somewhat different appearance: very few NGOs can finance themselves through donations, and therefore, they are highly dependent upon the financial support of governments, international governmental organizations (such as the EU), and their semi-public organizations. For financial support, the only other alternative is to turn to private foundations, such as Aga Kahn, George Soros or other foundations financed by international corporations.6 Therefore, NGOs are forced to adapt their approaches, to accommodate the goals and programs set forth by their financial supporters. In addition, professionalizing their workforce also means paying their employees, which leads to a factual constraint: having to compromise their own programs in order to conform to the donor’s agenda. Over time, NGO ‘companies’ have arisen, which are frequently only guided by self-interest. And the staffs of international NGOs are also part of the elite corps of managers and functionaries whom Mary Kaldor calls the ‘cosmopolitans’ – a community of like-minded, well-educated experts, who work for the United Nations, one of the international or non-governmental organizations, or for foreign investors (who also count local experts as part of their membership). This, too, is a new form of global domination, which Kaldor describes as the ‘new divide’. On one side are the generally impecunious local residents and migrants, who are seeking a place in the new urban communities, and on the other side are the global citizens and their allies – the local elite, most of whom have been educated abroad.7 Yet another difficulty is that NGOs specialize in specific topics, and this often prevents them from understanding an overarching

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complex of problems. Last, but not least, is the NGO’s own, non-elected (and therefore undemocratic) position within the political negotiation process. In practice, all of this often results in a condescending, paternalistic way of working.

Non-governmental organizations are, according to the general definition, civil society organizations that do not represent the state. They are supposed to be financially and organizationally independent of state apparatuses and private business, and they should not be involved in the pursuit of commercial interests, but the interests of the community instead.5 Ideally, the work of NGOs should conform to the following description:

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Architects and Planners as ‘Agents of Change’ Architecture and urban planning only have a disciplinary perspective when they consider themselves part of this overall political system – that is to say, of ‘governance’. The profession must also come up with a new planning strategy that can contextualize itself within various social situations and simultaneously prepare new contexts for participants in society.8 Should one employ the contextualization necessary in order to plan (for that, too, can be considered a political project), fundamental principles consequently ensue. This is strategic, in the sense that it must react to various social and cultural contexts, while mediating between the special needs of individual social groups and the international power structure and its mechanisms. Yet it must also be cooperative, in as much as it provides, in its own turn, various participants with new contexts, in order to open up these spaces, whose effects go beyond local (and national) contexts. In this sense, planning must be communicative, because participants can only be mobilized through dialogue. This dialogue is not just local, however; it must also be conducted at an international level.

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Planners and architects have a seductive perspective of the city from above, which can block the view of how the city should be used, as well as the view of the social relationships and political power relations inscribed in its spaces. Space is not neutral. Accordingly, neither is the position of the architect or planner; there is no such thing as ‘architecture for architecture’s sake’, nor is there any such thing as a ‘neutral’ plan. Every plan is the result of negotiation and power relations, and these things are expressed through the plan.

When architects and planners regard themselves as ‘agents of change’, and try to intervene positively in city development, then they need to realize that they will need political ‘patronage’. This support, however, should not be based in opaque relationships and closed-door agreements; rather, it should be transparent and open. Only then would it also be possible to address the programs set forth by other political factions, and to include them in the negotiation process. This

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hammer, every problem looks like a nail’. From the standpoint of the architect, every problem becomes a construction project.

Frequently, however, an urban problem can also be solved by other means: a space can be revitalized through public debate, by using it for something else, or else through an economic strategy or regulation, to name just a few examples. That means, when figuring out projects in a post-conflict situation, it always helps to ask a few basic questions:

requires a delicate tightrope walk in the political arena, which has to be undertaken by all independent groups whenever they attempt to intervene in the urban space. On one hand, one of their essential tasks is to formulate the interests of excluded segments of the population and to scrutinize the process of developing the city by mobilizing the public. On the other hand, they have to position themselves within the negotiation process, and, accordingly, be ready to cooperate or compromise with other political forces. In short, they have to have the ability to criticize the predominant political situation, while being part of it at the same time. This is because critique and public debate alone are not enough, even though they are prequisites for a successful intervention – for if sustainable change is indeed going to come about, then it is always brought about by assertive action, and hence, it is a question of power. The regulation of city development cannot be left up to society’s self-regulation and customary law, especially not in post-conflict situations. Accordingly, it is directly linked to the ability of state organs to act assertively, because they have a monopoly on the legitimate use of force. However, no plan, regulation or urban development strategy can be carried out if there is no consensus in society itself about the meaning and purpose of the plan. Yet, even here, limitations have to be set: when organs of the state (and the international institutions and organizations that support them) offer only repression and corruption, then they also have no legitimation. Even when they carry out measures through the threat of force, a critical distance must be maintained. But it is naïve to believe that an ‘architecture of peace’ can exist independently of an ‘architecture of power’.

where: where is the space? Where are there spaces that are not disputed and controversial, but ‘neutral’? what: is it possible to create a new space, which will open up new perspectives? why: who needs it? Who will profit from it? Who are the partners involved in the process? Is it in the interest of the public welfare? how: what tools and strategies are needed, in order to create this space? How can collaborations be established, and how can the process be shaped?

Flexible Planning The obvious failure of city government and the international organizations in post-conflict situations, which are together responsible for city development, can be traced back to a problematic understanding of planning and the role of the expert. Undeniably, plans are needed in order to structure and regulate the city’s development. However, in the traditional ‘top-down’ approach that is part of hierarchically structured planning – from the strategic master plan, to land zoning, to regulated building plans – there are already a number of troublesome aspects, which are not really taken into consideration. The main problem is the extremely tedious process that often drags out over several years: by the time it comes to an end, reality has already outpaced it. Also, the city is regarded as a coherent form – an object to be shaped and designed. The fact that the city has an active, constantly changing form is ignored. Of course, it is necessary that there be goals in planning, and that planning be a regulated force in urban development, but it is an ongoing process that needs to be flexible whenever circumstances change.

Non-governmental organizations in post-conflict situations must adapt their approach to the local context and thus, only limited generalizations can be made.

However, it is possible to propose some fundamental principles for discussion: reflect upon and communicate one’s own position do not pursue any commercial interests address different interest groups, in order to incorporate them over the long term

If the traditional model of urban planning is rejected, then new forms of cooperation and processes of negotiation between private parties and governmental institutions need to be developed. ‘Master plans’ that attempt to treat complex layers of political and economic problems in the same way (comprehensive planning) are of no significance. Instead, it is necessary to develop processual, participatory, and hence, communications-based types of plans (collaborative planning). For this kind of flexible planning, it is crucial that new ways of collaborating be permitted. However, these kinds of cooperative efforts should remain transparent. Still, it has to be transparent enough to be monitored by the public.

Therefore, the forces of civil society should be encouraged to participate; they need to be regarded as an important corrective to the planning process. The key to all of this is communication: public debate had to be stimulated, with the assistance of local media. Public campaigns should also stimulate active participation and provide opportunities for people to get involved.

gather various interests together for projects that require groups to cooperate in order to carry them out balance collaborations; advantages and profits must be shared equally create transparency: goals and procedures are openly discussed in public create room for negotiation, open up perspectives, mobilize knowledge and place it at everyone’s disposal plan and design the process; structure it through dialogue and keep it open

Correspondingly, the three fundamental pillars of the work are: (1) communication, (2) cooperation, and (3) shaping the process. What does this mean, specifically, for architects and planners who want to intervene in urban development? They should think less about a project, and more about the process of contriving projects, especially at first. And, as an aside, they should not assume that their project will necessarily wind up in a plan or as a building. As the saying goes, ‘when you have a

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Archis Interventions in South Eastern Europe Here is where the Archis Interventions project begins. The aim of Archis Interventions, a community-based, non-profit offshoot of Archis, is to support cities by supplying ideas and concepts that will help to revitalize public space and renew faith in public dialogue. Local partners play the main roles in the process, since they are the ones requesting intervention in the development of their city.9 Archis Interventions’ activities in South Eastern Europe began in 2005, when some Kosovar colleagues and myself founded a local branch in Prishtina (Archis Interventions/Prishtina). Against this backdrop, Archis Interventions began expanding its activities across South Eastern Europe.10 A network of independent urban initiatives and organizations in South Eastern Europe was launched in 2008 by myself in cooperation with Srdjan Jovanović Weiss – and is still growing. In almost all larger cities in South Eastern Europe there exist independent urban initiatives that use their specialist knowledge and experience to defend the interests of civic stakeholders. Such initiatives often work in isolation from one another or have only limited opportunities to participate in international urban discourse on new urban development and planning methods and concepts. The aim of the Archis Interventions SEE network is to network regionally and develop international cooperation projects, to share past experience and transfer relevant knowledge. And last but not least to strengthen local initiatives by embedding them in supra-regional networks. By 2010 the network has been extended to the successor states of former Yugoslavia, and to Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and Cyprus. Conferences have been organized in cooperation with local partner organizations in Basel, Bucharest and Vienna. Professionals from throughout the region have been involved in different local projects. And the initiative’s work has been presented in international exhibitions – such as the Balkanology exhibition at the Swiss Architecture Museum (2008), Architecture Centre Vienna (2009) and at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest (2010) –, at conferences, and in local and international media.

Noten 1 See Sultan Barakat (ed.), After the Conflict: Reconstruction and Development in the Aftermath of War (London, New York: 2005); Gerd Junne, Willemijn Verkoren (eds.), Postconflict Development: Meeting New Challenges (Boulder, London: 2005); Kai Vöckler, Prishtina is Everywhere. Turbo Urbanism: the Aftermath of a Crisis, Amsterdam 2008; Jon Calame, Esther Charlesworth, Divided Cities: Belfast, Beirut, Jerusalem, Mostar, and Nicosia (Philadelphia: 2009).

2 See Regina Bittner, Wilfried Hackenbroich, Kai Vöckler (eds.), UN Urbanism.

Post-conflict cities Mostar Kabul (Berlin: 2010); Linda Polman, War Games: The Story of Aid and War in Modern Times (London, New York: 2010).

3 See John E. Trent, Modernizing the United Nations System: Civil Society’s Role in Moving from International Relations to Global Governance (Farmington Hills, Opladen: 2007).

4 Ulrich Brand, ‘Stadt als runder Tisch: Zum neuen Leitbild “Global” oder “Good Governance”’, www.bmgev.de/themen/urban21/brand. See also Michael Zürn, ‘Regieren im Zeitalter der Denationalisierung‘, in: Claus Leggewie, Richard Münch (eds.), Politik im 21. Jahrhundert (Frankfurt am Main: 2001).

5 See Ulrich Brand, Alex Demirovic, Christoph Görg, Joachim Hirsch (eds.), Nichtregierungsorganisationen in der Transformation des Staates (Münster: 2001).

6 Archis Interventions’ activities in South Eastern Europe have been mainly supported by ERSTE Foundation. ERSTE Foundation is the main shareholder of ERSTE Group (the savings bank). See www.erstestiftung.org.

7 Mary Kaldor, ‘Cosmopolitanism Versus Nationalism: The New Divide?’. In: Richard Caplan, John Feffer (eds.), Europe’s New Nationalism: States and Minorities in Conflict (New York, Oxford 1996).

8 See Nikolaus Kuhnert, Anh-Linh Ngo, ‘Governance’, Archplus 173 (May 2005).

9 Documented on www.archis.org.

10 See www.seenetwork.org. The Archis Interventions project in South Eastern Europe is supported by ERSTE Foundation.

In the conflict-ridden system of international politics (localized through governmental structures), a globalized market and civil society projects – developed in cooperation with local, independent urban initiatives – can develop new kinds of cooperative and communicative planning, which will help to support the society’s weak civil powers in particular. Thus, positioning within this new framework of governance is of crucial significance, because if an intervention is to succeed, then it has to develop relationships with government institutions and the civil sector likewise. Independent, non-governmental, non-commercial initiatives formed by professionals play an important part here, because not only do architects and urban planners bring their expertise to the table, but they frequently also act as both initiator and mediator, employing empowerment strategies to facilitate or influence urban developments.

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Archis Interventions in Prishtina, Kosovo

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Archis Interventions and Kosavarian architects and town planners began their cooperation in Prishtina in 2005 by co-founding a local NGO. Collaborators have included Hackenbroich Architekten (Berlin) and Co-PLAN (Tirana).

The legalization concept and the study about the future development of Prishtina has been developed in cooperation with the Municipality of Prishtina.

After NATO intervention ended the war between the Serbian military and the Kosovo-Albanian liberation army in 1999, a building boom began in Prishtina. The majority population, made up of Kosovo-Albanians, immediately started erecting urgently needed housing, while at the same time, the real estate market became one of the most profitable branches of business, due to the enormous lack of both residential and commercial space. Demand intensified when the rural population began streaming into the city, along with Kosovo refugees being repatriated by Western European nations. Within a brief period of time, Prishtina tripled its population, resulting in the speedy rebuilding of the city. Those who did not participate in the construction boom were the socially disadvantaged, who had neither land nor money, and the minority population of Kosovo-Serbs, who, faced with a new power structure, were not interested in investing in real estate. Even though Prishtina had not suffered much damage during the war, about seventy-five percent of the city’s existing structures – and with them, their historical legacy – were demolished, until almost nothing was left. In addition, all of this construction activity was illegal, due to the breakdown of local government: until 2005 it was practically impossible to get a construction permit, even if you wanted to. Note that all of this occurred under the administration of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), which regarded its main task as not so much to regulate urban development for the good of the city, but to introduce concentrated market economy structures. Of course, institutional structures had to be rebuilt, and there were no fundamental documents (such as a land registry, for instance) to secure the legal system; but still, one wonders why the international community, as represented by the UN mission (whose power was ensured by the KFOR troops), was incapable of setting at least minimum standards for construction. The consequences were grave: not only is most of old Prishtina gone, but public squares are neglected, the in-

Built without Building Permits. The manual set up basic minimal standards that would make it possible to legalize existing structures, and contained a concept for carrying out this highly complex process. In July 2009 the City Council used the fundamentals of this concept to pass a resolution to start the legalization process. At the same time, we produced a television show about illegal construction, which was broadcast at the time the legalization process began. Furthermore, we worked out a preliminary concept for a set of guiding principles for architecture. Currently, we are at the point where we are working on more actions that might have an effect on the public, as well as on a possible model project, which would make it possible to apply a new process for coordinating some sort of agreement between the various interest groups and the realization of our ideas. What many representatives of international and local organizations thought was impossible in 2005 is now coming to fruition: the situation will be improved for the general good of society. To do all of this, however, we needed architects and planners, who wanted a change and who worked on behalf on their city: they can be regarded as ‘agents of change’.

Volume 11 in Spring 2007; we also presented the project at a number of different conferences on the theme, some of which were organized by the European Union and the UN Habitat.

This immediately led to reports appearing in local media, which, in turn, resulted in greater public interest. We were able to take advantage of this when we organized a student workshop, which became a public presentation during the mayoral election in December 2007. The students took selected situations and developed possible future scenarios for them, which they then visualized in various ways. The visuals made it clear what would happen if the city were simply to continue development as before. This made such an impression on the new mayor of Prishtina, Dr. Isa Mustafa, that he appointed the co-founder of Archis Interventions/Prishtina, Florina Jerliu, as his personal consultant on urbanism issues. The altered political situation, along with the great interest in change shown not only by the politicians responsible, but also by a large portion of the population, made it possible for us to further develop our concept, and some of it has already been realized. In 2009, for instance, we collaborated with city administrators and the building ministry to create a Manual on the Legalization of Structures

frastructure is totally overwhelmed, and almost everywhere, there are blatant safety violations, such as blocked or missing emergency exits; insufficient, overburdened structures, where, for instance, load-bearing walls have been removed in order to enlarge rooms, or else single-family houses have been erected on the roofs of five-story apartment buildings from the Socialist era. Not least among the difficulties are the massive social conflicts that have arisen because neighbors have blocked each other’s entrances, or even put up new buildings a hand’s width away from a neighbor’s living room window. In short, Prishtina has serious problems in terms of safety for both people and buildings; it has social problems as a result of rebuilding of the city, and it has a problem providing for basic infrastructure and services. So, anyone who wants to know why planning is necessary and sensible ought to visit Prishtina today.

The task in Prishtina was, first, to analyze the phenomenon and then to make it comprehensible. In order to do this, we collaborated with Archis Interventions in 2006 to produce a workshop in which selected situations were analyzed and then organized by type. The various situations were charted and mapped in order to make it clear how extensive the rebuilding of the city actually was. Parallel to this, we worked out an overall strategic concept, which allowed for a combination of various strategies: aside from the urban-architectural strategy, this affected communications, the support from the Archis network, the inclusion of different interest groups in a model project, and the support of local institutions and organizations. These parallel strategies were pursued from the start.

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First of all, it was necessary to communicate the information about the newly founded, local NGO, the analysis of the situation, and the strategic concept. We were able to do this in an international setting, when the project was publicized in

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Strategic Planning

Strategy Concept

Initiated 2005 The strategy concept developed in 2006 (see Volume 11) combined different approaches to achieve public awareness and impart a sensibility for environmental qualities and architectural values. It addresses different actors, local as well as international, and was designed to bridge the gap between them. An important aspect was the combination of a communication strategy (including the production of a TV show) with a support strategy (encouraging students), a participatory strategy (activation of local knowledge), a networking strategy (integration in the Archis network) and last but not least an architectural strategy (developing the manual and starting a model project). Actually most of these strategies could be successfully implemented.

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Capacity Building

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Architectural competition

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The Concept for a Manual and Recommendations on the Legalization Process

»Manual on the Legalization of Structures Built without a Construction Permit« The first step in developing an implementation strategy was a workshop, in which experts were brought together to develop a manual that explains the principles (relating to security, infrastructural networks and social aspects, etc.) necessary to improve the present situation. The manual was conceived in cooperation with international and local experts, including representatives of the municipality, the Institute for Spatial Planning of Kosova, and other official organizations. The workshop participants developed joint recommendations and strategies on how to act in the near future, and jointly formulated provisos for the manual. They consider this to have made an important step towards bringing major policymakers into closer contact and cooperation, with regard to the legalization issue.

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Public Debate and Resolution of the Municipal Assembly of Prishtina A public debate on the ‘regulation for legalization of structures built without a construction permit’ and the ‘manual for legalization of structures built without a construction permit’ took place in the Municipality of Prishtina, July 2–3, 2009. On the basis of the strategic concept presented in the manual, the Municipal Assembly passed a resolution to start the legalization process after the elections for mayor, which took place at the end of 2009.

The legalization process started in October 2010.

Download the ‘manual on the legalization of structures built without a construction permit’ at: www.seenetwork.org/projects

1.1. Security Aspect

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if the building is below 3.0 meters in distance from the neighboring building:

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Minimal Standard:

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2.1. Security Aspect

if the building is from 3.0 up to one fourth (¼) of its height, in distance from the plot line:

if the building is up to 1.0 meter distance from the neighboring building:

neighbor should be reached,

c) if agreement is reached, passage for pedestrian should be minimum 1.0 meter wide and the length of the passage from the building to the main street should be not more than 100 meters.

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Conflicts between neighbor’s results mostly out of the blocking of view (view, insulation) by building too narrow to the neighbor’s building, or out of the occupation of a neighbor’s plot. A negotiation between neighbors in case of such problems is also basis for the legalizations of a building.

PROTOTYPE 2 : -

if the building is more 3.0 meters from the plot line, the planning criteria are applied.

buildings above 450 sqm

No building applying for legalization

A1 / Blocking views (view, lighting) Minimal Standard: The building should not block the primary view of other buildings. The neighbor whose primary view is blocked, has the right to complain against the applicants for legalization permit.

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Blocking of the primary view is considered when: - building with over 450 sqm applying for legalization is in a distance less than 1/4 ofi ts height from the plot line of the neighbor’s parcel, who has a building with max 450 sqm); - building with max 450 sqm applying for legalization is in a distance less than 5.5 meters from the bordering wall of the neighboring building with over 450 sqm which has openings other than windows of bathrooms and staircases;

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In case of blocking, the building can be legalized if agreed by the neighbor whose front facade is blocked; In case there is no agreement, the blocking building needs to be cut back to create the due distance.

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Sewage, etc.

Bus, etc.

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3.1. Security Aspect

Municipality

Neighborhood

Taxes

Investment

Technical Infrastructure

Water Supply

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An 8-part TV-Series on Informal Building in Prishtina

TV Show A public campaign designed by Archis Interventions/Prishtina accompanies the process of regulating informal construction (included the legalization of existing buildings), which commenced in October 2010. Public presentations and a media campaign will raise public awareness of the most important aspects of this issue (safety regulations, public infrastructures and amenities, impact on the community, etc). Beside public presentations and reports in different media, an 8-part TV series has been produced in collaboration with Pixels Productions, Prishtina. Visar Geci, co-founder of Archis Interventions/Prishtina and a renowned TV star in Kosovo, produced the TV show in cooperation with Florina Jerliu and Kai Vöckler. Each of the series’ episodes addresses a different aspect of informal building.

Recorded on selected sites in Prishtina, from August–December 2009, the TV series gave local citizens and officials a chance to express their opinions on the state of informal building in the city, in dialogue with Visar Geci.

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Urban Study

Dynamic City Prishtina’s future prospects and how planning might best support them were the focus of an urban study developed in 2009.

It is necessary to offer future prospects to citizens by developing a realistic strategy that takes the current situation into account but also establishes the principles of viable future development. This is strategic planning based both on a vision and on reliable information, and can therefore offer a solid foundation for consensus and negotiations.

The study develops a key concept by analyzing Prishtina’s potential as the capital of Kosovo, and identified knowledge and education as the key factors for future development. The study focused on the latter’s spatial implications and formulated the major principles of future urban development.

New Attraction Points By introducing new typologies (incubators, public community centers, student housing) in the center, the recommended connection of high symbolic meaning between the nation to its history, economy and youth shall gain enormous quality.

Those new typologies should be developed as new buildings in mainly abandoned areas, or should be accommodated in existing buildings suitable fur such typologies.

The Youth Is The Future The highly significant symbolic spaces and buildings in the inner city of the young nation is the backbone of future development.

The youth is the future – the investment by the nation and the city in developing knowledge among its young citizens will be returned by the development of a knowledge-based economy.

Catalysts For students, lecturers and professors, as for future knowledge based-economies, it needs a good environment and close spatial connections – it shall be clustered and connected well. For that it will need specific catalysts to improve the situation.

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District behind Youth and Sport Center New recreation triggers small business and larger business development. Spatial incubators are designed to attract young professionals by offering work space with low running costs, by bringing together different forms of new knowledge-based businesses to form a creative atmosphere and combining this with public functions to enable an interaction with other citizens. Out of this combination spatial incubators are giving a lot of impulses to the urban development and become the nucleus of an urban regeneration and future economic prosperity.

INCUBATOR

PEDESTRIAN AREA ATTRACTION POINTS STUDENT HOUSING NEW ECONOMIC ZONE

PUBLIC COMMUNITY CENTRES New Community Center behind the Skanderbeg Monument A public community center shall combine different functions which are attractive to students, and other citizens interested in information and culture.

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Recreated Public Space and Business District behind Youth and Sport Center A recreated public square leading to urban regeneration, small business and larger business development.

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Redesigning Modernity

Strategies for Socialist Collective Housing in Bucharest, Romania Initiated 2009

An Archis Interventions, Zeppelin and Point 4 initiative, in cooperation with Hackenbroich Architekten (Berlin).

An initial workshop was presented in 2009, in collaboration with ATU, Space Syntax Romania, and Platforma 9,81 (Zagreb). A public intervention was made in collaboration with studioBASAR.

Here is where the Archis Interventions project in Bucharest begins. In 2009 a variety of initiatives and organizations started discussing a central problem in Bucharest’s development: privatization of the old ‘collective buildings’ had resulted in administration problems for commonly held property. Property owners were plagued by difficulties with the unclear allocation of responsibility when it came to renovation, or with other owners, who often did not understand the necessity of maintaining not only their own property, but also the building itself, in order to prevent the entire property from losing its value. In addition, the situation was strongly influenced by overriding factors, such as traffic and roads, or the building’s location in the city, which affected the market value of the property, which in turn affected an owner’s ability to obtain loans for renovation projects. In the same vein, property owners in a single building, who might have different interests, do not have good guidelines for negotiating with each other. Additionally, the question of who is responsible for the public space owned by the city remains unsettled. And last, but not least, almost nobody is familiar with the different possible ways of shaping a city with architecture. The first step was to systemize this tangle of problems and make them understandable, and then to develop possible solutions. However, it is also clear that the public – especially those directly affected – is not yet sufficiently aware of the further problems that will develop if the current problems are neglected. Therefore, publications, exhibitions, public discussions, and local activity are an important part of a publically effective intervention, so that more attention is gained from responsible decision-makers in government, from private property owners, and from those who represent their interests. This is just the start of an exploration of future prospects for a section of the city whose size alone makes it impossible to conceive of the city without it, as well as for the people who live there.

Economic and social developments are condensed and concentrated in cities. Cities offer a place to call home, with the hope of a better life. They are the pivotal points around which international economies circulate, and are therefore directly at the mercy of any economic upheaval that may occur, and any crises that may accompany it. On the other hand, cities offer opportunities to improve one’s social status and participate in the global economy. Cities are threatened by social division; by a lack of hope on one side, and by inconsiderate behavior on the other; by rivalries in between cities, which not only diminish the sense of community, but have the potential to turn into ugly violence at any given moment – cities are vulnerable.

One thing that all cities in former socialist countries had in common was that, after the collapse of the socialist systems, they had undergone a phase in which they transformed from planned economies to market economies. This phase took place under conditions dictated by a globalized economy and the financial capital coming from around the world. Of course, it had a dramatic effect on everyday life and development in the cities.

Besides democratization, the paradigm for this socio-political transformation involved the speediest possible privatization and liberalization of the market. In most cases, the result was a weakening of the state’s ability to regulate and oversee the market. In particular, an overly confident belief in market forces ignored the non-economic factors that are just as important to a functioning community. This led to ‘turbo urbanism’, the deformalization of public space that results from unfettered neoliberal capitalism and all of its concomitant phenomena. Cities were overwhelmed by new construction booms, ranging from questionable investment projects in downtown areas to the large quantity of informal, private housing developments, generally on the urban periphery. Characteristically, these booms occurred with a weak oversight of the city, or even an outright lack of regulation. Even in the case of collective building stock, community property was privatized – something that was happening everywhere else in Eastern Europe (with the exception of East Germany) – and the new owners were mostly left to fend for themselves. Governments quickly unburdened themselves of their social responsibilities.

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Socialist Neighborhoods

Behind the Concrete Curtains The cityscape of Bucharest is dominated by huge, standardized public housing estates built during the socialist era, mainly in the 1970s and 1980s – in which approximately 70% of the city’s population still live. Following the collapse of state socialism and the introduction of a market economy, most public housing was privatized. Sitting tenants were able to acquire their apartment for a minimal sum. Market factors have since come into play: an apartment’s value falls or rises according to its location, amenities and local infrastructure; some apartments are of interest to investors; others are suffering from neglect. Neither officials in the City Housing Department nor individual owners (most of whom are owner-occupiers) are equipped to cope with the new situation.

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Strategy on an Urban Scale In order to build up a strategy for the areas behind the ‘concrete curtains’, the first step would be to consider the bigger context of the city and to define essential types of areas and their specifics to be developed in the future. A zoning of the territory defined or influenced by the totalitarian axes comprises of three categories. First, an intervention area covering the left-over empty space behind the rows. It is essentially public property and that can be transformed into a system of public spaces through refurbishment actions conducted by the administration. Second, a protection area, more or less coinciding with the one defined by heritage regulations. Third, a buffer area in-between the other two categories, made-up of old streets, private plots and buildings, whose development should protect on one hand the urban fabric of the protection area by giving new commercial housing projects a possibility to invest under urban regulations, which will enforce the function of the buffer area to improve also the space behind the blocks along the boulevards. The intervention area has an important bridge-function between the blocks along the boulevards and the urban fabric behind. The development of the space behind the blocks cannot be seen without a strategy of developing the neighboring new building projects, which should appear in a buffer area with clear urban regulations in relation to the existing structure.

The Non-Spaces of Bucharest The totalitarian planning of the 1970s and 1980s produced uninterrupted, uniform rows of apartment blocks along the main axes. Behind them are empty land and the parts of the historic center that just managed to avoid the reconstruction process.

The vacant space behind the ‘concrete curtain’ has enormous potential – if upgraded, it could successfully bring together the two disparate worlds: the historic fabric and the new city.

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The project combines different strategies: ACTIVATING THE COMMUNITY / EMPOWERMENT

IMPROVEMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAPACITY

- IDEAS - PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS

- CONSULTANCY FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING - DIAGNOSIS - DATA COLLECTION

> a governance strategy: by supporting the municipality with concepts and ideas of how to improve the situation, to support home-owner associations and to empower residents to articulate their needs.

Top Down – Strategies Governance Strategy Urbanistic Strategy

PROFESSIONALS

NGOs

> an urbanistic strategy: by defining different zones, an intervention zone (the non-space behind the blocks), which should be activated and improved and a buffer zone behind, where new building projects can be developed and which will have a positive impact on the existing situation by taking the pressure out of the protection zone behind.

> an intervention strategy: by defining ‘chill points’ to activate through peformative actions which will attract residents to interact.

Bottom Up – Strategies Intervention Strategy Architectural Strategy

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> an architectural strategy: developing new concepts of financing the complex rehabilitation of buildings is an important part of an architectural strategy. A possibility is to create new roof apartments to accommodate the residents currently living on the ground floor. The space that becomes available on the ground floor could then be leased as commercial space. That revenue could, in turn, be used to cover the cost of maintenance and enhancement of the building and the outdoor space. To this end, coordinated finance and refurbishment concepts are necessary.

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Five selected areas The concept is focussing on five selected areas that are typical for the intervention area. The developed proposals can be also used for similar situations in the area.

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COMPACT SOCIALIST AREA NEIGHBOURHOOD COURTYARDS

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DIRECT COLLISION / URBANISATION

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The totalitarian axes are an interrupted project, one that aimed at the complete remaking of the central area. In certain areas, the operation was pushed into the depth of the fabric, creating a homogenous structure of apartment buildings and empty spaces. Still, the more or less defined interior courtyards have the potential to be turned into more defined neighborhood units.

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street vendors

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open green space

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Diffused Border > Integration into New Fabric

DIRECT COLLISION / URBANISATION

DIFFUSED BORDER / INTEGRATION

COMPACT SOCIALIST AREA NEIGHBOURHOOD COURTYARDS

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The programmation of the intervention area and the buffer area leads to a more clear differentiation into public and semi-private spaces by a clear distinction between car-related and pedestrian space.

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COMPACT SOCIALIST AREA NEIGHBOURHOOD COURTYARDS

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playground

swimming pool

fruit trees

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public space art

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outdoor stage

graffiti zone

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outdoor gym

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garbage disposal

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recreation

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informal parking

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informal pedestrian

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strategy/concept

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parking area

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The program in the intervention area is focussing towards an urbanization of the area.

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viewing platform

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pocket park

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barbeque

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underground

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green

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parking

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structure

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parking

space

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parking

parking area

youth club

community center

senior center

outdoor gallery

public space art

outdoor stage

graffiti zone

bycicle lane

chess

fee parking

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pocket park

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secret place

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fountain

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underground

parking on top

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vertical

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shared parking

empty lot used

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rearangable

green

parking

parking

of new buildings

structure

parking

parking

space

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used for parking

parking

parking area

fee parking

internet access point

garrages

basketball

skating

bycicle parking

bycicle park

densification

reorientation

reorganization of plots

activation

ping pong

small footbal field

outdoor gym

gym-conversion

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open green space

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bycicle parking

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secret place

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back to back

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outdoor cinema

cultural

public space

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urban fabric meeting place

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commerce

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technical area/building

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technical entertainment

technical

commercial

commercial

green around

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ground

technical

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meeting place

technical

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garrages

car

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basketball

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open green space

public space

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meeting place

DIRECT COLLISION / URBANISATION

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urban fabric

HYBRID BACKSPACE / CLEANING UP

The strategy departs form the mixed situations and relative seclusion that define the character of the hybrid backspace. Through the project, auto­mobile circulation becomes limited and discontinuous; the quiet atmosphere is reinforced through insertions of functions that answer the dwellers’ needs.

street vendors

terraces

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garrages

fenced playground

technical entertainment

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privat fence

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skating

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densification

reorientation

reorganization of plots

activation

ping pong

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proposal icons

Direct Collision > Urbanisation > Urban Connection

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groundfloor

technical

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on public

area/building

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path between

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informal

informal parking

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street parking

border parking

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kiosk

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commerce

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official parking

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garrages

fountain

covered roof

secret place

square

viewing platform

sunbath/shower

fruit trees

hammock

seating

pocket park

picnic

semiprivate garden

privat fence

technical

green around

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area/building

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parking

parking

of new buildings

structure

parking

parking

space

parking

fenced playground

extension cafe

technical

old & new face to back

meeting place

old & new back to back

public space

terraces

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path between

street vendors

social

passageways

fences/gardens

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public space art

outdoor stage

graffiti zone

bycicle lane

chess

access point

official parking

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The strategies used for intervention are leading to different ways of dealing with the existing condition and the proposed improvement in relation to a specific spatial interaction to be achieved.

• Extension of Public Space /Usage: overcoming borders

to make space for public use again accessible.

• Urban Connection: connecting the outer urban public space with the Intervention Zone.

• Activation of Non-Space: activating abandoned space.

• Activation of Unaccessible Space: activating space, which has been not accessible before and shows the potential

future usage of it.

• Community Action: empowering residents to reclaim the public space for the community.

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passageways

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public space

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Hybrid Backspace > Cleaning Up > Activation of Non-Space

A neglected space in-between old houses and the back of an apartment block turns into an urban living-room, by placing recovered furniture on an existing concrete slab and creating a gravel area.

A passage becomes a gate to the historical fabric. The partial painting leaves portions of the old graffiti free and thus suggests a transformation into an urban art gallery.

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community

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The upcoming project focuses on divided cities in the region and will start with a collaborative venture by independent civil society organizations and initiatives from Mitrovica, Mostar and Dip Karpaz/Rizokarpaso

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Cities are shaped by ethnic conflicts and social tensions, by struggles to occupy space and to invest it with symbolic significance. They are menaced by social divisions and xenophobia; by a lack on the one hand, of prospects and on the other, of mutual respect and consideration, as well as inner-city rivalries that exacerbate the problems of communal life and can easily and violently erupt. Cities are vulnerable. This is especially evident in cities recently emerging from a period of war or violent conflicts, in which communities continue to defend their interests by physically appropriating parts of the city or fighting for political control. Occupying urban spaces or erecting monuments and buildings that symbolize and edify a particular community is intended to strengthen its members’ sense of belonging and identity; simultaneously it lays an exclusive claim to the city on their behalf. Battles rage over the city and architecture. Can the codes governing such spaces be re-written? Can other spaces be created? Can a new spatial practice be established, one that caters for and responds to all the city’s inhabitants? To answer such questions requires a careful examination of the particular conditions in each locality, for these vary from city to city. And the cities are influenced in turn by the overall political situation.

However there may be many parallels in structural terms –the trend towards segregated educational institutions is a particularly striking example – spatial strategies developed for one city cannot be simply transferred to another. The de facto failure of international organizations in Mostar and on Cyprus (in particular of the UN) demands acknowledgement of the fact that local independent initiatives are better placed to develop spatial strategies for their own contexts. To support the initiatives’ expanding regional networks, their exchange of know-how, and their development of concepts is therefore of crucial importance.

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Post-Conflict Planning

Archis Interventions in Cyprus Initiated in 2010 Archis Interventions began its work in Cyprus during 2010, when it founded a local NGO that is run essentially

by Cypriot architects and urban planners.

In a bottom-up strategy, the project focus is on Dip Karpaz / Rizokarpaso, a village on the peninsula, which was Greek until 1974. Still today, nearly one-tenth of its total population of approximately 3,500 is Greek Cypriot. The rest of the population comprises of mainland Turks who settled in the village after 1974. Environmental conditions on the peninsula – not least the unclear ownership issues and strict legislation on environmental protection – combined with dramatic demographic shifts and the political situation over the last 36 years have put Dip Karpaz village in a position where investment is limited and rare. Given the limited opportunities available to its traditional and more recent citizens, the communities of Dip Karpaz village lack a sense of belonging. Community engagement, positive social interaction and support for a sustainable development policy are therefore limited. The lack of public spaces, additional recreational areas and services, and hubs for socializing creates a youth drain in both communities, whose young people leave

for bigger cities either in northern or (in the case of Greek Cypriots) southern Cyprus. This exacerbates the already limited interaction between the two communities in the village on issues such as a positive upgrade of their spatial and social environments. The peculiarity of the situation is reflected in the local mentality. The attitudes of both communities, including their administrative bodies, are characterized by an exaggerated sense of their ‘otherness’ while emphasizing political differences is also a major obstacle to launching any positive project.

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Cyprus has been a divided country since 1974. Various attempts have been made to overcome the division of the island, yet to date, they have only rarely proved successful. Division has had a direct impact on the development of urban structures. From 1974 until the border was opened in 2003, an absolute ban on contact between the island’s two communities made collaboration or even advocacy of collaborative ventures impossible.

The sole exception in this period was the Nicosia Master Plan, initiated in the early 80s. Therefore the focus now is to assess the success of the various projects developed since 1974, whose aim was to critically investigate the spatial implications of the division of the country. The majority of these projects had an urban perspective or were related in some way to the urban fabric (buffer zone/green line). Most academic initiatives failed whereas internationally supported projects (UNDP, USAID, EU) were implemented with partial success. Ongoing research about the projects has established that the following factors significantly hamper the progress of interactive and effective project implementation:

limiting effect of the governmental policies on to the local administrations’ decision rights

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Cyprus has been divided since 1974. The violence between the two main ethnic groups, the Turkish Cypriots in the north and the Greek Cypriots in the South, began in the 1950s, and by 1974 they were divided by the United Nations Buffer Zone, which runs through Nicosia (in Turkish Cypriot Lefkoşa or Greek Cypriot Lefkosia). From 1974 until 2003, when the checkpoints first opened, people were not permitted to move freely between the two zones of the island.

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Archis Interventions is the not-for-profit branch of the Archis Foundation. www.archis.org/interventions Archis Interventions / South Eastern Europe Program Director Kai Vöckler Design Thilo Fuchs Program Manager Mostar + Dip Karpaz/Rizokarpaso: Demet Mutman Project Archis Interventions SEE network The Archis SEE network was initiated 2008 by Kai Vöckler, on behalf of Archis, in cooperation with Srdjan Jovanović Weiss.

Supported by ERSTE Foundation

Archis Interventions SEE network AI CP EX FX KU PE PL PG RC UD UJ UR IP AD AN AT ZP NP FR CY IS AB FA

Archis Interventions – Prishtina Co-PLAN EXPEDITIO – Centre for Sustainable Spatial Development FLUX New Media Centre_kuda.org press to exit project space Platforma 9,81 – Institute for Research in Architecture Pula Group Pravo na grad – Right to the City Urban-Rural and Recycling Design ÚJ21 – Novi Sad Urbanism Laboratory UNDER RE:CYCLING Inštitut za politike prostora / Institute for Policies of Space ADAPTations1 Analog ATU – Association for Urban Transition Zeppelin Association Novi put FRONTAL Association Archis Interventions – Cyprus Archis Interventions – Istanbul Abart First Archi Brigade/Prva Arhi Brigada

PROJECTS SEE BUC CYP PRN

Archis Interventions/SEE: A Network in South Eastern Europe Strategies for Socialist Collective Housing Estates Archis Interventions in Cyprus Archis Interventions in Prishtina

Project Prishtina Archis Interventions / Prishtina (Florina Jerliu, Visar Geci, Vlora Navakazi) Archis Interventions / SEE (Kai Vöckler, Thilo Fuchs, Christina Antonelli) Hackenbroich Architekten (Wilfried Hackenbroich) Collaborators representatives of the Municipality of Prishtina, Co-PLAN (Tirana), the Institute for Planning and Construction (EUP Engineering Prishtina), the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture (University of Prishtina), the Kosovo Institute for Spatial Planning (MESP), architects from Prishtina and students of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture (University of Prishtina).

Supported by ERSTE Foundation. The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), the Kosovo Foundation for Open Society (KFOS) and the Municipality of Prishtina supported the workshops.

Project Bucharest Zeppelin (Cosmina Goagea, Ştefan Ghenciulescu) Point 4 (Justin Baroncea, Carmen Popescu) Archis Interventions/SEE (Kai Vöckler) Hackenbroich Architekten (Wilfried Hackenbroich) Collaborators Teodora Răducă, Andra Stan, Radu Leşevschi, Gagyi Zsofi, Ioana Păvălucă, Tudor Elian. Initial workshop in 2009 in collaboration with ATU (Vera Marin), Space Syntax Romania (Esenghiul Abdul, Christian Beros) and Platforma 981 (Marko Sancanin). First intervention 2009 concept & production wooden bench for the Community Action Area: studioBASAR (Alexandru Axinte, Cristian Borcan). Interventions at selected chill points 2010 Justin Baroncea, Ştefan Ghenciulescu, Cosmina Goagea, Radu Leşevschi, Teodora Răducă, Andra Stan, Cristian Niculici.

Photos introduction by Dragoş Lumpan Supported by ERSTE Foundation, Union of Romanian Architects, The Administration of the National Cultural Fond, Goethe-Institut Bucharest, Austrian Cultural Forum Bucharest and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Romania. www.e-zeppelin.ro Project Divided Cities An initiative launched by Archis Interventions/SEE (Kai Vöckler, Demet Mutman) and Abart (Mela Žuljevic) Supported by ERSTE Foundation Project Cyprus Archis Interventions / Cyprus (Esra Can Akbil, Emre Akbil, Giorgos Psaltis, Şebnem Hoşkara) Archis Interventions / SEE (Kai Vöckler, Demet Mutman) Collaborators Initial workshop in collaboration with the Urban Research & Development Center (URDC) of Eastern Mediterranean University, Gazimagusa / Famagusta.

Supported by ERSTE Foundation