The Giant - Architecture Master Thesis

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4.4. New Urbanism

Wood Processing Factory

Fig. 41

A new urban plan of the city, published in the 1950s Source: Municipal Archives of Rozaje

4.4.1. Great Ambitions

plan. The Institute for Urbanism and Design from Prijepolje, Serbia, was in charge of drafting a new plan. The head of the design team was Architect and Urban Planner Zoran Kuburovic. The new plan envisages the construction of new housing units, both family houses and social housing facilities, which were presented to Rozaje for the first time in this plan. Along with the Industrial Zone, public institutions and administrative facilities are located in the central part of the city.

As the population grew steadily, the need and demand for new housing units, as well as new public, sports-recreational and catering facilities, increased. New infrastructure projects and roads have enabled better connections of Rozaje with other cities in Montenegro as well as neighboring cities in Serbia and Kosovo, but also greater mobility of residents within the municipality.

Unfortunately, this plan was only partially implemented. After the collapse of industry and the breakdown of Yugoslavia, illegal construction has become widespread and there was no mechanism to stop it.

Having in mind the new needs of the city for expansion, the municipality decides to develop a new detailed urban 49


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