Bureau Savamala Belgrade: Urban Research and Practice in a Fast-changing Neighbourhood

Sava­ma­la is a small, so-cal­led negle­c­ted neigh­bour­hood clo­se to the cent­re of Bel­gra­de. At the end of 2012 the Bureau Sava­ma­la team star­ted to rese­arch gen­tri­fi­ca­ti­on pro­ces­ses and obser­ved ongo­ing cul­tu­ral through crea­ti­ve inter­ven­ti­ons with a series of rese­arch tools, such as sta­tis­ti­cal ana­ly­sis, pho­to docu­men­ta­ti­on, inter­views with inha­bi­tants, poli­ti­ci­ans and visi­tors. The book con­ta­ins also con­tri­bu­ti­ons of the Urban Incu­ba­tor Pro­ject, with inter­ven­ti­ons by archi­tects, stu­dents and artists. Sava­ma­la star­ted to get tren­dy a few years later and tur­ned into an area of vibrant night­li­fe. In 2014 a major chan­ge was announ­ced with a water­front deve­lo­p­ment of an Abu Dha­bi inves­tor with the Ser­bi­an govern­ment. The book ends with an open let­ter to the peo­p­le of Bel­gra­de by the Inter­na­tio­nal Net­work for Urban Rese­arch and Action INURA.

Edi­ted by Jür­gen Kru­sche and Phil­ipp Klaus

Berlin: Jovis 2015
English
softcover
24.0 × 16.5 cm
207 pages
b/w ill., col. ill.
ISBN 978–3‑86859–359‑4