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Item type:Publication, The Architecture of The Post-Earthquake Renewal of Skopje(Hellenic Institute of Architecture, 2019); Deskov, VladimirOn July 26th Skopje suffered a catastrophic earthquake; more than 1.000 victims were identified, over 3.300 people were injured, while approximately 70-80% of the total built stock was either destroyed or damaged beyond repair. The city was literally reduced to rubble. Vastly devastated, the city of Skopje was built anew under the patronage of the United Nations and with the support from more than 80 countries worldwide. As Yugoslavia was one of the leaders on the non-aligned movement, help started to “pour” into Skopje both from the East and the West. In the middle of the Cold War, at a time when the polarization between the two conflicting political blocks was at its peak, Skopje’s post-earthquake renewal process defined solidarity and cooperation as its leading principal. Soon after the earthquake, the federal government asked the United Nations for assistance; on the one hand, it was obvious that the scope and complexity of the whole endeavor was far beyond the capacities of the local planers and architects. On the other hand, it was a huge opportunity to bring together international experts (both from the East and the West) and envision a new “city for the future”. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Rehabilitation of Mass Housing as a Contribution to Social Equality: Insights from the East-West European Academic Dialogue(MDPI, 2022-07-02) - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Approaching Extracurricular Activities for Teaching and Learning on Sustainable Rehabilitation of Mass Housing: Reporting from the Arena of Architectural Higher Education(MDPI, 2023-01-30) - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Structure as a Symbol: Modernist High Rises in Skopje(MASE - Macedonian Association of Structural Engineers, 2019); Deskov, VladimirThere are often periods in the development of the cities, which carry certain energy released in the space in form of waves. Over time, the traces of these cycles slowly fall into oblivion until another wave brings some of them to the surface again. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the renewed visibility of one of the forgotten and thematically least examined architectural layers of Skopje - the buildings that develop in height (high-rises, towers) – product of one of the dominant models of urbanization and development of the European cities in the second half of the 20th century. Focusing on the period of highest intensity of building, from the origins in the 1950s, all the way to the late 1980s, this work aims to perform a comprehensive study of the architecture of the “vertical city”, the conditions under which it was created, the main defining features, the qualities and values it possesses. The investigation relies upon a large research sample, encompassing more than 50 high-rise buildings dispersed on the territory of Skopje. In terms of urban layout, they form various configurations, showing different relationship of the building(s) and the immediate surrounding. In terms of use – housing, collective housing, administrative and industrial buildings were taken into consideration. In terms of architectural expression, they represent a rich selection regarding the simplicity/complexity of their spatial and volumetric structure, the architectural typology, the disaggregation of the plan, the materiality and the details applied. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Deploying Heritage-Led Urban Regeneration: Three Cases from Skopje(TU Delft / Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, 2020); Ivanovska Deskova, AnaLike many other urban settlements located on a crossroad of important transport and trade routes, the city of Skopje faced turbulent times throughout its history. As a result of a dynamic exchange of cultures, the urban fabric contains overlapped architectural layers from different historical origins: Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman, Pre-Modern, Modern, Post-socialist… Despite the fact that the most recent, 20th century architectural layer is the most visible one, there are city fragments that carry matrices related to older historical periods. An example of this are the Old Bazaar and the Medieval Fortress. Regardless of their institutional protection, today they are facing complex challenges. They are related to their administration, quality of conservation and restoration policies, with the outdated and, at times, obsolete program they provide. The aim of this paper is to present recent efforts to introduce a sequence of contemporary, heritage-led regeneration initiatives. New acupunctural interventions have been envisaged as a part of the Horizon 2020 Project (ROCK – Regeneration and Optimization of Cultural Heritage in Creative and Knowledge Cities), involving local municipalities, the University and various stakeholders. The establishing of the Urban Living Lab in the middle of the traditional tissue of the Old Bazaar has provided a hub for various cultural activities: presentations, lectures, exhibitions, discussions among professionals and the wider audience. The project “Kale – Art Fortress” has a tendency to activate the public space between the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Medieval Fortress through a sequence of small temporary structures. The segment entitled “Lost Ambiences” virtually recreates the buildings and urban ambiences that no longer exist in the physical presence of the Old Bazaar. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Challenging Neglect and Indifference: The Case of Skopje(TU Delft / Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, 2020) - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Petite Timber Structures in/and Architectural Design Education(Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Faculty of Design and Technology of furniture and interior – Skopje, 2021-09); Тhe aim of this paper is to present a recent educational experience developed through the ongoing pedagogical process at the Faculty of Architecture in Skopje, exploring the advantages of informal tools of education with particular focus on the learning-by-building method of learning architectural design. The main goal of the teaching experience explored in the paper was to introduce the architecture students with the great potentials of timber as architectural building material. The paper specifically focuses on presenting four case studies, documenting the development of different timber structures of high architectural quality, designed and build by architectural students. Each architectural structure was realized within the educational, pedagogical, social, cultural and representational framework of the International Summer School of Architecture, an architectural workshop that for 30 consecutive years has been organized by the Faculty of Architecture at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. The International Summer School of Architecture was established in 1992, and has since then been a place for teaching and learning architecture for more than 500 domestic and international students and more than 100 architects and teachers from all around the world. In the 30 years of its existence the International Summer School of Architecture has shown the ability to transform and adapt its format to numerous pedagogical viewpoints and concepts, from highly theoretical to applicative. As much as four International Summer School sessions have been realized exploring the learning-by-building methodology, as result of which several timber structures were designed and built on various locations by the students and their tutors. The collection of timber structures presented in the paper represent not only a valuable portfolio of the International Summer School of Architecture of the Faculty of Architecture in Skopje, but a significant source of knowledge for studying architecture design methodologies, processes and strategies, as well as engineering and construction techniques and their place in the architectural design education on university level. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, The “Art Fortress” as a Responsible Approach Model for Regeneration of Skopje's Spatial Identity(University of Belgrade, Faculty of Architecture, 2020-10); ; The City of Skopje, repeatedly fragmented throughout its history, is in constant need for redefinition and reconstruction of its spatial identity in relation to its cultural heritage. With recent developments that have rendered the urban fabric’s historical and memory layers completely unrecognizable, the question of Skopje’s spatial identity has reemerged in terms of responsible methodologies and approaches. One of the activities within the ROCK (Regeneration and Optimization of Cultural Heritage in Creative and Knowledgeable Cities) Project was called “Art Fortress”. It treated the urban and architectural development of the Kale Hill in Skopje, with an aim to transform it into an attractive and vibrant city part with all of its cultural, educational and recreational functions. Two important cultural monuments dominate the Kale Hill: the medieval fortress - Kale and the Museum of Contemporary Art. The exceptional historical and contemporary significance of these two imposing structures for the City of Skopje, their symbolic voltage juxtaposed to the natural morphology of the terrain and cultural diversity of the surrounding, have been largely diminished due to many years of neglect of the broader location of the Kale Hill. This paper elaborates the activity “Art Fortress” in detail and summarizes the conclusions that have the potential to create a responsible approach model for regeneration of Skopje’s spatial identity, concerning inter-institutional collaboration, academic and professional inclusion, public awareness, international competition and exhibition. Most of all, this paper elaborates the qualitative lessons learnt of how we should treat a valuable city fragment in spatial terms, through the medium of public space and a series of both “soft” and “hard” architectural procedures as a long term strategy and management plan for treatment of this national cultural site, an approach that we can surely rely upon confronted with our city’s spatial identity in crisis. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Manoeuvre(Department of Architecture and Arts of the Iuav University of Venice, Italy, 2021-07-19); Deskov, VladimirFollowing the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989, the early 1990s brought turbulent dissolution of the socialist world, to which Republic of Macedonia belonged as part of the Yugoslav Federation. Since its independence in 1991, along with challenges related to the political, economic and social restructuring, the post-socialist transition triggered dynamic spatial transformation, particularly in the cities. The capital, Skopje, like many other post-socialist cities found itself developing in an interregnum – the ‘old’ was dying and the ‘new’ was unable to be born. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Constructing the City of Solidarity: Alfred Roth’s Elementary School in Skopje(Department of Architecture – Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, 2020-10-29)