Život umjetnosti / STANJE PROMJENE
87-2010

Pogledi na izgrađeni okoliš i njegov rast vjerojatno nikada u povijesti nisu bili raznolikiji, kao što ni stav o tome što je to „dobra arhitektura“ nije bio toliko raspršen i u neprekidnoj mijeni kao što je to danas. Ipak, aktualni trenutak kao da je dosegao kritičnu točku u kojoj je usprkos kvantitativnom umnažanju diskursa o arhitekturi procjep između „teorije“ i „prakse“ s jedne i realnog stanja u izgrađenom okolišu s druge strane postao ogroman.

Kriza u arhitektonskoj disciplini zahtijeva kristaliziranje jasnijih stavova, traženje novih smjerova djelovanja te provjeru i suprotstavljanje kritičko-teorijskih refleksija i empirijskih opažanja. Sama činjenica da se urbane promjene odvijaju sve bržim tempom i sa sve snažnijim posljedicama na oblikovanje društva nameće odbijanje stava da je arhitektura izgubila pokretljivost i sposobnost progresivnog sudjelovanja u društvenim promjenama. Kako bi se aktivirali ili iskušali progresivni kapaciteti arhitekture potrebno je izoštriti kritičku perspektivu, promijeniti uvriježene metode rada prisutne u matici arhitektonske discipline te uočiti nove predmete prostornih istraživanja.

U ovom broju Života umjetnosti okupljeni su vrlo različiti prilozi: od dijagnosticiranja nedavnih događanja u gradovima regije jugoistočne Europe, preko analitičkih uvida i teorijskih razmatranja, do naprednih projektantskih praksi, koje predstavljaju metodološki vrlo heterogene pristupe. No, slična progresivna pozicija čitljiva je u svim tim razmatranjima kroz pojmove i tumačenja poput „arhitekture otpora“ (Čeferin), „konkretne kritike“ (Gallanti), „prakse stvaranja novoga“ (Jurcan), „novog angažmana građana i stručnjaka“ (Stealth), „kulture… kao platforme za postavljanje relevantnih pitanja“ (Analog) ili „grada sačinjenog od mjesta“ (Teckert). Vjerujemo da se te različite metode i pogledi međusobno podupiru te čine zajedničko kritičko kretanje putem kojeg se teorija i praksa povezuju u aktivnu i produktivnu debatu sposobnu za aktivno sudjelovanje i utjecaj na stanje promjene.

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Views on the built environment and its growth have probably never been as different as today, and so are the opinions on what “good architecture” is, which have never been so dispersed and incessantly changing. However, the present moment seems to have reached a critical point in which – despite all multiplication of discourse on architecture – the gap between “theory” and “practice” on the one hand, and the actual situation of the built environment on the other, has become enormous.

Crisis in architectural discipline requires that we should crystallize our attitudes, search for the new directions of action, and question or juxtapose various critical/theoretical reflections and empirical observations. The very fact that urban change is taking place at an increasing tempo, and with consequences that are becoming ever more serious for the formation of the society, compels us to reject the attitude that all architecture has lost its flexibility and the ability of progressively participating in social change. In order to activate or test the progressive capacities of architecture, it is necessary that we should sharpen our critical view, change the working methods that are currently used in the matrix of architectural discipline, and pay attention to some new subjects of spatial research.

This issue of Život umjetnosti presents very different contributions: from a diagnosis of the recent developments in the cities of South-Eastern Europe to analytical insights and theoretical considerations, or some progressive architectural practices that endorse various heterogeneous approaches in terms of methodology. And yet, there is a similar progressive position that can be discerned in all these contributions, which share terms and interpretations such as “the architecture of resistance” (Čeferin), “concrete criticism” (Gallanti), “practice of creating the new” (Jurcan), “the new involvement of citizens and experts” (Stealth), “culture... as a platform for raising relevant questions” (Analog) or “a city made of places” (Teckert). We believe that these different methods and views support each other to create a common critical movement through which theory and practice might be merged in an active and productive debate, capable of actively participating in and influencing the state of change.

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SADRŽAJ / CONTENT:  

Maroje Mrduljaš
Stanje promjene / Nova kritika
State of Change / New Criticism
4–9

Andrea Branzi
Za novu „Atensku povelju“
For A New “Athens Charta”
12–21

Petra Čeferin
Kako drugačije formulirati transformacijsku moć arhitekture
Re-Formulating the Transformative Power of Architecture
22­­­–37

Fabrizio Gallanti
Arhitektura kao luksuzna roba
Architecture as a Luxury Commodity
38–45

Christian Teckert
Urbano kuriranje
Urban Curating
46–53

Luciano Basauri, Dafne Berc
SAVA SVIMA! Od neformalnog do instrumentalnog
SAVA SVIMA! From the Informal to the Instrumental
54–65

Stealth.unlimited (Ana Džokić, Marc Neelen)
Cities Log
Cities Log
66–79

Emil Jurcan
Praksom protiv rada
With Practice against Work
80–87

ISTRAŽIVANJE / RESEARCH

Aktivacije – mapiranje naseljavanja napuštenih prostora u javne svrhe
Activations – Mapping the Usage of Abandoned Spaces for Public Purposes
88–119

RECENZIJA / REVIEW

Kruno Kardov
Autonomna proizvodnja prostora
120–121