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Stadslab Master Class in Belgrade October 2011

10-day Master Class, Amsterdam-Belgrade, October 13-24.

Belgrade has gone through a transition phase and aims at becoming an open international city, retaining its former status as a focal point in transnational transportation and infrastructure. Cultural life has boosted with many cultural events and institutions, making it a vibrant city and the main center in the whole region. The view of the city is dominated its rivers and the confluence of the Danube and the Sava rivers near the center of the city. The city has a diverse and interesting waterfront profile which is not fully capitalizing on its huge tourist and real estate potential. Several investments and harbor redevelopments projects are being developed next to the river, leading to debate about the larger concept of the riverfronts in the city. The relation between city, waterfront and former harbor areas demands new perspectives on the waterfront and its relation with the larger metropolitan area.

A second dominant element in every city is the Central Station and its surroundings. The station forms a central hub in the urban infrastructure and an important entrance to the city. In Belgrade however the relation between the urban transportation network, city center and central station is not optimized. The potential of this central place is therefore not realized as we tend to see in comparable cities.

Stadslab European Urban Design Laboratory is preparing an international Master Class in Belgrade. The Master Class will focus on urban regeneration, urban waterfronts and placemaking strategies. Partners in the organization are the Urbban Planning Department of Belgrade, the Serbian Railway and the Belgrade Architecture Week. Urban Planning Department (DRO) of Amsterdam is also involved. In the Master Class we will study the redevelopment of Amsterdam Central Station and riverfront redevelopments as reference projects for the redevelopment of Belgrade Central Station urban area.The concept of the Master Class is a ten day international design workshops. The Master Class is planned for autumn of 2011 and will be supervised by Igor Marko from the London based office FoRM associates and Mira Miljanovic, urbanist at DRO Amsterdam urban planning department.

Application (€ 100 discount for completed applications before August 16)

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