OMB no.5 Prishtina New European Capital
Prishtina New European Capital. Images of a city to be discovered
A Project of the Joint International Ph.D. Program POLIS University, Albania – Ferrara University, Italy
Editors: Prof. Dr. Besnik Aliaj, Adj Prof. Dr. Loris Rossi
Layout & Design: Besjana Qaja
English Editing: Alkeda Reci
Preface
PROF. DR. BESNIK ALIAJ
Rector of POLIS University
I belong to the generation of Albanians born and raised in Albania during the years of self-isolation and extreme centralized economy. Kosova has always been a very popular theme among us, not only because of what we heard in the media, in schools, or what we read in books of history and ideology, but it was highly attractive for the fact that it was the second country with the biggest number of Albanian habitants. Imagination was projecting: well, it could have been one country, and for us imprisoned in self-isolation, it meant that one could travel, visit and move there, if things were different. However, for some reasons, on both counts, fate decided it should end in two different states. Practically we could not exchange or travel among ourselves, even those that had families and relatives there. For us, the border in Kukës city, up in northeastern Albania, seemed to be the end of the world, part of the “iron curtain” and the Berlin wall. Read more
Introduction
Introduction from the Editors
LORIS ROSSI, LAURA PEDATA
Interdisciplinary exchanges
Reflection of sociopolitical developments in the architecture of Prishtina during 1945-1990
ARBËR SADIKI
From the global city to the city by parts. A reflection on the meaning of the contemporary city starting from the case of Prishtina
ANTONELLO STELLA
Envisioning the future of Prishtina. An image shaped by the spatial experience.
DORINA PAPA
The Image of the architecture in the City
DOMENICO PASTORE, FRANCESCA SISCI
From Ottoman to Modern - transformation of Prishtina 1945-1990
ILIR GJINOLLI
Ulpiana: a historical potential for the new Prishtina
LLAZAR KUMARAKU
Prishtina Workshop
Prishtina New European Capital/ workshop description
LORIS ROSSI, LLAZAR KUMARAKU
Intervening in Public Service Areas to save energy and reduce gas emissions
AGULJELN MARKU
The Road to change, transformation through infrastructure. The development of Prishtina city through infrastructure
AMANDA TERPO
Prishtina as Part of Main Transport Corridors.The role of Route 6 and Route 7 for the city
BESJANA QAJA
Prishtina Cultural Patches Re-evaluation of Ulpiana’s “late modernist” heritage through interrelated cultural interventions
ERMAL HOXHA
Survival and Sustainability, Local Finance Concerns in Prishtina, the new capital of Europe
FIONA IMAMI
Abandoned Buildings and Memory . The Importance of The Buildings of The Past in The Identity of The City
KETI HOXHA
Renew-Moving Prishtina, The Kosovar Capital as a multimodal transport hub returning obsolete facilities to people
LAURA ABBRUZZESE
Towards a greener Prishtina Green Infrastructure (GI) as a tool for generating Strategic Environmental Guidelines
MALVINA ISTREFAJ
Biophilic design. Prishtina natural landscape restoration according to IUCN categories in Urban protected areas
SARA POURYOUSEFZADEH
User centered methodologies in design for social improvement: The case study of Prishtina
SILVIA IMBESI
Strategies connecting a city. Case study of Singapore, a model for Prishtina
SIM KAI LI
Prishtina City LAB
Urban Exceptions. The interruption of consolidated urban logics as an opportunity to regenerate public space in Prishtina
STUDIO AND THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 3, 2017/18, LORIS ROSSI, DORINA PAPA WORKSHOP
A new market in the “historic center” of Prishtina
LIRIDONA BLAKAJ
Conclusions
Prishtina – A New European Capital
BESNIK ALIAJ
