A book by Ana Šverko called Grad (ni)je kuća. O dijalogu između novog i starog Splita / urbanistička predigra will be presented on Thursday 19 January at 7 pm in Oris House of Architecture, Zagreb. The book will be discussed by Karin Šerman, Joško Belamarić, Marijan Hržić, Tomislav Premerl, Ivan Rogić, Mislav Kuzmanić and the author Ana šverko.
The work problematizes the relationship between the Diocletian’s palace – a world heritage site nowadays heavily exposed to mass tourism, which is at the same time the city’s central public space with a strong housing component – and the wider city surroundings. Through historical and theoretical research of this contemporary city with its historical center, the author has tried to combine two terms that are often seen as opposing: development and conservation. She has shown that the contemporary approaches to heritage protection are based on bringing these two terms and practices together. In the book, the key problems of the public space functioning are defined and the theoretical approach of the integration of the inherited urban net into contemporary life offered, advocating the discipline of urban design that prioritizes the regulation of planning, urbanist and architectural activities.
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