Once renowned for their strict government-controlled spatial planning, here many former communist cities in the Western Balkans have been transformed by feverish and uncontrolled urban growth. How can new cultures of spatial planning be created in a region where not only residents but even architects and urban planners can feel excluded from spatial developments?
Debate on Tour in the Western Balkans (New cultures of spatial planning) is an event organized by The Netherlands Architecture Institute and Co-plan + POLIS University from Tirana (Albania), store ASA Association of Students of Architecture from Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Expeditio from Kotor (Montenegro). The debate will take place in Tirana (Albania) on July 4th 2011, pharm in Podgorica (Montenegro) on July 5th and in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) on July 6th.
Additional information about the event can be read at the site of the Netherlands Architecture Institute here
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