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The divergent legacies of the Yugoslav architectural heritage: The afterlives of “mesna zaednica” in Taftalidže, Skopje

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Special Issue: Reconsidering “Post-Socialist Cities” in East Central and South East Europe
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Figure 1:

Skopje's City Center Plan 1965 – Kenzo Tange. Illustration: Jana Brsakoska
Skopje's City Center Plan 1965 – Kenzo Tange. Illustration: Jana Brsakoska

Figure 2:

Student dormitory “Goce Delchev,” Skopje – 1969–1977. Architect: Georgi Konstantinovski; Photo: Ilcho Ilievski, 2019.
Student dormitory “Goce Delchev,” Skopje – 1969–1977. Architect: Georgi Konstantinovski; Photo: Ilcho Ilievski, 2019.

Figure 3:

Main Post Office and Communication Center, Skopje – 1972–1981. Architect: Janko Konstantinov; Photo: Ilcho Ilievski, 2019.
Main Post Office and Communication Center, Skopje – 1972–1981. Architect: Janko Konstantinov; Photo: Ilcho Ilievski, 2019.

Figure 4:

The local community building known as “mesna zaednica”, Taftalidze-Skopje – 1971. Photo: Jana Brsakoska, 2019.
The local community building known as “mesna zaednica”, Taftalidze-Skopje – 1971. Photo: Jana Brsakoska, 2019.

Figure 5:

The local community building known as “mesna zaednica”, Taftalidze-Skopje – 1971. Photo: Jana Brsakoska, 2019.
The local community building known as “mesna zaednica”, Taftalidze-Skopje – 1971. Photo: Jana Brsakoska, 2019.

Figure 6:

Diagram – Decomposition of local community building “mesna zaednica,” Taftalidze, Skopje – 1971. Illustration: Jana Brsakoska.
Diagram – Decomposition of local community building “mesna zaednica,” Taftalidze, Skopje – 1971. Illustration: Jana Brsakoska.

Table – Social discourses.

Audience Media coverage Outcomes
ACT.12: “URA!”

local citizens;

citizens

social media (Facebook event) reactualization
ACT.18: “Endangered species”

local citizens;

citizens;

professional public;

students

social media (Facebook event);

news portals;

web sites

reactualization;

raising questions about architectural aspects and survival of endangered buildings

ACT.20: “City Scope”

local citizens;

citizens;

professional public

social media;

web sites

promotion;

initiation;

research of architectural values

ACT.21-1: “Echoes on the walls”

local citizens;

citizens;

professional public;

social media;

news portals;

web sites;

television

promotion;

research of political and cultural aspects;

ACT.21-2: “Lost modernist utopias”

local citizens;

citizens;

professional public;

students;

artist;

cultural workers

social media;

news portals;

web sites;

television

storytelling;

initiation of activities for the building

ACT.22-1: “The city as a stage”

local citizens;

citizens;

professional public;

students;

artist;

cultural workers

social media;

news portals;

web sites;

television

storytelling;

activism;

initiation;

public place as a place for intervention and promotion

ACT.22-2: “Imaginary borders”

local citizens;

citizens;

professional public;

artist;

cultural workers;

international public

social media;

news portals;

web sites;

newspapers;

international television

International promotion;

storytelling;

addressing issues;

critical approach

ACT.22-3: “Skopje brutalism traces”

local citizens;

citizens;

professional public;

students;

artist;

cultural workers;

international public

social media;

news portals;

web sites;

international promotion;

storytelling and writings;

reestablishing social and cultural values

ACT.22-4: “These fragments I have shored against my ruins”

local citizens;

citizens;

professional public;

artist;

cultural workers;

international public

social media;

news portals;

web sites;

television

international promotion;

thinking about vulnerable places