Contribution to research, protection and revitalization of industrial heritage of Belgrade

• Main Author: Nikolić Marko
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of civil engineering, Subotica 2018-01-01
• Series: Zbornik Radova Građevinskog Fakulteta
• Subjects: industrial heritage; protection; reactivation; authenticity; integrity; education
• Online Access: https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0352-6852/2018/0352-68521834101N.pdf

The education process for the students of architecture, the future builders, provides possibilities to comprehend the problems of the city industrial heritage protection, its historical and urban context, its genesis and cultural and architectural values. The paper will present search for possibilities of protecting the 'Pantelić' Foundry in Belgrade, its presentation and inclusion in the modern way of life. It was a part of master academic program at the Faculty of Architecture University of Belgrade. Through a designing process the students put an accent on comprehensive investigations of its entire history: various changes in its structure, from the middle of 19th century to the present day. The goal was to define a sustainable solution that would protect all the development stages of the complex. On the other hand, the idea was to make the complex active and useful once again, and to reintegrate it in its immediate surround-dings. Consequently, the students proposed a number of modern cultural, educational and artistic uses of the complex, which would be in correlation with its character and significance, thus providing a way of achieving an active future.