Voids in the local urban territory. Patterns of behaviour of Česma-Mađir neighborhood in Banja Luka

Abstract

Urban development follows the logic of a context, but forms of land occupation are not always based on continuously built structures, causing heterogeneity and emergence of urban voids. This is a characteristic of cities that, due to different conditions, have been spontaneously developed. On the example of the last 20- years-long development of Cesma-Madir neighborhood in Banjaluka the paper explores performative patterns of voids, as a specific feature of a low-density city.

According to identity values of urban discontinuity, the study points out their potentials in processes of transformations and extensive further research.

Urbani razvoj slijedi logiku konteksta, ali oblici zauzimanja zemljišta nisu uvijek zasnovani na kontinuitetu izgrađenosti, te uzrokuju heterogene forme i pojavu urbanih praznina. Ovo je osobina gradova koji su se, usljed različitih uslova, razvijali spontano. Na primjeru posljednjih 20 godina razvoja naselja Česma- Mađir u Banjaluci, rad definiše performativne obrasce praznina u strukturi niske gustine, kao specifične karakteristike grada. S obzirom na identitetarne vrijednosti urbanog diskontinuiteta, studija ističe njihove potencijale u procesima transformacija i potrebu daljih opsežnih istraživanja.