Lemja Aksamija

In the protection of historical heritage evaluating the current state of a facility is a very important phase since it provides for the project framework and the decision-making guidelines, which is all crucial for the final goal – protection of Gradačac Old Town complex. There are several historical layers encompassed by Gradačac Old Town - starting from the medieval fortification system, expanding to the Ottomans’ period where main buildings (a residential tower, a clock tower, and a mosque) were added by the Ottomans, extending and continuing the works on adding a library and a gymnasium in the Austro-Hungarian period. The overall Complex flows with the natural morphology of the terrain; nowadays these green areas are used as the main city park. Complex of Gradačac has two separate fortification zones, the main area of around 33 000 m2, and the accentuated part with the tower, of around 3 000 m2. The fortification (The Old Town) ground plan is approximately a square one, with sid...

Old masonry towers, in all their variety – be it a bell tower, a city tower, clock tower, inhabited residential towers, and/or guard/watchtowers – can be found all around the world representing typical urban centre feature, and in some cases –they are the countryside panorama landmark. Statics analysis and calculation are the first steps towards engineering interventions on cultural and historical heritage buildings. In the structural analysis of clock towers, the typical critical points and places where crucial damages that could lead to the collapse, are expected are in the top sections of the building - where the oscillation amplitude reaches its maximal value. Effect on building structure is observed concerning the oscillation frequency and building’s own frequency and energy, which can explain why minaret towers and high slim towers, in some cases, can better withstand earthquakes than extremely rigid buildings; given that the resonance, low-quality materials and other factors ...

Vernacular architecture and its responses to natural factors through architectural patterns are recognized as expressions of bioclimatic principles and national architectural responses to location. The vernacular architectural heritage of architecture is one of the most important factors in preserving and developing the cultural identity of a nation. Through research on the vernacular architecture of the coastal area of Skadar Lake, our goal is to recognize and potentially valorize the local traditional characteristics of authentic houses as ecological building patterns, which also express the fundamentals of sustainability principles. Although examples of vernacular architecture are disappearing due to contemporary globalization, and a mere imitation of motifs from past periods occurs, the historical specifics of architectural expression remain the inspiration and catalyst for future achievements based on the idea of preserving the local and regional recognizability of architecture...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the roleof the Programme for Higher Education, Research and Development in the Western Balkans 2010-2016 (the HERD programme) in the process of improving the curriculum at the Faculty of Architecture in Sarajevo. In its history of 67 years, the Faculty of Architecture in Sarajevo has changed the curriculum only a few times.With the introduction of the Bologna process at the University of Sarajevo, the Faculty of Architecture was the first to adopt the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) and changed its structure from the former five-year graduate course to a Bachelor and Master course (3+2 years respectively). This transition, however, has left many scars.This paper will explore the reasons behind this reluctance to change and how, as a significant change, the HERD programme has contributed to the development of a new curriculum at the Faculty of Architecture.

The unexpected loss of values, as one result of the total destruction during the armed conflicts and war, put us on the challenge to properly decide about methods of rehabilitation, and integrating and understanding values and actions that could vary from restoration to, in many cases, even full reconstruction. During the 1992-1995 war in BiH, many valuable assets of cultural heritage like national monuments, historical places, and historical structures were damaged and/or destroyed. After the aggression, the first step has been to regain and/or establish the function of the places destroyed, while for the cultural heritage assets these attempts called for the approaches more careful. It is not only that the importance or the significance of places and structures destructed is different, the level of destruction also is. These inputs are essential in having preparedness for any action when without possibilities to rely on unique methodology. Even though it is now 20 years after the ...

Abstract

The paper talks about the specifics of the restoration of architectural heritage, which is an expression of traditional values and which, in the process of restoration, treats heritage for the future. The restoration of heritage and its existence in the built space is a characteristic of developed societies that, through tolerance and awareness of universal values in ambient units, enable the continued life of architectural heritage and the highlighting of historical layers. These layers often disappear over time and are replaced by new interventions in the process of modernization and the unstoppability of life, but it is the reconstruction interventions that bear witness in the brightest way to the awareness of society, especially local communities. Traces of the past remain recorded on old maps, and restoration in the broadest sense represents restoration, however, restoration with elements of reconstruction, which is the result of reminiscence of an authentic object or whole, is often applied.
Restoration as a tool that is used to replace what is missing also involves reconstructive procedures using modern materials and modern constructions following the form, while in a methodological sense it is considered relevant, even desirable, that to the extent that it is not possible to restore the final appearance of the original object or whole, it can to find a comparative example of a contemporary monument, and in that case, the restoration process gains its full meaning.
Sacred monuments have a special place in the process of restoration. Their value lasts a long time in the memory of the place, and multi-religious values raise the integral significance of the location.
Spaces, we mean certain urbanities, which maintain the fact that they inherit multi-ethnicity, not as living next to each other, but as living together, are certainly special and multiply enriched. Such spaces meet with special approval and praise from the general public.
The knowledge that the architectural heritage and the memory of the place are inseparable elements of the significance of the location as well as the historical connection with the layers that we can read in the space, leads us to think that researching the significance of the memory of the place is a confirmation of the identity and integrity of the location itself. We consider identity to be the possibility of sublimating the authenticity, originality, autochthonousness and originality of architectural heritage, while integrity refers to the space,  which with its complex historical form bears witness to the past and supports the future.
Keywords: Place memory, architectural heritage, identity, integrity, sacred objects, historical layers,  restoration of heritage, future of heritage.

Analizirati materijalnu i nematerijalnu baštinu, a zanemariti tradiciju kao element koji postaje nosioc kodne vrijednosti koja oderđuje baštinu (i materijalnu i nematerijalnu) značilo bi blasfemiju prema baštini. Tradicija je jednako važna za graditeljsko naslijeđe kao i za nematerijalno naslijeđe.

Bosanski ćilim: Materijalna ili duhovna kulturna baština, razriješenje dileme Analizirajući strukturu teme objektivni istraživač susreće se sa problemom stvorenog artefakta sa jedne strane, što govori o materijalnoj vrijednosti, a sa druge strane, o stvaranju koje proizilazi iz znanja i vještina kao i kreativnog stvaralaštva, što pak govori o duhovnosti. UNESCO je uočavajući istovjetne probleme stvorio dvije različite liste koje se odnose na nepokretno naslijeđe (UNESCO World Heritage List) i listu nematerijalne baštine.