Memorial library

The layering of historical architectures in a memorial library in Belgrade

Master thesis (2022)

Authors

K. Klein Gunnewiek Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

J.A. Mejia Hernandez Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
Aleksandar Staničić Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 2)
P.H.M. Jennen Design of Constrution - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 2)
K.M. Havik Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 2)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2022 Kato Klein Gunnewiek
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Published Date

14-08-2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

In the middle of the picturesque quarter of Kosančićev Venac in Belgrade, a small empty crater is to be found. Once, the National Library of Belgrade stood here, but it got bombed during the second world war. Now it seems there is nothing more but some ruins of the original building. In multiple cases in Belgrade, the questions of how to deal with these scars in the urban fabric remains unsolved.

This graduation project investigates the site of the former National Libray of Serbia and how to deal with the historical continuity of its narrative. For the design of the intervention, the concept of layering will be used as a formative method. To strengthen the memorial function of the site, the intervention will serve as a place that allows for the experience of an abstraction of daily life. To achieve this, research into religious architecture is conducted.