The problem field of design in urban renewal plans

Abstract

The chosen planning approaches, the regulatory elements and building rules applied on individual plots have a considerable impact on the character and development of urban space. Regulation plan has been the main planning instrument in Serbia for more than twenty years but, even though many plans have been adopted and many planned interventions realised, there has been no systematic evaluation of the effects of its implementation. The paper is based on the premise that the first job of planning is the shaping of the city, i.e. the creation and preservation of place, and the main reason for choosing this particular topic is the lack of thus created values and a generally negative relationship of new construction to the inherited values in downtown Belgrade. Its objective is to point to the need for establishing protocols for the regular evaluation of planning practices in order to ensure their continual improvement. It advocates the view that the analysis of the effects of regulation on the results produced in practice may be a tool for redefining the scale and form of regulation. Its other objective is to point to the fact that some regulatory elements are insensitive to the features of the central zone of Belgrade and to identify the negative effects of their application. An overview of foreign practices is offered in corroboration of the expressed view and as a guideline for the improvement of practice.

Keywords

• regulation plan
• urban renewal
• regulatory elements
• design
• character of the whole