THE CONCEPTS ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE MARIBOR POST-WW2 HOUSING ESTATES

Abstract

The paradigm of quality of life in housing depends on variousinterconnectedness functions, which satisfy not only the needsof dwellers but also the inhabitants of the city, in general. Inaddition, it is essential that the residential areas incorporatewell accessible and appropriately designed open public spaceand green areas. In regard to that, the chapter focuses onthe impacts of housing estate planning elements on qualityof life. Currently, open public space and green areas in thepost-WW2 housing estates are often used for other purposes,largely as a consequence of number of cars that has led toenormous parking problems. Two decades after the housingprivatization, the question of the ownership of green areasand related maintenance is often the cause of most adverseconflicts, arising from the misuse of open public space.Further, a special phenomenon, the influence of high-qualityScandinavian housing models on Slovenian urban planningand design of housing estates in the post¬-WW2 period willbe presented. The overview of multi-family housing estates inthe city of Maribor from this period raise new approach on thequality of life particularly in regard to open public space.

Keywords

• quality of life
• Post-WW2 Housing estates
• Open Public Space
• Green areas
• Maribor
• Architect Ljubo Humek