The quality of common open public spaces is conditioned, among other things, by the layout and characteristics of the facilities located in their immediate vicinity, but also by the functions and ...contents, equipment and materialization of the ground floor of those facilities. For this reason, interventions on existing facilities and the construction of new ones around common open public spaces can positively or negatively affect the quality of these areas. The construction of New Belgrade began in 1948 and continues today. In the area of New Belgrade, the network of common open public spaces covers more than 50% of the total area of the municipality. Initially, the blocks in New Belgrade were built on the basis of a unique planning solution. The transformation of the blocks began in the 1990s in the post-socialist period, when it became possible to change the legal regulations and enable a greater participation of private investments in the processes of reconstruction and new construction. In order to determine the real impact of the reconstruction of mega blocks on the quality of common open public spaces, this paper will present the criteria for determining the quality of these spaces. The criteria will help to examine the differences between the quality of common open public spaces within a block that has had frequent interventions and one where there have been no significant interventions over the last few decades. The conclusions should provide an answer as to whether and to what extent spatial interventions affect the quality of common open public spaces.
Osnovni cilj ovog rada je istraživanje socijalnih dimenzija urbane transformacije u Zagrebu i njene specifične podteme: urbana obnova, urbana revitalizacija, rekonstrukcija i uređenje, ali i procesi ...proizišli iz njih, kao što je proces gentrifikacije ili “oplemenjivanja” (“dotjerivanja”) urbanoga prostora. Navedene procese često karakterizira brojnost aktera koji u njima sudjeluju i na njih utječu
čineći ih prihvatljivima ili neprihvatljivima, ovisno o odnosima među uključenim stranama. Osnovni predmet istraživanja odnosi se na procese uređenja i revitalizacije središta gradova, odnosno, središnjeg dijela grada Zagreba kroz aktualne procese urbane obnove i gentrifikacije. Slučaj uređenja centra Zagreba detaljno se analizira na primjeru planirane gradnje multifunkcionalnog centra na Preradovićevom ili Cvjetnom trgu (projekt Cvjetni prolaz). Navedeni procesi često su neovisni ili tek djelomično ovisni jedni o drugima. Osiromašenje ili pauperizacija prisutni su u gradovima neovisno o navedenim procesima jer prvenstveno ovise o protoku vremena i starenju urbane strukture. Međutim, svi ovi procesi imaju i nešto zajedničko – mogu se događati u središtu grada i tada posebno dolaze u fokus interesa različitih aktera koji zatim u njima sudjeluju i na njih djeluju. Također se može reći da su spomenuti procesi specifični za njegov postsocijalistički i tranzicijski kontekst društvene zbilje.