Prize and commission in Belgrade
June 10, 2011Prize
BASIC CITY together with Portart are one of eight runners-up selected to take a part in designing a new city district in Belgrade. We were awarded a commission for 15.000m2 affordable housing urban block. Main challenge we face is dramatic remoteness of the whole area. It will need to be cushioned with the unique quality of the living ambient that would have to be realized within a very tight budget. Realization of our design is planned for 2015-2016.
Our concept is based on a synergy between the newly introduced residential program and social infrastructure and existing local agriculture production fields.
We believed that the proximity, availability and therefore low price of the good quality fresh food, together with a vast open space would definitely be a unique selling point tempting for a wide range of possible future inhabitants.
Life surrounded by nature, abundance of open space, provided safe public space, sufficient social infrastructure and facilities for an active lifestyle would have created an environment that would surely find its place on the current Belgrade real-estate market, and secure the financial success of the project.