Technical gazette, Vol. 27 No. 4, 2020.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.17559/TV-20190518181024
Developing a Model for Sustainable Conversion of Blockhouse Bunkers in Serbia
Branko Anton-Jožef Turnšek
orcid.org/0000-0003-4454-7801
; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Aleksandra Medvedeva 14, 18000 Nis, Serbia
Ana Stanojević
orcid.org/0000-0003-3199-9913
; Scholarship Holder of Ministry of Science, Education and Technological Development of Republic of Serbia, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Aleksandra Medvedeva 14, 18000 Nis, Serbia
Ljiljana Jevremović
orcid.org/0000-0001-6877-9004
; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Aleksandra Medvedeva 14, 18000 Nis, Serbia
Abstract
Blockhouses represent a type of small-span aboveground bunkers, originally built in England but later also in other parts of the world. These specific forms of military heritage, which were largely built during the WWII in Balkan, are forgotten witnesses of the past. As the old military concepts and doctrines have been abandoned, the strategic interest for the blockhouses has been lost, while the questions about their future arose. While the developed countries are actively engaged in the search for sustainable solutions that consider finding the non-military uses for these military structures, it is still quite a rarity in Serbia. Many blockhouses are located in the areas of outstanding natural values or within the urban zones; so consequently, they do have a potential to be integrated into contemporary urban dynamics. The paper examines reasons and possibilities for the reuse of blockhouse bunkers, taking into account the principles of sustainability and the indicators for adaptability, analysing their spatial, functional transformation through the development of a model for sustainable conversion. In order to check the debated postulates, a design proposal of a blockhouse converted into a single-family house is presented and discussed from the aspect of layout flexibility and development of a modular extension, as a plausible and sustainable scenario.
Keywords
blockhouse; bunker; conversion; Serbia; sustainable model
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242341
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Publication date:
15.8.2020.
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