Another war video from the people's perspective

Zlata's Diary

Looking at people's personal accounts of certain events is another way to get an understanding of the place. I read this diary when I was in fourth grade. In retrospect, I think it is highly insightful.

Youtube Video of Bosnia War

This is a video that is more geared toward my research, but might be interesting for others to see about the war in Bosnia.

All kinds of maps with all kinds of resources

Check out this link guys. It has all sorts of maps and information that might be pertinent to your research.

London Calling

Hi all, unrelated, but take a look at how London deals and exhibits interventions in space we can call iLegal: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/video/2008/may/29/hayward.psycho.buildings

Rog Bicycles

Images of all the Rog bikes that were made from over 100 years ago!

Gordon Matta-Clark

Sneha showed this in thesis prep today and I thought it was an interesting use of informal art and unused buildings

Montenegro_Karver-bookstore_Adam

Hi Adam, here is the location of the Karver book store in Podgorica: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Obala+Ribnice,+Podgorica,+Montenegro&sll=42.906389,19.183333&sspn=0.19137,0.368729&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FdSNhwId5QYmAQ&split=0&hq=&hnear=Obala+Ribnice,+Podgorica,+Montenegro&ll=42.437984,19.266061&spn=0.003013,0.007805&t=h&z=18

Also here is the web-site of Karver bookstore: http://www.karver.org/

There is a small English section, but also try Google translator.

Also I suggest to you to get in touch with them directly. 

Slovenia_Rog-factory_Tovarna-Rog_Alicia

Hi Alicia, here is the history of Rog Factory (Tovarna Rog in Slovene) in English [you can explore the rest of the site for more information]:
http://tovarna.org/node/113
Also you can register on their blog.
The actual address is:
Začasni uporabniki in uporabnice prostorov tovarne Rog
Trubarjeva 72
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenija

and Google map location is: 

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ljubljana,+slovenia&sll=38.387957,-96.208992&sspn=0.09903,0.188828&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Ljubljana,+Slovenia&ll=46.051496,14.515595&spn=0.002833,0.005761&t=h&z=18

Here is also a story about the signature model bicycle called "Pony" this factory made during Socialism in Yugoslavia. It died because the market for it was lost with the end of Yugoslavia:

http://www.inyourpocket.com/slovenia/ljubljana/Rog-s-Pony-71439f?more=1 

Bosnia_Augustin

Dear Augustin, my suggestion for you is take this case of civilian disobedience to reconstruct in Bosnia. Here attached is a short research article I wrote for Cabinet Magazine. I am sure that you can find much about the resistance to rebuilt, which in itself is a case of iLegality.

Reading_Simone: People as Infrastructure

This short essay by Abdou Maliq Simone: People as Infrastructure can be very useful when researching human power in evasive and iLegal situations:
https://login.libproxy.temple.edu/login?url=http://publicculture.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/16/3/407.pdf

Serbia_Autumn

hi autumn,

here is the contact of dubravka sekulic <dubravka.sekulic@gmail.com> young architect from belgrade who did a great study about the houses built on top of older houses in belgrade. feel free to contact her, she is great.

yours, srdjan

Rog Factory_Ljubljana_Slovenia

Hi Alicia,
feel free to get in touch with Alenka Gregoric, and she can direct you further to people who know what is and what was happening with the squatting of the Rog bicycle factory. Her contact is: galerija skuc skuc <galerija.skuc@guest.arnes.si>
Yours Srdjan

Tirana_contact

Emily, please try to get in touch with the Stealth group of Rotterdam: Ana Dzokic and Marc Neelen, who had a project in Tirana. Their contact is: "[ STEALTH ]" <stealth@ultd.net> Yours, Srdjan

Macedonia_Shutka

Hi Miles, please try to get in touch with Filip Jovanovski (filipsj@yahoo.com) or with Ivan Mirkovski (Ivan Mirkovski <contact@forumskopje.com>) to try to get more information on Shutka.

The Valley of Thieves_Novi Sad

Hi Jim, here are a few links with images of the the so-called Valley of Thieves.
http://europelostandfound.net/NoviSad2
http://europelostandfound.net/NoviSad
Yours, Srdjan

the valley of thieves_flooded in danube

the valley of thieves_iDam-personal water dam

Forgotten: Political School in Kumrovec, Croatia

Hi Cory, here are some photos from my database of the Political School in Kumrovec. Please go ahead and ask Per for any plans or 3d models as he mastered it during the last semester. Yours, Srdjan

iLegal Settlement_Size_Typology

The Empire State "Squater"

Take a look: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/nyregion/22about.html?_r=1

Next steps_Balkanizing the work

Hi all,
thanks for the great efforts and work. It was a really good session today.
Here we go to the next step of research where each of you will dwell and articulate in axonometric fashion one of the iLegal situations in the Western Balkans.
This is the list of regions/states per person:
Slovenia / Alicia
Croatia / Cory
Serbia / Autumn
Kosovo / Keith
Macedonia / Miles
Vojvodina / Jim
Albania / Emily
Bosnia / Augustin
Montenegro / Adam
Please consult the Lost Highway Expedition Photobook for your choices and let's talk about them on Friday.
Yours, Srdjan

Contemporary Balkan Architectural Wonders

received from Azra Aksamija, artist from Sarajevo, Bosnia, currently at MIT.

Temporary Urbanism_from Urban Transformations_2007

Hi again, there is also this panel on Temporary Urbanism with presentations by Teddy Cruz on the Mex-CA border, Manuel Herz on Refugee Camps and myself on Illegal construction in Serbia and others. Included are both presentation PDFs and papers. The link is: http://www.holcimfoundation.org/T463/F07WKTemp.htm

Informal Urbanism_panel at 2nd Holcim Forum: Urban Transformation

Hello, this link contains papers and presentations by a panel on informal urbanism. The panel was part of the Holcim forum held in Shanghai in 2007.
Take a look and try to use it in your maps: http://www.holcimfoundation.org/T460/F07WKInf.htm

GDP Mapping

This is an interesting view on Gross Domestic Product around the world.

http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=169

Mutations book has 29 cases of exceptional uses of the European city case by case

Hi all, the actual book is with Autumn and Adam. They made photocopies of the European States of Europe project by Stefano Boeri and his group. The book can be acquired here:
http://www.amazon.com/Mutations-Stefano-Boeri/dp/8495273519

Test

This is a test.

UN Summit on Millennium Goals

Reported from Guardian, focusing on slums and poverty: http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2010/sep/20/un-mdg-summit-2010-millennium-development-goals

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Tyler_Architecture, Temple University, Philadelphia, Fall 2010
This blog is meant for the participants in the
Advanced Design Research Studio: iFormal
researching with Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss.
Stay tuned, more to follow.