protecting local culture

 Zagreb open urban spaces in use

district Crnomerec

Tudjman square in Zagreb  celebrating St.Patrick's

old and new together now

park not monumental  but  open for public

 Happy St. Patrick's day 

How many celebrations are held on Tudjman square last year?

Learning from Zagreb downtown

Connecting shortcuts in Zagreb  Downtown 
district Center


Zagreb downtown FTF: connect disconnections

Zagreb downtown mindset:  life on the streets vs life of passages

neboder  passing s-n

neboder shortcut w-e

cvjetni  folk encrustrations

cvjetni more cro-folk on exit south

cvjetni insiders paradise

 fresh loafs of bread are comming in Cvjetni

main gate cvjetni

maric cut

maric cut stripped off w-e

Milces aisle, what are we waiting for

na ma  deambulatory as a dash of Bologna

oktogon gateway   haute couture with style

street culture Sonnenschein

 Ilica    The Main street  

The square

ein Treffpunkt  aktuell

The eternal play  

tons of waiting for idea -
promotional merchandising  for
Art & Crafts  pass

Zagreb downtown: palimpsest or ticky-tacky design

protecting trees v street line

Planting Trees for Long Lives

A scientist shares her discoveries about successful transplanting.By Linda Chalker-Scot

8 Steps to Healthier Trees
1. Using a hose or a water bath, remove all soil from the roots. Work out clumps of soil from between the roots using your fingers. Let rootballs soak for several hours if they are too dry to work.

2. Prune excessively long and defective roots. From this point on, roots must be kept submerged or wrapped in wet cloth.

3. Dig a shallow hole only as deep as the root system and at least twice as wide. In the center, form a soil mound to support the root crown.

4. Arrange the roots radially over the mound and backfill with the same soil that came out of the hole. Do not use any type of soil amendment.

5. Water well, using the water from Step 1, which will contain nutrients and microbes. Add more soil as holes develop, and gently firm the soil.

6. Mulch all disturbed soil with 4 inches of coarse organic mulch, keeping it a few inches away from the trunk. (Think "doughnut," not "volcano.")

7. Water your tree well during the first year of establishment. You have removed a good portion of the root system and its ability to take up water, and nutrients will be temporarily impaired.

8. Keep it simple and natural: Do not prune the top of the tree or add expensive but pointless transplant supplements.

obeying street line or protecting a single  tree

district Gajnice  a tree in the middle of the one way road - parking 

tree residues  on Ilica -  new building respects the tree 

pretext for enriched street life: old tree,  new public square and canopies next to a pub

it happens to be  next to the building Degenova street

Šaljem vam slike stabla hibiskusa na uglu Palmotićeve i Đorđićeve. (JD)

Role of a single tree in urban deserts
stop and move around, rest sniff like a dog
there are surely other people sitting in the bar

A tree is an open communication channel

vote for viable streets in the city 

a tree on the private plot  not integrated but visually into street life 

how about an occasional  tree in a pot  or flowers on the first floor windows -  Iica district Cemter

Agenda4ZG urbanism: listen to EWB and respond JIT

How to protect life in the city  and life of the city?

Urbanism is all about art of customization i.e. how to deal with people in cities, how to tame present  structures to future needs having in mind life in general not only bare human standards or instincts. 
The aim is to ensure city to prosper with minimal ecological footprint and at the same time to be steady hotbed for technological advancement.

1.step -  knowing what it is all about:

It is all about:
extensive updated knowledge base and 
professional  "esoteric" tips and tricks base 
common sense - concerning  dialectic of transgression 
l'astuce to respond favorably
and that ensures: gentle positive approach

2. Affirmative  urban approach - as result of an educated guess
3. so you may expect volte face to happen 

This is small contribution  or a tip to 
set rules affectionades that makes Laws and Order

use this remedy:  COMPASSION for  life tragedy en general
for your sake too 

Agenda for any city, Zagreb included

lore as result of practical approach in harsh environment: learning from Old Trnje 

1. protect peculiarities: 
a. local: local people local material  local prospect
b. macro: health  cultural context  site 
c. micro:  protect details - life styles
2. spread particular knowledge expertise
3. foster common sense astuteness4. instigate positive change
5. re-envision regulary 
6. make use of strategic leverage
7. give personal touch
8. consider city as media per se 
9. consider city as part of holon structure

Kada togsa nema jer tko bi gubio vrijeme za druge evo primjera o dva nepomirljiva životna stava:

1. razumljiv,  ali smisleno plošan, često na granici kiča te stručno prezren: trial and error approach 

lest to play;  on Flower square,  district Center

2. ezoteričan, kojem puk pokušava dati smisao kojeg nema a mogao je ga je imati  da  je bio prihvaćen izazov višestukog kodiranja

A form or The Symbol with ample structural connotations from Ra to balls
Singularity may advocate fixed rule policy too?

Zaključno ili bolje za praksu početno je :

Tema urbanizma je život  u gradu, a to demantira krute stavove o tome što i kada treba djelovati.
I u urbanizmu postoji pravilo: JIT
just in time
djelovati odmah ali kao gradski urbanist.

Obično više mislimo kad su jedine prihvatljive opcije da više ne mislimo:
 "ne bi se štela mešati"
"evo ti 2", ili
 "dao bog da te voda odnijela " .


A coda: What are EARLY WARNING BIRDS and who is entitled to hear these  bad omens and respond favorably in time.
Bureaucrats never, they turn blind eye deliberately