During the period of post-war reconstruction, one of the main ideological and social transformations took place in rural areas. The main agents of reconstruction were the Cooperative/Cultural Centers,"national in form, socialist in content", which acted as cultural, educational and work centers.
Breathing new life into villages by reimagining the old cooperative homes.
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More than 3,000 Corporative Centers were built across Yugoslavia in the 1950s, making it the largest construction effort of its kind and marked a pivotal moment in the transformation of Yugoslavian villages In Macedonia, we have mapped over 100 identical buildings, most in a state of decay, mirroring the current condition of the villages.
The goal of this research is multidisciplinary, on a documentary level to preserve this phenomenon of cooperative homes, on a design level to provide an opportunity for their contemporary adaptable transformation, and on a methodological level to offer ways to read the programmatic and physical structure of rural contexts.
The goal of this research is multidisciplinary, on a documentary level to preserve this phenomenon of cooperative homes, on a design level to provide an opportunity for their contemporary adaptable transformation, and on a methodological level to offer ways to read the programmatic and physical structure of rural contexts.
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