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Survey a century of city‑making across Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Serbia on an expert‑led 11‑day immersion that moves from elegant Secession streets to monumental socialist grids and post‑war repair of the urban fabric. Start in Zagreb with a reading of the Lower/Upper Town plan and Secession landmarks like the Croatian State Archives, positioning Habsburg planning within Central European currents. Extend the lens to interwar and socialist modernism through housing and civic ensembles, comparing policy, density, and today’s adaptive reuse of public space.

In Ljubljana, unpack Plečnik’s human‑scaled choreography at the National and University Library, markets, and riverside, balancing protection with contemporary life. Track industry and port heritage in Rijeka before reaching Zadar’s waterfront to analyze Nikola Bašić’s Sea Organ and Greeting to the Sun as an art‑architecture‑infrastructure synthesis at sunset, including form, mechanics, and urban impact. In Split, read Diocletian’s Palace as a living organism where antiquity, medieval layers, and tourism pressures intersect in streets, courts, and thresholds.

Cross to Mostar to study the Old Bridge reconstruction as a case in heritage, identity, and tourism load on fragile fabrics. In Sarajevo, walk Ottoman, Austro‑Hungarian, and socialist strata, including Olympic legacies, then examine post‑war governance, neighborhood contrasts, and public‑space repair through field assignments. Conclude in Belgrade with a transect from the historic core to contested riverfronts, then a deep dive into New Belgrade’s planned blocks and the Genex/Western City Gate, an emblematic brutalist urban lighthouse now under protection, reading architecture through collections and state narratives.

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Zagreb

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Belgrade

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comfortable tourist vehicle and all transportation costs
arrival and departure airport transfers
professional licensed driver/guide during the trip
driver's accommodation
all government taxes and VAT

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arrival and departure flight tickets
meals which are not specified in the itinerary
personal expenses

Itinerary

Day 1Zagreb: Austro‑Hungarian Urban Fabric

Arrival and guided walk through the Lower/Upper Town grid and Secessionist landmarks; evening seminar on 19th‑century urban development and Central European planning traditions.

Day 2Zagreb: Interwar to Postwar Modernism

Morning survey of interwar and socialist‑era housing and civic buildings, followed by a comparative talk on housing policy and urban growth; afternoon studio walk on adaptive reuse and public space.

Day 3Ljubljana: Plečnik’s Human‑Scaled City

Expert‑led tour of the National and University Library, Central Market colonnades, bridges and riverside, with a seminar on protecting heritage while enabling contemporary life.

Day 4Rijeka Industry to Zadar Waterfront

Transfer to Rijeka for port/industrial heritage and modernist housing case studies; continue to Zadar for Nikola Bašić’s Sea Organ and Greeting to the Sun, analyzing art‑architecture‑infrastructure integration at sunset.

Day 5Split: Living Antiquity & Urban Layers

Study Diocletian’s Palace as a living urban organism and explore adaptive reuse and layering from late antiquity to modern tourism‑driven public space.

Day 6Mostar: Reconstruction & Cultural Hybrids

Transfer to Mostar to analyze the Old Bridge reconstruction and post‑conflict urban stitching, with a discussion on heritage, identity and tourism pressures.

Day 7Sarajevo: Imperial to Socialist Strata

Guided walk through Ottoman, Austro‑Hungarian and socialist layers, with selected Olympic‑era sites to frame mega‑event legacies and contemporary reuse.

Day 8Sarajevo: Post‑War Urban Sociology

Seminar on reconstruction models, public space governance and city identity; afternoon fieldwork in contrasting neighborhoods for observational assignments.

Day 9Belgrade: Arrival & Urban Evolution

Transfer to Belgrade; evening overview walk from the historic core to emerging riverfront districts and planning controversies.

Day 10Belgrade: New Belgrade & Brutalism

Expert tour of New Belgrade’s blocks (e.g., 22/23) and the Genex/Western City Gate, followed by a visit to a 20th‑century museum collection to read architecture through visual culture and state narratives.

Day 11Departure from Belgrade

Private transfer to Belgrade Airport for onward flights, with optional studio crit to synthesize comparative findings.

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Photos

The Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, Croatia - grand neo-baroque building with ornate façades, distinctive yellow color, and national flags, set on a landscaped city square.

Zagreb: Croatian National Theatre

Dramatic view beneath Mostar’s Old Bridge (Stari Most), showing its iconic stone arch spanning the river with mosque domes, minarets, and historic houses in the background.

Mostar Old Bridge Close-Up

Isolated brutalist high-rise apartment building in Belgrade, Serbia, with bold geometric balconies and a minimalist concrete facade set against a clear blue sky.

Brutalist Skyscraper in Belgrade

Urbanism & Architecture in the Former Yugoslavia 11D

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