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Old
town Perast, Montenegro, Yugoslavia, 2000 - Urban design 900.000 square meters of
historic town, with baroque and renaissance old palaces and traditional Mediterranean
stone houses. As the whole Kotor Bay, town is listed
by the UNESCO as a World Heritage site. Development on commercial
bases brings danger of uncontrolled growth and inadequate use of heritage. The
capacity of site was analyzed in first phase of the project, then in Heritage
Protection Study, and precise database of public and private buildings and
open spaces. This phase ended with wide public discussion, where local
population, authorities, and experts exchanged findings and expectations. The second phase was an
urban plan for public investments and two scenarios presented for possible town
development: the first, as a pure tourist city in traditional ambiance. The second
scenario was city revitalization strategy through mix of
functions: residential, public, culture, tourism, etc. The priorities of the
project were: to save and maintain historic heritage, to improve living conditions
through regulation of public facilities, and define spatial and
functional limits for further development. Considering limits and
potentials, especially in use of the cultural heritage, plan is to be the base
and the frame for architectural designs, as well as a kind of catalogue for investors.
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