#SKOPJE BRUTALISM I - L'IMPERO COLPISCE ANCORA

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Operation SK2014 is gearing up to make important testimonies of Skopje's modernism disappear. But there is still some hope of salvation in the struggle between the "good" and the "dark side".

The design is the first in a series based on the research and reflection upon Macedonian brutalist architecture.

The goal is to fill a void often generated by the hegemony of the western architectural culture of the 20th century second half, marginalizing the results of a rich architectural production that today is at risk of being cancelled because involved in the transformation process that these realities are experiencing, in particular in the area of ​​ex-Yugoslavia.

There is a will to stimulate a different observation point on the modernist and brutalist heritage of this area, the last urban utopia of the twentieth century, freeing it from the negative connotation carried by the ideological legacies and trace different interpretative directions of an important phase of the history of the architectural thought.

The gravity center of this idea is the city of Skopje, capital of Macedonia, which today looks like a vast interrupted construction site. The founding parts of the city are currently undergoing interventions, expected with the "urban renewal SK2014", which is cancelling a significant part of its unconstrained assets, through the introduction of new eclectic-style envelopes that are covering the existing buildings.