"Staro Sajmiste" landscape floor plan by Ana Rajcevic
The reconstruction project of “Staro Sajmiste” – an area of a former Nazi concentration camp, on the outskirts of Belgrade.
“Staro Sajmiste” was established in December 1941 and shut down in September 1944. During that period, more than 45 000 people were killed inside the camp. After the II world war, the settlement was totally neglected for years. It was left without maintenance and gradually started falling apart. In 1987, Belgrade City Assembly decided to make Staro Sajmiste a cultural site, thereby protecting it from real-estate expansion development. However, almost nothing was done to conserve the area and today Staro Sajmiste is in very bad shape.
The project represents a new urban design solution in accordance with the historical and symbolic importance of the area.
New urban design solution of the "Staro Sajmiste" area: perspective view.
Every architectural shape in the project carries a specific symbolic meaning, while every building at the same time stands as an individual monument. Open space cuts through the entire area, leaving every part of the landscape within it’s own visual narrative
The above entry sign turned upside down is found in some English meteorology, meaning threatening skies. I modified it with the curve lines. Also the upside down triangle represented the element of water in the Middle Ages.
