THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS FOR THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY CORE OF SKOPJE

Abstract

Different parts of the city have different meanings, forming in the same way as the recognizable urban parts. The justification of these meanings is not solid, it can be sought in various sources. Initially, these meanings stem from social history through a sense of shared cultural sediment. At the beginning of the 20th century, we detect certain parameters for creating a specific core of the city of Skopje. During this period, various interpretations of the new tendencies appear, pointing to different possibilities and methods for achieving results. We note the presence of a specific stylistic formation that is generally defined by the term “academism”. With the development of academism in the interwar period, foreign architects will contribute to the overall architectural image, who through their compositions have created different variants of academism. This paper examines the different academic compositions through the analysis of public and private buildings that have contributed to the development of the central city core in the city of Skopje.

Keywords: public space, private space, central core, academism.