CAS Seminar with Guests: Vlado Danilov on “Urban lived quality of public spaces. Places of conflict and encounter in the case of Skopje” in conversation with Ivana Angelova

This presentation focuses on a case study of the recent renovation of the governmental building in Skopje, which has not only transformed the structure itself but also imposed a completely different character on the surrounding public space. The proposal outlines a scenario for re-imagining this space, aiming to re-examine the ideas of openness and freedom. Viewing the public space around the government building as an integral and inseparable part of the city raises the need to negotiate between the physical, symbolic, and programmatic aspects of two opposing forces: the holders of executive power and the civic nature of the park. Inspired by the writings of Živko Popovski, Danailov would like to dwell on the idea of freedom as a concept and the city as a phenomenon.