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Pursuant to Article V para. 4 Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Article 39 para. 1 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments, at a session held from 26 to 28 March 2012 the Commission adopted a

 

D E C I S I O N

 

I

 

The architectural ensemble of the Crni Vrh development in Sarajevo is hereby designated as a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: the National Monument).

The National Monument consists of the housing and green areas dating from between the two world wars, together with the area where other buildings were erected as infill and incorporated into the original master plan after World War II.

The National Monument is located on a site designated as cadastral plots nos. 930/1 and 930/2, cadastral municipality Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey), corresponding to part of c.p. no. 853 and c.p. no. 2939 c.m.. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry nos. 1720 and 438; c.p. nos. 931/1 and 931/2  c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 853 and 854 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 1720; c.p. nos. 983/2 and 983/1 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 1126, part of 1001, 2429, 2430 and 884 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 418 and 880; c.p. nos. 983/3 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 2431 and 2432 (merged with 1033) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 418 and 435, c.p. no. 982 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to part of c.p. no. 1001 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 418, c.p. nos. 920/1 and 920/11 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 805 and 2170 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 807; c.p. nos. 920/10, 920/9, 920/8, 920/7, 920/6, 920/5, 920/4, 920/3, 920/2 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 2162, 2164, 2165, 2166, 2167, 2161 and 2163 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 807; c.p. no. 969 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 806 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 583; c.p. no. 970 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 879 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 411; c.p. nos. 979/1 and 979/2 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 881 and 2652 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 861; c.p. nos. 980/1 and 980/3 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 882 (part) and. 2397 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 773; c.p. no. 981 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to part of c.p. no. 885 and part of c.p. 882 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 773; c.p. no. 990 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 808, 1057 and 1056 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 591; c.p. nos. 921 and 922 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 870 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 655; c.p. no. 923 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 872 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 628; c.p. nos. 927 and 926 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to part of c.p. no. 851 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 366; c.p. no. 916 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 876 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 578; c.p. no. 917 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 875 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 211; c.p. nos. 918 and 919 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 874 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 415; c.p. no. 924 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 873 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 456; c.p. no. 967 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 888 and 889 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 445 and 454; 968  c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 890 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 835; c.p. nos. 973 and 974 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 887 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 621; c.p. nos. 975 and 976 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 886 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 449; c.p. nos. 978 and 977 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 1033 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 435; c.p. no. 985/1 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 800 (part), 161 (part) and 883 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 838, 880 and 375; c.p. nos. 985/2 and 985/3 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 2665 and 2512 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 1158; c.p. no. 984/1 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 800 (part), 161 (part) and 883 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 838, 880 and 375; c.p. no. 984/2 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 2735 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 989; c.p. no. 929 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 852 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 460; c.p. no. 928 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 1100 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 587; c.p. nos. 971 and 972 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 880 and 966 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 14; part of c.p. no. 1209 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to part of c.p. no. 161 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 880, Municipality Centar Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The provisions relating to protection measures set forth by the Law on the Implementation of the Decisions of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments, established pursuant to Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of the Federation of BiH nos. 2/02, 27/02, 6/04 and 51/07) shall apply to the National Monument.

 

II

 

The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: the Government of the Federation) shall be responsible for providing the legal, scientific, technical, administrative and financial measures necessary for the protection, conservation, restoration and presentation of the National Monument.

The Commission to Preserve National Monuments (hereinafter: the Commission) shall determine the technical requirements and secure the funds for preparing and setting up signboards with basic details of the monument and the Decision to proclaim the property a National Monument.

 

III

 

Protection level I applies to the area consisting of housing and green areas within the architectural ensemble dating from between the two world wars, located on a site designated as c.p. nos. 930/1 and 930/2, cadastral municipality Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey), corresponding to part of c.p. no. 853 and c.p. no. 2939 c.m.. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry nos. 1720 and 438; c.p. nos. 931/1 and 931/2  c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 853 and 854 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 1720; c.p. nos. 983/2 and 983/1 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 1126, part of 1001, 2429, 2430 and 884 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no.  418 and 880; c.p. nos. 983/3 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 2431 and 2432 (merged with 1033) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 418 and 435 c.p. no. 982 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to part of c.p. no. 1001 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 418; c.p. nos. 920/1 and 920/11 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 805 and 2170 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 807; c.p. nos. 920/10, 920/9, 920/8, 920/7, 920/6, 920/5, 920/4, 920/3, 920/2 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 2162, 2164, 2165, 2166, 2167, 2161 and 2163 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 807; c.p. no. 969 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 806 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 583; c.p. no. 970 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 879 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 411; c.p. nos. 979/1 and 979/2 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 881 and 2652 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 861; c.p. nos. 980/1 and 980/3 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 882 (part) and. 2397 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 773; c.p. no. 981 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to part of c.p. no. 885 and part of c.p. 882 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 773; c.p. no. 990 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 808, 1057 and 1056 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 591; c.p. nos. 921 and 922 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 870 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 655; c.p. no. 923 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 872 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 628; c.p. nos. 927 and 926 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to part of c.p. no. 851 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 366; c.p. no. 916 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 876 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 578; c.p. no. 917 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 875 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 211; c.p. nos. 918 and 919 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 874 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 415; Centar Sarajevo Municipality, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The following protection measures are hereby prescribed for the area subject to Protection Level I:

-          all works are prohibited other than conservation and restoration works and those designed for the presentation of the National Monument;

-          interior adaptations and the introduction of modern installations are permitted provided that no part of the installations be affixed to the street fronts;

-          all interventions to the various buildings and the green areas belonging to them (gardens, courtyards) must be carried out in line with the principles of the modern movement;

-          no changes ot the pitch of the roof or interventions altering the original form of the buildings shall be permitted;

-          original materials and binders shall be used wherever possible during structural remedial, conservation and restoration works;

-          the restoration of the façades shall include an appropriate colour scheme on all elevations based on the original colour of the façades as documented in existing technical and photographical documentation;

-          all earlier interventions that do not conform to the design principles of the modern movement (alterations to the roof pitch by converting flat roofs into pitched roofs, major changes to the original colour scheme of the façades, the installation of doors and windows of imappropriate materials and colour) must be reversed to restore the buildings to their original state, in line with original technical and photographic documentation.

Protection level II applies to area of post-World War II housing within the architectural ensemble and to the street areas, located on a site designated as c.p. no. 924 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 873 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 456; c.p. no. 967 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 888 and 889 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 445 and 454; c.p. no. 968  c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 890 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 835; c.p. no. 973 and 974 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 887 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 621; c.p. no. 975 and 976 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 886 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 449; c.p. no. 978 and 977 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 1033 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 435; 985/1 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 800 (part), 161 (part) and 883 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 838, 880 and 375; c.p. no. 985/2 and 985/3 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 2665 and 2512 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 1158; c.p. no. 984/1 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 800 (part), 161 (part) and 883 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 838, 880 and 375; c.p. no. 984/2 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 2735 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 989; c.p. no. 929 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 852 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 460; c.p. no. 928 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 1100 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 587; c.p. no. 971 and 972 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 880 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 14; part of c.p. no. 1209 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to part of c.p. no. 161 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 880; c.p. 966 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to part of c.p. 161 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 880.  Centar Sarajevo Municipality, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

            Detailed executive plans shall be drawn up for the area covered by Protection level II.  These plans may provide for rehabilitation and conservation works and for the presentation of the buildings, along with their adaptation to modern use; by way of exception, they may also include infills of new properties such that their form, size and exterior treatment does not compromise the structure of the protected site. The planning layout shall be retained in full in this area, and the existing open spaces shall be restored and landscaped. As a minimum, the executive plans should include an analysis of the current state of the site, covering:

-          an account of the chronology and stylistic features of the existing buildings;

-          a survey of the number of storeys of the existing buildings;

-          a survey of the materials used;

-          any damage;

-          the level of preservation;

-          a chronological account of the use of the properties and a survey of their current use.

A detailed plan for the on-going protection and presentation of the heritage within the site shall be drawn up for the buildings and open spaces covered by Protection levels I and II.  This plan shall deal in particular with a detailed definition of the conditions applicable to each individual case for:

-          remedial works, and the conservation, refurbishment and presentation of existing buildings and groups;

-          the restoration and reconstruction of buildings, forms and spaces to ensure the integrity of the architectural ensemble and the clarity of its specific features (reconstruction of destroyed or demolished properties, restoration of buildings or individual architectural elements – height and footprint, proportions, the number, size and arrangement of openings, architectural details, paving, the form and pitch of the roof and the type of roof cladding, the treatment of the façades etc.);

-          the regulation of pedestrian and road traffic, in regard to which the widening of existing roads at the expense of existing green areas or retaining walls is prohibited;

-          the refurbishment of the pedestrian zone – street lighting and furniture, resurfacing pedestrian areas and roadways;

-          the restoration of the infrastructure network, particularly mains water and drainage;

-          the plan providing for on-going protection measures should prohibit the construction of industrial facilities within the protected size and the introduction of new uses that could have the effect of altering the character and elements typical of the townscape.

No building works, artisanal-building works or artisanal works prescribed by the plan providing for the on-going protection and presentation of the heritage may be carried out without the approval of the federal ministry responsible for spatial planning (hereinafter; the relevant ministry) and the expert supervision of the heritage protection authority of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: the heritage protection authority).

A management programme for the heritage within the protected site shall be developed, indicating those responsible for the execution of the programme and a stage-by-stage programme for the implementation of the plan, with financial indicators.

A buffer zone is hereby prescribed with a view to the on-going protection of the heritage.  This consists of the zone north and west of the site of the National Monument between Kalemova St. and Omera Stupca St. The buffer zone consists of the area designated as c.p. no. 279 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 801 (part) and 161 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry nos. 563 and 880; 278 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey), corresponding to part of c.p. no. 801 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 563; c.p. no. 277 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 801 (part) and 161 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry nos. 563 and 880; c.p. no. 276 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 1019 and 1278 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 1540; c.p. nos. 986/3 and 986/2 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 2639 and 2640 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 924 and 1570; 986/1 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 812 and part of c.p. no. 2639 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry nos. 1570 and 924; c.p. no. 987 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 2644, 800 (part) and 161 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry nos. 923, 838 and 880; c.p. no. 989  c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 809 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 125; c.p. no. 990 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 808, 1057 and 1056 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 591; c.p. no. 961 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 868 (part) and 1090 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry nos. 558 and 426; c.p. no. 964 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 846 (part) and 847 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry nos. 426 and 575; part of c.p. no. 1209 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 161 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 880; c.p. no. 960 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 867 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 233; c.p. no. 963 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 868 (part), 1090 (part), 846 (part), 867 (part), 847 (part), 848 (part), 849 (part) and 850 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry nos. 558, 426, 575, 233, 842, 839 and 833; c.p. no. 965 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 847 (part), 848 (part) and 849 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry nos. 575, 842 and 839; c.p. no. 959 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 866 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 443; c.p. no. 925 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 849 (part) and 850 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry nos. 839 and 833; c.p. no. 958 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 863 (part) and 1014 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry nos. 576 and 598; 957/1 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 1014 (part), 863 (part), 862 (part), 861 (part), 860 (part), 859 (part), 1144 (part) and 850 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry nos. 598, 576, 805 i 833; 956 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. (part) 863 and 862 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry nos. 576 and 805; c.p. no. 955 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. (861 part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 805; c.p. no. 954  c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 860 (part) and 859 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 805; c.p. no. 957/2 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 850 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV and c.p. no. 251 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LI (old survey), Land Register entry no. 164; c.p. no. 932 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 855 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 371; c.p. no. 933 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 856 and 1146 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry nos. 828 and 470; c.p. no. 934 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 857 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV and c.p. no. 235 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LII (old survey), Land Register entry nos. 868 and 145; c.p. no. 937  c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 857 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV and c.p. nos. 235 (part), 234 (part) and 241 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LII (old survey), Land Register entry nos. 145 and 234; c.p. no. 935 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 234 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LII (old survey), Land Register entry no. 144; c.p. no. 936, c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 235 (part) and 241 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LII (old survey), Land Register entry no. 145, Centar Sarajevo Municipality, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The following protection measures are hereby prescribed for the buffer zone:

-          the structures and above all the planned layout shall be preserved, with restrictions as to the number of storeys, size and footprint of the buildings, and the use of materials and architectural elements that will not compromise the character of the National Monument;

-          special steps shall be taken to prevent landslip;

-          the construction of major infrastructure and industrial facilities is prohibited.

 

IV

 

All executive and area development planning acts are hereby revoked to the extent that they are not in accordance with the provisions of this Decision.

 

V

 

Everyone, and in particular the competent authorities of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Canton, and urban and municipal authorities, shall refrain from any action that might damage the National Monument or jeopardize the preservation thereof.

 

VI

 

The Government of the Federation, the Federal Ministry responsible for regional planning, the Federation heritage protection authority, and the Municipal Authorities in charge of urban planning and land registry affairs, shall be notified of this Decision in order to carry out the measures stipulated in Articles II to V of this Decision, and the Authorized Municipal Court shall be notified for the purposes of registration in the Land Register.

 

VII

 

The elucidation and accompanying documentation form an integral part of this Decision, which may be viewed by interested parties on the premises or by accessing the website of the Commission (http://www.kons.gov.ba).

 

VIII

 

Pursuant to Art. V para 4 Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, decisions of the Commission are final.

 

IX

 

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Gazette of BiH.

 

This Decision has been adopted by the following members of the Commission: Zeynep Ahunbay, Martin Cherry, Amra Hadžimuhamedović, Dubravko Lovrenović and Ljiljana Ševo.

 

No. 07.3-2.3-73/12-11

27 March 2012

Sarajevo

 

Chair of the Commission

Amra Hadžimuhamedović

 

E l u c i d a t i o n

 

I – INTRODUCTION

Pursuant to Article 2, paragraph 1 of the Law on the Implementation of the Decisions of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments, established pursuant to Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a “National Monument” is an item of public property proclaimed by the Commission to Preserve National Monuments to be a National Monument pursuant to Articles V and VI of Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina  and property entered on the Provisional List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of  BiH no. 33/02) until the Commission reaches a final decision on its status, as to which there is no time limit and regardless of whether a petition for the property in question has been submitted or not.  

On 4 July 2011 Bošnjak Zvonimir and Bošnjak Ana of Sarajevo submitted a petition/proposal to the Commission to Preserve National Monuments to designate the architectural ensemble of Crni Vrh in Sarajevo as a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the same date, Hasanagić Mirsad of Sarajevo submitted a petition to the Commission to Preserve National Monuments to designate Kalemova St. in Crni Vrh in Sarajevo as a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Mesihović Mustafa of Sarajevo submitted a petition to designate the Corn Villa as a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 25 March 2011 Davor Perinović of Sarajevo submitted a petition to designate the family house at no. 18 Kalemova St.

The architectural ensemble of Crni Vrh, an inter-war development in Sarajevo, is on the Provisional List of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments under serial no. 546, under the general heading “Urban Townscape of Sarajevo. 

Pursuant to the provisions of the law, the Commission proceeded to carry out the procedure for reaching a final decision to designate the property as a national monument, pursuant to Article V para. 4 of Annex 8 and Article 35 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments.

 

Statement of Significance

The architectural ensemble of the Crni Vrh development in Sarajevo is the only estate built to plan in Sarajevo between the two world wars. In the spirit of the modern movement, it was financed by the Railway Workers’ Loans and Aid Cooperative, founded in Sarajevo in 1923, and the Housing Association, founded in 1925, with the aim of alleviating the social deprivation of railway workers. The master plan for Crni Vrh parcelled the site into 93 building plots. The various buildings were designed by leading representatives of the modern movements in what was then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia: Dušan Smiljanić, Franjo Lavrenčić, Bruno Tartalja, Danilo Kocijan, Franc Novak, Mate Bajlon and Stjepan Planić. The estate includes the villa in which Mate Bajlon lived. The planned layout of the estate is largely preserved, and a further feature of the estate is that the master plan was followed in later works after World War II.

 

II – PRELIMINARY PROCEDURE

In the procedure preceding the adoption of a final decision to proclaim the property a national monument, the following documentation was inspected:

-          Data on the current condition and use of the property, including a description, architectural survey and photographs

-          An inspection of the current condition of the property

-          Copies of the cadastral plans

-          Copies of the Land Register entries

-          Historical, architectural and other documentary material on the property, as set out in the bibliography forming part of this Decision

 

Pursuant to Article V para. 2 of Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Article 37 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission, before rendering a final decision designating a property as a national monument, the Commission will provide the owner of the proposed monument, the person submitting the petition, the institutions responsible for heritage, professional and academic institutions, experts and scholars, as well as other interested parties, to express their views. Accordingly, the Commission sent letter ref. 07.3-8-35.2-8/11-84 of 6 July 2011 requesting documentation and views on the designation of the Corn Villa at no. 14 Kalemova St., the architectural ensemble of Crni Vrh and Kalemova St. in Sarajevo as a national monument to Centar Municipality, the Federal Ministry of Regional Planning and the Environment, the Archives of BiH, the Institute for the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of FBiH, the Development Planning Authority of Sarajevo Canton, the Construction Authority of Sarajevo Canton, the Historical Archives of the City of Sarajevo, the Cantonal Institute for the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage, and the petitioners (Mustafa Mesihović, Mirsad Hasanagić, Zvonimir and Ana Bošnjak). On 26 September 2011 the Commission also sent letter ref. 07.3-8-35.2-8/11-138 to the Sarajevo City Authority, notifying it that the procedure to designate the architectural ensemble of Crni Vrh in Sarajevo as a national monument had been initiated, and requesting the Authority’s views.

In response, the Commission has received the following documentation:

-          on 1 June 2011 the Development Planning Authority of Sarajevo Canton provided the Commission to Preserve National Monuments with the Crni Vrh Master Plan (phase: Urbanism) under cover of letter ref. 02-23-3073/11

-          on 6 July 2011 the Cantonal Institute for the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage provided the Commission to Preserve National Monuments with an excerpt from the Protection Section of the Crni Vrh Master Plan under cover of letter ref. 602-1/11

-          on 11 July 2011 the Institute for the Protection of Monuments under the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport sent letter ref. 03-23-2-1051/11 notifying the Commission to Preserve National Monuments that it has no documentation on the properties in question

-          on 12 July 2011 the Institute for the Protection of Monuments under the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport sent letter ref. 07-40-4-2802-1/11 notifying the Commission to Preserve National Monuments that the properties in question were neither protected nor listed

-          on 13 July 2011 the Development Planning Authority of Sarajevo Canton sent letter ref. 02-23-4041/11 to the Commission to Preserve National Monuments, notifying it that it had previously provided the Crni Vrh Master Plan (phase: Urbanism)

-          the discussion concerning the proposal to designate the architectural ensemble of the Crni Vrh housing estate in Sarajevo as a national monument at the Commission’s 52nd session was attended by Arijana Musić, executive for spatial planning and housing at the Sarajevo City Authority, who conveyed the viewsof the City Authority and told the Commissioners that the Sarajevo City Council had passed a decision adopting the Crni Vrh Master Plan at a session held on 28 December 2010 (Official Gazette of Sarajevo Canton 36/10), an integral part of which was a study on the protection of the cultural heritage drawn up by the Cantonal Institute for the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage (authored by architect Sanda Pudarić). Arijana Musić remarked that the presentation of the findings of the invedstigations conducted by the Commission demonstrated the value of the architectural ensemble, and that not all details were fully known at the time the Master Plan was adopted.

-          on 26 March 2010 the Commission sent a letter ref. 07.3-7.3-32/12-9 inviting a representative of the Cantonal Institute for the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage to attend the 53rd session at which the designation of the architectural ensemble of Crni Vrh in Sarajevo would be discussed, but there was no response to the invitation.

 

The findings based on the review of the above documentation and the condition of the site are as follows:

 

1. Details of the property

Location

The Crni Vrh development in Sarajevo is in Centar Municipality, north of Marijin Dvor.  Kalemova St. runs east-west through the middle of the site, which is bounded to the south by Kranjčevićeva St., and to the east by the State Hospital complex.

The National Monument is located on a site designated as cadastral plots nos. 930/1 and 930/2, cadastral municipality Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey), corresponding to part of c.p. no. 853 and c.p. no. 2939 c.m.. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry nos. 1720 and 438; c.p. nos. 931/1 and 931/2  c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 853 and 854 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 1720; c.p. nos. 983/2 and 983/1 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 1126, part of 1001, 2429, 2430 and 884 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 418 and 880; c.p. nos. 983/3 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 2431 and 2432 (merged with 1033), c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 418 and 435; c.p. no. 982 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to part of c.p. no. 1001 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 418; c.p. nos. 920/1 and 920/11 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 805 and 2170 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 807; c.p. nos. 920/10, 920/9, 920/8, 920/7, 920/6, 920/5, 920/4, 920/3, 920/2 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 2162, 2164, 2165, 2166, 2167, 2161 and 2163 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 807; c.p. no. 969 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 806 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 583; c.p. no. 970 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 879 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 411; c.p. nos. 979/1 and 979/2 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 881 and 2652 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 861; c.p. nos. 980/1 and 980/3 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 882 (part) and. 2397 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 773; c.p. no. 981 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to part of c.p. no. 885 and part of c.p. 882 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 773; c.p. no. 990 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 808, 1057 and 1056 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 591; c.p. nos. 921 and 922 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 870 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 655; c.p. no. 923 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 872 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 628; c.p. nos. 927 and 926 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to part of c.p. no. 851 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 366; c.p. no. 916 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 876 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 578; c.p. no. 917 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 875 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 211; c.p. nos. 918 and 919 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 874 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 415; c.p. no. 924 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 873 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 456; c.p. no. 967 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 888 and 889 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 445 and 454; 968  c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 890 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 835; c.p. nos. 973 and 974 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 887 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 621; c.p. nos. 975 and 976 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 886 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 449; c.p. nos. 978 and 977 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 1033 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 435; c.p. no. 985/1 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 800 (part), 161 (part) and 883 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 838, 880 and 375; c.p. nos. 985/2 and 985/3 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 2665 and 2512 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 1158; c.p. no. 984/1 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 800 (part), 161 (part) and 883 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 838, 880 and 375; c.p. no. 984/2 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 2735 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 989; c.p. no. 929 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 852 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 460; c.p. no. 928 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 1100 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 587; c.p. nos. 971 and 972 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 880 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 14; part of c.p. no. 1209 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to part of c.p. no. 161 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 880; c.p. 966 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey), corresponding to part of c.p. 161 c.m.Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey), Land Register entry no. 880, Municipality Centar Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Historical background

The area known as Crni Vrh in Sarajevo was probably uninhabited until the late 15th century, and there is nothing to suggest with any certainty that the land was cultivated. During the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian periods the area’s main road, Kalemova St., was a shepherds’ track with no habitation around it(1). In the late 15th century there is reference to land owned by the Skender pasha vakuf, Međuputnica, Zagorica and Sušica. The street between the Koševo brook to the east and Pofalići to the west(2) (now known as Kranjčevićeva St.)(3) was also then known as Sušica.

In the 1860s, towards the end of the Ottoman period, the Military Hospital (Hastahana) was built near the Magribija Mosque, south-east of Crni Vrh, in a style that foreshadowed the introduction of European historicist trends into the architecture and town planning of Sarajevo.  Housing blocks were also built near the hospital(4), while to the north-west, within the area of Crni Vrh, hospital barracks were also built, on the site now occupied by the modern hospital complex named after Abdulah Nakaš(5).

In 1878, at the very beginning of the Austro-Hungarian period, Gorica, within the Crni Vrh area, was the site of armed resistance to the Austro-Hungarian troops, and it was there that the organizers, Kaukčija Abdulah-efendija, Muhamed Hadžijamaković and Avdo Jabučica, were executed(6). The Austro-Hungarian authorities built up the Crni Vrh area east of the Ottoman-period hospital barracks (Tepebašina, Odobašina and Avde Jabučice Streets, the eastern section of Kranjčevićeva St., and others), leaving the area to the west unbuilt and thereby allowing for the development of the estate in the next historical period, with the exception of Tešanjska St. to the west, laid out in 1913, when the first houses were built(7). The construction of this street, linking the urban area of Marijin Dvor via Kranjčevićeva St. with Crni Vrh, and beyond it with Koševsko Brdo, created the planning basis for the development of a housing estate in the first half of the 20th century, since there was no access to Crni Vrh from the east, from present-day Avde Jabučice St.

The architecture of the 1920s and 1930s in Sarajevo was diverse in nature, conceived as an amalgam of the local tradition and central European influences, with its roots in the advanced local life-style. Thought was given to the way Sarajevo houses fitted into their setting, often surrounded by gardens and with summer kitchens. Their layout was also carefully worked out, both indoors and out, and their furnishings were practical and comfortable. The city had inherited a well-developed infrastructure of streets, regulatory lines, and mains water and drainage from the Austro-Hungarian period.

Family houses and villas were designed by built by several Sarajevan architects – Bajlon, Lavrenčić, Rajs, Grabrijan, Pavlin, the Kadić brothers, Šamanek, Baldasar, Smiljanić, Bunić, Dimitrijević and Moravec(8) – as well as by the architect Stjepan Planić from Zagreb(9).

The Crni Vrh development was built with funds from the Railway Workers’ Loans and Aid Cooperative, founded in Sarajevo on 26 June 1923(10), and the Housing Association(11), founded in 1925, with a view to alleviating the social deprivation of the railway workers(12).

The Railway Workers’ Cooperative was founded at a time when the financial and economic circumstances of railway workers, as employees of the state, were at their lowest ebb.  The idea of the Cooperative was proposed by Jovan Đurić at the assembly held in City Hall on 9 July 1922, and revived on 28 May 1923, at an association session, when Nikola Kalem moved that specific steps finally be taken to set it up(13).

Finally, on 26 June 1923, the Cooperative was founded in the presence of 28 councillors, with the aim of improving the material and social status of railway workers. Drago Grgurić was elected as the Cooperative’s first president(14), and the first loans to members of the Cooperative were approved in the same year(15).

The Housing Association was founded two years later, in 1925, its operations backed by the Railway Workers’ Loans Cooperative(16). It had few members, who were unable to take on the task of raising the necessary funds, and it was not until 1929 that it became really active, buying up a large area of land in Novo Sarajevo, for which a Master Plan was developed with a view to building new housing(17).

The 7th annual meeting of the Railway Workers’ Cooperative was held in 1931, when it was decided that the Cooperative would become actively involved in the purchase of a complex of sites at Crni Vrh for the Cooperative and in the construction of the Cooperative’s housing project(18). The Housing Association purchased the land at Crni Vrh in early 1932, and a Master Plan was developed, parcelling the site into 93 building plots. Work began the following year on the housing(19), designed in the spirit of the modern movement(20).

The tenth anniversary, in 1933(21), celebrated the aid provided by the Railway Workers’ Cooperative in building a total of nine new houses at Crni Vrh. That year, with the approval of the Assembly, the board of the Cooperative sought a suitable site to build a large housing block, for which purpose the Cooperative purchased three plots on Kranjčevićeva St. from the Housing Association, building a large block of flats there for its members(22).

All the blueprints required for a block of flats were produced, and the building was roofed by winter and completed by June 1934. It consisted of fourteen modern flats with two rooms, kitchen, bathroom and service quarters, and five business premises(23).

In town planning terms, building up this area was the logical continuation of the settlement of Marijin Dvor(24), which dates from the Austro-Hungarian period. The geomechanical properties of the soil and the area’s isolated position on the hill deterred Austro-Hungarian builders, who built up only the area to the east, where Avde Jabučice St. now runs. During the next period of construction, Crni Vrh proved to be an area that was suitable, in statics terms, for detached houses. Its proximity to the city centre and its sunny exposure were major advantages, which the Railway Workers’ Cooperative were able to exploit at a time when both the level ground and the slopes on the right bank of the Miljacka in the city centre were already built up. The development of the housing estate was to demonstrate that modernism, as an artistic movement, was capable of creating urban architectural designs of universal value in the field of housing. The right to a view and to exposure to the sun, an organic connection between the housing units and greenery, and proportion, were amenities that looked back to the traditional architecture of Sarajevo’s mahalas. On the other hand, the modern architectural and planning form achieved by rational parcelization and a proportionate relationship between public space (the street) and private space (villa and garden) constituted a creative upgrade along the lines of new European trends and the International Style.

The urbanism of Crni Vrh in Sarajevo is clearly influenced by the construction of similar housing developments in Central Europe(25).

The construction of the Railway Workers’ colony at Crni Vrh was the largest construction project in Sarajevo between the two world wars. By 1932 the Railway Workers’ Cooperative had bought up the entire south side of Crni Vrh, and the area was laid out with new streets – Kalemova and Zadrugina (now Omera Stupca St.) – and Kranjčevićevo steps (now Halida Nazečića St.). A competition for outline designs for the types of house and the architectural development of the entire site was launched on 5 January 1933, and the jury, which included Sarajevo architects Dušan Smiljanić(26) and Mate Bajlon, completed its task on 9 April 1933. None of the 45 entries was judged to be wholly satisfactory, so no first prize was awarded, but a second prize and two third prizes were, and the three designs were purchased(27).

On 25 April 1933 an exhibition was held in Sarajevo of the competition entries from the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and abroad for designs for five types of family house. The first was to have two rooms, a kitchen and all the necessary service quarters, and the fifth would have four rooms, a kitchen and service quarters. The brief was for all five types to be as cost-effective as possible, with the entire development laid out on a low density basis. Nine designs were received from Zagreb, eight from Sarajevo, six from Belgrade, three each from Split and Prague, and a few from Paris and Vienna. Though the competition was made more complicated by the specific lie of the land, a number of worthwhile entries inspired by the designs for the Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart and the Baba Werkbund Housing Estate in Prague(28).

There is only scanty surviving documentation on the designers, but Mate Bajlon, Franjo Lavrenčić and Bruno Tartalja(29), third-prize competition winner who produced the designs for single-family and multi-occupancy houses, are known to have been involved in the execution of the buildings at Crni Vrh. The Slovenian architect Danilo Kocijan and Franc Novak(30) also won third prize for their designs for the types of family house(31).

A comparison between the present-day layout and the original parcelization reveals that the average plot size was about 500 sq.m.  Between 1933 and the beginning of World War II only Kranjčevićeva St. had been built up with almost all the planned individual houses and one block of flats; on Kalemova and the other streets, only parts of the planned estate had been built. A stone retaining wall was built on the north side of Kalemova St., helping to stabilize the building site. The original idea of different types of house was abandoned, and all were finally built to a uniform design(32).

The buildings suffered no serious damage in World War II, during which some were occupied by members of the German forces, who remained there until the war ended.

There was a huge need for new construction during the post-World War II period, but also serious material and economic shortages. Even so, the Master Plan drawn up by the Railway Workers’ Cooperative was followed to some extent. The blocks of flats designed along the lines of the modern movement were much more modest architecturally and in terms of comfort, but no buildings went up that clashed noticeably with the existing urban matrix. In planning terms, the years immediately following World War II was the time when connections between Crni Vrh, and specifically Kalemova St., with the city centre were greatly improved. The area between Kalemova St. and Avde Jabučice St., east of Kalemova, was opened up and traffic was finally able to flow along both streets(33). Previously only Tešanjska St. To the west was open to traffic.

            The railway station to the west of Crni Vrh was completed in the 1950s, adding to the importance of Kranjčevićeva St., which became the road linking the station and the city centre(34).

Inappropriate alterations to some of the properties (particularly in Kranjčevićeva St.) began in the 1960s, when Mate Bajlon’s house and engineer Golubović’s house (now the Writers’ Club) suffered irreversible alterations, as did the blocks of flats designed by Franjo Lavrenčić and other properties over the entire neighbourhood.

No serious damage to the inter-war buildings associated with the architectural ensemble was noted during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At this time, Kranjčevićeva St. was the main road linking the city centre to the east and the new areas of the city to the west(35).

Since the 1992-1995 war, there have been some extremely inappropriate alterations, when some valuable examples of modernism have disappeared (the Kosić Villa), replaced by buildings that clash with the surrounding townscape. The planning documents in the current Crni Vrh Master Plan suggest that the intention for the townscape to be still further compromised, particularly as regards the proposed widening of Kalemova St. northwards, which would encroach on the green areas of the remaining inter-war buildings. They also suggest that some of the buildings of this period are earmarked for demolition to make way for new blocks of flats.

 

2. Description of the property 

The Crni Vrh inter-war development in Sarajevo is located north of Marijin Dvor, extending along Kranjčevićeva St. to the south, Tešanjska St. to the west, Kalemova St.(36) to the north and Halida Nazečića St. running north-south, where there are stone steps(37).

A comparison between the original master plan and the present state of affairs indicates that only part of the plan was carried out, which in no way diminishes its urban planning and documentary value. The outbreak of World War II put a stop to the completion of the estate.  When the war ended, housing blocks and a reservoir were built to the north, on Omera Stupca St.

The basic urban infrastructure of the estate dating from the interwar period still survives, revealing the strongly functional concept of the planning designers working in line with the principles of modernism. Kalemova St, running east-west, forms the main axis of the estate, linked with the urban area of Kranjčevićeva St. via Tešanjska St. to the west and with the stone steps to the east of the estate(38) (Halida Nazečića St.). Though it is at the northernmost end of the estate, the planned detached villas were not built on Omera Stupca St.; instead, housing blocks were built there in the early years of the latter half of the 20th century, preserving the basic roads infrastructure and urban matrix. Later construction respected the spatial layout and basic concept of the urbanistic plan as originally conceived.

There are six surviving detached houses from the inter-war period on Kalemova St., on the north, uphill side. Between them are several infill properties built during the latter half of the 20th century and remodelled after the 1992-1995 war. In form and in relation to the established building line, most of these respect the 1930s Master Plan.

Another four detached houses(39) and two blocks of flats, all from the inter-war period, still survive along Kranjčevićeva St. and Tešanjska St. in the extension along the level area of the neighbourhood to the south, towards Marijin Dvor. Another two detached houses of the same period survive on Halida Nazečića St.

As along Kalemova St., there have been infills between the buildings on these two streets in the latter half of the 20th century and early 21st. Some buildings of considerable documentary value on Kranjčevićeva St. have suffered degradation and some have been demolished and replaced by new ones.

North of Kalemova St., on Omera Stupca St.(40) and the east and west ends of Kalemova St. are blocks of flats built in the latter half of the 20th century on plots that were earmarked for detached villas in the original Master Plan(41).

Kalemova St. is the estate’s central street(42), with a length of 480 m from its junction with Avde Jabučice St. to the east to Tešanjska St. to the west. It is 6 metres wide, with a stone retaining wall ranging in height from 1.50 to 2.50 m on the north side, extending in an unbroken stretch along the mid section of the street from its junction with Omera Stupca St. to the west to the Smiljanić villa to the east, a length of 160 m. There is a break at the eastern end, but it continues in a different form eastwards to the end of the street. The central stretch of Kalemova St. has surviving buildings from the period between the two world wars. Seen from the east, the north side includes the villa at no. 12 Kalemova St. (c.p. nos. 930/1 and 930/2), a three-storey building (basement, ground, attic) with a footprint of 14.50x 10.00 m, built between 1933 and 1934 for engineer Smiljanić. The original design of the building is clean and functional. It had south- and east-facing balconies with solid parapets resting on massive piers. Restoration works carried out since the 1992-1995 war have preserved its original stylistic features(43). The vacant area to the north has been used for new buildings, diminishing the overall historical value of the property, which housed the Bulgarian Embassy until 2010(44).

The villa at no. 18 Kalemova St. (c.p. nos. 926 and 927) was designed in mid 1938 by the Zagreb-based architect Stjepan Planić(45) for the owner, Dr. Vladimir Perinović. The building is roughly square in plan, with sides of 11.00 x 12.00 m, and has three storeys (basement, ground, attic). Compositionally and stylistically, it is a successful example of the blend between modernism and local traditional elements. The interior layout and fittings clearly reveal the influence of the modern movement, visible in the markedly rational layout of space and functionality. The ground floor has a sunny drawing-room to the south and a kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and service quarters to the north, with a central hallway from which the stove in the south-facing drawing-room is fed. Stairs lead down from the ground floor to the basement flat, which consists of a bedroom, bathroom, entrance hallway converted into a kitchen-dining room, and another room originally used as a boxroom. The same stairs also lead up to the converted loft, now used as a study-library and boxroom.

The exterior treatment of the building reveals the strong influence of the local tradition. The hipped roof(46) and rectangular windows cut into the clean façade planes are the characteristic features of this building. The extant original project documentation suggests that a number of variations on the design where developed, and that there were some changes to the design during the actual execution(47), which does not diminish the documentary value of a remarkably well-preserved 1939 building. Almost all the authentic interior elements have survived (interior woodwork, hand rails, parquet, stoves etc.). The exterior woodwork with handles, the wooden roof frame visible on the outside, the garden wall facing the street, and the retaining walls, fence posts and outside garden steps have also survived, making this one of the better-preserved houses built in Crni Vrh in the 1930s.

The villa at nos. 14 and 16 Kalemova St. stood between the houses at nos. 12 and 18. In footprint and stylistic features, it is very similar to the Perinović Villa at no. 18, despite having been built after World War II.

Continuing along the same side of the street to east and west are buildings erected after World War II. To the west are three buildings at nos. 20, 22, 25 and 26(48), rectangular in plan with footprints of 10.50 x 21.00 m and 10.50 x 16.50 m respectively, and three or four storeys (basement, ground first, or basement, ground, first, attic).

To the east is a complex of residential properties at nos. 2, 4 and 6 Kalemova St., dating from after World War II. These houses, which have a footprint of 11.00 x 11.00 m excluding the extension to the south, are set back from the street, with two retaining walls faced with stone next to the street. The entrance, which is from the south, is recessed into the building, which rests on a circular pillar at that point. The small extension to the south, consisting of basement, ground, two upper floors and an attic, has a flat roof, while the larger part of the building to the north, with an additional upper storey, has a shallow-pitched hipped roof. The fenestration is clean, symmetrical and strictly regular, revealing the interior layout of the rooms. The buildings have largely retained their original appearance, despite some wanton glazing of the balconies. The façades are not properly maintained, and the state of the roof cladding and timbers is questionable(49).  

To the west is a house at no. 8 Kalemova St., with a footprint of 15.50 x 11.50 m and five storeys (basement, ground, two upper floors, attic), also built after World War II and with a shallow-pitched hipped roof with projecting eaves. To the south, facing the city, are four openings of various sizes, and a balcony on each floor. The ground-floor walls are faced with stone, and the original appearance has been altered by replacing the original woodwork(50).

On the south side, viewed from the east, the street begins with the villa at no. 1 Kalemova St. (the Mihajlović Villa) (c.p. no. 916), with a footprint of 11.00 x 11.00 m and three storeys (basement, ground, attic), built between the two world wars. The entrance is on the north side, facing Kalemova St(51). The north façade facing the street is blank, and differs in form from the exuberant south façade facing the city. There is a terrace on the east façade and a garden at the south end of the plot. The building has a pent roof pitched northwards.

            The buildings at no. 3 (the Latal-Danon Villa) and no. 5 Kalemova St. (the Markezić Villa, later the Corn Villa) (c.p. nos. 917, 918 and 919), are of similar design. The building at no. 3 was extended during the latter half of the 20th century and has lost some of its original stylistic features(52). It now has four storeys (ground, two upper floors, attic) and a gabled roof. The Danon Villa was built in 1940, but the façade was completed only after World War II(53). Inside, the original details of the staircase (banister and hand rails, facing and structure of the stairs) have survived, as have other interior fittings (a solid-fuel stove, parquet, characteristic furnishings).

At the other end of the south side of Kalemova St. is the villa at no. 19 (c.p. nos. 982 and 983/1), known as the Murko Villa, with an overall footprint of 12.50 x 11.00 m and three storeys (basement, ground, first floor). This is a valuable example of modern architecture from between the two world wars. The entrance is on the north, street side; the south and east façades of the building are exuberant, with openings of various sizes facing the city. The north façade has three single-light windows on the ground floor and one three-light window on the first floor(54). The south-east side has strip windows on the ground floor and an open terrace serving as a flat roof at first-floor level. The building has a pent roof. The original form of the villa has largely been preserved. The garden on the south side has been separated from the building by the new parcelization(55).

The stretch between the Murko Villa and the Corn Villa to the east contains several infills built during the latter half of the 20th century. The first, viewed from the east, is the house at no. 7 Kalemova St., with four storeys (ground, two upper floors, attic). The building has a gabled roof and an entrance facing north onto Kalemova St. The original layout is very similar to the buildings dating from the first half of the 20th century on the same side of the street, in their exuberant south façades and blank north façades. There is an extension to the south side of the building at second-floor and attic level, suggesting that the original roof was not gabled.  West of this building is the north end of the stone steps in Halida Nazečića St., with beyond the buildings at nos. 9, 11(56), 13, 15 and 17 Kalemova St., of varying footprint and number of storeys, dating from the latter half of the 20th century(57).  

A row of buildings dating from between the two world wars facing Marijin Dvor extends along the level ground on the north side of Kranjčevićeva St.

Kranjčevićeva St. is 900 m in overall length from its junction with Alipašina St. to the east to the crossroads by the Railway Station to the west, but only the central stretch of the street, a length of 165 m, belongs to the Crni Vrh estate. The buildings on the north side of this stretch of the street are as follows:

The block of flats at nos. 16, 18 and 20 Kranjčevićeva St. (c.p. no. 920/1) stands between the hospital complex to the east and the steps of Halida Nazečića St. to the west. The building faces south onto Kranjčevićeva St., with the entrances to the flats on the north and the south sides. The building is rectangular in plan, with sides of 50.00 x 12.50 m, and has six storeys (basement, ground, four upper floors), and is a valuable example of modern architecture from between the two world wars. The ground floor is used as business premises, and the floors above are residential, with fourteen flats of modern design disposed around three internal stairwells(58).   Each floor has twelve multi-light windows and six equidistant balconies with solid parapets.

The property was designed by Franjo Lavrenčić(59) in 1932/33. It originally had four storeys (basement, ground, two upper floors, with an additional floor to the sides), but a third and fourth floor were added after World War II, causing the building to lose its original form(60). It has also been compromised by the inappropriate treatment of the ground floor on the south street front and the wanton construction of the covered and partly-covered terraces of the catering facilities on the same street front.

The villa at no. 22 Kranjčevićeva St. (c.p. no. 969) was built in the 1930s for the owner, Mavro Kofler, in the modern style but with some concessions to the local tradition(61). It is L-shaped in plan, with a footprint of 10.00 x 10.00 m (south wing) and 5.50 x 7.50 m (north wing), and three storeys (basement, ground, first floor). The entrance is on the west side, and the building has wide windows facing south and east. There were originally verandas on the ground and first floor on the south-east corner facing Kranjčevićeva St., the ground-floor veranda glazed, and the first-floor open.  Both have now been enclosed with new woodwork(62).

The villa at no. 24 Kranjčevićeva St. (c.p. no. 970) was built for engineer Golubović at about the same time as the Kofler Villa next door. It is roughly square in plan with sides of 10.00 m, and has three storeys (ground and two upper floors), with the entrance on the east side. The plot is separated from the street by a high stone wall with an entrance to the garden and two openings. The building has a shallow-pitched hipped roof with gable walls in front, giving the impression that the villa has a flat roof. Originally, the building had wide openings facing the city to the south and east, and projecting terraces. An extension was built onto the west side in the 1970s, when the woodwork was replaced and other repairs carried out. In the early 1990s the Writers’ Club restaurant and seat of the Writers’ Association took up residence in the building. The inappropriate extensions and other works have caused the building to lose much of its historical value(63).

The villa at no. 26 Kranjčevićeva St. (c.p. no. 971) was originally built for the owner, Janko Kosić, in the 1930s, and until 2009 was one of the few wholly preserved buildings designed in the spirit of the modern movement in Crni Vrh. The original woodwork, the stone facing of the garden wall facing the street, and details such as the outlet pipes on the terraces, had survived(64). In its original form, the building had four storeys (basement, ground, two upper floors), with open verandas on the south-east side, and a flat roof. In 2011 a new building(65) was found to be standing on the site, with five storeys (basement, ground, three upper floors) and a gabled roof, in a style mimicking the historicist manner. A new stone-faced wall with a rectangular garage door has been built to replace the original garden wall facing the street.

The villa at no. 28 Kranjčevićeva St. (c.p. nos. 979/2 and 970/1) was originally built in 1933(66) for one of Sarajevo’s leading architects designing in the spirit of the modern movement, Mate Bajlon(67). In its original form, it consisted of a basement, ground and first floor and a basement, ground and two upper floors, with a flat roof. The inappropriate addition of another storey has caused the building to lose its original modernist features, even though the footprint is unaltered at 9.00 x 10..00 m. It now has a gabled roof and five storeys (basement, ground, two upper floors, attic).

The villa at no. 30 Kranjčevićeva St. (c.p. nos. 980/1, 980/3 and 981) was built in the latter half of the 1930s. It was rectangular in plan, with sides of 10 x 12 m, and originally had three and four storeys (basement, ground, first, and basement, ground and two upper floors), roofed with a flat terrace. The architecture was a combination of modern and traditional tendencies(68). After the 1992-1995 war in BiH an extra storey was built onto the flat terrace of the second floor, and an extension to the south and west at basement and ground-floor level, and the entire surviving original woodwork and colour scheme were replaced, so that the building has largely lost its authentic modernist features.

The residential property at nos. 32 and 34 Kranjčevićeva St. was originally a residential duplex built immediately after World War II to an original planning design by the Railway Workers’ Cooperative on the basis of the parcelization of the area previously adopted. The building is of much less architectural value and execution compared with the villas built before World War II. The flats were smaller and more basic. The basement usually housed a laundry-room and fuel store. Similar duplexes were built at the same time on Kalemova St. at nos. 26 and 28 (surviving authentic architecture) and no. 22 (original form later significantly altered).  Duplexes of this kind were designed as simple cuboid buildings with shallow-pitched hipped roofs(69).

The building at no. 34 Kranjčevićeva St., with a footprint of 9.00 x 9.00 m and four storeys (basement, ground, two upper floors) has retained its original form, with its characteristic circular column on the second-floor veranda. To the east, the building at no. 32 Kranjčevićeva St. has been much altered, losing all the features of its original architecture. Converted to a hotel, it was given an additional storey, and an extension to the basement and ground floor was built to the south, facing the street, housing a self-service store. In addition, the entire woodwork was replaced, and the building was given a flat roof. Aesthetically, formally and in size, the building is detrimental to the overall townscape value of the neighbourhood.

Tešanjska St. branches off uphill to the north-west at the western end of Kranjčevićeva St. The first 60 metres of the street belong to the estate, with the following buildings.

The block of flats at no. 2 Tešanjska St. (c.p. no. 990) was designed in the spirit of the modern movement when the Crni Vrh development(70) was first being built in the 1930s. It is rectangular in plan, with sides of 10.00 x 15.00 m, and has four storeys (basement, ground, two upper floors), with a flat roof to the south and a pent roof to the north. The south façade, facing onto Kranjčevićeva St., has two two-light windows on each floor, and to the south-east are recessed loggias, the one at raised ground-floor level later glazed. Its state of preservation has been compromised by the addition of an entrance area at basement level, facing onto Kranjčevićeva St(71). This extension is covered by an open surface serving as a flat terrace, while inside are business premises with neon signs of inappropriate form and colour(72).

The block of flats at no. 4 Tešanjska St. was finally completed after World War II(73), but was built according to the general guidelines of the adopted urban planning principles for Crni Vrh development(74). In its original form, it had all the features of the modern movement and was of great townscape value. It originally had three storeys (basement, ground, first), with recessed loggias to the south-west, carried on square pillars; the south façade had two ranks of four-light windows.  At the end of the first decade of the 21st century the original form was altered, significantly diminishing the building’s documentary and aesthetic value. Though the footprint remains unchanged at 12.00 x 12.00 m, an attic storey has been added, the loggias to the south-west have been closed in, and the original colour scheme has been changed to an inappropriate two-tone pink scheme.

Kranjčevićeva St. and Kalemova St. are linked by the stone steps of Halida Nazečića St., consisting of 160 steps and 21 resting places, with a length of 90 m and a width of 3.80 m; the central section has a metal railing with a handrail. The following buildings are located on the east side of the street.

The villa at no. 6 Halida Nazečića St. (c.p. no. 923), with a footprint of 10.00 x 12.00 m, sits in its own plot of 25 x 18 m. It has four storeys (basement, ground, two upper floors), of which only half the usable space is in use in the basement and on the second floor)(75). A feature of the building is its wide views to the south and sizeable garden. It was originally built for the owners, Slavko Hajnski and Moše Atias. The building has no vehicular access, since the road consists of the steps connecting Kranjčevićeva St. to the south and Kalemova St. above, to the north. The building is not in use.

The villa at no. 2 Halida Nazečića St. (c.p. nos. 921 and 922), measuring 13.00 x 9.00 m, sits in its own plot of 23 x 19 m. It has four storeys (basement, ground, two upper floors), and was originally built for the owner, engineer Viktor Sijaskijević. A feature of the building, designed in the full spirit of the modern movement, is its exposure to the sun and wide views of the city. It is in use and, like no. 6, has no vehicular access(76). A glazed terrace has been added to the south-west, and much of the original woodwork has been replaced.

 

3. Legal status to date

The Crni Vrh development forms part of the Urban Townscape of Sarajevo, which is on the Provisional List of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments under serial no. 546.

According to the Institute for the Protection of Monuments under the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport(77), the Crni Vrh development in Sarajevo, dating from between the two world wars, was not on the register of cultural monuments.

 

4. Research and conservation-restoration works

Nothing is known of any particular investigative or conservation-restoration works associated with the Crni Vrh development in Sarajevo dating from between the two world wars.

In November 2010 the Planning Development Authority of Sarajevo Canton completed the Crni Vrh Master Plan(78). This consists of a textual explanation and drawings. The textual explanation deals with the following:

1. Current condition

1.1. Natural conditions

1.2. Man-made conditions

2. Relationship to higher-ranking plan

3. Spatial layout concept

4. Use of space

5. Occupancy and population

6. Social infrastructure

7. Traffic

8. Communal services infrastructure

9. Greenery

10. Interventions to the existing buildings stock

11. Urbanistic and technical indicators

The drawings consist of:

A. Current condition

1. Excerpt from Urbanistic plan 1:5000

2. Updated geodetic survey 1:1000

3. Detailed engineering and geological map 1:1000

4. Current condition – use, number of storeys and categories of buildings 1:1000

5. Ownership 1:1000

6. Map of demolitions 1:1000

B. Projected development

7. Planned use of space 1:1000

8. Urbanistic design – use, number of storeys and disposition of buildings 1:1000

9. Network of regulatory and building lines

The planning area of the Crni Vrh master Plan is bounded by:

-          Alipašina St. to the east

-          the buildings along Halida Kajtaza and Crni Vrh streets to the west

-          Omera Stupca and Gorica Sts. to the north

-          Silvija Strahimira Kranjčevića St. to the south.

The area of 23.31 ha covers parts of the administrative territory of Centar Municipality. It is about 500 m in length from north to south, from Gorica to the beginning of Odobašina St, and about 100 m long to the west, by the new Avaz skyscraper in Tešanjska St. The east-west length along Kranjčevića and Kalemova Streets is about 800 m, with about 150 m at Gorica. The altitude ranges from 535 to 450 m along the southern stretch of Kranjčevićeva St. to 545 m to the north-west at Tešanjska St. and 570-580 m at Gorica to the north-east of the area(79).

The urbanistic plan for the city of Sarajevo for the urban area of Sarajevo for the period 1986 to 2015 prescribes the use of the planning area: mixed residential for area 1.2-11 Crni Vrh, mixed residential and commercial for area 1.4-5, Urban Centre, and commercial for area 1.5-6, Crni Vrh.

The purpose of developing the plan was to reconsider the spatial layout given in the Crni Vrh Master Plan (Official Gazette of the City of Sarajevo no. 9/91). Since it is impossible to execute the previous planning solutions (resolution of proprietary rights for previously planned blocks of flats), it has been proposed that a new plan be developed, which would in essence remedy the current condition (except of existing buildings are on the routes and corridors of higher-ranking plans – the Urbanistic Plan for the City of Sarajevo for the urban area of Sarajevo for the period 1986 to 2015, or if they are on markedly unstable land or on a site earmarked for other use).

The proposed solution provides for the construction of 11 new buildings (detached houses, small blocks of flats and two office blocks), ranging in number of storeys from basement and ground floor to basement, ground and three upper floors, with a GBA of 2631 sq.m.

With the replacement of the buildings stock and within the boundaries of the site in question, the existing GBA of 4004 sq.m. is increased to 11599 sq.m. of projected GBA.

The plan provides for the reconstruction of the dimensions of the existing roads network, to meet the minimal legally prescribed dimensions of the transverse profile of vehicular streets and the radius of crossroads and bends necessary for the technically proper movement of road traffic. Parking for all the newly-planned properties is provided for within the relevant plots, the footprint of the building or one or more underground multistorey car parks.

Provision is made in regard to all the existing buildings retained by the Plan for possible reconstruction, remedial works, redesign, or enlargement by extension or the addition of storeys, if space permits, i.e. if the planned intervention does not compromise the living conditions in neighbouring buildings. Interventions on the buildings retained by the Plan which are designated as properties of cultural significance and built heritage in the Study for the protection of the cultural and natural heritage shall be given on the basis of the opinion of the Cantonal Institute for the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of Sarajevo.

The following urbanistic and technical indicators have been obtained by defining the spaces within the boundaries of the Plan:

-          Total area covered--------------------------------------------------------------------------------23.31 ha

-          Total number of occupants----------------------------------------------------------------- 5260

-          Population density-------------------------------------------------------------------------------226 per ha

-          Total ground-plan area of buildings------------------------------------------------------65 221 m²

-          Built ground plan area-----------------------------------------------------------------------59 651 m²

-          Planned  ground plan area-------------------------------------------------------------------5 570 m²

-          Total gross building area of the properties-------------------------------------------238 909 m²

-          Built gross building area ------------------------------------------------------------------220 672 m²

-          Planned gross building area ---------------------------------------------------------------18 237 m²

-          Built-up percentage (Pi)---------------------------------------------------------------------------28%

-          Built-up coefficient------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.02

In December 2010 the Sarajevo City Council adopted a Decision on the Implementation of the Crni Vrh Master Plan(80).

In November 2009 the Institute for the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of Sarajevo Canton completed a Study on the protection of the cultural and natural heritage for the Crni Vrh Master Plan, which provided recommendations for future interventions for zone 4 – urban layout formed during the inter-war period – Crni Vrh development(81). To continue building villas, preserving the green areas and purity of architectural style. Of particular value is a range of buildings in the style of the modern movement along Kranjčevićeva St. of considerable architectural and townscape value, which constitute endangered cultural heritage properties, and for which the protection authority seeks the strictest protection regime. Along with the preservation of the architectural (stylistic) and townscape values of the existing architecture, in the case of new builds a model of detached buildings is recommended, with the use of pure functional modern architecture. The fifth façade of the development should display simple roof forms – flat roofs (or shallow-pitched pent roofs) or shallow-pitched hipped roofs in the northern part of the development. Gabled and mansard roofs are inappropriate architectural elements in the Crni Vrh development. An optimal visible height of two storeys (ground and one upper floor) or a maximum of three where the lie of the land and the setting allow.

The section entitled Analysis of current condition of the Study on the protection of the cultural and natural heritage for the Crni Vrh Master Plan states that the area covered includes buildings dating from the Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, inter-war and post-war periods(82).

 

5. Current condition of the property

The Crni Vrh architectural ensemble, by which is meant the partly built-up development in the style of the modern movement pursuant to the 1930s master plan, is a partly preserved residential development compromised by inappropriate recent interventions. The development has suffered degradation from the fact that some buildings in Kranjčevićeva St. (the Kosić Villa) have been demolished and others (the Mate Bajlon Villa) have been irreversibly altered.

The area contains buildings of the inter-war period that have survived more or less in their original form. The original street layout has been preserved (Kalemova St., the steps in Halida Nazečića St. and even Kranjčevićeva St.), giving the architectural ensemble particular value. The preservation of the architectural ensemble has been furthered by building immediately after World War II on plots where no buildings were erected prior to 1941, since their form, function and footprint did not clash with the development as a whole.

The current condition of the architectural ensemble would suffer further degradation if parts of the current master plan providing for the widening of Kalemova St. to the north(83) were to be implemented, which would entail the destruction of green areas and the outer walls of the plots of the villas to which they belong, as well as the demolition of the Corn Villa on the south side of Kalemova Street and the construction of a modern block of flats on the site.

 

6. Specific risks

Danger of degradation of the site by unchecked construction.

 

III – CONCLUSION

Applying the Criteria for the adoption of a decision on proclaiming an item of property a national monument (Official Gazette of BiH nos. 33/02 and 15/03), the Commission has enacted the Decision cited above.

The Decision was based on the following criteria:

A.         Time frame

B.         Historical value

C.         Artistic and aesthetic value

C.i.       quality of workmanship

C.ii.      quality of materials

C.iii.      proportions

C.iv.      composition

C.v.       value of details

D.         Clarity (documentary, scientific and educational value)

D.ii.      evidence of historical change

D.iii.      work of a major artist or builder

D.v.       evidence of a typical way of life at a specific period

E.         Symbolic value

E.v.       significance for the identity of a group of people

F.         Townscape/ Landscape value

F.ii.       meaning in the townscape

F.iii.      the building or group of buildings is part of a group or site

G.         Authenticity

G.i.       form and design

G.ii.      material and content

G.iii.     use and function

G.v.      location and setting

H.         Rarity and representativity

H.i.       unique or rare example of a certain type or style

I.          Completeness

I.i.         physical coherence

I.ii.        homogeneity

I.iii.       completeness

 

The following documents form an integral part of this Decision:

-          Ownership documentation

-         Copies of cadastral plan nos. 930/1 and 930/2 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 853 (part) and c.p. no. 2939 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 931/1 and 931/2  c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 853 and 854 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 929 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 852 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 928 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 1100 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 927 and 926 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 851 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 916 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 876 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 917 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 875 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 918 and 919 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 874 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 923 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 872 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 924 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 873 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 967 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 888 and 889 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 968  c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 890 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 973 and 974 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 887 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 975 and 976 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 886 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 978 and 977 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 1033 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 971 and 972 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 880 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 983/2 and 983/1 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 1126, 1001 (part), 2429, 2430 and 884 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 983/3 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 2431 and 2432 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 982 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 1001 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 981 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 885 (part) and 882 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 985/1 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 800 (part), 161 (part) and c.p. no. 883 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 990 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 808, 1057 and 1056 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 985/2 and 985/3 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 2665 and 2512 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 984/1 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 800 (part), 161 (part) and 883 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 984/2 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 2735 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 980/1 and 980/3 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 882 (part) and c.p. no. 2397 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 979/1 and 979/2 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 881 and 2652 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 970 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 879 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 969 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no.  806 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 920/1 and 920/11 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 805 and 2170 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 920/10, 920/9, 920/8, 920/7, 920/6, 920/5, 920/4, 920/3, 920/2 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 2162, 2164, 2165, 2166, 2167, 2161 and 2163 (created out of c.p. no. 805) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 921 and 922 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no.. 870 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey);

Cadastral plot (buffer zone) nos. 279 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 801 (part) and 161 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 278 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 801 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 277 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos801. (part) and 161 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 276 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 1019 and 1278 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 986/3 and 986/2 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 2639 and 2640 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 986/1 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 812 and 2639 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 987 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey), corresponding to c.p. nos. 2644, 800 (part) and 161 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 989  c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 809 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 990 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 808, 1057 and 1056 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 961 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 868 (part) and 1090 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 964 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 846 (part) and 847 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 1209 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 161 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 960 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 867 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 963 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 868 (part), 1090 (part), 846 (part), 867 (part), 847 (part), 848 (part), 849 (part) and 850 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 965 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 847 (part), 848 (part) and 849 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey);  959 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 866 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 925 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 849 (part) and 850 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 958 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 863 (part) and 1014 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 957/1 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 1014 (part), 863 (part), 862 (part), 861 (part), 860 (part), 859 (part), 1144 (part) and 850 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 956 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 863 (part) and 862 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 955 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 861 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 954 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 860 (part) and 859 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 957/2 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 850 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV and c.p. no.. 251 c.m. Centar Sarajevo LI (old survey); 932 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 855 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 933 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 856 and 1146 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV (old survey); 934 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 857 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV and c.p. no. 235. (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LII (old survey); 937 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 857 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LIV and c.p. no. 235 (part), 234 (part) and 241 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LII (old survey); 935 c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. no. 234 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LII (old survey); 936  c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey) corresponding to c.p. nos. 235 (part) and 241 (part) c.m. Centar Sarajevo LII (old survey), plan nos.: Sarajevo – 146 and 147; Scale 1:1000, issued on 18 October 2011 by the Department of Proprietary Rights, Geodetic Affairs and Cadastre of Centar Municipality, Sarajevo Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina;

-         Land Register entries for the above plots, c.m. Sarajevo LIV, LI and LII, Nar.no. 065-0-RZ-11-4668 of 2 November 2011 by the Land Registry Office of the Municipal Court in Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

-         Land Register entries with past history, no. 413 c.m. Sarajevo mahala LIV; no. 398 c.m. Sarajevo mahala LIV; no. 393 c.m. Sarajevo mahala LIV (e. 861); no. 416 c.m. Sarajevo mahala LIV; no. 397 c.m. Sarajevo mahala LIV; no. 396 c.m. Sarajevo mahala LIV (el. 807); no. 397 c.m. Sarajevo mahala LIV; no. 396 c.m. Sarajevo mahala LIV (el. 807); no. 441 c.m. Sarajevo mahala LIV (el. 591); no. 407 c.m. Sarajevo mahala LIV (el. 438); no. 409 c.m. Sarajevo mahala LIV (el. 418); no. 535 c.m. Sarajevo mahala LIV; no. 419 c.m. Sarajevo mahala LIV; no. 456 c.m. Sarajevo mahala LIV; no. 414 c.m. Sarajevo mahala LIV; no. 440 c.m. Sarajevo mahala LIV; no. 415 c.m. Sarajevo mahala LIV, Nar. br. 065-0-RZ-11-5263  dated 5 December 2011, issued by the Land Registry office of the Municipal Court in Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

-          Documentation on previous protection

-         Sanda Pudarić, project leader: Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Institute for the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of Sarajevo Canton, Sarajevo, November 2009

-         Letter ref. 07-40-4-2802-1/11 from the Institute for the Protection of Monuments under the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport, dated 12 July 2011

-          Photodocumentation

-         Historical photographs of the development taken between the two world wars – Crni Vrh in Sarajevo. Source, Institute for the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of Sarajevo Canton, Sarajevo, and Nikola Kalem. Spomenica desetogodišnjeg rada Željezničke kreditne i potporne zadruge Z.S.O.J.U. u Sarajevu, 1923-1933 (Tenth Anniversary Commemoration of the Railway Workers’ Loans and Aid Cooperative Z.S.O.J.U. in Sarajevo, 1923-1933). Sarajevo: published by the Railway Workers’ Loans and Aid Cooperative Z.S.O.J.U. in Sarajevo, 1934

-         Historical photographs of the Perinović house in Kalemova street, 1960s. Source: the private collection of the Perinović family of Kalemova St., Sarajevo, 2011

-         Historical photographs from the private collection of tenant Ljerka Danon, Sarajevo October 2011

-         Photographs of the inter-war Crni Vrh development in Sarajevo taken by architect Adi Ćorović on 15 September 2011 using Sony DSC – H10 digital camera.

-          Technical documentation

-         Stjepan Planić. Projekat vile g. Vladimira Perinovića na Crnom Vrhu u Sarajevu. Zagreb, 1938. Source: the private collection of the Perinović family of Kalemova St., Sarajevo, 2011

-         Dženita Šehovac, BSc.Arch. and Nataša Pelja-Tabori, BSc.Arch., accountable planners. Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Development Planning Authority of Canton Sarajevo, November 2010

-         1932 draft Master Plan for Crni Vrh. Source: Nikola Kalem. Spomenica desetogodišnjeg rada Željezničke kreditne i potporne zadruge Z.S.O.J.U. u Sarajevu, 1923-1933. Sarajevo: published by the Railway Workers’ Loans and Aid Cooperative Z.S.O.J.U. in Sarajevo, 1934

-         Blueprints of the Bajlon villa on Kranjčevićeva St., 1933. P. Milošević. Mate Bajlon, arhitekta. Belgrade: Zadužbina Andrejević, May 2007

-          Other documentation

-         Željko Ler, chair of the City Council. Odluka o provođenju regulacionog plana „Crni Vrh (Decision on the implementation of the Crni Vrh master plan), Sarajevo: City Authority, 28 December 2010

-         Statement in writing by tenant Ljerka Danon-Latal, i.d. card no. 03BRCO587, unique i.d. no. 0602929175926, Sarajevo, 21 September 2011

-         Statement in writing by tenant Meho Elezović of no. 20 Kalemova St., Sarajevo, 12 October 2011

 

Bibliography

During the procedure to designate the property as a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina the following works were consulted:

 

1934.    Kalem, Nikola. Spomenica desetogodišnjeg rada Željezničke kreditne i potporne zadruge Z.S.O.J.U. u Sarajevu, 1923-1933 (Tenth Anniversary Commemoration of the Railway Workers’ Loans and Aid Cooperative Z.S.O.J.U. in Sarajevo, 1923-1933). Sarajevo: published by the Railway Workers’ Loans and Aid Cooperative Z.S.O.J.U. in Sarajevo, 1934.

 

1973.    Bejtić, Alija. Ulice i trgovi Sarajeva (Streets and squares of Sarajevo). Sarajevo: Muzej grada Sarajeva, 1973.

 

1988.    Spasojević, Borislav. Arhitektura stambenih palata austrougarskog perioda u Sarajevu (Architecture of mansion blocks of the Austro-Hungarian period in Sarajevo). Sarajevo: Svjetlost, 1988.

 

1991.    Kreševljaković, Hamdija. Izabrana djela IV (Prilozi za političku istoriju BiH u XVIII i XIX stoljeću), Sarajevo u doba okupacije 1878 (Selected Works IV [Contributions to the political history of BiH in the 18th and 19th centuries], Sarajevo during the occupation of 1878). Sarajevo: Veselin Masleša, 1991.

 

1996.    Zlatar, Behija. Zlatni period Sarajeva (Sarajevo’s Golden Age). Sarajevo: Svjetlost, 1996.

 

1997.    Milošević, Predrag. Arhitektura u kraljevini Jugoslaviji (Sarajevo 1918 -1941) (Architecture in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia [Sarajevo 1918-1941]). Foča: Prosvjeta, 1997.

 

2004.    Academician Ivan Kožarić, editor-in-chief, and Radovan Ivančević. Impressum izložbe Stjepan Planić 1900-1980., iz arhive arhitekta. Biografija i Stjepan Planić i avangarda hrvatske arhitekture tridesetih godina (Colophon of the Stjepan Planić exhibition, 1900-1980, from the architect’s archives.  Biography and Stjepan Planić and Croatian avantgarde architecture of the 1930s). Zagreb: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti – Gliptoteka, Institut za povijest umjetnosti, 2004.

 

2007.    Milošević, Predrag. Mate Bajlon, arhitekta. Belgrade: Zadužbina Andrejević, May 2007.

 

2007     Decision designating the historic Marijin Dvor building in Sarajevo as a national monument, adopted at a session of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments held in Sarajevo from 20 to 27 November 2007

 

2009     Decision designating the historic building of the Damić house at no. 10 Radićeva St. In Sarajevo, adopted at a session of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments held in Sarajevo from 12 to 18 May 2009


(1) Alija Bejtić, Ulice i trgovi Sarajeva, Sarajevo: Muzej grada Sarajeva 1973, 206, 207.

(2) Behija Zlatar, Zlatno doba Sarajeva, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, 1996, 28

Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 4

(3) As a road, the street dates back to mediaeval times, and perhaps even earlier, as it features in 1462 under the name Sušica in Isa-bey's vakufnama, designating a cluster of arable fields in that area. The name Sušica remained in use until 1921, when it was renamed in honour of the famous Croatian poet Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević (1865-1908), whose mature works date from his time in Sarajevo, where he died. Alija Bejtić, op.cit., Sarajevo: 1973, 223, 224.

(4) Borislav Spasojević, Arhitektura stambenih palata austrougarskog perioda u Sarajevu, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, 1988, 13.

(5) Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 8.

(6) Hamdija Kreševljaković, Izabrana djela IV (Prilozi za političku istoriju BiH u XVIII i XIX stoljeću), Sarajevo u doba okupacije 1878, Sarajevo: Veselin Masleša 1991, 109-112.

The street extending to the east of Kalemova St., known as Avde Jabučice St., dates from 1915, when it was known as Vijuge. It was renamed Crni Vrh in 1919, and received its present name in 1931, after the mechanic responsible for repairing the cannons of the troops mounting resistance to the entry of the Austro-Hungarian army into Sarajevo in 1878. Once the Austro-Hungarian had entered the city in 1878, Avdo Jabučica was executed by firing squad on the site now occupied by the street. Alija Bejtić, op.cit., Sarajevo: 1973, 88.

Sarajevo: Arhiv grada Sarajeva, 1969, 14.

Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009.

(7) Alija Bejtić, op.cit., Sarajevo, 1973, 356.

(8) Predrag Milošević, Arhitektura u kraljevini Jugoslaviji (Sarajevo 1918 -1941), Foča: Prosvjeta, 1997, 105.

(9) Stjepan Planić, Projekat vile g. Vladimira Perinovića na Crnom Vrhu u Sarajevu, Zagreb, 1938.

(10) Nikola Kalem, Spomenica desetogodišnjeg rada Željezničke kreditne i potporne zadruge Z.S.O.J.U. u Sarajevu, 1923-1933, Sarajevo: Izdanje Željezničke kreditne i potporne zadruge Z.S.O.J.U. u Sarajevu, 1934, 7.

(11) Nikola Kalem, op.cit., Sarajevo, 1934, 42.

(12) Nikola Kalem, op.cit., Sarajevo, 1934, 86.

(13) Nikola Kalem, op.cit., Sarajevo, 1934, 6.

(14) Nikola Kalem, op.cit., Sarajevo, 1934, 7, 8.

(15) Nikola Kalem, op.cit., Sarajevo, 1934, 12.

(16) In 1930 the two societies signed Rules on Cooperation, under the terms of which the Railway Workers' Cooperative would provide all its members with mortgages to build houses. These loans were made available to the Housing Association for the building works and for building houses for the members. - Nikola Kalem, op.cit., Sarajevo, 1934, 87.

(17) Nikola Kalem, op.cit., Sarajevo, 1934, 86.

(18) Loans were also approved to build 14 houses for the Cooperative in Novo Sarajevo. The scale of the financial crisis that year was such that financial institutions were viewed with mistrust the world over, and many people withdrew their savings. This did not affect the Railway Workers' Cooperative, whose members appreciated the difference between the banking system and the cooperative movement. - Nikola Kalem, op.cit., Sarajevo, 1934, 34, 35.

(19) Nikola Kalem, op.cit., Sarajevo, 1934, 86.

(20) The designs produced by Sarajevo's architects at that time were an example of successful reconciliation between the interests of investors and the creative aspirations of the designers. Even when designing rental housing, whether infills or detached, these architects held to the principles on which the new perception of architecture was based: exposure to the sun, wide views, contact with green city park areas and streets, and a layout of the flat or house as a functional entity with the most direct communication possible between the different rooms. These ideas marked a significant advance in the architecture of housing blocks in Sarajevo and in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a whole. - Predrag Milošević, Arhitektura u kraljevini Jugoslaviji (Sarajevo 1918-1941), Foča: Prosvjeta, 1997, 134.

(21) A major shift in the perception of residential architecture began in 1926, when the new generation of architects, training in forward-looking central European schools of architecture, introduced new ideas. This was a time when almost every type of building being erected in other European countries (administrative, commercial, residential, stadiums, banks, post offices, hospitals, barracks and places of worship) was also going up in Sarajevo. Residential properties accounted for the greater number of these. - Predrag Milošević, op.cit., Foča, 1997, 134.

(22) Six new houses were also financed in Novo Sarajevo. - Nikola Kalem, op.cit., Sarajevo, 1934, 42.

(23) The construction of this property strengthened the Railway Workers' Cooperative, which thereby received a secure return on the part of its capital invested in its own properties. - Nikola Kalem, op.cit., Sarajevo, 1934, 42.

(24) Decision designating the historic Marijin Dvor building in Sarajevo as a national monument, adopted at a session of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments held in Sarajevo from 20 to 27 November 2007.

(25) The estate suffered a good deal of damage from Allied bombing, as well as from the actions of the Nazi regime, which held a negative view of this kind of design. Even so, its preservation and statutory protection reveals a civilized attitude towards the heritage of modernist architecture and town planning in Europe. Le Corbusier's villa in the estate is now the Weissenhof Museum. The clean cubic forms, the pure relationship between solid and void, the large roof terraces and green areas, are all typical of the architecture of the International Style, which was eagerly embraced by our architects at that time. Here it is only in the Crni Vrh estate that one can experience a wholly ignorant attitude towards this architecture and urbanism. The estate may be compared with the Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart (1927), in which such greats of European modernism as Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and Scharoun, among others, were involved. Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 49-51.

(26) Dušan Smiljanić was born in Trnovo on 17 March 1895 and died in Sarajevo on 27 March 1983. He matriculated from the Great Grammar School in Sarajevo in 1914, at which time he was a member of Mlada Bosna. After World War I he enrolled at the Faculty of Architecture in Prague, graduating in 1923. From then until 1926 he taught at the Secondary Technical School in Sarajevo and also worked as a designer; some of his pupils later became leading figures of modernism, among them the Kadić brother, Finci and Kabiljo. In 1926 Smiljanić began working as an architect for the City Authority; during his time there, he produced some of his most important designs, such as the Damić house, the school on Logavina St. and the Egipat Children's Home in Bjelave. From 1929 to 1935 he found himself working as an engineering contractor, building numerous properties throughout BiH. He ran his own design studio from 1935 to 1939, working with other architects to continue his successful career in architecture. After 1945 he returned to Sarajevo, and in 1949 he was appointed as a professor at the newly-founded Faculty of Architecture in Sarajevo. 

Dušan Smiljanić's interwar works may be regarded as the beginnings of modernism in Sarajevo, based on the tried and tested values of the Prague school of architecture. Predrag Milošević, op.cit., Foča 1997, 287-289.

Decision designating the historic building of the Damić house at no. 10 Radićeva St. In Sarajevo, adopted at a session of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments held in Sarajevo from 12 to 18 May 2009.

(27) Predrag Milošević, op.cit., Foča, 1997, 240.

(28) Predrag Milošević, op.cit., Foča, 1997, 240.

(29) Bruno Tartalja began his career as a statics engineer for the Kaps & Miler firm in Prague. He spent much of the rest of his professional career in Zagreb. Predrag Milošević, op.cit., Foča, 1997, 316.

(30) These two architects who entered the Sarajevo competition lived, respectively, in Sv. Juraj pod Kum and Murska Sobota. Predrag Milošević, op.cit., Foča, 1997, 319.

(31) Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 49.

(32) Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 49.

(33) Alija Bejtić, op.cit., Sarajevo,1973, 206, 207.

(34) Kranjčevićeva St. was then paved with granite setts. - Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009.

(35) This is because it was less exposed to artillery and sniper fire than Tito St. and Zmaja od Bosne St, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009.

(36) The street acquired its name only in 1937, in due recognition of the cooperative worker Nikola Kalem, born in Otesi near Stup and tragically dying in Split in 1938. Alija Bejtić, op.cit., Sarajevo, 1973, 206, 207.

(37) The street of steps between Kranjčevićeva St. and Kalemova St. dates from the time when the Crni Vrh estate was being built, as envisaged in the previously adopted master plan. After 1945 it was called Stepenište, then Mala Kalemova St., and later Kranjčevićevo Steps. Alija Bejtić, op.cit., Sarajevo, 1973, 224. After the 1992-1995 war it was renamed Halida Nazečića St.

(38) The original master plan reveals the intention of the town planners of the time to open up one more transverse street of steps to the west, parallel with Halida Nazečića St., to connect Kranjčevićeva St. and Tešanjska St. These steps were never built, probably because not all the housing units had been built by the time World War II broke out, and the existing roads infrastructure was adequate to meet the needs of the residents at the time. Further evidence if this may be seen in the fact that it was not until after World War II, when the number of housing units and the population of the estate increased, that the need was felt for a link with Avde Jabučice St. to the east.

(39) Until 2011 there was another valuable example of a detached house (the Kosić Villa) along this same stretch, which has since been demolished

(40) A row of seven rectangular blocks of flats consisting of basement, ground floor and two upper storeys, with hipped roofs, were built on this street after World War II. These do not clash with the townscape in form or size

(41) The site of these buildings is in the buffer zone, and the buildings themselves do not clash with the architectural ensemble. The area north of Omera Stupca St. was earmarked in the original Master Plan for detached houses.

(42) The indigenous inhabitants called Kalemova St. the Sarajevo Stradun (with reference to the famous Stradun in Dubrovnik), because it was so well laid out and landscaped and on account of its well-ordered buildings.  Written statement by tenant Meho Elezović of no. 20 Kalemova St., Sarajevo, 12 October 2011

(43) Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 42.

(44) During World War II the building housed the central German Gestapo – written statement by Kalemova St. tenant Ljerka Danon-Latal, i.d. card no. 03BRCO587, unique i.d. no. 0602929175926, Sarajevo 21 September 2011.

(45) Stjepan Planić (1900-1980) was born in Zagreb to a bricklayers’ family. He graduated from the State Secondary Technical School in 1920, and gained his first experience in the studio of architect R. Lubinski, after which he enrolled at the State Art Academy in Zagreb to study architecture. Here his professional training led him in the direction of functionalist poetics, but also of socially-committed work. In 1935 he built the Tomislav Centre, the twin Belaj-Veble Villa and the circular Furhmann Villa in Zagreb, followed in 1939 by a contrasting extension to the Secessionist Honigsberg and Deutsch corner block. After World War II he continued working at the Ministry of Construction, and in 1966 built a house – a cube clad with violet brick – in Novakova St. in Zagreb. In 1971 he built an extension to the church complex in Manja Bistrica, and in 1971 received the Viktor Kovačić lifetime achievement award. Stjepan Planić is one of Croatia’s leading 20th century architects designing in the spirit of the modern movement. Academician Ivan Kožarić, editor-in-chief, and Radovan Ivančević. Impressum izložbe Stjepan Planić 1900-1980, iz arhive arhitekta. Biografija i Stjepan Planić i avangarda hrvatske arhitekture tridesetih godina. Zagreb: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti – Gliptoteka, Institut za povijest umjetnosti, 2004, 5, 65-75.

(46) …the roof structure specially designed for a potential thick covering of snow. – Stjepan Planić, Tehnički opis, vila g. Vladimira Perinovića na Crnom Vrhu u Sarajevu, Zagreb, 1938.

(47) Stjepan Planić, Projekat vile g. Vladimira Perinovića na Crnom Vrhu u Sarajevu, Zagreb, 1938.

(48) The buildings at nos. 20, 22 and 26 Kalemova St. were built in 1950, and no. 24 in 1963.

(49) Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 41.

(50) Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 41.

(51) Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 42.

(52) Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 42.

(53) Written statement by tenant Ljerka Danon, Sarajevo 21 September 2011.

(54) The north façade, where the entrance is located, is restrained, whereas the south and east façades, facing the city, are exuberant, with free forms, terraces, arched oriels and bands of windows. - Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009.

(55) The greatest damage has been caused by reducing the space around the house to a footpath 1.5 m in width around the house. The protection authority cannot speculate on the reasons for separating the garden from the house, but a reading of the updated geodetic survey reveals that the garden plot (983/1) and the adjoining plots (983/2 and 983/3) bear the same number, giving grounds for assuming that there are plans for a large building that could disrupt the entire townscape. - Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 43.

(56) No. 9 Kalemova St. was built in 1950, and no. 11 in 1969.

(57) Judging from the plans showing the buildings by period of construction in the Separata zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“ drawn up by the Institute for the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of Sarajevo Canton in 2009, the building at no. 13 Kalemova St. (of which the first owners was probably engineer S. Bijena) was originally built between the two world wars. The on-site inspection revealed that the building was irreversibly remodelled in the latter half of the 20th and early 21st century, and can no longer be classed as an inter-war building.

(58)  Predrag Milošević, op.cit., Foča, 1997, 144.

(59) Franjo Lavrenčić (Ljubljana 1904 – Austria 1965) won first prize for the Post Office Savings Bank in 1923, while still at the Secondary Technical School in Ljubljana. In 1928 he enrolled at the Faculty of Architecture in Prague, but left in his first year, as he “wanted to create architecture.” From then until 1931, when he came to Sarajevo, he entered a number of architectural competitions, winning prizes in Ljubljana, Zagreb and Belgrade. From 1932 to 1942 he designed a number of major buildings in the modernist style in Sarajevo, the first of which was the housing block on Kranjčevićeva St. He later built houses for I. Kapetanović in Podhrastovi, Leon Kamhi, the Finci brothers, a house for Pesah, a leather merchant, on Gundulićeva St., etc. in 1934/35 his competition designs for the Gajret Centre on present-day Branilaca Sarajeva St. and the Sokol Centre on Mis Irbina St. were purchased. At this time, too, he completed his design for St Joseph’s Church in Marijin Dvor, which was not built. In 1936 he won the competition for the Teachers’ Centre on present-day Alipašina St., in which the Radnik cinema was later housed. 1939 saw the execution of his first-prize-winning designs for the Graphic Designers’ Centre on A. Cesarca St. and the building that now houses the Faculty of Forestry. He built a number of properties in Zagreb and Tuzla in the post-war period. Predrag Milošević, op.cit., Foča, 1997, 301, 302.

(60) Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 45.

(61) Since architect Stjepan Planić also designed a hipped roof for the Perinović Villa on Kalemova St., it seems that the designers of the Crni Vrh development between the two world wars frequently sought to make the connection between modern and traditional architecture in this part of the city.

(62) Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 46-

(63) Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 46.

(64) Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 47.

(65) Despite this, the site where the original building was erected between the two world wars is of outstanding townscape importance for the architectural ensemble, and is therefore subject to protection level 1.

(66) Mate Bajlon said of his own house and design, “My own house, the M.B. house below Crni Vrh in Sarajevo, was built in 1933 on a steep slope, facing south with a fine view, which had a direct impact on the entire design. Thanks to these circumstances, an unbroken circular connection room to room was achieved in the house, isolated from the street and surrounded by a garden for private family life – over a small bridge – as well as the complete isolation from street life of the upper floor, by means of a terrace along the entire street front. Full agreement was reached with the neighbours as to the placing of the side windows. The lower part of the ground floor contained a studio interconnecting with the flat, and an outlet was also installed for the service quarters of the house.” - Predrag Milošević, op.cit., Foča, 1997, 107.

(67) Mate Bajlon was born in Kaštel Kambelovac on 3 February 1903, and died in Belgrade on 21 June 1995. He graduated from the Department of Architecture of the Technical College in Vienna in 1926. From 1 December 1926 to 6 August 1927 he worked in Vienna under Professor Clemens Holtzmeister, where he produced his first competition entry. He lived and worked in Sarajevo from 1928 to 1943, first in the Directorate of the State Railways, and then for the City Authority. This was also the most creative period of his professional career, and his designs have left their mark on the urban matrix of Sarajevo, visible to this day.  While working in the Railways Directorate, Bajlon was involved in building blocks of flats in Marijin Dvor and Novo Sarajevo. His later designs show an affinity for pure form, clear volumes and a leaning towards the international style. He began some ambitious designs for Makarska, Gradac, Jahorina, Trebević and elsewhere during this period, some of which came to fruition while others did not. His first detached house in Sarajevo was built on Čemerlina St. for a lawyer, Jelavić. He designed a studio house with atrium in 1927-29, an outline design for the type basis for the master plan for Gradac in Dalmatia in 1928 (a peasant house, a house that grows). In 1931 he built the Jelavić Villa on S. Markovića St. in Sarajevo, and in 1932 Dane Cvitković's house in Jug Bogdanova St. in Sarajevo. From 1932 to 1934 he designed the Kušan house at no. 40 Kralja Tomislava St. (now Koševska St.) in Sarajevo, and built his own house in Kranjčevićeva St., Sarajevo, in 1933. During this same period he also built the E. Levi block of flats on the corner of M. Bušatlije and Boriše Kovačevića Sts (1935), the Nanić block of flats on the corner of Kralja Tomislava and Kapetanovićeva Sts. (1940), and the mixed-use building of the Melaha Loans Cooperative, Šaloma Albaharija, Sarajevo (1936). He designed the City Savings Bank in Kralja Petra St (now Zelenih beretki St.) in Sarajevo in 1929-32, and the City Clinic in Sarajevo in 1929. His designs for schools include the primary school in Nemanjina St (now Čekaluša St.), Sarajevo, in 1930-31, and the primary school in Vratnik, Sarajevo, in 1936-37. He also designed the Public Labour Exchange, Kraljice Marije St, Sarajevo, in 1929-30, and the Cooperative Centre of the Federation of Suppliers’ Cooperatives, Obala Vojvode Stepe (now Obala Kulina Bana), Sarajevo, in 1935. During this extremely creative period, Bajlon also found time for town planning, even though events in this field were not so dynamic at the time in Sarajevo as they were in Ljubljana or Zagreb; in this he was continuing the work of Josip Pospišil in Sarajevo, while his modus operandi was comparable with that of Le Corbusier and Loos. - P. Milošević, Mate Bajlon, arhitekta, Beograd: Zadužbina Andrejević, May 2007.

(68) This is particularly evident on the oriel with a range of windows opening to the east, west and south - Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 47, 48.

(69) Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 48.

(70) Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 63.

(71) In relation to Kranjčevićeva St., the basement is the equivalent of the ground floor, on account of the slope.

(72) The extension does not conform to the urban layout and philosophy  - Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 63.

(73) Though the plans showing the buildings by period of construction indicate that this building was among those built after World War II, it is possible that its construction began before World War II.  - Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 63.

(74) The position of the building in the middle of the plot, set back from the regulatory line, the green area facing the street, the height of the building with basement, ground floor and first floor. - Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 63.

(75) An open terrace serving as a flat roof has been installed on the south side of the second floor.

(76) Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 40.             

An office building of no value as a monument, built during the latter half of the 20th century, stands between the residential properties at nos. 2 and 6

(77) Letter ref. 07-40-4-2802-1/11 from the Institute for the Protection of Monuments under the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport, dated 12 July 2011 

(78) Dženita Šehovac, BSC.Arch. and Nataša Pelja-Tabori, BSc Arch, accountable planners. Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za planiranje razvoja Kantona Sarajevo, November 2010.

(79) The scope of the present Crni Vhr Master Plan is considerably larger than that of the 1930s Master Plan.

(80) Željko Ler, chair of the City Council. Odluka o provođenju regulacionog plana „Crni Vrh. Sarajevo: Gradska uprava, 28.12.2010.

(81) Sanda Pudarić, project leader. Separat zaštite kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa za Regulacioni plan „Crni Vrh“. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu kulturno-historijskog i prirodnog naslijeđa Kantona Sarajevo. Sarajevo, November 2009, 65.

(82) The drawings appended to the Analysis of current condition – period of construction, mark the detached house owned by the Perinović family on the north side of Kalemova St. as a building dating from after World War II.  The original documentation has been found, providing incontestable evidence that the building was erected between the two world wars to a design by the Zagreb-based architect Stjepan Planić.

(83) See drawings appended to the Planned use of area and the Map of demolitions of the Crni Vrh master plan drawn up by the Development Planning Institute of Sarajevo Canton in November 2.



Crni Vrh development, during constructionKranjčevićeva Street during construction in 1934 Kranjčevićeva and Halida Nazečić St. during construction Kalemova Street
Kalemova StreetOmera Stupca Street, buffer zone Halid Nazečić Street  Block of flats in Kranjčevića Street
Kofler VillaKofler Villa, original condition Golubović VillaGolubović Villa, original condition
Bajlon VillaMurko VillaMurko Villa and Bajlon Villa, original condition Block of flats in Tešanjska Street
Latal-Danon VillaLatal-Danon Villa, interior Latal-Danon Villa, interior Perinović Villa
Perinović Villa, interiorPerinović Villa, interiorPerinović Villa, interiorSmiljanić Villa
Markezić-Corn VillaMihajlović VillaSijaskijević Villa 


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