Loose Associations (Slobodne veze) Zagreb & ONOMATOPEE Eindhoven are happy to inform you that the book entitled 'MOTEL TROGIR: It is not future that always comes after' is published. The book is result of the ongoing campaign for preservation and (re)evaluation of the mid 20th century architectural modernism from the period of Socialist Yugoslavia.
[image: Ugrađena slika 2] *About the book:* Motel Trogir is a fine example of the Yugoslav mid-20th century architectural modernism. Built in 1965 on the eastern Adriatic coast by a renowned architect Ivan Vitić, the building is a surviving artefact of the planning culture with *a social ideal* as its generative core. Today in a derelict state due to unresolved property issues, as a result of the non-transparent privatization of what once was societal ownership, the motel stands as a reminder of the former political economy with its different foundations and aspirations. Conceived during a period of markedly increased transit tourism in the small Dalmatian town of Trogir, the construction of the Motel had been planned in parallel with that of the Adriatic Highway. It was envisaged as one of the performative elements which would fit within the utopian vision of the Highway imagined as a feature film unfolding on the travelers’ windscreens. Although visionary, the building and the belonging “emptiness” around it, seem like an abnormal error in the urban imagination of present-day administrators, real estate developers and entrepreneurs. This book tells the story of the 1960s in the Socialist Yugoslavia, the country in between the East and the West, between the socialist agenda and the market economy. Focusing on tourist architecture and planning, it pursues the turbulent decades that followed, reflected in Ivan Vitić’s Adriatic motels. - *Edited by* Nataša Bodrožić & Saša Šimpraga *Contributors:* Tvrtko Jakovina, Dafne Berc, Melita Čavlovic, Lidija Butković Mićin, Tamara Bjažić Klarin, Sandra Uskoković, Zrinka Paladino, Saša Šimpraga, Nataša Bodrožić, Maroje Mrduljaš, Ruben Arevshatyan, Levan Asabashvili, Silva Kalčić, Idis Turato, Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermair *Graphic design:* Rafaela Dražić *Languages:* Croatian & English *Translation:* Ena Prokić *Proofreading:* Lidija Butković Mićin, Sarah Thomas 224 pages _ b/w + color block *Published by* Slobodne veze/ Loose Associations, Zagreb & ONOMATOPEE, Eindhoven *How to get the book:* Europe/World... http://www.onomatopee.net/ Ex Yugoslavia... order your book by e-mail: [email protected] slobodne veze/loose associations http://slobodneveze.wordpress.com/ tel: + 385 91 763 2983
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