The Transformation of Dorćol Power Plant: Triggering a Sustainable Urban Regeneration or Selling the Heritage?

The power plant “Power and Light” (1932, Belgrade) was the first one to generate alternating current in Serbia. Situated along the Danube river, it represented a part of an industrial area positioned in the Dorćol neighborhood, close to the urban core. Since 2005, the whole area has been exposed to...

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Published in:Sustainability 2022-01, Vol.14 (1), p.523
Main Authors: Simic, Ivan, Stupar, Aleksandra, Grujicic, Aleksandar, Mihajlov, Vladimir, Cvetkovic, Marija
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Architecture
Community
Cultural heritage
Cultural identity
Decision making
Electric power-plants
Environmental aspects
Industrial areas
Management
Methods
Neighborhoods
Neoliberalism
Participation
Power plants
Privatization
Public services
Sustainability
Sustainable urban development
Urban planning
Urban policy
Urban regeneration
Urban renewal
Urbanization
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Summary:The power plant “Power and Light” (1932, Belgrade) was the first one to generate alternating current in Serbia. Situated along the Danube river, it represented a part of an industrial area positioned in the Dorćol neighborhood, close to the urban core. Since 2005, the whole area has been exposed to a significant transformation into a luxurious residential and commercial complex, triggered by the intentions of private investors and directed by the ideas of changing city authorities. Considering the unpredictable local context created by the dominant post-socialist transitional economy, the article focuses on the sensitive relationship between the social sustainability of the ongoing urban regeneration plans and the emerging neoliberal forces targeting the areas of industrial heritage. Consequently, the case of the Dorćol ex-power plant and the anticipated changes in its urban surrounding are analyzed according to the selected principles of social sustainability. Revealing numerous controversies, both on the level of preferred urban policies and their questionable application, this case addresses the problems of heritage (re)use and regeneration in an environment of fast-shifting governmental priorities and financial flows, with reduced receptivity to sustainable solutions.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su14010523