Durana, Albania: A Field of Possibilities. (July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fabi, Ambra; Piovene, Giovanni
• Other Names: Bolchover Joshua guestEditor.; Lin John guestEditor.; Lange Christiane guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Architectural design. Volume 86:Number 4(2016)
• Page Start: 114
• Page End: 117
• Publication Date: 2016-07
• Subjects: Tirana -- Durrë;s -- Adriatic Sea -- Tiranë River -- Atelier Albania -- Edi Rama -- Durana Competition -- PIOVENEF ABI -- YellowOffice -- Stefano Graziani -- Mobility in Chain -- Archispace -- Vladimir Myrtezai -- Polis University of Architecture -- Greater Tirana -- Enva Hoxha; 729
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.2076
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-8504

Abstract

Abstract : Durana is a disjointed metropolitan area that sprang up between Albania's two main cities Tirana and Durrës after the fall of communism. A government‐run competition in late 2014 sought ideas for improvements to public space in the region. Here, Ambra Fabi andGiovanni Piovene of PIOVENEF ABI – part of a multidisciplinary team that supplied one of the winning proposals – set out their vision, which works at multiple scales from masterplanning to individual architectural interventions.