December 14, 2021 / Tuesday / 12:30 PM

METU Faculty of Architecture, R28

Dr. Milan Husar

Topic: A Modern City (Brasilia, New Belgrade and Petržalka - A District of Bratislava)

Dr. Husar gave an online presentation about the ideal of a modern city in 20th century and demonstrate the modernist ideas on three examples – Brasilia, New Belgrade and Petrzalka. The presentation involved:

• Defining a modern city as a legacy of the 20th century as some of the greatest emancipation projects in human history including its triumph and catastrophes
• Telling the story of Brasilia and its Plano Piloto in the jungle as the simplest reflection of Cabral's cross
• Discussing the ideals of Tito's brotherhood and unity as epitomized in huge New Belgrade urbanist project
• Explaining the attempt to build an egalitarian settlement in Bratislava on the opposite end of the Danube River and its current status.

Dr. Milan Husar

He is a lecturer and researcher at Spectra Centre of Excellence of the EU and Department of Spatial Planning, Institute of Management at STU Bratislava. He has participated in a number of national and international research projects covering topics of smart cities, biodiversity protection and spatial planning. He has a Ph.D. in urban planning (2016). As a Fulbright Scholar, he spent 6 months at Arizona State University working at the Centre Behaviour, Institutions and the Environment which is founded as a sister center of the Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University, as well as other research stays across Europe.