The Directive Regulatory Basis of Zagreb 1953 – Polemic within the People’s Committee of the City of Zagreb

Abstract

The proposal for the urban solution of the city of Zagreb from 1953 consists of the urban document entitled Directive Regulatory Basis of Zagreb 1953, printed on eight pages and of a map 71 x 99 cm. This redevelopment plan was created by the Institute for Urban Planning of the People’s Committee of the City of Zagreb; the signatory of the proposal was the director of the Institute, Vlado Antolić. The basis from 1953 is the continuation of the urban proposal from 1949 and the two are connected by the chief urban planner Antolić and his associates, Josip Seissel and Stjepan Hribar. Professional analyses published in periodicals reacted to the published proposal, as did the People’s Committee of the city of Zagreb which had to accept or reject the proposal. The People’s Committee established a Council Commission for Communal Affairs for drawing up a regulatory basis for the city of Zagreb, which gave a negative assessment. The paper analyses the process of creation of the Directive Regulatory Basis of Zagreb 1953, the discussions from meetings, the report of the Council Commission for Communal Affairs for the creation of the regulatory basis of the city of Zagreb as well as the reasons for the refusal.