OBSCURED BY CLOUDS: Hotel Podgorica

This article is part of Obscured by Clouds, a personal project curated by Biljana Janjušević about architectural heritage of Balkans region, with emphasis on local interpretation of Yugoslav socialist modernism. The concept is fragmented into mini-series , depending on the state – three articles per individual country, with an aim to raise awareness of lesser known architecture of Mediterranean region. Este artículo es parte de Obscured by Clouds , un projecto personal comisariado por Biljana Janjušević sobre el patrimonio arquitectónico de la región de los Balcanes, con énfasis en la interpretación local d el modernismo socialista yugostlavo. La serie se fragmenta en mini'series, dependiendo del estado: tres artículos por páis, con el objetivo de crear conciencia sobre la arquitectura menos conocida de esta región mediterránea. Throughout history, the territory of Montenegro was defined as the border area, mostly by its geographical position. The small country constantly maintained its existence on the frontiers of at least two empires – Western Roman and Byzantine Empire, Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian, Venetian Republic…Hence, it is not surprising that today's culture shows influences of former conquerors of the region, always prevailing to one kind of worldview – “western technical or eastern romantic”. 1 However, there are many, purely authentic pieces of architecture with embedded genius loci, that prove that urban tissue always has to correspond with environmental conditions in which it develops. One of these examples is certainly Hotel Podgorica. Montenegro se ha ido definiendo a través de la historia como una zona fronteriza, principalmente debido a su posición geográfica. Este pequeño país siempre ha mantenido su existencia en las fronteras de al menos dos imperios tales como el Imperio Occidental Romano y Bizantino, El imperio Otomano y el Austro Húngaro o la República Veneciana.