Report from DANUrB + student camp in Golubac 21-24. June 2022

A building camp for students within the international INTERREG “DANUrB+” Project was held in Golubac on June 21-24, 2022. Students and teaching staff of the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade participated, with the support and assistance of the representatives of local partner – Golubac Municipality: municipal tourist organisation, municipal library and the citizens, as well as with a donation from the “Arhi.pro” private company.

Team from the Faculty of Architecture at the beginning of the camp

New square at night

The goal of the camp is to revive, build and beautify an open public space – a square in the centre of Golubac, near the Danube. Students and teaching staff have previously prepared projects for the camp work at the 06 Urbanism faculty studio at the integrated study programme in architecture. All participants worked for four days on the construction of urban furniture and arranging the space of the small square, which was given to the citizens at the end of the camp.

The first day of the camp – clearing the site

Second day of the camp – preparation of the trench for concrete plinth for the main portal

Second day of the camp – setting up the elements of the main portal during the visit of colleagues from Romania

Second day of the camp – the assembly of the main portal

The camp is realised in several steps, day by day. The first day was clearing the site and preparing construction the camp material. On the second day, there was the assembly of the main elements of urban furniture, as well as preparatory works for their safe use (polishing edges and corners, removing nails from wooden pallets). On this day, colleagues from Romania, from the Faculty of Architecture in Timisoara, also came to visit the camp, as they will have a similar camp in Nova Moldava, across from Golubac, in a month. On the third day, the main elements of the furniture were assembled and painted. During this day, there was also a presentation of student projects in the hall of the municipal library. At the same day, the camp was also visited by the journalist teams of Radio Television Serbia and “Mlava” Regional Television. On the last day, smaller elements of the furniture were made.

Third day of the camp – the presentation of student projects in the municipal Library in Golubac

The third day of the camp – Prof. Aleksandra Djukić at the camp during an interview for regional television

The third day of the camp – the installation of deck chairs

The fourth day of the camp – painting a bench

At the end of the camp, the exact arrangement of the elements was determined, which formed a new open public space in Golubac. It attracted users, mostly children, on the first evening.

The general testing of the square after the final installation of furniture at the end of the camp

View of the new square from above after the end of the camp

Children from Golubac use the new square