Oris: Ove godine obilježava se stogodišnjica rođenja arhitekta
Jurija Neidhardta. On je, kako ste više puta istaknuli, značio mnogo
za vaše usmjerenje prema arhitekturi. Uostalom, svojim radom na dostojnom obilježavanju te godišnjice to ste i potvrdili. Što je
on značio za vas?
Ugljen: Profesor Neidhardt došao
je tridesetih godina u Bosnu iz Le Corbusierova ateljea, a na poziv arhitekta Dušana Grabrijana, tada profesora na Srednjoj tehničkoj
školi (STŠ) u Sarajevu. Grabrijan je prvi koji je, proučavajući orijentalnu kuću adaptiranu prema zahtjevima našeg podneblja, otkrio niz načela koja su proklamirali pioniri moderne arhitekture kao osnovne postavke suvremene arhitekture primijenjene u stambenoj jedinici. Da mnogo ne duljim, neke od tih postavki bile su polivalentni prostor, uklanjanje ili raščišćavanje prostora od prekomjernog namještaja, ugradba plakara, nadalje prostorno prožimanje, prožimanje eksterijera
i interijera, mnogo svjetla, pravo na vidik, naselje u zelenilu i priroda
kao element kompozicije, kuća
koja se vani javlja kao kubistička plastika.
Neidhardt je uvijek naglašavao da
je bio ushićen tim saznanjima, iz kojih izvlači prekovremenske vrijednosti arhitekture. Njegovo daljnje djelovanje bilo je
sublimirano u brojnim natječajnim i drugim radovima – sintezi univerzalnog i regionalnog, uvijek čisto stojeći na pozicijama
moderne arhitekture.
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Oris: This year is the 100th anniversary of Juraj Neidhardt’s birth. As you have pointed out
on several occasions, he played an important role in your decision to take up architecture. Your engagement in organising
a jubilee celebration worthy of his name seems to confirm this. What did he mean to you?
Ugljen: Professor Neidhardt came to Bosnia in the thirties from Le Corbusier’s studio, accepting the invitation of architect Dušan Grabrijan who was then teaching at the Secondary Technical School in Sarajevo. Grabrijan studied the adaptation of the oriental house to the requirements of the local climate and was the first to recognise the application of a series of principles proclaimed by the pioneers of Modern architecture as the basic tenets of contemporary architecture in the design of local dwelling units. To cut a long story short, some of the principles were multi-functional space, space cleared of superfluous furniture, built-in wardrobes/cupboards, then spatial interpenetration, interior and exterior interpenetration, lots of light, a view, a green environment and nature as an element of composition, and external appearance reminding you of a cubist sculpture.
Neidhardt would always stress how exalting it was to recognise these principles and see in
them the timeless values of architecture. His later efforts yielded many competition entries and other works which were the synthesis of the universal and regional, standing firmly behind modern architecture.
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