The Danube Waterfronts as a Vector, in the Perspective of the EU Inclusion of the Western Balkans Countries. Focus on Blegrade

In the near and concrete perspective of an extension of the EU to Western Balkans countries, the Danube represents the river able to act as a vector for the development. Vectorial is the sense of the water that flows, dammed by the natural and urban waterfronts. Following one another the Danube from the Alps to the Black Sea as an axis. Within the countries of next inclusion. Vectorial is also the desirable sustainable development of the riverfronts, once the entire course of the Danube will be part of the European Union. In this sense, the cross-border experience AW_Across Waters, gained from Rome over the last decade in terms of urban regeneration on the riverfronts of the Danube in Belgrade, the only city with a tradition of supranational capital in the context of the Western Balkans, may be an indication about the mainline generally to be followed. A quick focus on Belgrade can therefore be useful as an introduction to show the t perspective of the discourses of today’s study day. Together with colleagues from the University of Belgrade we have carried out long studies of urban modelling, aimed at experiencing the original orientation of our School in the context of the informal city that grew up in the last twenty years on the opposite bank of the Danube than the old town of Belgrade. The question was the measure in which our regeneration design modalities were able to be adapted to the reality of the banks of the great river disorderly crowded with casual building fragments since the end of the Balkan wars. The results of this action are the subject of the following text while they are completely documented in the book AW_Across Waters. Il fiume riprogettato, written and published in Italian and English in Rome ( Cherubini, 2012)