Wang Yanze, Wu Guanzhong, Zhou Minghao, Wu Jiang

Keywords： The Republic of North Macedonia; Skopje; Kenzo Tange; Modernism; Classicism; Historical Revival; Urban Planning

Abstract：

Balkan cities are constantly absent in researches of modern European cities. Skopje, the capital of the Republic of North Macedonia, is a unique case in Balkan cities. As political systems of the country changed during the last century, the capital city has been seeking expression of national identity for each system. Numbers of architects and urban planners, including Kenzo Tange, contributed to the urban planning of the city. The research focuses on two incompatible urban schemes in 1965 and 2014, and demonstrates their continuity and differences through a historical narrative. It analyses evolution and revolution of the city planning from radical modernism to conservative classicism in the perspectives of national image, cultural confidence, participation in decision-making and city industry, so as to reveal a path of the urban development in the background of multi-cultures of global cities.

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