Existing situation - location, structure and facilities

The Student City complex is positioned in the northwestern part of Novi Beograd and encompasses an area of approximately 10.361 ha, which is defined by streets Tošin Bunar St. (to the west) and Zorana Đinđića Blvd. (to the north), then by regulation of Studentska St. (to the east) and the regulation of the traffic connection between the Highway (from the direction of the city of Nis) and the streets Tošin Bunar St. and Studentska St. (not realized).

The Student City spatial area consists of the following cadastral land plots: 865/14, 865/15, 865/17, 865/28, 865/29, 866, 867, 868, 873, 874, 875, 876, 877, 878, 879, 880, 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 886/1, 886/2, 887/4, 887/5, 912 and 914, all of them KO Novi Beograd; of which, cadastral land plots 865/15, 865/17, 866, 912, 914, KO Novi Beograd, in their current condition are land plots of existing building structures at the corner of Tošin Bunar St. and Zorana Đinđića St., whose removal is planned.

The Student City complex was built in 1948-55, and it received its present-day appearance during a wide-ranging reconstruction that took place between 1985 and 1997. During that reconstruction, an additional floor was added on the buildings in the form of mansard roof, which increased the accommodation capacity of each building section; elevator cores were added in the form of building annexes.

Regarding constructed structures, today the student housing complex Student City consists of the following: four student dormitories DOM 1, DOM 2, DOM 3 AND DOM 4, student restaurant with kitchen, the Boiler Room facility which houses both the technical rooms and the multifunctional students’ sport hall, the Fontana cafe, and various technical facilities of smaller dimensions (trafos, reservoir of the reception desk at the entrance etc.); there are also special premises in the complex with three structures of the Student’s City Cultural Center with its ground level, which also operates as and independent entity within the Student City complex. Open areas and green areas are designed in the form of a park, and sport facilities are located within them: mini golf court, two basketball courts, one small football court and a sport track.

Figure 22. Situational overview of existing building structures in the Student City complex

Access to the Student City complex consists of three vehicle-pedestrian and several pedestrian entrances.

• The main (blue) gate is located in the Studentska Street. It is intended for users, employees and visitors, and it allows access to the parking lot that is located in the immediate vicinity of the central plateau.
• Vehicle access from the Tošin Bunar St. is intended for employees and is placed immediately near the restaurant. It is used to access the parking lot near the boiler room as well as the parking lot in the northern part of the complex, behind Dormitory 1.
• Vehicle access from Zorana Đinđića Blvd is intended for access to the Cultural Center.

Pedestrian access routes are located in Tošin Bunar St., Studentska Street, and Zorana Đinđića Blvd. One pedestrian entrance is also located in the immediate vicinity of the highway interchange and provides access to the Complex from the south side, in the zone between dormitories 3 and 4.

Each of the 4 dormitories consists of two wings G (GF+5+M) and F (GF+6+M), always positioned in such a way that G is the “north” wing and F is the "east" wing. Each dormitory with its two wings is programmatically and functionally independent: each of them has an identical organizational structure that consists, apart from accommodation units, of the dormitory management premises and all other facilities necessary for students’ accomodation and living (reading rooms / drawing rooms, TV hall, laundromat, and all other necessary additional, technical and supporting facilities). At the same time, apart from the aforementioned facilities intended for users of the specific dormitory, every dormitory also houses certain facilities that are intended for all users of the complex. Building wings G and F are connected by footbridges located at their upper floors in all dormitories. Annexes with elevators, added during the last reconstruction, are located beside G wings.

DORMITORY 1 is located in the northern part of the complex near the intersection of Tošin Bunar St. and Zorana Đinđića Blvd.

The main entrance for the residents of G wing of Dormitory 1, through which is the access to the central hall with the reception, is located on the south side of the building, facing the park. The other two entrances of the G wing which are in operation are intended for access to business premises (leased) in the end segment of the western part of the ground floor, that is, to private apartments at the end segment of the eastern part of the wing. Another entrance, accessing the central zone of the tract from the north is not in operation for safety reasons- for access control. In the horizontal plan, G wing, like all other wings of all 4 dormitories in the Student City Complex, represents a tract with central communication and contents positioned on both sides. Vertical communications, four stairway verticals, are arranged in such a way as to serve the initially designed connection of four entrances on the ground floor with the accomodation units on the higher floors. The annex with elevators is located at the northen side of the building, opposite the main entrance.

Residents of F wing access the facility through the main entrance with a central hall, positioned in the central part of the western facade, from the park. The vertical communications of wing F are organized in the form of a single stairway that leads from the central hall to the upper floors. Access to the ambulance area is provided on the northern side of the facility, while on the southern side there is an external evacuation stairway. In the northern part of the ground floor of F wing, a hostel is located, which managed by the Management, while the southern part consists ofreading rooms and laundromates.

In total, Dormitory 1 has 448 accommodation units of various structures within its wings G and F, and these units (and their communications) are the only facilities that are located on every floor of the building except the ground floor. In addition to the basic supplementary facilities of student housing, the ground floor of Dormitory 1 also contains the outpatient unit of the Student Policlinic, and the Hostel, which operates in the standard system of the contents of this purpose.

DORMITORY 2 is located in the western part of the Complex, south of the Dormitory 1. The main entrance hall of G wing is positioned on the north side of the facility, accessed from the park, and is located opposite the entrance to G wing of Dormitory 1. The annex with elevators isaccessible fromthe main hall, opposite the main entrance. There is another entrance from the northern side of the building, which is not used, for the purpose of access control. Entrances at the building’s southern facade are intended for other users of the building. Entrance in the eastern part of the southern facade is intended for students who need to access the IT service which issues student cards. The substation and transport warehouse have their own direct accesses.

G wing of Dormitory 2 has four stairway verticals. Due to the specific organization of the ground floor area, which implies the separation of certain contents, some of the stairways are accessible to all users from the first floor.

F wing of Dormitory 2 is connected by footbridges with G wing in the section from the first to the fifth floor. The main entrance and access to the central hall of F wing is located on the west facade of the facility. The side entrance, on the north side of F wing, serves for access to the photocopying room and the offices of sports clubs and organizations. The photocopy room is available to third persons, not only residents and employees. The external fire exit stairs are located on the lateral southern facade of F wing. Premises of RTV Studentski grad can be accessed from the main hall.

Dormitory 2 is equipped with 527 accommodation units. In addition to accommodation units and reading rooms, the dormitory also houses offices of the Information Technology Department, the photocopy room, the hairdresser, premises of RTV Studentski grad, the Photography Club, the Branko Miljković Literary Club, the association of gusle players, and the Student City sporting association.

DORMITORY 3 is also located in the western part of the Complex, to the south from the Dormitory 2, in the vicinity of the intersection of Tošin Bunar St. and the access road to the Highway. To the north of G wing of Dormitory 3, the restaurant facilities with an annex and boiler room are located. G wing has four entrances, which were initially designed as access points along the vertical communications. The main entrance for residents, which provides access to the main entrance hall, followed by an elevator annex with a fire exit, is located on the south side of the building. The entrance in the western part of the wing, also located on the southern side, is intended for access to the premises of ACAA “Španac”. The entrance on the northern side of the wing is used as a fire exit, and the eastern wing entrance on the south side has the same purpose. The substations for heating and electricity can be directly accessed from the external area, in the zone under the footbridge that connects G and F wings.

The main entrance to the F wing of Dormitory 3 is located in the central part of the facility, on the west side, through which is the access to the hall with the reception and vertical communications. Side entrance in the zone under the footbridge allows access to reading rooms. The other side entrance on the south side of the facility is used to access the premises of the Post Office, which is also open to general population. External fire exit stairway is located at the southern facade of the F wing building.

Dormitory 3 is equipped with 512 accommodation units. Apart from the accommodation units, the post office and premises of the the ACAA “Španac”, the ground floor in both sections also houses reading rooms for students.

DORMITORY 4 is located in the southeastern part of the complex, east of the Dormitory 3. On the north side, G wing of Dormitory 4 is oriented toward the central plateau with the fountain, and to the south of Dormitory 4 sports fields are located. G wing of the Dormitory 4 has four initially designed entrances near the vertical communications in the building. The central entrance from the south sideof G wing has the function of the main entrance for students, with access to the mainhall with the reception desk, and it has central entrance from the south side of the G wing. The entrances at the side ends of the facility, also on the south side, are intended for residents of private apartments and apartments for employees, and access to the other floors is not possible through them. The main central hall extends into the annex with elevators. In the end eastern part of the facility, on the north side, there is a direct access to the warehouse from the outside, and on the south side is the entrance to the telephone switch room of the Student City. As the main vertical communication for access to other floors and accommodation units, a stairway with access from the central hall is used, which also enables access control. Other vertical communications, as in all G wings of dormitories, can be freely used from the first floor, while access to these communications on the ground floor is disabled in most cases.

F wing of Dormitory 4 has a central entrance with a hall and reception, on the west side of the facility, which is oriented towards the sports fields. Warehouse premises and reading rooms are located on the ground floor, while accommodation units are placed on higher floors.

Dormitory 4 is equipped with 503 accommodation units in both sections. Side chapel of St. John Chrisostom is located in the G wing, in which services, in addition to the residents of the Student City, are also visited by citizens who live in the vicinity of the Complex.

RESTAURANT WITH ANNEX consists of two facilities - a central circular restaurant facility and the annex, which allows access to dining halls. These facilities are located in the western zone of the Complex, between the facilities of dormitories 2 and 3. The restaurant and the annex have a GF+2 floor structure. The main designed entrance from the direction of the Tošin bunar street is not in operation. The entrance at the northern side of the annex is used as the main access to the student restaurant. The annex itself houses the restaurant’s cashier’s desk, offices of the chef and the staff, sanitary facilities and security desks. The kitchen, with all its supporting facilities, is located on the ground floor of the circular restaurant facility, with separated clean and dirty zones, including the garbage collection area with waste disposal. A large dining hall is located on the first floor of the restaurant, with a centrally organized distribution of meals. A small dining hall for students is located on the second floor, as well as the restaurant that is open to all citizens. The restaurant and the annex are connected by a two-level footbridge.

The BOILER-ROOM facility is located on the east of the restaurant facility, in the zone between dormitories 2 and 3. The structure has a Bs+GF+1 floor structure, with a rectangular floor plan with dimensions 30 x 31 m. From the programme point of view, it is a complex unit that, apart from the supporting facilities of the boiler room itself, sanitary premises and the cloakroom for workers, also contains workshop premises and warehouses on the ground floor, as well as students’ recreation facility that is located on the first floor and a part of the ground floor. Every facility has its own access and entrance. Recreation program, billiards halls, saunas and gyms are accessed from the northern side of the structure. The basement floor contains the boiler room with a substation which is accessed from the ground floor zone that houses the new substation, in the southern part of the structure.

Next to the boiler room facility, to the east of it, an oil tank facility is located, which is semi-buried and with a surface area of 65 m2. The access to the tank is located on the western side, with orientation towards the boiler room.

STUDENT’S CITY CULTURAL CENTER is located in the eastern part of the complex, on the northern side of the central plateau. With its three facilities and the associated ground floor in function of the contents of the Cultural Centre and a separate vehicular access, it represents a unit within the complex and exists as an entity in a functional and organizational sense. The building structures have a floor structure that ranges from Gf+1 to Gf+2. The Cultural Center consists of the management building, the main hall and the library, together with their supporting facilities. The library building and the Great Hall building with the gallery are connected by an open footbridge. An amphitheater in the open with a fountain, intended for smaller gatherings, is located in the central zone, between the structures. The summer stage is located to the north from the library and to the west from the management building. The Cultural Center as a whole was designed in 1969 by professor Milan Mitrovic. The Student’s City Cultural Center is the only property within the Student City complex that has been officially recognized as a value that deserves urbanistic protection in accordance with the criterion K8 - “Contextual value - the structure materially defines a high-quality urban atmosphere or participates with its stylistic values in the characterization of local setting.”

OPEN SPACES of the Student City complex have a character of a park with rich and tall vegetation, landscaped green areas and sport facilities with a moderate capacity and level of equipment. The open spaces of the complex are freely available to the public. The plateau with a fountain, located in the central spot, is the main place for gathering and constitutes the primary entry zone of the complex. The plateau is circular in shape, with a diameter of 50 meters. A large fountain is located near the plateau; a cafe of the same name near it is open to all visitors of the park. The plateau and the fountain together occupy a surface of about 50*80 meters. All paths on the property are classified as pedestrian paths, and they are located in all parts of the complex. The total area of pedestrian surfaces in the complex, together with the plateau, amounts to around 2500,500 m2. Every day, the park area of the Student City is visited by citizens who live nearby.

The zone with sport courts has two basketball courts with spectator stands, one small football court, and a sport track that runs between the sport courts and the fence of the complex, along the southern side of the land plot. Area with outdoor exercise equipment is located near the basketball courts. Two basketball courts with spectator stands have dimensions of around 45 x 40 meters. Small football court measures 24 x 42 meters.

Existing situation - table overview of facilities in building structures

Existing situation - table overview of total capacities and urbanistic parameters