The master's thesis researches modernist sports architecture in the territory and time of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). The research concerns mainly the value and influence of this architecture at the time and explores the specificities of Yugoslav sports architecture, which are unique to Yugoslavia due to the peculiarities of its development.
The thesis considers sports architecture in its socio-political context. Attention is given to the influence of socio-political developments both inside and outside Yugoslavia on the development of architecture and other arts. It touches upon issues of inter-state relations and the life of heterogeneous national communities within the federal state. It focuses on the relationship between the socialist state, society and architecture and sport, and the role of these two fields in the construction of this new state and society.
First, the thesis outlines the temporal and spatial context for the development of sports architecture and presents its specific role in the Yugoslav society and state at that time. In the second part, the thesis focuses on the central factors important for the emergence of architectural buildings for sport in the SFRY. It seeks to identify the common denominators that contributed to the development of sports architecture and recognizes two distinct sets within it. The last part focuses on Slovenia and shows the development of the network of these two sets within it. It details two selected examples from each set, which are assumed to be important because of their architectural qualities or socio-political role.
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