Diachronic Growth of the Historical Urban Fabric of Tirana. - Typology of the “Multi-Familiar Dwelling Under the Same Roof”, As a Base Unit of this Urban Structure.

Abstract

Nowadays the historical area of Tirana is in danger of extinction, not only due to the economic and cultural diversity of its habitants, but mostly of the careless approach of planning on such historical urban areas. The further study will explain the urban and historical values of the urban territory trough the study of diachronic development of the urban tissue and its base unit structure, in order to better comprehend and highlight the territorial potentials of the historical area. The historical urban fabric of Tirana, as many a like structures, is formed under a stratification process. Process that shaped and gives identity to such urban structures and the way these structures are created and develop makes them unique, as unique as a finger print. These features gives identity to such built areas creating a sense of belonging, creating mutual relationship between the people, the territory and define social behaviour and way of living. The typical “Multi-familiar dwelling under the same roof of Tirana” with all factors, against, had evolve in a sustainable way in the territory where it was located, creating a suitable way of living and influenced the new buildings with its characteristics. This typology creates an urban “status quo” and as a result of that we have a large part of the territory and its characteristics, preserved, the most important of them, the red pattern created by the roofs. These roofs seem very disordered but in fact they organize an even more complicated situation under their cover, making possible the unification of different social models.