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TOWN HALLSarajevo

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INTEGRATED REHABILITATION PROJECT PLAN /SURVEY OF THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE

(IRPP/SAAH)

Regional Programmefor Cultural and Natural Heritage

in South East Europe2003 - 2008

FEASIBILITY STUDY

Document adopted by theCommission to Preserve National Monuments, Sarajevo,

on 28 November 2007

TOWN HALLSarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina


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FOREWORD

In the framework of the European Commission/Council ofEurope Joint Programme on the Integrated RehabilitationProject Plan /Survey of the Architectural and ArchaeologicalHeritage (IRPP/SAAH), the present Feasibility Study (FS) wasprepared by the following local expert: Damir Hadi, Architect,headed by Mirela Mulali Handan, Project Co-ordinator, in co-operation with Zaila Uzunovi, the author of the PreliminaryTechnical Assessment, and Azra Hadi, expert of the Institutefor the Protection of Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage; theProject Leader Dr John Bold and expert Mr. David Johnson.

The Feasibility Study (FS) was adopted on 28 November 2007by the Commission to Preserve National Monuments (Bosniaand Herzegovina).


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Feasibility Study IRPP/SAAH_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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City Hall Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 28 November 2007

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Introductory page

Site map Town Hall in Sarajevo

Name of the project: Reconstruction of the Town HallLocation: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federation of Bosnia and

Herzegovina, Sarajevo Canton, City of Sarajevo,Municipality of the Old Town of Sarajevo

Management: Commission to Preserve National Monuments,Bosnia and Herzegovina

Objectives: - stopping further dilapidation of building parts thatmay cause permanent destruction of building partsand decorations on the building- protecting Bosnia and Herzegovina cultural memoryat risk, preserving the identity of BiH- raising awareness of cultural and historical heritageand its importance- improving cultural life and tourism in the region- contribution to capacity and institution building inBiH

Target groups: - citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina (4 000 000)- inhabitants of the City of Sarajevo (750 000)- tourists/visitors to the City of Sarajevo (1 million peryear)- students and young professionals (200)- local experts (80)- employees (minimum of 25)

Results: - monument of regional importance is rehabilitated- national monument is rehabilitated- conservation and restoration knowledge of studentsand young professionals is improved- National and University Library of BiH is re-established in the Town Hall building

- City Administration seat returned to its originalpremises- new cultural events are launched- local development is improved- minimum of 25 persons are employed

Overall cost (): 8 885 000Project cost (): 8 855 000Contribution required forThe Feasibility Study -1 (): 7 185 000


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The Town Hall, Sarajevo is a monument of outstanding significance and historical resonance,prominently located on the bank of the Miljacka River on the border of the commercial and businessdistrict of the city. Built in 1894, it is the largest and most representative building of the Austro-

Hungarian period in Sarajevo as well as the most beautiful and important example of the pseudo-Moorish style in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The building served as Town Hall until 1949 when itbecame the National and University Library, a function it fulfilled until it was gutted during the war in1992. The building has been stabilised and reconstruction is now intended with a view to restoring it topublic use as a library and a museum of reconstruction, with space for public events. The project isbeing led by the City administration with the support of the municipality and numerous national andinternational partners. The rehabilitation of this symbol of the city will restore beneficial public use,create jobs and encourage tourism, playing a crucial role in the preservation and celebration of cityand national identity.


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CONTENTS

I MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT

1. Identity2. Bank details

3. Structure of the Commission4. Main activities of the Commission5. List of the management board6. Applicability of the project to the EU standards and norms7. Capacity to manage and implement actions - Experience of similar actions in 20068. Other bodies in a position to contribute to the project implementation and the decisions of theCommission

II CONTEXT OF THE PROJECT

1. Objectives2. Regional/local socio-economic context3. Sectorial context4. Statutory protection

III PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT

1. Location2. Executive Summary3. Summary description of the building/site4. Summary historic development of the building/site5. Significance6. Vulnerability7. Level of risk - Extent of damage8. Conservation philosophy9. Level of interventions10. Priorities for intervention11. Detailed description of the work12. Description of the social effects13. Implementation of the work

IV COST ANALYSES

1. Estimated costs2. Expected sources of funding3. Cost benefit analysis of the project

V DOCUMENTARY SOURCES


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I MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT

1. Identity

Full legal name (businessname):

Commission to Preserve National Monuments of BIH

Abbreviation - hereinafter: The Commission

Legal status State institution (non-profit institution)

VAT registration number: 01079962Official address Obala Kulina Bana 1

Postal address 71000 SARAJEVOContact person Mirela Mulali HandanTelephone number + 387 33 276 760Fax number + 387 33 276 768E-mail [email protected] site www.aneks8komisija.com.ba

2. Bank details

Account nameAccount number EUR 935 9621 0000Sort codeIBAN code (optional) SWIFT CODE:CBBSBA22Bank name CENTRALNA BANKA BIHAddress of bank Marsala Tita 25, 71000 Sarajevo tel. +387 33 278100Name of signatory/ies Mirela Mulali HandanPosition of signatory/ies Executive Officer of the Commission to Preserve National

Monuments

3. Structure of the Commission

The Commission to Preserve National Monuments is an institution of the State of Bosnia andHerzegovina established pursuant to Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement forPeace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Decision of the Presidency of Bosnia andHerzegovina on the Commission to Preserve National Monuments (Official Gazette of BiHNos. 1/02 and 10/02).

The Commission is headquartered in Sarajevo, Obala Kulina bana 1 (the Labour Unionbuilding).

The work of the Commission is financed from the budget of the institutions of Bosnia andHerzegovina.

4. Main activities of the Commission

Jurisdiction of the CommissionPursuant to its authority as stipulated by Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement forPeace in BiH, the Commission issues decisions designating movable and immovable propertyas National Monuments, applying the Criteria on the Designation of National Monuments(Official Gazette of BiH No. 33/02).

The procedure for designating a given property as a National Monument is initiated by apetition or motion, which may be filed by any interested natural or legal person. TheCommission has drawn up standard petition forms by property type and has lodged them withall the municipalities of BiH, the institutions dealing with the protection of the cultural and


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historical heritage, religious communities and other institutions.

The Commission also issues decisions on designation as a National Monument in theabsence of specific application for each of the individual properties on the Provisional List ofNational Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of BiH No. 33/02).

The Commission's decisions are final, and are enforced pursuant to the law on the

Enforcement of Decisions of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments (OfficialGazette of FBiH Nos. 2/02 and 27/02, and Official Gazette of RS No. 9/02), which accordsNational Monuments the highest degree of protection.

Responsibility for the enforcement of the Commission's decisions lies with the Entitygovernments and the ministries responsible for regional planning. In addition to issuingdecisions designating National Monuments, the Commission monitors and considers the stateof affairs and activities relating to National Monuments endangered by illegal construction,inexpert reconstruction, and lack of maintenance or other forms of destruction. In specificcases, the Commission notifies the relevant Entity or other authorities (governments, theappropriate ministries, institutes for the protection of monuments, municipal authorities, etc.)that a monument is endangered, and proposes measures for its protection in accordance withthe law, including filing criminal charges with the relevant authorities pursuant to the provisionsof the Criminal Proceedings Law.

The Law on the Implementation of Decisions of the Commission to Preserve NationalMonuments lays down the responsibilities of, and relationships between, the departments,organisations or institutes responsible for heritage management.

Everyone, in particular the competent authorities of the Entities, cantons, and urban andmunicipal authorities, must refrain from any action that might endanger the national monumentor jeopardise its protection and reconstruction.

Entity ministries are responsible for spatial planning issue permits for the protection, displayand reconstruction of national monuments. The institutions responsible for the protection ofthe heritage provide expertise on reconstruction projects and expert supervision ofreconstruction work.

The Entity governments, regional planning ministry, heritage protection institutes andmunicipal authorities in charge of urban planning and land registry matters, are notified of theCommissions decisions in order to carry out the measures stipulated, and the competentmunicipal court is notified for the purposes of registration in the Land Register.

Pursuant to the Decision of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Commission isalso authorised to perform activities of international co-operation in the field of cultural-historical heritage protection.

5. List of the management board

Members of the Commission

Pursuant to Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in BiH and the Decision

on the Commission, at its 119th session (21 December 2001), the Presidency of Bosnia andHerzegovina issued a decision appointing the following persons as members of theCommission: Prof Dr Zeynep Ahunbay (architecture expert); Amra Hadimuhamedovi (MScarchitecture); Prof Dr Dubravko Lovrenovi (historian); Prof Dr Ljiljana evo (art historian) andTina Wik (architect).

Internal organisation of the Commission

The professional and administrative affairs of the Commission are performed by theCommission's Secretariat, which is staffed by qualified personnel in the fields of


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archaeological heritage, architectural heritage, townscape heritage and cultural landscapes,movable heritage items, legal affairs, financial affairs and technical co-ordination, respectively.The work of the Secretariat is managed and organised by an executive official. All posts arefilled by selection from applicants responding to a public advertisement.

6. Applicability of the project to the EU standards and norms

Integrated Rehabilitation Project Plan/Survey of the Architectural and ArchaeologicalHeritage (IRPP/SAAH)

The Council of Europe, working in association with the European Commission, has drawn up aRegional Cultural and Natural Heritage Programme for South-Eastern Europe. The IntegratedRehabilitation Project Plan/Survey of the Architectural and Archaeological Heritage(IRPP/SAAH) is one of three components of the Regional Programme. Work began on theproject in 2003. The Regional Programme includes Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria, Croatia Kosovo/UNMIK, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and the former YugoslavRepublic of Macedonia. The Regional Cultural and Natural Heritage Programme is regardedas contributing to the stability, peace-keeping and development of democratic society in theSouth-Eastern European countries. The adoption and application of the results of theRegional Cultural and Natural Heritage Programme brings the countries of South-EasternEurope closer to membership of the European Union.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is represented by the Commission to Preserve National Monuments,which co-ordinates and manages the activities involved in implementing the programme. TheCouncil of Europe has appointed Commission member, Amra Hadimuhamedovi, asProgramme Co-ordinator for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Mirela Mulali Handan, theCommission's Executive Officer, as Project Co-ordinator for this project.

The aim of the Integrated Rehabilitation Project Plan is to bring heritage protection andconservation in the countries concerned closer to the norms and standards applicable inEuropean Union countries. The European Cultural Convention makes recommendations forthe development of mechanisms for cultural co-operation and respect for cultural diversity, onwhich this project is based. The provision of adequate mechanisms for cultural heritageprotection in the countries of South-Eastern Europe is also a contribution to the preservation ofthe European heritage and identity.

The Integrated Rehabilitation Project Plan consists of four stages: 1) national assessment ofthe state of the architectural and archaeological heritage; 2) Prioritised Intervention List; 3)Preliminary Technical Assessments, and 4) Feasibility Studies.

On the basis of its operations to date, documentation and inventory of the heritage of Bosniaand Herzegovina, the Commission to Preserve National Monuments has drawn up anassessment of the state of the architectural and archaeological heritage and a PrioritisedIntervention List, with the technical co-operation and professional assistance of Council ofEurope experts. In the course of these activities, the preliminary stages were submitted to theministries responsible for regional planning and culture in the Entities and Brko District andthe heritage protection institutions for completion and data collation.

The assessment offers a brief overview of the state of the heritage in BiH from the point of

view of physical and legal protection, management, education, the extent of heritagedocumentation and the institutional framework for protection.

1. The Prioritised Intervention List (PIL) for BiH includes 19 national monuments, amongwhich are historic buildings, groups of buildings and sites, which are regarded asproperties of particular importance to European heritage, and as priorities requiring urgentprotection measures.


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The Town Hall in Sarajevo is included on the Priority Intervention List.

The Commission used the following criteria for national monuments to be included on the PIL:- the monument is a rare or unique example of a certain type or style;- the monument is of outstanding value;- the monument is of major importance for the reconstruction of civic trust and theimplementation of the peace accord in Bosnia and Herzegovina;

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threats caused by human or natural factors mean that the monument is at risk of losing itsmost important features or of being lost altogether.

2. Preliminary Technical Assessments (PTAs) have been carried out for all nationalmonuments on the PIL by local experts from the Commission and other institutions in chargeof heritage protection and in co-operation with Council of Europe experts.

3. Feasibility Studies (FS) for the properties on the Prioritised Intervention List shouldfacilitate foreign investment and research opportunities for the development of private-publicsector partnerships.

The Council of Europe has published the results of the completed stages of the project foreach of the participating countries Integrated Rehabilitation Project Plan / Survey of theArchitectural and Archaeological Heritage; a Preliminary Technical Assessment for eachmonument on the PIL and a Feasibility Study for selected monuments from the PIL.

The Presidency of BiH adopted the results to date of the Integrated Rehabilitation ProjectPlan. It recommended that the Council of Ministers of BiH provide the conditions forintegrating the Project into sustainable development strategies and programmes, and adopt abudget for the implementation of the Project.

7. Capacity to manage and implement actions

Experience of similar actions in 2006.

Project 1: Alada Mosque, Foa Phase I: Preservation of Fragments. Excavation,selection, recording, inventorying and conserving of fragments.Partner: United States of America; (Gerald McLoughlin, Public Affairs Officer,U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo).Grant: $24 100.Duration: 2006.

Project 2: Mehmed Pasha Kukavica Mosque, Foa Phase I of preliminary andresearch works. Putting a temporary fence around the building yard of thearchitectural ensemble, cleaning fragments of the mosque, construction of awooden cover, a temporary wooden construction to protect the wall remains ofthe mosque in situ.Partner: United States of America; (Gerald McLoughlin, Public Affairs Officer,U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo).Grant: $24 700.Duration: 2006.

Project 3: St. Nicholas Church, Trijebanj, Stolac. Protecting the remains of thearchitectural ensemble from further deterioration. Preliminary and researchworks on rehabilitation: cleaning the site of rubbish and litter, putting atemporary fence around the building yard, cleaning, recording andpreservation of fragments, construction of a wooden cover, a temporarywooden construction to protect the wall remains in situ.Partner: United States of America; (Gerald McLoughlin, Public Affairs Officer,U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo).Grant: $25 000.Duration: 2006/2007.


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Project 4: Ferhadija Mosque, Banja Luka Preliminary and research works forreconstruction: excavation, cleaning and recording of fragments, evaluationand structural analyses of fragments and revision of existing project.Partner: United States of America; (Gerald McLoughlin, Public Affairs Officer,U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo).Grant: $100 000.

Duration: 2006/2007.Project 5: Monastery church, Vozua, Zavidovii Drawing up project and carrying out

conservation and reconstruction works.Partner 1: German Government.Grant 1: 37 210 (50% of total).Partner 2: Ministry of Culture, Federation BiH.Grant 2: 50 000.Duration: 2006/2007.

Project 6: Programme for the ongoing protection, presentation and integration of thecultural, historical and natural heritage into the tourism sector of the region ofHerzegovina.Activities: production and erection of notice boards; clearing 17 overgrownnational monuments; installation of benches and rubbish bins at 35 nationalmonuments; identification of the cultural, historical and natural heritage;reconnaissance; organisation and holding of an international workshop;production of programme; production of publications and video records.Partner: European Commission.Grant: 223 804.Duration: 2006/2007.

8. Other bodies in a position to contribute to the project implementation and the decisionsof the Commission are:

Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Entity level institution).The government is responsible for ensuring the legal, scientific, technical, administrative andfinancial measures necessary to protect, conserve, display, rehabilitate and maintain thenational monument. The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall beresponsible for providing the resources for drawing up and implementing the necessarytechnical documentation for the rehabilitation of the national monument.

Ministry of Physical Planning of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Entity levelinstitution). This ministry is responsible for the implementation of legal measures for theprotection of national monuments proclaimed by the Commission to Preserve NationalMonuments of BiH.

Institute for the Protection of Cultural-Historical and Natural Heritage of the Federation of BiH(Entity level institution). The institute is responsible for expert supervision, building and craftworks on the national monument as it is proclaimed by the Decision of the Commission toPreserve National Monuments.

Cantonal Institute for the Protection of Cultural-Historical and Natural Heritage, Sarajevo

(Canton level institution). The Institute is responsible for expert supervision, and building andcraft works on the national monuments located in the Sarajevo Canton.

- Sarajevo Canton has earmarked 200 000 for drawing up project documentation andrehabilitation of the Town Hall in Sarajevo. These funds are part of a joint action taken by theCity of Sarajevo and the Municipality of the Old Town of Sarajevo

- The City of Sarajevo (City Administration) is the owner of the building and leader in therehabilitation of the Town Hall. It has earmarked 200 000 for drawing up project


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documentation and rehabilitation of the Town Hall in Sarajevo. These funds are a part of ajoint action taken by the City of Sarajevo and the Municipality of the Old Town of Sarajevo

- Municipality of the Old Town of Sarajevo has provided 50 000 for drawing up projectdocumentation and rehabilitation of the Town Hall in Sarajevo. These funds are a part of ajoint action taken by the City of Sarajevo and the Municipality of the Old Town of Sarajevo

Government of the Republic of AustriaIn 1996, donated 750 000 for the initial works on the reconstruction of the Town Hall National Library in Sarajevo. The money was used for carrying out the most necessary worksaimed at saving the structure surviving after the destruction.

European CommissionIn 1999, provided funds that were used to continue repair works on the Town Hall. 2 250 000were used to continue the works on reconstructing horizontal constructions and thereconstruction of the assembly hall.

Spanish GovernmentOn 7 June 2007, donated 1 000 000 for the reconstruction of the Town Hall faade.

Government of the Republic of HungaryOn 5 July 2007, donated 100,000 to protect the Town Hall faade, and the City of Sarajevodonated 17,000.

Technical management of the project

The City Administration of Sarajevo, as the leader of the Town Hall reconstruction, carried outpreparation activities for drafting an international tender and drawing up project documentationfor repair and reconstruction of the Town Hall.

The preparation of project documentation is underway and its submission is expected early inSeptember 2007.

For the execution of work stages, the Commission will call for tenders in accordance with theLaw on Public Procurement that defines categories and procedures in line with EU standardsand norms.

II CONTEXT OF THE PROJECT

1. Objectives

1.1 Reconstruction of the Town Hall in Sarajevo has multiple meaning:- reconstruction and revitalisation of an important monument in the region, the most important

example of the pseudo-Moorish style in Bosnia and Herzegovina;- it will ensure the continuity of use and reconstruction of the Town Hall as the original seat of

the City Administration;- it will contribute to the preservation of the cultural memory and spirit of the city as part of the

historical core of Sarajevo.

1.2 This project will stop further dilapidation that may cause permanent loss of some parts of thebuilding and loss of important decorations on the faade of the building.

1.3 The reconstruction of this building will contribute to raising awareness about cultural heritageand the importance of the cultural and historical heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

1.4 The revitalisation of the Town Hall, as part of the historical core of the City of Sarajevo,contributes to cultural events and improving tourism in the region.


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1.5 The project contributes to strengthening capacities and institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovinathrough the reconstruction of an administrative and public building within the urban centre ofthe city as the first building of the Sarajevo Town Hall.

2. Regional/local socio-economic context

From its origins the Town Hall, as part of the city, represents the memory of the place and

documents a period of time. This building is a symbol of the city and has a symbolic meaningthat was created after its destruction and the attempt to destroy the cultural identity of the city,the state and its people. The reconstruction of the Town Hall is a symbol of resistance todestruction and primitivism.

The social significance of the building lies in the fact that a number of premises will bereturned to the National and University Library for public use, including the use of the libraryand the area planned for hosting various events, visits to the museum of reconstruction,organisation of gatherings and presentations.

The economic potential lies in the development of tourism in different segments, bearing inmind the importance and function of the Town Hall and its historical surroundings. Group orindividual tourist visits to the Town Hall building can be organised, as well as the sale ofappropriate souvenirs and books about its history, destruction and reconstruction. This type ofcontribution may form additional funds for necessary maintenance works and presentation ofthe cultural and historical heritage of the City of Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The existing capacities of the Old Town Municipality offer a possibility for tourism developmentdirected at various marketing segments:

1. Cultural-historical heritage of the Old Town Municipality, primarily the Town Hall and itscentre, Baarija, create significant conditions for the development of cultural tourism.

2. Various, tourism related activities, as in the organisation of the festival Baarijske noi,concerts organised on the square in front of the Town Hall.

3. Additional activities that my be carried out during the tourist season in relation to the richhistory of the city, performances, gatherings, and presentations that point out the TownHall building and its surrounding.

With regard to the current state of development of the municipality and a lack of significantplans (development strategy of the municipality) for analysing economic potentials andeconomic profit generation systems, tourism should be viewed as a source of income forcompanies, entrepreneurs and the municipality, if we consider the development of certaintourist sectors. In that sense, an increase in the number of tourist visits will contribute to theincrease of income and more work for hotels, museums, stores and other facilities located inthe neighbourhood. The activities of the accompanying businesses, such as local stores,restaurants, souvenir shops and shops that sell other domestic products, will also increase.

3. Sectorial context

The architectural heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina was systematically destroyed during the1992-95 war, contrary to the provisions of international law and those of the Criminal Codesapplicable in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the countries that came into being following thedissolution of Yugoslavia. According to the still incomplete data that the Institute for theProtection of the Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina hadgathered by November 1995, 2 771 architectural heritage properties had been demolished ordamaged: 713 of them had been totally destroyed and 554 had been gutted by fire and wereunusable. This data is partly based on on-site inspections, partly on reports from individualorganisations, religious communities and so on. Be that as it may, the numbers in the report,even though incomplete, indicate the almost total state of devastation of Bosnia andHerzegovinas heritage. Classified chronologically and stylistically, the worst destruction wasof properties from the Ottoman period, (15th to 19th centuries), followed by those of theAustro-Hungarian period.


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16 buildings of national importance, falling within the first protection category, (categorisationof the Regional Plan of Bosnia and Herzegovina until 2002), which date back to the Austro-Hungarian period, were destroyed. The Town Hall and National Library in Sarajevo and fourother monuments from that period (the Town Hall in Bosanski Novi, Post Office building inSarajevo, and the Baths and the Neretva Hotel in Mostar).

Heritage managements main strength lies in the institutional legislative framework for heritageprotection, at state level. The Dayton Peace Agreement defines, in separate annexes, theobligations at the different administrative levels (state level: the Republic of Bosnia andHerzegovina; and the Entity levels: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, RepublikaSrpska and the District of Brko). Annex 8 relates to the heritage and the importance of itsreconstruction for the implementation of a stable peace. This is one of the annexes thatestablishes refugees right to return and lays down conditions to ensure security in Bosnia andHerzegovina.

The Commission to Preserve National Monuments is an institution of the state of Bosnia andHerzegovina, set up in accordance with Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement forPeace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Decision of the Presidency of Bosnia andHerzegovina on the Commission to Preserve National Monuments (BiH Official Gazette Nos.1/02 and 10/02). The Commissions decisions are final and are enforced in accordance withthe Law on the Enforcement of Decisions of the Commission to Preserve NationalMonuments, which has been adopted by the Entities (Republika Srpska, the Federation ofBosnia and Herzegovina and the District of Brko and the local and regional authoritiesdefined in an annex) and provides national monuments with the highest degree of protection.

4. Statutory protection

The Commission to Preserve National Monuments adopted a decision to designate theHistorical Building Town Hall in Sarajevo as a national monument of Bosnia andHerzegovina at its 27th session, held from 4 to 10 July 2006. To ensure the ongoing protectionof the National Monument, the following protection measures are defined:

The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is responsible for ensuring thelegal, scientific, technical, administrative and financial measures necessary to protect,conserve, restore, and the national monument.

To ensure the ongoing protection of the national monument the following measures arehereby stipulated:

- Only conservation and restoration works are permitted, as well as structural andconstruction repair works, works on the reconstruction of the missing parts and the workson the presentation of the national monument, with the approval of the Federation ministryresponsible for physical planning and expert supervision of the responsible heritageprotection authority at the level of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

- Before carrying out works on the building, a technical review of previously implementedworks needs to be organised: Stabilisation of the structural system of masonry constructions Reconstruction of the roof, including a lightning conductor installation Repair of the steel dome and false ceiling, including reconstruction of the glass cover

of the dome Reconstruction works in the assembly hall

- The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is responsible for ensuringthe preparation of appropriate project documentation, based on research worksconducted, which will include: Structural repair and stabilisation of basement walls and pillars, domes, the floor in the

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Faade restoration Restoration of the interior and its adaptation according to the purpose, administrative,

public or cultural Restoration of plaster and painted decorations

- The original appearance in regard to architectural details, wall colour, and the treatment ofopenings and faades is to be preserved and restored during conservation and restoration

works- The original materials are to be used during conservation and restoration works, theoriginal methods of material processing are to be applied and the original bondingelements used to the highest degree possible. All preserved fragments shall be examinedand reintegrated.

- The fragments that are too damaged to be reintegrated will be conserved and properlydisplayed in the museum of Town Hall reconstruction

- No parking is allowed in the contact zone of the national monuments and no access tovehicles

- The building will have a solid, 2 metre high metal protective fence around it

III PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT

1. Location

Administrative location:Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo Canton, City ofSarajevo, Old Town Municipality.

Description of location:The Town Hall building was built on the bank of the Miljacka River, in the district of Baarija.Its location is a part of the historical centre of Sarajevo (within the complex of Baarija)erected during the Ottoman period. It is situated on the border of the commercial and businessdistrict and adjacent to the main city road. The layout of the Town Hall building is of atriangular shape, encircled by roads on all sides: Obala Kulina bana, one of the main citystreets on its south-eastern side, Telali on the north-eastern and the Brodac Street on its westside.

Cadastral reference/land unit:Cadastral data: c.p. 97, land registry excerpt XCVIII/19, Town Hall, old land surveySurface of the building: gross 10 450 square metres /net 6 945.00 square metres

Map referenceSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EuropeLatitude: 43.85Longitude: 18.50Altitude: 525 metres

2. Executive summary

Being under Turkish rule at the end of the 19th century, Sarajevo got its first municipaladministration Beledija and Assembly of the City Administration, as a result of a bigadministrative reform in Turkey. In 1789, at the time of establishing the Austro-Hungarian rulein Bosnia and Herzegovina, the City Administration was formed. The need for a modern townhall arose within the planned development of the national capital. Mustajbeg Fadilpai, thethen mayor of Sarajevo underlined that need. Around 1890, attempts were made to implementthe programme for the new town hall on some location where an outstanding building could bebuilt. The approval was issued for the location on the right bank of the Miljacka River, in theeastern part of downtown Sarajevo.


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The architect Karlo Karlo Parik (1857-1942) designed the building of Beledija (detention)which marked the beginning of the development of the construction block towards the west. Atthe same time he designed the Town Hall building located to the east of the Beledija (ideallymatching axes of the entry to the Beledija and the western entry to the Town Hall). Thelocation determined the basic layout of the Town Hall an equilateral triangle. Theimprovement of the quay along the Miljacka River was quite certain at that time, so that Parikpositioned the main faade of the Town Hall, which is marked by elements of neo-Moorish

architecture, to face the river.The preliminary design was completed in 1891 and offered to Minister B. Kallay, who(according to the historian Hamdija Kreevljakovi) objected to the project. Since the designerdid not accept the objections of the Austro-Hungarian Minister Kallay, Alexander Wittek wascharged with preparing a new project, on which he worked in 1892 and 1893. Since he madethe project in the pseudo-Moorsih style, he went to Cairo on two occasions to study buildingsbuilt in that style. His models were the mosque and madrasah of Hasan II in Cairo. As A.Wittek fell ill and died in 1894, iril M. Ivekovi continued to work on the project. It wascompleted in 1894, with minor alterations made to Witteks design.

The selection of decoration elements may be Witteks greatest contribution to the constructionof the building, which, in terms of space and composition, was defined in Pariks project andworked out in detail by . M. Ivekovi. The culmination of its representative quality wasachieved by richly decorated elements of the Islamic architecture of North Africa and Spain.

3. Summary description of the building/site

The original Town Hall building was designed and executed as a massive structural system,using traditional materials (stone, brick and wood) and steel supports. The steel dome abovethe assembly hall was made of the same materials. A glazed covering and false ceilingcomplete the interior, lighting and decoration of the dome. The basement level is set on stonefoundations, with the external parapet cladding made of stone. The ceiling structure above thebasement is made of brick vaults. The walls of all levels, except the basement, are made ofbrick 75.60 and 45 cm thick.

The ceiling structures in the peripheral tracts are built as wooden structures with woodenfloors, and at the central entrance they are built with brick domes. The structure of theassembly hall is made of stone pillars and stone load-bearing arches, with brick domesstretching over two storeys and connecting a monumental stone staircase.

The layout of the building is an almost symmetrical equilateral triangle, with the southern andnorth-eastern faade being 56 metres long and the north-western faade 52 metres long. Thebuilding has a basement, ground floor, mezzanine and two upper floors. There are angletowers in the form of prisms at the corners of the triangle. There are projecting bays on allsides of the building, with the bay on the southern, main faade being particularly pronouncedand very representative. It is made of an access staircase with a porch, above which there is aloggia. From the domed porch one enters a quadrangular area with nine domed fields, at aheight of two floors. This area leads to the central, spacious hexagonal hall, structurallydeveloped from the triangular base. This is the most valuable space in the building with theheight of the entire building and a glazed dome on the top. A three-pronged staircase leadsfrom the assembly hall to the gallery that stands on the pillars with decoratively executedcapitals and arches. From the gallery one enters the main, most outstanding premises of theTown Hall, such as the big hall, two smaller halls, and a smaller meeting hall located at theopposite side. All the halls are at a height of two floors, other premises are developed throughfour floors above the basement.

The style of the building is a mixture of historicism of the pseudo-Moorish origin. The stylemodels are the so-called Mezoarabic and Moorish art of Spain and North Africa. Thedistinctive quality of the building is, to a large extent, made of the stylistic features of relief andpainted decoration. In sculptural terms, the painted elements of the interior and exterior, as


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well as the wall decorations are designed in the spirit of historicism, i.e. in the pseudo-Moorishstyle, and they represent excellent realisations of that style in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The decoration of the buildings faade shows the style elements taken from the Mamelukperiod in Cairo (1250-1517). These elements are seen in the stylisation of horseshoe arches,transennas, on twisted half-pillars of the angle towers, on the finishing roof cornice andelsewhere. Some elements of the artistic arrangement of relief and painted decoration were

taken from the area of North Africa, from the Fatimid period. That is, above all, the polichromyof the faade with the alternating red and yellow stripes, the use of stalactite relief, decorationusing relief ceramics, etc. Partially taken over from the Fatimid period are the designs ofbalconies, the use of multicoloured stained glass windows, and the way of painting flatceilings. Inspired by the Hispanic-Arabic mudejar style, relief and painted decorations wereexecuted in the interior, with the most magnificent portions in the domed parts of the assemblyhall, where there are stalactite and honey-combed fields, decorated with polychromaticornaments and gilding. Reflections of this style are also observable on the external faade.

The fanciful arabesque-like and Moorish ornaments are painted on the domed ceilings andarcades in the halls of the first floor, the ceilings of the loggia on the first floor, the wallsurfaces above the landing of the main staircase, and on the flat ceilings of the mostoutstanding halls of the Town Hall building. Below the glazed ceiling of the dome, above thecentral hall, there is a stained glass window made of arabesque-like star-shaped motifs,connected in the so-called endless ornamentation, typical of the spacious areas in the Islamicart. There is another stained glass window standing above the landing of the main staircase,which is made of multicoloured glass of intensive colour and geometric forms of arabesquemotifs, which fill the distyle and rosette above it.

4. Summary historic development of the building/site

The Town Hall building was built on a site where two hans and one private house had beensituated. The hans had been pulled down, and the owner of the private house requested thatthe house be transferred for a purse of gold coins, brick by brick, onto the other bank of theMiljacka River, at the opposite side of the Town Hall building. This was done as he requested,and the house dubbed Inat kua exists to the present day.

The construction began in 1892 (started by architect Wittek) and ended in 1894. The buildingwas inaugurated on 20 April 1896, when Baron Ivan Apel formally handed over the building tothe Town Administration (with the District Court being housed in one part of it together with theBosnian and Herzegovinian Parliament). The extension of the tramline along the bank to thenew Town Hall building depended on the completion of the quay improvement works. In 1897this line was extended all the way to the eherehaja's Bridge.

The Town Hall building was used by the Town Administration until 1949 (the period of theSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), when it was relinquished to the National andUniversity Library. The building had this cultural function until 1992, when it was destroyed.

5. Significance

In the history of western European cities, the existence of a town/city hall meant a higher levelof political self-governance.

The Town Hall of Sarajevo was built on the model of and with all the elements used for theconstruction of buildings of that kind in western European architecture and contains the usualarchitectural elements:

Ground floor, loggia for the courtroom; First floor formal hall and meeting rooms, balcony or projecting loggia; Tower, which was placed on the crown of the central dome of the Sarajevo Town Hall

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building is a monument of spirituality of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has a reason tosurvive only if it is given its previous function.

The architectural and artistic value of the building is its distinctiveness, one of the mostsuccessful and most beautiful results of the application of the pseudo-Moorish style on apublic building in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time of eclecticism.

The symbolic meaning of the Town Hall became even more pronounced after the destruction,which was an attempt to destroy the cultural identity of the state and its people. Itsreconstruction is a symbol of the resistance to the powers of destruction.

6. Vulnerability

The condition of the monuments is poor, with the possibility of influence by the weatheringelements on the building faade that is richly decorated. The physical structure is currentlyrepaired to the degree of structural stabilisation. The building was closed and rainwaterprevented from penetrating, which created the necessary conditions for further works.

7. Level of risk

In view of the fact that the protection measures, such as closing the building and its protection,are more or less of a temporary nature, the building is still at risk, from weathering factors(exterior of the building) to some extent, and also exposed to destruction of the alreadyconducted works on the building, as they were of a temporary nature.

8. Conservation philosophy

The reconstruction of the Town Hall in Sarajevo as a national monument implies thereconstruction of the destroyed structure using the methods of restoration and reconstruction,to the extent these methods are unavoidable, mainly on the destroyed parts of the faade andinterior. The new function of the building includes its original function the seat of the CityAdministration and the purpose that is of vital national interest the National and UniversityLibrary in its former premises. Apart from these functions, there is a plan for the building tohave some public function: to house a museum and be a place where public manifestationsare organised. To that end it is necessary to carry out internal adaptation of the building inorder to adjust it to the installations of modern technology.

In view of the significance of the building and its legal treatment, the preparation of all projectplans is focused on restoration and conservation as the primary approach to thereconstruction of the building. All elements whose physical condition is convenient forconservation should be treated in this way. The restoration of all elements should be based onthe analysis of the original documentation and research done on the building itself, incompliance with the provisions of international charters and conventions:

The Riga Charter on Authenticity and Historical Reconstruction in Relationship toCultural Heritage(ICCROM, 2000) provides the following justification for the rehabilitation ofthe Town Hall in Sarajevo:

- reconstruction of cultural heritage, lost through disaster, whether of natural or human origin,may be acceptable

The Town Hall building was hit by many heavy and inflammable missiles in the night of 25-26August 1992 and was then burnt and collapsed in the fire. The library holdings and physicalstructure of the building suffered incalculable damage in a moment.


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- when the monument concerned has outstanding artistic, symbolic or environmental (whetherurban or rural) significance for regional history and cultures

As the National and University Library the Town Hall was important for the entire region. By thedestruction of the library and scientific holdings, the Town Hall lost its function as the centralscientific library of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Declaration of Dresden (ICOMOS, 1982) provides justification for rehabilitation asfollows:

- Since men have been influenced by the wartime destruction and by reconstruction work afterthe war to regard monuments with increasing interest, in particular as providing evidence ofhistory, fresh emphasis has been placed on the demand to preserve the original substance ofthe monument. By this is meant that substance which, in all those components which make itworthy of being recognized as a monument, has grown through the ages, and which, by virtueof its authenticity, confirms the origins of the monument and its historical evolution up to thepresent day.

Anasthylosis will be the prevailing method used in the reconstruction of the Town Hall in Sarajevo.The reconstruction requires sorting, cleaning, conservation and reintegration of the fragments.

- More and more clearly, peoples combine pride in monuments of their own history with interestin monuments of other countries and with respect for cultural achievements, both past andpresent, of the peoples represented by these monuments. Worldwide exchange of knowledgeand experience on characteristic features, historical evidence, and the beauty of the culturalheritage, especially the monuments of every people and each ethnic and social group, plays aconstructive role in assuring equitable, peaceful co-existence between peoples .

The Town Hall is the spatially largest and most impressive building from the Austro-Hungariantime in Sarajevo. It is also the most beautiful and most important example of the pseudo-Moorishstyle in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Article 9 of the Venice Charter (ICOMOS, 1965.) reads as follows:

- "The process of restoration is a highly specialized operation. Its aim is to preserve and revealthe aesthetic and historic value of the monument and is based on respect for original materialand authentic documents".

Interventions on the Town Hall building will be carried out using the same or identical materialsdocumented over the time in the historical data about the building, as well as in the analyses of thebuilding material.

Principle 2, European Charter of the Architectural Heritage (Council of Europe, 1975):

- "The past as embodied in the architectural heritage provides the sort of environmentindispensable to a balanced and complete life."

Since its early days the Town Hall building was a memory of a place. Newspapers and magazinescarried texts and photographs of it thus documenting a period of time.

- "This heritage should be passed on to future generations in its authentic state and in all itsvariety as an essential part of the memory of the human race. Otherwise, part of man'sawareness of his own continuity will be destroyed".

The function of the Town Hall gradually began to focus on the spiritual aspirations of Bosnia andHerzegovina, so that the administration became slowly replaced by culture, science and art. In anycase, this building is a monument of spirituality of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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- "These are responsibilities that all -- individually and collectively -- must share just as all sharethe wealth of the memory, in the search for a sustainable development at the service ofMankind".

The symbolic meaning of the Town Hall emerged after its destruction as an attempt to destroy thecultural identity of the state and its people and its reconstruction is a symbol of resistance to thepowers of destruction.

9. Level of interventions

The intervention on the Town Hall can be subsumed under the general term of rehabilitation,which means restoring a damaged or destroyed property to its condition prior to thedestruction, using the same or identical materials that were used prior to its damaging ordestruction, and, as much as possible, the same technique of building. This method isnecessarily combined with reconstruction, since the structural system is adapted to newpurposes and fittings.

10. Priorities for intervention

Urgent protection works on the building are necessary roof and protection works to preventfurther dilapidation of the faade protection edgings and gutters, closing of the building

Research works on the faade research of the existing materials and sculpted elements onthe faade

Preparing main projects for a functional reconstruction of the Town Hall (these projects willdefine in detail the repair, restoration and colour treatment of the faade, external works,internal repairs, staircases, floors, walls, ceilings and necessary fittings).

11. Detailed description of the work

Phase 1 structural stabilisation and protection of the building

The structural stabilisation works were carried out in 1996-97

- Fence was built around the building;- Destroyed fragments were sorted and placed outside the building, within the fenced area

around it;- Repair of the structural system of masonry walls;- Information board with details about the monument was put up;- Reconstruction of the roof with the installation of a lightning conductor;- Repair of the steel dome and false ceiling, including the reconstruction of the glazed covering;- Supporting the heavily damaged structure of the assembly hall with load-bearing scaffolding;

Phase 2 structural stabilisation and protection of the building

Works continued on the reconstruction of horizontal structures and the assembly hallin 2002-04:

- Two destroyed fields were fully reconstructed, including vaulted and brick structures;- Due to the extent of damage, a large number of pillars (angle and free-standing pillars) onthe ground and upper floors were replaced, together with the load-bearing arches on theground floor;


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- Testing samples of the existing stone that were integrated in the assembly hall of the TownHall.

Phase 3 Preparing the restoration and repair project for the building

A contract was signed for the preparation of project documentation for the reconstruction ofthe Town Hall on 31 January 2007. The company URBING doo Sarajevo was selected by

international tender, to prepare project documentation for the reconstruction of the Town Hallwithin 8 months. The cost of project preparation amounts to 342,780.

- Inviting tenders and selecting a company to prepare project documentation for reconstructionand repair works on the building for the following projects:

The project of architectural reconstruction The project of structural reconstruction extension of the projects after conducting phases

I and II of reconstruction included The project of faade restoration The project of reconstructing plaster decoration The project for painted decoration The project for the interior planning reconstruction of authentic interiors of the 2nd floor

(gallery, office of the Mayor, councillors and other staff) and planning all other interior

appearances of planned premises The project of barrier-free access for disabled people The project of electrical fittings transformer station, low and high voltage, computer

system, fire alarm and external lighting The project of machine installations local boiler-room, central heating, ventilation and

air-conditioning The project of water supply and sewage waterworks, sewage, rainwater drainage

Phase 4 Restoration works on the building

- Preparing and inviting tenders for contractors and selection of most favourable contractors- Carrying out restoration works on the building- Carrying out works on installing electrical f ittings and a lightning conductor- Carrying out works on heating, ventilation and air-conditioning

- Carrying out works on waterworks and sewage installations- Restoration/reconstruction of decorations- Technical supervision of the works

Phase 5 Restoration of the faade and interior of the building

- Preservation of fragments and research works- Preparing and revising project documentation for the restoration- Preparing and inviting tenders for contractors and selection of most favourable contractors- Carrying out restoration and repair works- Technical supervision of the works.

Phase 6 works on arranging the remaining fragments and their presentation in the museumof Town Hall reconstruction that will be accommodated in the building

Phase 7 Maintenance and management programme

In the frame of providing long-term maintenance of the building and integrating it into thedevelopment of the city, it is necessary to prepare a Management Plan that should include along-term maintenance programme for the building. This programme must:

o outline a sustainable approach to future management, which incorporates theprotection of the building

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o promote cultural, historical and educational values.

In that way the building and its significance would be brought closer to the public.

Parallel events capacity and awareness building

1. Capacity building of students and young professionals:Experts from the Commission to Preserve National Monuments will conduct training sessionson the importance of the heritage, types of building materials, traditional building methods,methods used when conducting a technical survey of properties, methods on reconstructionand will directly involve students and young professionals on the site. The consultations andtraining by external experts are also envisaged (CoE, ICCROM, UNESCO).

2. Awareness raising activities:

Continuing the activities to raise awareness of the importance of the Bosnia and Herzegovinaheritage in the reconciliation process and the entire post-war reconstruction of the cultural andhistorical heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

12. Description of the social effects

The implementation of the project will have the direct effects of:

1. Creating a substantial number of jobs for people involved in the implementation of theproject;2. Contributing to the employment of local building companies and labourers;3. Contributing to the capacity building of students and young architects and civil-engineers inconservation and reconstruction;4. Contributing to raising awareness on heritage importance, establishing contacts andcontributing to building trust between different ethnic groups;5. Contributing to reconciliation and return process;6. Contributing to raising funds for the maintenance of the property.


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13. Implementation of the work

Year 1 Year 2

Semester 1 Semester 2

Activity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 Implementing body

Phase 1.Completed in

1997 structuralstabilisationand protectionof the building

GP Sarajevo

Phase 2Completed in2004 -structuralstabilisationand protectionof the building

GP Sarajevo andMineral Ljubljana (withKamen Dent Mostar)

Phase 3Completed in

2007 drawing up therepair andreconstructionproject for thebuilding

URBING doo Sarajevo

Phase 4Announced forthe beginningof 2008 Rehabilitationworks on thebuilding

Employed contractors(supervision by anarchitect-conservator)

Phase 5

Restorationworks on thebuilding faade

Employed contractors

(supervision by anarchitect-conservator)

Phase 6Arranging theremainingfragments andtheirpresentation


Phase 7Programme ofmaintenanceandmanagement

Team for theManagement Plan

Parallelevents

Buildingcapacities inthe sphere ofconservationand restoration

Experts in architecturalconservation.Target group:Students and youngprofessionals

Awareness-raisingactivities

Co-ordinator forpromotional activities


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Year 2 Year 3



Phase 4Announced for

the beginning of2008 Rehabilitationworks on thebuilding

Employed contractors(supervision by an

architect-conservator)

Phase 5Restorationworks on thebuilding faade


Phase 6Arranging theremainingfragments andtheir

presentation




Parallel events

Buildingcapacities in thesphere ofconservationand restoration


Awareness-raising activities



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Year 3 Year 4



Phase 4Announced forthe beginning of

2008 Rehabilitationworks on thebuilding


Phase 5Restorationworks on thebuilding faade


Phase 6Arranging theremainingfragments andtheirpresentation




Parallel events

Buildingcapacities in thesphere ofconservationand restoration


Awareness-raising activities


Note: the specifications of the reconstruction works on the building set out are for guidelinepurposes only. An exact description of the items and the cost thereof will be possible onlyafter the technical documentation has been drawn up.

The team will consist of the following experts:

1. Project co-ordinator2. Architects-conservators3. Art historian4. Painters-conservators5. Surveyors6. Experts in preservation, conservation and reconstruction7. Co-ordinator for promotional activities8. Administrator/finance officer

1. The Project co-ordinator will be responsible for drawing up detailed work plans, adoption ofmethodological approaches, setting the individual timelines and content of each stage,organisation and management of the implementation of the project over its duration (14months), and will bear overall responsibility for the programme. Requires an architectspecialising in heritage protection and management with at least ten years experience.


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2. The architect-conservator will be responsible for conducting the rehabilitation phases andfor the technical supervision of the reconstruction works. Requires one architect-conservatorwith at least ten years experience (10 months). Two architect-conservators will assist the workof the main conservator and will work as sites architects, must have at least five yearsexperience (8 months).

3. The art historian will work on analysing the historic and artistic values of the building and

recommending reconstruction methods for the decorations and artistic expression, advising ondrafting the reconstruction works project with regard to decorations and wall paintings. An arthistorian with at least five years experience (6 months).

4. The painter-conservator will work on ascertaining the condition of remains for theirreintegration, analysing the condition of decorated fragments and proposing measures for theirconservation and reconstruction, advising on the reconstruction of wall paintings, conductingconservation and restoration works for painted decorations and providing supervision. Onepainter-conservator with at least ten years experience (8 months). Three painters-conservators required for carrying out restoration of wall paintings with at least five yearsexperience (6 months).

5. The surveyors will work preserving fragments: measuring, recording and drawing thefragments, assisting in drawing up the geodetic bases, the technical survey of the existingfoundations and in drawing up the reconstruction project. 5 surveyors will be assisted bystudents (4 months).

6. The experts in preservation, conservation and reconstruction (Commission to PreserveNational Monuments) will conduct training sessions on the importance of the heritage, types ofbuilding materials, traditional building methods, the methods used when conducting atechnical survey of properties and reconstruction methods for students and youngprofessionals (from heritage institutes, architecture and other faculties). The consultations andtraining by external experts are also envisaged (CoE, ICCROM, UNESCO). Training sessionswill be held periodically at all stages.

7. The co-ordinator for promotional activities will work on awareness-raising activities,providing information on the importance of heritage and invitations to take part in the project,co-ordinating lectures to primary and secondary school pupils, organising exhibitions of thepupils works followed by a cultural entertainment programme and organising sales ofexhibited childrens works. The co-ordinator for promotional activities will work periodicallyduring the project.

8. The administrator/finance officer will carry out administrative and financial tasks associatedwith the project and will be responsible for the secretarial services, correspondence, etc. Thiswork will be carried out on the premises of the Commission to Preserve National Monumentsin Sarajevo (14 months).

Team for the Management Plan:

- architect;- architect-conservator;- urban planner;

- ecological engineer;- tourism specialist;- economist.

The architect will be responsible for drawing up detailed work plans, setting individualtimelines, the adoption of methodological approaches, the content of each stage, defining thestructure and content of the Management Plan and its presentation, organisation and co-ordination of activities, and will bear overall responsibility for the Plan.

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the building and will define the action plan.

The urban planner will analyse the planning policy, the existing functions and potential of theenvironment in which the building is located, including the layout and landscaping of the riverbank with defined protection zones and contact zones around the building, define the use ofproperties and new developments within the environment in line with protecting the buildingand the needs of development and tourism, define measures for new development and its

control, define traffic and parking in relation to accessibility to the building and its protectionfrom traffic, and define the action plan.

The ecological engineer will prepare an assessment of the environmental impacts, aprogramme for moderating, controlling and monitoring measures and a detailed action plan.

The tourism specialist will evaluate the tourism value of the area, draw up a programme forsustainable development of tourism taking into account the protection of the building, thepotential and needs of the area and the links to other attractions and facilities within it, managetourist visits, oversee the presentation and interpretation of the building, and prepare an actionplan.

The economist will prepare detailed cost and benefit analyses of all measures andinterventions proposed under the Management Plan, establish a scheme of financial levelsand resources, define the development budget and financial sources, and prepare an actionplan.

The Commission will undertake a public call for tenders to carry out the works. According to theLaw on Public Procurements for categories valued at more than 250 000 an international callfor tenders must be launched. The contract will be signed with companies that submit the bestoffers regarding price and experience in conservation, reconstruction and reconstruction workson historical buildings. Sculptors are to be contracted for making decorations of stone surfaces,entrances, pillar capitals and bases, and of the drinking fountain and stairs of the building.

For the project to be successfully implemented, co-operation with the City Administration (asthe owner), the municipality and the institutions of the Federation of BiH, Canton and City ofSarajevo is vital. The project should also include as many of the students and youngprofessionals in the field of cultural heritage preservation as possible, thus contributing to theircapacity building. Their inclusion is foreseen in activities relating to the preservation offragments, preparation for the survey and recording, technical assistance in surveying andrecording, assistance in drawing up the reconstruction project and helping in reconstructionworks.

The project should create interest in the importance of cultural heritage and its protection,preservation and promotion.

IV COST ANALYSES

1. Estimated costs

Note: the specifications of the repair, rehabilitation and renovation works on the building setout below are guidelines only. An exact description of the items and the cost thereof will bepossible only after the technical documentation has been drawn up.


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2. Expected sources of funding

Conditions Amount Percentage

()of

the total (%)

Applicant's financial contribution 100 000 1.12 Commission contribution for FS 7 185 000 80.86 European Commission Implemented 2.250 000

Government of the Republic ofAustria Implemented 750 000

Spanish Government Donated 1 000 000 11.25 Government of the Republic ofHungary Donated 150 000 1.68 Government of the Sarajevo

Canton Donated 200 000 2.25City of Sarajevo (CityAdministration) Donated 200 000 2.25Old Town Municipality Donated 50 000 0.56TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS 8 885 000 100

Direct revenue from the raisingawareness action Estimated 50 000 0.56

OVERALL TOTAL 8 855 000 96.66

Summary phases Cost ()

Phase 1 completed in 1997 1,500,00Phase 2 completed in 2004 2,250,00Phase 3 completed in 2007 350 000Phase 4 Restoration works on the building 4 490 000- Carrying out the works of placing electric installations and a lightning conductor 1 130 000- Carrying out works on heating, ventilation and air-conditioning installations 1 005 000

- Carrying out installation works: waterworks and sewage 380 000 Phase 5 Restoration of the faade and interior of the building 1 880 000

A) TOTAL (excl. Phases 1, 2, 3 ) 8 885 000

Phase 6 Arranging remaining fragments and their presentation 10 000

Phase 7 Management Plan 15 000

B) TOTAL 25 000

Parallel event Building capacities in the sphere of conservation andreconstruction 20 000

Parallel event Awareness raising activities 5 000

C) TOTAL Parallel events 25 000 Implementation costs (co-ordination, administration/finance, officesupplies and running costs, travel costs) - 2% total (excl. Initial phase)

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3. Cost benefit analysis of the project

We can expect both primary and secondary economic benefits from the reconstruction works.Grants or donations either from individuals or private trusts for the reconstruction of themonument might be treated as a particular form of primary benefit. According to the analysisof the National Trust of Heritage in the USA, 60% of the conservation works price benefits thelabour market, creating employment for local building companies and labourers and increasing

production of building materials.Through awareness-raising activities we expect a direct benefit to the project of 30,000.

Primary transactions will set off secondary spillover or external effects, many of which mayhave significant consequences. If such effects can be exclusively attributed to thereconstruction of the monument, as opposed to other development projects, such secondarybenefits all need to be considered in the analysis of economic values. One positive effect ofthe reconstruction is the impact on the land values of nearby properties, as measured by netincome. Another form of benefit is an increase in the tax base, which devolves to themunicipality, in so far as it collects the property tax.

One can also expect the stimulation of net private investment. Such investment in thecommunity is desirable to widen the economic base, and those taxpayers, workers and othermembers of the community can benefit from such investments. Perhaps the easiest way toidentify them is to determine which are related to the renewed attraction of the monument,such as food, merchandise, retailing, transportation and other sectors of the local economy.These spillover effects are expected to create more employment and income, both forindividuals and the government.

V DOCUMENTARY SOURCES

The decision to designate the Historical Building Town Hall in Sarajevo as a nationalmonument, Commission to Preserve National Monuments, at the 27th session held from 4 to10 July 2006 (www.aneks8komisija.com.ba) with supplementing documentation:

A copy of the cadastral plan Photographic documentation

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Enclosed:

Town Hall in Sarajevo:Condition of the buildingGround floor layout of the buildingHistorical photographs of the building

Photographs of the building interior documentation of the Cantonal Institute for the Protection ofCultural-Historical and Natural Heritage, SarajevoPhotographs of the building Damir Hadi

The methodology used for the preparation of the FS-Part 1 is based on the Feasibility Reporton the Project Historical Heritage, Council of Europe Development Bank, Paris, 2001; andthe Guideline EU Support for Regional Economic Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina,The Delegation of the European Commission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, CARDS 2004.

Prepared by:

Damir Hadi, Architect, associate for architectural heritage, Cantonal Institute for theProtection of Cultural-Historical and Natural Heritage, Sarajevo, BiHin consultation with the expert of the Commission to Preserve National MonumentsMirela Mulali Handan, Project Co-ordinator, BIH, and Zaila Uzunovi, author of thePreliminary Technical Assessment and Azra Hadi, expert of the Institute for the Protection ofCultural-Historical and Natural Heritage of FBiH.

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