Functional zones of flats in the period of art moderne in Nis (1930-1941)

This paper analyzes organization of flats built in the Art Moderne in Nis in the period between two world wars. In the Moderne period flats one may observe a more complex structure of flats with several different rooms, in comparison to the previous period. This is an undeniable contribution to the quality design of this period, even though it does not follow the examples of "the open plans" which existed in the developed communities in Serbia and Europe. Time distance of almost eighty years since the first buildings of the Moderne movement were built in Niš, is a sufficiently long historical period to conduct an objective and quality analysis of the contribution and influence this style had in forming the contemporary organizational arrangement of flats in of Niš