Description
Sarajevo is a city in a valley, and as the bombing was staged from the mountainous perimeter, any unprotected main city boulevards, intersections, and other open spaces were under constant threat of sniper shooting. Citizens started to move around their city differently, hiding from danger, walking through the buildings and in the areas that were protected from sniper fire. There were a myriad of spatial strategies employed to protect people from sniping attacks, including running across the open crossroads. Other tactical solutions included: hand written signs “ATTENTION SNIPER!”, constructing temporary high walls made from the remains of burned cars, shipping containers, metal fences, sand bags, walking next to United Nations armored cars, suspending large colored linen sheets as visual screens between buildings, and many others.
