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Between Memory and Everyday Life: Urban Design and the Role of Citizens in the Management of the Memorial Park “October in Kragujevac”
No full textThe Memorial Park, “October in Kragujevac,” in addition to its memorial and symbolic value, is one of the largest memorial and landscape-designed city parks in Southeastern Europe. Methods of management, maintenance, landscaping, artistic design, construction, and space use by residents have changed over time. This research employs both quantitative and qualitative methods. Critical analysis of primary sources, mainly urban planning documents, is used to understand changes in management models and maintenance patterns. A survey was also conducted via a mobile application (Viber group: “City and Me KG”) among residents to assess their willingness to participate in managing and maintaining the space, as well as attitudes toward program content planned for specific areas. The first part outlines the urban development timeline of the Memorial Park and presents various models of management, maintenance, and use that arose due to historical events, government, and social systems. The park’s evolution relative to the city’s growth is depicted, showing its transition from peripheral space to the central urban park. The second part explores citizens’ interest in urban management and participatory design, along with attitudes toward possible changes to existing features and adding new elements for daily use, without compromising heritage, symbolism, or respect for victims. The survey also examines recognition of the park’s ecological microclimate and ecosystem functions within the city. The results suggest the potential for a new management strategy and creation of open urban spaces—landscape-designed memorial parks that meet community needs within cultural and ecological systems
Infrastructure Spaces: A Holistic View On Multi-Scalar Approach To Programming Unbuilt Environments
No full textThis research investigates and evaluates the relationship between physical infrastructures of the 20th century and the infrastructures of the 21st century, perceived as networks and data clouds, in the context of enhancing the quality of built environments. The conducted research investigates the conflicted relation between the notion of infrastructure and landscape. Infrastructures connect and are networks of resources, production and commuting, whilst represent monofunctional hyper divisions - shifts in perception and movement of species, landscapes, environments, therefore habitats. The relational gap between the urban scale and its marginal spaces, existing as separate entities, positions infrastructure spaces as territory in between, and opens the discussion of its potential of future development. What is the possible added value to these utilitarian spaces to become places?
The aim of this paper is to propose a research position that perceives infrastructural spaces as unbuilt environments with potential for contributing to urbanity through different models of programmatic physical augmentation. By observing various spatial contexts such as quarries and gravel pits and instrumentalizing elements of viaducts, railway infrastructure, drainage and sewage canal networks and electric grids, this research proposes a new methodological apparatus and offers a holistic view on multi-scalar approaches to tackling shifting environments. Standing in the intersection of landscape, infrastructure and human-scale, this interdisciplinary research attempts to contribute to the ongoing discussion on liveability, by proposing and evaluating a methodological framework of design research which reformulates infrastructure space as a sophisticated instrumental mechanism with potential of generating new forms of urbanity and social dynamics. These conditions will be discussed through a number of student projects developed at University of Belgrade – Faculty of Architecture
Implications of Eye-Tracking Data for Wayfinding and Urban Design : The Case of Post-socialist New Belgrade Block
No full textEye-tracking experiments have enabled the development of powerful artificial intelligence-based
software tools, allowing in silico research into human pre-attentive processing of
design solutions in public spaces. While commonly used by advertisers and retailers to drive
consumption, these tools also hold the potential for creating better environments. A significant
advancement lies in using eye tracking and simulation software to predict walkability in urban
settings. By identifying hotspots where users fixate, and correlate with urban or architectural
design elements, these tools can provide insights into potential walkability and offer guidelines
for movement.
This paper examines wayfinding and urban design in one New Belgrade block in post-socialist
Belgrade from the perspective of pedestrian users. The study area was selected based on visual
and perceptual ambiguities that lead to wayfinding and orientation challenges for pedestrians.
The researcher acted as a user, recording pedestrian movements through the block on video.
The video recordings were then extracted into images and analyzed using 3M VAS software to
detect visual interactions through heatmaps, hotspots, and gaze sequences. The results revealed
various detections, from the impact of urban furniture and pavements to the positioning of
benches and the use of colour or materials in public spaces. These findings suggest ways to
modify environmental stimuli to enhance walking experiences.
As a contribution, this research demonstrates how simulation design approaches in public
spaces can guide transformations to create more liveable, legible, and safer environments for
walking, particularly in the context of post-socialist transformations
Devising a Framework for Virtual PED Labs: Classification to Identify the Potential Scalability of PED Cases
No full textPositive Energy Districts (PEDs) represent a promising approach to achieving goals towards neutral cities and reducing the negative environmental impact of climate change through the surplus of local renewable energy generation. In this way, PED Laboratories are testing platforms for small or medium-scale experimentation, which follow an integrative approach including technology, spatial, regulatory, financial, legal, social and economic perspectives. As a core part, we can define the Virtual PED Laboratories (VPED-Labs) that encompass the set of virtual features and tools to demonstrate, analyse, monitor and manage new technologies and solutions that can be adopted in a specific urban context to achieve PED objectives. In this paper, a framework for the VPEDLabs is proposed that fosters a data-driven, proactive planning process that is well-suited to the demands of PEDs. It includes definitions, classification criteria, components and the description of main tools according to functionalities, technologies and stakeholders. The main characteristics of a European district as a case study are analysed to highlight the importance of monitoring and controlling systems to manage the demands and production of energy
“CONSTELLATION AVALA” Public, Open, Single-Stage, Anonymous, Survey Competition for the Programmatic and Spatial Concept for the Urban and Landscape Revitalization of the Area between Blagoja Parovića, Kneza Višeslava, Miloja Zakića, and Vladimira Rolovića Streets, Čukarica, Belgrade [34th International Urban Planners' Exhibition]
No full textКонцепт се заснива на систематичном сагледавању сложеног контекста разнородних просторно-функционалних елемената окупљених у природном пејзажу, са намером да оживи и увеже све елементе, како на међусобном нивоу, тако и са остатком урбаног ткива које га окружује. Као основни чиниоци концепта идентификовани су природна структура, грађена структура, јавни простори и кретање, протагонисти културе и културне праксе, док сам концепт артикулише наведене елементе у циљу формирања логичних просторно-програмских целина које чине један систем – КОНСТЕЛАЦИЈУ. Преузети назив односи се пре свега на намеру артикулације целине по следећим приниципима: повезаност упркос удаљености; хијерархија ”звезди”; перцептивни обрасци и флексибилност интерпретације и невидљиве везе и мреже односа.The concept is based on a systematic reading of the complex context, where diverse spatial and functional elements are embedded within the natural landscape. Its aim is to revive and interconnect all components—internally and with the surrounding urban fabric. Natural structure, urban fabric, public spaces and mobility, cultural actors and cultural practices are identified as key determinants and articulated into coherent spatial-programmatic units forming one system—a CONSTELLATION. The title reflects principles of connectedness despite distance, hierarchy of “stars,” perceptual patterns and interpretative flexibility, alongside invisible links and networks of relations.34. Међународни Салон Урбанизма, категорија Конкурси / 34th International Urban Planners Exhibition, category Competition
VP_SUDS COMMONS [6. међународна изложба савременог становања, 2025]
No full textThe multi-family residential building at 59 Vase Pelagića Street is located in the city municipality of Pantelej in Niš. The building was constructed using a prefabricated IMS frame structural system. In addition to the residential units, shared spaces were created within the building and in its immediate surroundings. Some of the original shared spaces have undergone transformations offer time, while others have retained their original form. This project focuses on retrofitting shared spaces within the building that retain their original characteristics and offer potential for repurposing ( flat roof and facades) as well as the shared open spaces in the immediate surroundings of the building. The goal of the retrofitting project is to enhance the functional, design, ecological, and social potential of shared spaces by implementing SuDS (Sustainable Drainage Systems) measures and nature-based elements.Višeporodična stambena zgrada u ulici Vase Pelagića 59 nalazi se na teritoriji gradske opštine Pantelej u Nišu. Izgrađena je korišćenjem prefabrikovanog IMS skeletnog konstruktivnog sistema. Pored stambenih jedinica, unutar zgrade i u njenoj neposrednoj okolini, formirani su zajednički prostori. Neki od izvornih zajedničkih prostora su vremenom pretrpeli transformacije, dok su drugi zadržali svoj prvobitni oblik. Ovaj projekat se fokusira na unapređenje zajedničkih prostora unutar zgrade koji su zadržali svoje izvorne karakteristike i nude potencijal za prenamenu (ravan krov i fasade), kao i zajedničkih otovrenih prostora u neposrednoj okolini zgrade. Cilj projekta je unapređenje funkcionalnog, dizajnerskog, ekolokog i društvenog potencijala zajedničkih prostora primenom SuDS ( Sustainable Drainage Systems) mera i elemenata zasnovanih na prirodi
24/7: Spaces of Collective Practice - Learning Through Collaborative Discussions and Action Drawing [abstract]
No full text24/7 Spaces of Collective Practice showcases the work of students from the University of
Belgrade's Faculty of Architecture, who, through an experimental pedagogical framework,
explored the possibilities of everyday, all-day living in public and institutional spaces. By
engaging in collaborative work, dialogue, and spatial drawing, students reflected on architecture
born from immediate needs, with active involvement from the body, community, and context.
24/7 Spaces of Collective Practice not only showcases results but, more importantly, presents
a method - a form of learning that is collective, open, and grounded in exchange. Through
collaborative work, drawing in physical space, and articulating space through action, the
project emphasizes design as a shared experience. In an era marked by fragmented educational
models and growing individualism, this practice highlights the significance of common space—
not only as a physical reality but also as a way of thinking. The common table becomes a site for
exchanging ideas, while the tape on the floor serves as the first trace of architecture - one that
emerges directly from life
Архипелаг будућности
No full textМетодологија пројекта 1: НАСУКАНИ БРОДОВИ
је први део двојног издања у форми уџбеника за курс Методологија пројекта.
АРХИПЕЛАГ БУДУЋНОСТИ
се бави темом фрагментарности у вези са савременим архитектонским контекстом. Реч „далеки” треба узети метафорички – као хоризонт непоколебљиве жеље за дуготрајним
излагањем утицајима окружења, на линији методолошке идеје. Концепцијски, тематски и естетски, овде је недовршеност оно што генерише пут ка „правој” архитектури
Koncept intermedijarnih prostora
No full textThe contemporary context, which manifests itself as transcultural and subject to hybridization, requires an appropriate spatial-programmatic logic that has the ability to assimilate and examine relations at different levels and support the needs of the contemporary user. The contemporary development of the methodology of the design process is essentially related to the complex state of relations between different typоlogies and relations within specific typologies in the contemporary cultural - social context. Accordingly, the research forms the concept of intermediary spaces through a tripartite synthesis, linking and permeating three themes: the relation architecture - deconstruction, the relation type - hybridization, and the concept of transculturality. Synthetically intertwined and interwoven, they provided an appropriate conceptual and theoretical basis for the research. Principles have been extracted from areas that are tangential to the theory of architecture and the methodology of architectural design, with the aim of forming the concept of intermediary spaces and examining the role of intermediary spaces as a methodological tool in the process of architectural design of trans-typological architectural concepts, which are characterized by hybridization and/or the state of hybridity in the contemporary context of architectural thinking and creation.Savremeni kontekst koji se manifestuje kao transkulturalan i podložan hibridizaciji, iziskuje
odgovarajuću prostorno-programsku logiku koja poseduje sposobnost da asimiliuje i preispita relacije
na različitim nivoima i podrži potrebe savremenog korisnika. Savremeni razvoj metodologije procesa
projektovanja suštinski je vezan za kompleksno stanje relacija između različitih tipologija i relacija
unutar posebnih tipologija u savremenom kulturno-društvenom kontekstu. U skladu sa tim istraživanje
formira koncept intermedijarnih prostora kroz tripartitnu sintezu, uvezivanjem i prožimanjem tri teme:
relacija arhitektura – dekonstrukcija, relacija tip – hibridizacija i koncept transkulturalnosti. Sintezno
isprepletane i protkane, pružile su odgovarajuću pojmovnu i teorijsku osnovu za istraživanje. Iz oblasti
koje su tangentne teoriji arhitekture i metodologiji arhitektonskog projektovanja ekstrahovani su
principi, u cilju formiranja koncepta intermedijarnih prostora i preispitivanje uloge intermedijarnih
prostora kao metodološkog alata u procesu arhitektonskog projektovanja trans-tipoloških arhitektonskih
koncepcija, kojima je svojstvena hibridizacija i/ili stanje hibridnosti u savremenom kontekstu
arhitektonskog mišljenja i stvaranja
Sacred Networks and Spiritual Resilience: Sustainable Management of Studenica Monastery’s Cultural Landscape
No full textThis study explores spiritual resilience as a mechanism for sustaining cultural landscapes, focusing on the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Studenica Monastery (Serbia). By analysing the monastery’s sacred network, which includes monasteries, her- mitages, and churches, the study demonstrates how material heritage (architecture, art), intangible practices (monastic life, liturgy, traditional crafts), and the natural environment (UNESCO MaB Golija–Studenica Biosphere Reserve) form a cohesive system of resilience. The concept of spiritual resilience is examined as a dynamic process that links sacred archi- tectural structures and enduring religious practices with authentic land use preserved over centuries. We have utilised a methodological framework combining historical mapping, GIS viewshed analysis in spatial planning, and multidisciplinary data synthesis (historical, architectural, artistic, ecological, ethnographic) with resilience indicators aligned with the UNESCO’s Cultural Landscape approach. The findings reveal that Studenica’s sacred net- work operates as a coupled socio-ecological system. Spiritual practices, including annual processions and land stewardship rituals, have been identified as key factors in enhancing biodiversity conservation while mitigating land-use conflicts. Historical mapping has been used to highlight the overlap between sacred sites and protected ecological zones, reflecting traditional stewardship practices. By reframing heritage as an adaptive process where spiri- tuality serves as a conduit between tradition and innovation, the study proposes replicable strategies for UNESCO sites worldwide. The concept of sacred landscapes as resilience hubs is furthered by alignment with SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities)