Test test
On a warm Saturday evening last autumn in Rome, I took two friends and first-time visitors, Boba and Smiljana, to Testaccio, a centrally located neighbourhood on the left bank of the Tiber River. We went to a party held twice a month at the Mercato di Testaccio (Testaccio Market), when stalls stay open late, offering classic Roman dishes like cacio e pepe, carbonara and supplì (deep-fried risotto balls) – alongside wine, beer and music.
Five Kindergartens
location:Belgrade | size:5350m2 | status:competition Honorable mention at the competition to design five kindergartens in Belgrade, organized by city authorities for development and investment. The challenge was to develop a proposal within the cost estimate not exceeding eight hundred euros per square meter, and the design confined to limited choice of materials and construction techniques […]
Faqra Apartments
location: Mount Lebanon | size:1200m2 | status:ongoing The project is situated in Faqra, Mount Lebanon at the altitude of 1500m and contains apartments planed as ski retreats for the people who live in the nearby city of Beirut. The area is under stringent planning regulations which have conditioned the configuration of three separate buildings on […]
PingPong
location:Venice | size:220m2 | status:proposal Table tennis is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth with rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Play is fast and demands quick reactions. A skilled player can impart several varieties of spin to […]
Palilula Green Market
location:Belgrade | size:3096m2 | status:competition The competition brief called for an architectural solution for the public space with the changing use throughout the day. Exactly the topic we would choose to work with. According to the brief, green market was to occupy the place in the morning hours, and in the afternoon and evening this […]
Chandelier
design by Hrib///status:prototype One of the ideas behind this website it to create a platform form which young architects and designers will be able to promote their own work. The endorsement initiative comes from our involvement in academia where often enough we come across results ready to become products with the commercial viability. Yet, the […]
Schlarafia
furniture for Schlarafia | status:ongoing Schlarafia are local manufactures of quality mattresses whose business has been around since 1934. This year they have decided to expand into the furniture commerce by establishing their own bed line. Their business plan is targeting international market and their product is bound to compete for high end customers. They […]
Sumatovacka Conversion
location:Belgrade | size 140m2 |status:complete A top floor flat of the existing building is expanded into the attic space. New roof form is an adaptation of the previously purpose free geometry. A top floor flat of the existing building is expanded into the attic space. New roof form is an adaptation of the previously purpose […]
Coastal Housing Block
location:Adriatic | size:300units | status:ongoing Moved by two motives, desire to achieve very dense development* and the need to create socially sustainable environment, we looked at the historic model of urbanization found in the neighboring towns, whereby network of narrow streets and squares is laid out in conjunction with the topographic conditions to result […]
Tara Mountain Home
location: Tara | size:121m2 | status:idea Another mountain home project revokes experiences gained from the house at Kopaonik, but adopts explicitly different strategy. Internal space is organized around centrally positioned core with structural, heating and ventilating purpose. The building is than oriented toward idyllic surroundings with its external walls and the roof seamlessly combined to […]
Amorfurniture
design by A7 | status:prototype This is an experiment and a utilitarian piece of furniture at the same time. It is designed according to anthropological measures of five simultaneous users. Our selection of the materials and means of fabrication is environment friendly. Cardboard plates of 50mm thickness are manually cut and assembled in layers to […]
PolyCentric Ceiling
location:Belgrade | size:25m2 | status:complete The project started as a competition entry for the Serbian Pavilion at 12th Venice Biennale of Architecture. Since then we have been developing the idea further and in May 2010, we have built the prototype as an amended version of PingPong at Mikser Design Expo in Belgrade.
WellnessSky
location:Belgrade | size:1200m2 | status:complete Change of use and refurbishment of the existing building on Belgrade riverfront is our first project complete. It was derelict when we started and our client wanted cloud-like impression form the new interior. We thought that existing structure from seventies was extraordinary and have focused on the ceiling to get […]
Snow City
study for London Festival of Architecture 2008 Dramatic temperature changes, sudden rainfall and rapid changes in pollutant levels our cities climates are becoming more and more difficult to predict. Architects and planners are faced with increasingly complex and uncertain information when shaping tomorrows cities. Does this mean there should be a radical rethink of how […]
Pediatric Clinic, East Africa
size:from27m2 | status:competition Responsive solutions in building industry are normally associated with high budgets. In contrast, this is a low-cost application of adaptable architecture. Proposed design is not site specific; it is configured to suite different surroundings and varied demands. For practical reasons, it is based on the use of a single component designed for […]
ABC Route
location:Trstenik | size:2,5 km| status:competition idea First Prize at the competition for a bicycle-pedestrian route that connects the city of Trstenik to the monastery complex Ljubostinja. Several stopping points /A-F/ are planned to be located along the route as small resting places each with a specific purpose. These new activities contribute to the activation of […]
Soft to Hard Canopy
location: Belgrade | size:240m2 | status:idea While majority of the exciting projects and current research in architecture goes from material to immaterial, from physical to digital, from solid to fluid, from mechanical to biological, from hard to soft, we explore the opposite route, leading us from Soft to Hard. In continuation with the research project […]
Slavija Square
location: Belgrade | size:20 000m2 | status:competition Second prize at the competition to redesign Slavija Square in Belgrade. The proposal aims to create a new public space at the busy traffic junction in Belgrade. The notions of movement and change are taken as two departing points of the study. The movement is related to the […]
Savamala Rooftops
location: Belgrade Savamala | size:n/a | status:idea This is a design and build propsal for the social and economic development of the Upper Layer of Savamala, submitted for the invited competition under the initiative Urban Incubator: Belgrade, supported by the Goethe-Institut. In July 2012, our proposal was selected by the curatorial board amongst six […]
Mitsu Sushi Restaurant
location: Tivat | size:160m2 | status:complete This is a project for a sushi restaurant and bar located on the coast at new build Tivat marina, Porto Montenegro. Space is conceived as a place of gathering and its use depends on the moode of its users. Throughout the day its use fluctuates from an exclusive restaurant […]
Kiosk T
location: Belgrade | size:10m2 | status:competition idea Second prize at the competition to design a modular kiosk for King Aleksandar’s Boulevard in Belgrade. In total there should be twenty instances of the new kiosk along one of the busiest street in the city. Our design places prominence on two elements of the kiosk: its canopy […]
Burr
location: Belgrade | size:4m2 | status:complete Some plants have burrs, prickly flowers with outer bracts ending in hooks. After the flower head dries, the hooked bracts will attach to humans and animals in order to transport the entire seed head. The interesting bit here is the connection between the flower and the environment which happens […]
Supernatural Park
location: Belgrade | size:400m2 | status:complete Like many other cities, Belgrade too is lacking green space. In particular it needs equipped and maintained green areas that are open to public. We have joined non-governmental organization Supernatural in an initiative to create a series of such spaces across the town. The first one is a […]
House on the River Drina
location: Bajina Basta | size:12m2 | status:idea In 1968 local kids have erected the first structure on this spot, like a retreat and without a building permit proper. Not only the natural setting is intriguing but also the fact that it sits on the river which now represents border between two countries, territory not belonging […]
Kopaonik Mountain Home
location: Kopaonik | size:120m2 | status:complete The Mountain Home at Kopaonik ski resource in Serbia is erected on the small plot sandwiched in-between two other buildings. Interestingly, two adjacent homes were designed and constructed independently but almost concurrently, with comparable budgets and according to similar requirements of their users. The proximity of neighbouring buildings is […]
Kermis
location: As, Norway | size:12 800m2 | status:competition In the Low Countries, Kermis (Kermesse) is a local annual outdoor fair or festival held in the honor of the patron or denoting the anniversary of the church foundation. Similar celebrations were regularly held in villages of many different cultures but have always been accompanied by the […]
Cannibalism
location: Vienna | size:34 740m2 | status:competition Cannibalism of course is a gruesome occurrence, whereby human or animal is eating one’s own species. In a completely different context of the present day, term “cannibalization†stands for a cunning marketing strategy whereby a company appears to be competing against itself but actually is increasing its share […]
Polygamy
location: Nürnberg | size:10 000m2 | status:competition It is widely known, Polygamy is a lifelong relationship which includes multiple partners, in contrast to more usual monogamy whereby the bond is being established exclusively between two parties. In social anthropology, polygamy is recognized as the practice of one making him or herself available to two or […]
Camouflage
location: Kalmar,Sweden| size:127 ha| status:competition In biology, camouflage denotes the ability of an organism to blend into its own environment in order to avoid detection by other organisms. It is widely known about the strong evolutionary importance of the living organisms’ ability to negotiate and conceal their own shape in often opposing conditions. Of more […]
MSUV
location: Novi Sad | size: 850m2 | status:competition Shortlisted at the invited competition, the strategy is about connecting outdoor and indoor space belonging to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Novi Sad. The aim is to create better connection between the museum and the city. The proposed architectural intervention allows for both informal and staged […]
Dimitrije Tucovic Plateau 2014
location: Belgrade | size: 1285m2 | status:idea The new plateau will be formed in front of the National Bank of Serbia at the rim of Slavija Square in Belgrade. Currently devastated area will be converted into the public space where the monument of Dimitrije Tucovic is to be relocated. The design intent is to create […]
Platter
location: Ležimir | size:80m2 | status:ongoing This is a timber platform of approximately 80m2 held by steel columns at the height of 3 meters above the ground. The platform provides for the views of the surrounding landscape, while its position and shape create two spaces of different characteristics and with distinct relations to the surroundings. […]
4 Mt Eliza Way
location: Melbourne | size: 120m2 | status:idea This is an extension of the private home in a residential neighborhood in Melbourne, Australia. The project is seen as an infill development and the design intent is to make better use of the private area behind the house. The proposed structure is bordering with a tennis court […]
Dimitrije Tucovic Plateau 2016
location: Belgrade | size: 2950m2 | under construction The new plateau will be formed in front of the National Bank of Serbia at the rim of Slavija Square in Belgrade. Currently devastated area will be converted into the public space where the monument of Dimitrije Tucovic is to be relocated. The area of 2950m2 is […]
DDS Conversion
location: Belgrade | size: 6200m2 | under construction Built in 1955 by the socialist state, “Dvorana Doma Sindikata†has always been one of the landmark buildings in Belgrade and home to many events influencing city’s cultural and entertainment life.The conversion focuses on the provision of indoor public space, including two cafes, two restaurants, media shop […]