The city of Niš, Serbia, has been an industrial production hub since the liberation from Ottoman rule and the construction of the railway infrastructure at the end of the 19th century. Following the aftermath of World War II, the city of Niš experienced an industrial bloom – redefining the urban landscape with numerous industria...

By Uroš Antić, Aleksandar Keković

Inherited multi-family housing estates from the socialist period remain a major residential layer in the former Yugoslav republics, while their public open spaces (POS) often decline under post-socialist governance and market pressures. This paper provides a selective overview of three good-practice pathways for (re)creating POS: participatory upgr...

By Ivana Bogdanovic Protic, Ljiljana Vasilevska, Jelena Živković, Milica Ljubenović, Magdalena Slavković

This study examines how architectural design education addresses environmental and social responsibility. Using New European Bauhaus (NEB) categories as a value framework, design results from two architecture schools were compared. It questions how students express environmental awareness and social responsibility, and how disciplinary autonomy can...

By Ana Nikezić, Milena Grbić, Olivera Dulić

Fish passages represent a key engineering and ecological measure for restoring the longitudinal connectivity of watercourses disrupted by hydraulic structures. This paper presents the conceptual design of a nature-like fish passage at the Djerdap 2 hydropower plant on the Danube River. The study includes route definition, hydraulic sizing under com...

By Jelena Markovic Brankovic, Milica Markovic, Tomislav Stojkovic, Dragan Radivojevic

This paper examines continuity and discontinuity in Banja Luka’s urban regulation strategies, focusing on the evolution of the open regulation model as a flexible framework for managing the urban landscape. The study highlights its persistence through diverse historical and conceptual approaches and identifies key phases of urban development ...

By Dijana Simonović

Postwar modernist urbanism remains labelled by dominant narratives that frame modernism primarily through failure and postmodern rejection. While critiques of modernist planning have largely emerged from Western European and North American contexts, this study argues that such interpretations cannot be universally applied. The paper provides new ar...

By DIMITRIJE IGNJATOVIC

Abrasion resistance is a critical durability parameter of foamed concrete applied in floor screeds and wear - exposed surface layers. Owing to its cellular structure, abrasion performance depends on bubble morphology, including size, distribution and uniformity. This paper presents an experimental study combining high - magnification microscopy wit...

By Ehsan Kiana, Aleksandar Radević, Aleksandar Savić, Mohsen Kiana, Gordana Broćeta, Nenad Ivanisevic, Mahdi Kiana

Urban heritage sites that have undergone radical spatial transformation present major challenges for conservation practice and urban planners. This paper examines the research methodology behind the revitalization project of the former Tutunović Podrum site in the Palilula municipality of Niš. Once the geometric and social centre of the dist...

By Nataša Živaljević Luxor

The paper explores the impact of location on the architectural form of family corner houses built during the interwar period and designed in the spirit of modernism. The specificity of a corner house's design lies in its conditioning by its urban position; on the other hand, a corner location demands that the house stands out as a landmark within t...

By Jasna Guzijan, Siniša Cvijić, Miroslav Malinović

The Architecture of Emptiness is an urban-architectural approach that focuses on the qualities and possibilities of unbuilt space, giving it primacy over built space. The proposed approach explores how emptiness can act as a generative force for urban-architectural pieces and how, in return, it echoes its built and natural environment. It highlight...

By Ljiljana Čavić