HERSUS Story: Changing Perceptions on Sustainable Built Heritage through Education

Vladan Djokić

https://doi.org/10.60152/wk3iaxgk

Abstract: The keynote will share the story of Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership project HERSUS implemented from 2020-2023 in Serbia, Italy, Cyprus, Greece, and Spain. The HERSUS project, as its full title indicates, aims to enhance heritage awareness and sustainability of the built environment in urban and architectural design higher education. HERSUS is situated in a changing and challenging context of architectural discourse and grounded on co-creative research platform for up-skilling of architectural students through learning/training/teaching activities and spectrum of didactic tools. In the context of multiple influences affecting the development and transformation of cities – such as climate change, green challenges, and social transformation – the problematization of heritage issues in the setting of the city and landscape becomes a priority topic. Within this multilayered research scope, to have far-reaching implications in the practical sense, its integration into existing study programs as well as new study programs is of immense importance. As a result, a new profile of architects/urban designers is needed in the wider architectural field, and a new professional profile, with specific technical, technological, socio-humanistic, and artistic skills is needed to respond to these challenges.

Keywords: Architectural Education; Heritage; Sustainability; Professional Skills and Competences

How to cite this Paper (Harvard referencing style):

Djokić, V. (2023) ‘HERSUS Story: Changing Perceptions on Sustainable Built Heritage through Education’, in R. Bogdanović (ed.) On Architecture — Challenges in Design, Proceedings. Belgrade, Serbia: STRAND, pp. 10–15.
On Architecture (2023) Conference Proceedings, pp. 10-15.

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On Honesty in Architecture: A Historical versus a Material Approach

Mateja Kurir

https://doi.org/10.60152/o0lgiufw

Abstract: The question of honesty in architecture is essential for the field for several reasons. Honesty as a concept has been traditionally understood within the realm of the truth as such in architecture: to be honest meant to be able to express the truth in architecture, according to one of the most established theories, presented by John Ruskin. The aim of this paper is to approach honesty from a different standpoint, coming out from 2 different positions: the first comes out of philosophy, the other from architectural theory. The thesis, presented in the paper dealing with a new understanding of honesty in architecture, is as follow: whenever a broad discussion about honesty in architecture has been posed, a significant break with the past in architecture has been initiated. I would like to claim that these changes were not just a matter of material honesty in architecture, which is a widely accepted argument, but that when a significant rapture appeared in architecture, this was predominantly a reflection of societal changes. Architecture changed significantly when society changed: it reflected those systematic changes within society. In the paper, the period of the Renaissance, Neoclassicism, Modernism and Contemporaneity within architecture will be taken into consideration to discuss the topic of honesty in architecture.

Keywords: honesty, history, material, philosophy, break, environmental crisis

How to cite this Paper (Harvard referencing style):

Kurir, M. (2023) ‘On Honesty in Architecture: A Historical versus a Material Approach’, in R. Bogdanović (ed.) On Architecture — Challenges in Design, Proceedings. Belgrade, Serbia: STRAND, pp. 210-214.
On Architecture (2023) Conference Proceedings, pp. 210-214.

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On Architecture (2023) Conference Proceedings

OA2023 — Conference Proceedings
ISBN 978-86-89111-34-7
https://doi.org/10.60152/p2soxsi4

Title
On Architecture — Challenges in Design
Proceedings

Publisher

STRAND – Sustainable Urban Society Association

Editor
Ružica Bogdanović

Reviewers
Aleksa Bijelovic, Aleksandra Stupar, Anastasios Tellios, Christiane Wagner, Denis Ambruš, Figen Beyhan, Giannis Tsaras, Marija Mano, Mateja Kurir, Mirjana Devetaković, Nataša Danilović Hristić, Nora Lefa, Pavlos Lefas, Ranka Gajić, Ružica Bogdanović, Svetlana Batarilo, Senka Ibrišimbegović, Vanessa Tsakalidou

Contents

I ARCHITECTURE – DESIGN CHALLENGES IN MACRO AND MICRO SCALE

HERSUS STORY: CHANGING PERCEPTIONS ON SUSTAINABLE BUILT HERITAGE THROUGH EDUCATION
Vladan Đokić

ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BORDERS: EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARCHITECTURAL CRITIQUE AND PRACTICE IN TRANSNATIONAL ENDEAVORS WITHIN THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE INCIDENTAL
Francesco Carota

INTEGRATED DESIGN: INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENTS EXPANDING PUBLIC SPACES
Christiane Wagner

STRATEGIC URBAN DESIGN FOR THE JUST CITY
Marija Maruna

IMPACT ON DESIGN AND FUNCTIONALITY OF INTERIOR BY USE OF STEEL STRUCTURES IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
Monika Štiklica

ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENTATION: MODELING A FUTURE OF THE OBJECT
Mila Mojsilović

ARCH – ANTI RADIATION CONTAINMENT HOUSE OF THE FUTURE: OVEREXPOSURE TO ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AS FUTURE SCENARIO
Sanja Nikolić, Marta Grbić

TOWARDS AN AESTHETICALLY LIGHTWEIGHT ARCHITECTURE
AN IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF TECHNIQUES THAT CONVEY THE SENSATION OF LIGHTNESS
Eleftheria Papadosifou, Giannis Tsaras

(IM)POSSIBILITY OF PARTICIPATORY URBAN PLANNING
Kosta Stojanović

II TECHNOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE

METAVERSE – A POWERFUL NEW INSTRUMENT FOR URBAN PLANNING OR YET ANOTHER UNFULFILLED TECH-PROMISE?
Marina Nenković-Riznić

CLIP AND THE CITY
ADDRESSING THE ARTIFICIAL ENCODING OF CITIES IN MULTIMODAL MACHINE LEARNING MODELS

Iacopo Neri , Darío Negueruela del Castillo

THE SCIENCE OF NETWORKS: URBAN MOVEMENT SYSTEM DESIGN, ANALYTICS, AND NAVIGATION
Dragana Ćirić

METANARRATIVE AND TRANSNATIONAL IN THE CONCEPT OF SOFT POWER ARCHITECTURE
Ivan Filipović

III REWORKING ARCHITECTURE/ CITY

HOW TO MAINTAIN THE ROOTS OF HISTORY AND CULTURE AND YET BE CONTEMPORARY
CASE STUDY: MINIMALISM IN ARCHITECTURE
Dragana Vasilski

THE NEW ARCHITECTURE OF THE PALACE OF JUSTICE IN BELGRADE: REMODELING THE SERBIAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT TOWARDS THE SPACES OF INCLUSIVITY
Milica Mađanović, Davor Ereš

UNCOVERING FRAGMENTED DIACHRONIES OF THE TRANSITIONAL SKOPJE 2014
Tamara Koneska

INTERDISCIPLINARY AND INTEGRAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERIOR, ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM – CASE STUDY OF IVO LOLA RIBARA STREET IN KRAGUJEVAC – PEDAGOGICAL AND RESEARCH PROJECT
Bojana V. Pašajlić, Natalija Z. Bogdanović

DELTA – RIJEKA CENTRAL PARK
Denis Ambruš, Vlatko Dusparić

EPHEMERAL SPACES AND WATER: URBAN GREEN HALL OF FACULTY OF MUSIC ARTS
METHODOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT IN THE URBAN DESIGN OF THE NEW BUILDING OF FACULTY OF MUSIC ARTS (FMA) IN BELGRADE IN THE BELGRADE LINEAR PARK
Miloš Stojković Minić, Jelena Ilić Gajić

IV ART AND ARCHITECTURE

ON HONESTY IN ARCHITECTURE: A HISTORICAL VERSUS A MATERIAL APPROACH
Mateja Kurir

THE ESSENCE OF PLACE: UNDERSTANDING GENIUS LOCI THROUGH PHENOMENOLOGY
Iva Lokas, Relja Petrović, Ivana Rakonjac

ANESTHETIZING THROUGH THE IMAGE: BETWEEN ETHICS AND AESTHETICS IN ARCHITECTURE
Milena Kordić, Nikolina Sekulović

THE USE OF ARCHITECTURAL DECORATIVE ELEMENTS FROM THE END OF THE 19TH AND THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY AS A DETERMINANT IN THE SERVICE OF DEFINING STYLE
Bojana V. Pašajlić

REIMAGINING MATERIALITY: CIRCULARITY POTENTIAL OF 3D PRINTED ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS WITH RECYCLED CLAY
Jelena Milošević, Jelena Brajković, Andrej Josifovski, Maša Žujović, Milijana Živković

THE DEPICTION OF VELOCITY IN ART AND DESIGN AND ITS CONNECTION TO ARCHITECTURE
Despoina Kokkota , Giannis Tsaras

V NEW MEDIA AND NEW TOOLS IN DESIGN

DESIGNING WITH AI: EARLY IMPACT OF DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGIES ON URBAN AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Miloš Milovanović

TOWARD THE UTILITY OF BIM MODELS
Igor Svetel

RE-SHAPING THE “FUTURE PAST” OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: AI-GENERATED DETAILS AND CONCEPTS
Jovana Tošić

VI CONFERENCE POSTER SESSION

RETHINKING CITIES: ARCHITECTS AS AGENTS OF CHAOS
POWER, PLANNING AND THE ROLE OF THE ARCHITECT IN THE DIGITAL ERA
Erez Ella

10.10 10-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE OF ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION OUTCOMES IN 10 THEMES ON THE TOPIC OF POSTINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA BETWEEN DUNAVSKA STREET AND THE DANUBE’S BELGRADE WATERFRONT
Bojana Jerković-Babović

DEMOCRATIZING URBAN PLANNING: INSIGHTS FROM PARTICIPATORY FORUMS IN BELGRADE
Iva Čukić, Jovana Timotijević, Marko Aksentijević, Božena Stojić, Olga Andrić

URBAN EDUCATION FOR FUTURE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS – ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT MODES, ECOLOGY AND SPACE PROBLEMS OF A LARGE CITY FACING CLIMATE CHANGES
Svetlana Batarilo, Ranka Gajić

DISTANT MOMENTS CONDENSED: MNEMOTECHNICS OF THE CITY.
CASE STUDY: THE WEDDING INSTALLATION
Nora Lefa

“SOUNDSCAPE OF FEMALE EXPERIENCE” – TRANSDISCIPLINARY ACOUSTIC ECOLOGY OF PALIĆ LAKE
Jasna Jovićević

THE ARCHITECTURE OF FLUIDITY
VISUALIZATION OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS OF FIGURATIVE AND NONFIGURATIVE INSTRUMENTALIZATION OF THE FLUIDITY PHENOMENON IN ARCHITECTURE
Bojana Jerković-Babović

On Architecture (2023) Exhibition Book

OA2023 — Exhibition Book

ISBN 978-86-89111-33-0
CIP - Каталогизација у публикацији - Народна библиотека Србије, Београд

72(082)
711.4.01(082)

INTERNATIONAL Multimedia Event On Architecture Exhibition "Challenges in Design" (11 ; 2023 ; Beograd)
On architecture — Challenges in design : exhibition book / [[within] 11th International Multimedia Conference] On Architecture, December 2023 Belgrade, Serbia] ; [editor Ružica Bogdanović]. - Belgrade : STRAND - Sustainble Urban Society Association, 2023 (Belgrade : Grid studio). - 84 str. : ilustr. ; 24 cm

" ... conference and exhibition “Challenges in Design”." --> Preface. - Tiraž 100. - Str. 3-4: Preface / Editor.

ISBN 978-86-89111-33-0

а) Архитектура -- Зборници б) Урбани дизајн -- Зборници

COBISS.SR-ID 130919945

On Architecture (2023) Book of Abstracts

OA2023 — Book of Abstracts

ISBN 978-86-89111-32-3

On Architecture (2019) Conference Proceedings

ISBN 978-86-89111-21-7
CIP - Каталогизација у публикацији
Народна библиотека Србије, Београд

72(082)(0.034.2)
711.4.01(082)(0.034.2)

INTERNATIONAL Conference on Architecture (7 ; 2019 ; Beograd)
Challenges in Architecture, Urban Design and Art [Elekronski izvor] : proceedings / [Seventh International Conference] On Architecture, [7-8 June, Belgrade] ; [editor Ružica Bogdanović]. - Beograd : Strand - Sustainble Urban Society Association, 2019 (Beograd : Strand - Sustainble Urban Society Association). - 1 elektronski optički disk (CD-ROM) : tekst, slika ; 12 cm
Sistemski zahtevi: Nisu navedeni. - Nasl. sa nasl. ekrana. - Tiraž 50. - Napomene i bibliografske reference uz tekst. - Bibliografija uz svaki rad.

ISBN 978-86-89111-21-7

a) Архитектура - Зборници b) Урбани дизајн - Зборници

COBISS.SR-ID 276915980

On Architecture (2022) Conference Proceedings

OA2022 — Conference Proceedings
ISBN 978-86-89111-28-6
CIP - Каталогизација у публикацији
Народна библиотека Србије, Београд

72.01(082)(0.034.2)
711.4.01(082)(0.034.2)

INTERNATIONAL Conference On Architecture (10 ; 2022 ; Beograd)

Philosophy of Architecture [Elektronski izvor] : proceedings
/ 10th International Conference On Architecture, December 2022,
Belgrade ; [editor Ružica Bogdanović]. - Belgrade : STRAND
- Sustainble Urban Society Association, 2022 (Belgrade : Grid studio).
- 1 elektronski optički disk (CD-ROM) : tekst ; 12 cm
Sistemski zahtevi: Nisu navedeni. - Nasl. sa naslоvnog ekrana dokumenta.
- Tiraž 100. - Napomene i bibliografske reference uz tekst. - Bibliografija
uz svaki rad. - Sadrži i biografske beleške o autorima.

ISBN 978-86-89111-28-6

a) Архитектура - Интердисциплинарни приступ -- Зборници b) Урбани
дизајн – Зборници

COBISS.SR-ID 80602633

Title
On Architecture – Philosophy of Architecture
Proceedings

Publisher

STRAND – Sustainable Urban Society Association

Editor
Ružica Bogdanović

Reviewers
Pavlos Lefas, Nora Lefa, Aleksandra Stupar, Nataša Danilović Hristić, Ranka Gajić, Svetlana Batarilo, Mirjana Devetaković, Ružica Bogdanović

Contents

Chapter I PHENOMENOLOGY OF ARCHITECTURE

DIAGRAMS: PHILOSOPHY BEYOND THEORY
THEORY THROUGH PHILOSOPHY: ARCHITECTURE, ART, POLITICS AND TECHNOLOGY

Miško Šuvaković

RADICAL DESIGN: HUMAN ENHANCEMENT AND THE ICONISTIC POLIS
Theofanis Tasis

WHAT IS A CONJECT(URE)?
THE CITY AS A CONJECT(URE)
Petar Bojanić

PLATO’S ACCOUNT OF ARCHITECT’S EXPERTISE
Aleksandar Kostić

THE PARADOX OF HOME IN HEIDEGGER’S PHILOSOPHY
Mateja Kurir

VITRUVIUS’ CONCEPT OF EURYTHMY
Pavlos Lefas

BETWEEN REALITY AND NON-REALITY
Nora Lefa

INFORMATION IN ARCHITECTURE IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Igor Svetel

ELEMENTAL SPACE: EXISTING | DWELLING
Virna Koutla

INTERPOLATION OF THE EPHEMERAL SEGMENTS SCENERY IN THE DESIGN OF CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
Katarina Lončarević

THE INDEX AS THE PRESENCE OF THE ABSENT IN THE ARCHITECTURAL OBJECT.
TOWARDS A THEORY OF ARCHITECTURAL SEMIOLOGY
Katarina Ognjenović

AN EPOCH FROM A NEW PERSPECTIVE
Katarina Taranović

ART AND ARCHITECTURE AS ENGINE FOR URBAN REGENERATION NEW MUSEUM QUARTER IN SARAJEVO
Senka Ibrišimbegović, Nedim Mutevelić

Chapter II ARCHITECTURE AND/OR VS. ART

BIOMATERIAL FOR GROWING ARCHITECTURE
Jaroslava Frajova, Jan Koníček, Petr Siedlacziek

ARCHITECTURAL APPLICATION OF NANOFIBRE TEXTILE STRUCTURES WITH AN ADDED WATER RETENTION VALUE
Jan Koníček, Miloš Florián, Jaroslava Frajová

BODIES WITHOUT ORGANS
TACTILITY, INTERNET OF BODIES, APIs AS WORLDMAKING AGENTS
Cenk Güzelis

BEHAVIOUR ISSUES AND SAFETY ASPECTS IN THE REAL AND VIRTUAL SPACES
Nataša Danilović Hristić, Marina Nenković-Riznić, Nebojša Stefanović

BIM WITHOUT BIM: INTRODUCING THE BIM LOGIC IN ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY CLASSES. THE CASE OF TUC
Giannis Tsaras, Barbara Charalambidi

TOWARDS THE LIMINAL LINE DYNAMICS
Anđelka Bnin-Bninski

THE ARTIFICE OF WATER: ART PROJECT H3O2 VOL. 2 – SPATIAL INSTALLATIONS
Miloš Stojković Minić, Nevena Petrović, Dušan Stipić Dudwarszky

METHODOLOGY OF REPRESENTATION AND TRANSCRIPTION OF ARCHITECTURAL SPACE: DISCOVERING THE HYBRID MODEL OF ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING
Hristina Meseldžija

SPATIAL IMMERSION: ARCHITECTURE OR ART
Sanja Nikolić

Chapter III TECHNOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE

SMART CITIES AND ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES:
COMMUNICATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL SPACE
Christiane Wagner

META-TYPOLOGIES
Polyxeni Mantzou

GAME-AS-A-SERVICE FOR URBAN DESIGN AND URBAN RESEARCH COMMUNICATION
Milena Ivković

PHILOSOPHICAL CONTEXT AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE
OF TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION IN ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM:
ECOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIOLOGICAL PROGRESS OR A STEP BACK
Mila Pucar, Marina Nenković Riznić

TACTICAL URBANISM AND URBAN ACUPUNCTURE AS PLACE MAKING SOLUTIONS
FOR THE TIME OF AUSTERITY
Tamara Klicek

BUILDING SMART CITIZENS
Anastasia M. Kyriakopoulou, Konstantinos A. Oungrinis,Sotirios Ntzoufras, Antonios Papamanolis

HOUSING COMPLEX – AN ALTERNATIVE PENAL APPROACH
Margiori Lais-Ioanna, Papadosifou Eleftheria, Terzaki Maria, Karagianni Anna

NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN THE FUNCTION OF PARTICIPATORY AND EDUCATIONAL PROCESSES IN URBAN PLANNING – CHALLENGES OF COVID-19 AND THE FUTURE OF DIALOGUE
Marina Nenković Riznić, Nataša Danilović Hristić, Sanja Simonović Alfirević

BIOPHILIC PATTERN AND APPEARANCE OF LEPENSKI VIR HABITATS
Nenad B. Miloradović

FRAGILITY AS RESILIENCE: DESIGNING THE BALANCE OF THE NATURAL AND BUILT ON THE EXAMPLE OF AN OPEN COMPETITION FOR THE WIDER AREA OF THE HIPPODROME IN BELGRADE
Milena Kordić, Ranka Gajić, Svetlana Batarilo

INTERIORITY AS A CONCEPTUAL APPARATUS – THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERIOR, ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN
Natalija Bogdanović

SCENIC FUNCTION OF PARTIZAN SQUARE – TOWN SQUARE IN UZICE
Bojana Pašajlić

URBAN REGENERATION OF IVO LOLE RIBARA STREET IN KRAGUJEVAC AS A STRUCTURE THAT SHAPES URBANITY OF MODERN CITY – TEACHING-EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Natalija Bogdanović, Bojana Pašajlić

RIVER BLOCK AND WALK ZENICA
Denis Ambruš, Vlatko Dusparić

IN SEARCH OF THE IDENTITY OF STRUGA – PRESERVING OR RESETTING THE URBAN MEMORY
Damjan Balkoski

INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL TRENDS AND POPULATION MIGRATION ON CHANGE
OF THE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION OF RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE
Iva Lokas, Ivana Rakonjac

LESSONS FROM PASSIVE SYSTEMS OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE FOR CONTEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION
Tijana Žišić, Marija Milenković

Chapter IV POSTER SESSION

FLEXIBILITY OF WORK AND WORKPLACE POST-2020
Aleksa Bijelović, Milica Maksimović

THE BUILDING BETTER INITIATIVE: ENABLING AGENCY IN SELF-CONSTRUCTION IN RURAL INDIA
Divya Chand, Shweta Sundar, Sai Kelkar

NEW URBAN LIVING ROOMS – FOLLOWED BY LIGHT
Aleksandra Milošević Pantović


Chapter V PANEL SESSION

PHILOSOPHY OF ARCHITECTURAL FIGURES
Snežana Vesnić with
Igor Cvejić, Sanja Iguman, Željko Radinković, Marko Ristić, Sara Nikolić,
Miloš Ćipranić, Edward Djordjevic, Milica Božić, Tamara Plećaš

OA2023 — Save the date

On Architecture 2023 STRAND Annual Conference and Exhibition

The 2023 Annual Event entitled “On Architecture – Challenges in Design”, will be hosted by the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Gallery of Science and Technology  and Rectorate of the University of Belgrade in Serbia 5-19 December 2023.

  • Conference 7-8 December 2023
  • Exhibition 5-19 December 2023

The Call for contributions invites researchers and practitioners to submit proposals for presentations that relate to the conference and exhibition theme and enhance peer-learning. The deadline to submit proposals is 1 June 2023.

Call for contributions is open from March 2023.

On Architecture (2022) Book of Abstracts and Exhibition Book

OA2022 — Book of Abstracts
OA2022 — Exhibition Book

ISBN 978-86-89111-29-3
CIP - Каталогизација у публикацији - Народна библиотека Србије, Београд

72.01(082)
711.4.01(082)

INTERNATIONAL Multimedia Event On Architecture (10 ; 2022 ; Beograd)

Philosophy of Architecture : book of abstracts / [Tenth International Multimedia Event] On Architecture, Belgrade 2022] ; [editor Ružica Bogdanović]. - Belgrade : STRAND - Sustainble Urban Society Association, 2022 (Belgrade : Grid studio). - 82, 58 str. : ilustr. ; 24 cm

Nasl. str. prištampanog teksta: Philosophy of Architecture : exhibition book. - Oba rada štampana u međusobno obrnutim smerovima. - Tiraž 100. - Str. 10: Preface / Editor. - Sadrži i biografske beleške o autorima.

ISBN 978-86-89111-29-3

a) Архитектура - Интердисциплинарни приступ - Зборници b) Урбани дизајн
- Зборници

COBISS.SR-ID 81011977