This paper deals with the analysis of preservation policies for historical city cores in two culturally and historically significant cities in Serbia - Novi Pazar and Novi Sad. The preservation of these urban areas is crucial for maintaining the cultural identity and historical continuity of both cities, as well as promoting their multicultural her...

By Merisa Tarhaniš

A large amount of aggressive ions, especially sulfate ions, is present in the soil and groundwater as well as in marine environment, which could lead to the deterioration of underground and offshore concrete structures in those areas. In the last few decades, the problem of the sulfate attack on building materials and structures has attracted consi...

By Vesna Bulatović, Tiana Milović, Jovana Bojković

Koenigs meshes should be more explored in the field of architectural design due to their various fabrication efficiency factors for doubly curved grid-shells. Beside being planar quad meshes (PQ-meshes) they have additional property of duality and are closely linked to graphical statics: their diagonals and those of their dual mesh represent form a...

By Zlata Tošić, Ahmed Elshafei, Daniel Lordick

In the city of Skopje there are many existing residential buildings which have been subjected to lateral and vertical extensions. This research paper questions the role of urban planning in the practice of adding surface area and additional floors to existing residential buildings, while considering the concept of sustainable urban development. Th...

By Kefajet Edip

Large housing estates were the dominant form of housing in socialist cities, with more than half of the urban population residing in them – sometimes even exceeding 80%. While the primary focus in housing construction was on efficiency and quantity, attention was also given to the quality of living. The layout of these estates, featuring...

By Jelena Đekić, Milena Dinić Branković, Milica Ljubenović, Milica Igić

Natural lighting is a key factor in the organisation of residential space, influencing visual comfort, psychological well-being, and energy efficiency. This paper analyses spatial configurations of apartments in Serbia, focusing on the retreat of residential rooms, particularly kitchens, into interior zones lacking direct access to natural light. D...

By Đorđe Alfirević, Sanja Simonović Alfirević, Sanja Nikolić

Numerical simulations of laboratory tests in triaxial apparatus have become increasingly important for modeling soil behavior in geotechnical earthquake engineering. These simulations provide valuable insights into soil mechanics and help validate experimental results. The constitutive models in numerical simualtions should provide a mathematical d...

By Vlatko Sheshov, Elefterija Zlatanovic, Julijana Bojadjieva, Aleksandra Bogdanovic, Kemal Edip, Toni Kitanovski, Dejan Ivanovski

The built heritage of the rural areas of the Balkans is characterized by decades of neglect, which developed as a consequence of the abandonment of rural areas, strong urbanization of cities, emigration of residents, and low birth rates. Most of the built heritage fund consists of residential and auxiliary buildings dating from the 19th and 20th ce...

By Milena Metalkova-Markova, Ana Stanojević, Antonela Karapandzheva, Boris Rančev, Alexander Mladenov, Sam Brooks, Musab Ak, Kremena Dimitrova

In order to ensure the durability of masonry structures, prevent their deterioration and serious damage, it is necessary to carry out regular inspections of the condition of building elements. Determining the condition of masonry structures is most often done manually, by visual inspection, which is a time-consuming process, the quality of which la...

By Bojan Milosevic, Zarko Petrovic, Nenad Kojic

The primary goal of this paper is to develop a mathematical model that describes groundwater flow within a porous medium. By employing mathematical modelling techniques for fluid flow analysis, valuable insights can be gained into complex flow conditions that are often difficult to assess using conventional analytical methods. Given that the spatia...

By Marijana Milić, Tamara Pantić, Goran Jeftenic, Ljubomir Budinski