The article focuses on the structural and architectural design of buildings for civic amenities in the city in conditions of different climatic zones, maps the current construction in the context of the principles of sustainability. Construction trends show that the aim of society is to focus on modern construction technologies, while applying a co...

By Hamed Afsoosbiria, Darja Kubečková

Concrete is a fundamental material in construction, but its production, particularly the manufacturing of cement as a binding agent, is a significant source of CO₂ emissions, contributing  to global climate change. With the continued demand for concrete in infrastructure development, there is an urgent need to identify and implement sustainabl...

By Hesam Afsoosbiria, Hamed Afsoosbiria, Agnieszka Machowska

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

Because of their construction efficiency, regular tessellations are standardly applied in the design of discrete spatial structures. However, digital fabrication enables the application of intricate patterns that may be structurally even more rational, such as patterns based on isostatic (principal stress) lines or the application of patterns inspi...

By Jelena Milošević, Maša Žujović, Milijana Živković, Marko Gavrilović, Andrej Josifovski

The development of software tools has enabled more detailed analysis of the acoustic properties of a space. Therefore, this research explores the possibility of improving the acoustic and aesthetic qualities of a space through the implementation of parametric wall panels. The research was conducted in two phases. As part of the first phase, the abs...

By Predrag Radomirović, Momir Praščević, Ivana Nikolić, Petar Jovanović

The implementation of biomimicry as a design approach in architecture is still in its early stages. Biomimicry is defined as a solution to design problems inspired by natural patterns and has a wide range of applications in architecture, from materials, form, to regenerative ecosystem level.   The primary purpose of this paper is to inve...

By Sanja Janković Rakić, Florian Weininger, Wassim Albalkhy, Thomas Linner

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

Multi-family housing represents one of the key aspects of contemporary architecture, and the studio BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) is recognized for creating unconventional and attractive, as well as functional and practical solutions for buildings of this purpose. Using two examples of multi-family housing projects, The Mountain and VM Houses, located ...

By Isidora Mitrović, Sonja Krasić, Marko Nikolić, Jovana Tomić

The most significant amount of electrical energy is obtained by burning fossil fuels, which release substantial amounts of harmful gases, that contribute to environmental degradation. Because the most crucial part of the energy produced is used during the construction and operation of buildings, it is necessary to build buildings that can provide t...

By Jelena Jović, Dušan Ranđelović, Vladan Jovanović, Jelena Stevanović

Previous research demonstrated a link between wood strength and brightness intensity in X-ray images. Wood samples were subjected to compression testing along and across the grain, with X-ray imaging performed on the same specimens before the mechanical tests. Differences in the brightness of X-ray images of test specimens were clearly noticeable, ...

By Andrej Josifovski, Irina Živković, Nebojša Todorović, Marko Veizović, Jelena Milošević, Aleksandar Rajčić