Suburbs represent an integral component of metropolitan development, reflecting diverse urban planning, social, and cultural approaches to housing. They are typically characterized by residential communities marked by uniformity, mass production, and spatial monotony. However, the development of suburban areas reveals significant functional, morpho...

By Vladana Petrovic, Hristina Krstić, Branislava Stoiljković, Milena Medenica

External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems (ETICS) are widely utilized to increase the energy efficiency of buildings by minimizing heat loss through exterior walls. However, when improperly installed, thermal bridges are formed, significantly decreasing the overall thermal performance of the façade system. This study aims to identify ins...

By Dušan Ranđelović, Miomir Vasov, Dragan Kostić, Danka Kostadinović, Dragana Dimitrijević-Jovanović

The research area of the methods for integral renovation of the existing architectural stock is a consequence of weak seismic resistance and poor energy performances of these buildings. Most of the existing buildings in Serbia consist of masonry buildings, which had been built before the first comprehensive seismic design code in the SFRY, that was...

By Jelena Savić, Aleksandra Cilić, Jelena Stevanović, Miloš Nedeljković

This research explores the dynamic social life of public spaces, focusing on the relationship between spatial organization, human territoriality, and community well-being. By examining the physical characteristics of public spaces such as street networks, squares, and other urban environments, the study aims to understand how these elements influen...

By Boryana Nozharova, Peter Nikolov

During the construction of the first section of the Montenegrin motorway from Smokovac to Mateševo, over 35 km of traffic tunnels were excavated. Such a volume of tunnel construction faced numerous challenges, with the primary task being to ensure the stability of the excavation.The most significant instability of the tunnel excavation was r...

By Nikola Čađenović, Ivan Maretić

Intensive urbanization often threatens the spatial identity of cities and the value of existing urban landscapes. The development of gray infrastructure is usually not accompanied by the increase of the city's green spaces, which negatively impacts the aesthetics of urban areas and the perception of the urban landscape by the urban population. Fact...

By Jovana Petrović, Marija Pešikan, Nenad Stavretović

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

The late antique site of Timacum Minus near Knjaževac (Eastern Serbia) has been archaeologically investigated for almost 50 years. At the end of the nineties of the last century, a gate was discovered on the southern rampart of this Roman castrum, which was protected by two towers on its eastern and western ends. The gate and towers were built usin...

By Igor Bjelić, Goran Radosavljević, Bojana Ilijić

The free-edge effects are related to singular stress states at the interfaces between dissimilar layers in the vicinity of geometrical or mechanical discontinuities within the laminar composite. Stress concentration at free edges can further lead to delamination and a significant drop in stiffness, with fracture occurring at lower loads than expect...

By Milica Živković, Emilija Jočić, Miroslav Marjanović

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