Ksenija Bulatović

Ksenija Bulatović, (Serbian: Ксенија Булатовић; born 5 May 1967) is a Serbian architect.

Ksenija Bulatović, Serbian Architect CEO[1]

Life and career

Ksenija Bulatović was born in 1967 in Belgrade, Serbia. She studied under Prof. Milan Lojanica[2] – member of the Serbian Academy of Science and Art in Belgrade, and received a degree in architecture from University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture. After graduating, from 1992 to 1997 she worked with her former teacher Prof. M.Lojanica as a University Assistant in the area of Architectural Design and Planning at the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade. From 1992 to 2015 she also cooperated with many well known and established companies and architectural studios from Belgrade, such as: Studio ARCVS, Biro A43, Eurosalon – Home Market, Me.COM, Delta Invest, Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbia Film Center. In 2005 she founded and incorporated the architectural firm CubeX.[3] Bulatović is an active member of Association of Belgrade Architects and Association of Serbian Architects, and throughout her career, she has entered and won many architectural competitions and awards. In 2008, she began work on experimental theme in architecture – Symbiosis with Saša Naumović, Ksenija Bunjak, Aleksej Đermanović, Dara Fanka...In 2014/15 was a member of the jury of AICA-Artist In Concrete Award in Mumbai, India. Participate in many International conferences mostly with project of Symbiosis: Symbiotic architecture.

Architectural work

Conceptual work

  • Reconstruction of the pedestrian zone Novi Sad, competition (2018). Cooperation with Sofija Conić, Tamara Vuković, Jelena Škerović, Dara Fanka and Sasa Naumović
  • Reconstruction of the Gardoš, Zemun, Serbia (2018). Cooperation with Tamara Vuković, Jelena Škerović, Dara Fanka and Igor Čubra
  • Church-Rotonda, Sv. Nikola in Nova Gradiška, Croatia (2016). Cooperation with Tamara Vuković and Jelena Škerović
  • Cinema PALEŽ, Obrenovac, Serbia (2016).Cooperation with Jelena Čubra
  • Cinema ABAZIJA, Palić, Serbia (2014). Cooperation with Jelena Čubra and Nikola Baković
  • Gallery of Janko Brašić, Oparić, Serbia (2012/2013). Cooperation with Saša Naumović and Nikola Baković
  • Amphitheater and stage, Monastery Kalenić, Serbia (2012/2013). Cooperation with Jelena Čubra, Saša Naumović and Nikola Baković
  • Church of Saint Jakov, Prizren, Serbia (2012). Cooperation with Nikola Baković
  • Architectural Contest for City Centre along The Radnička Street, Novi Sad (2009) - Competition. Cooperation with Ksenija Bunjak, Božidar Nestorović, Nikola Aleksić, Daniela Perović, Slađana Meseldžija and Igor Vujačić.
  • Mixed Use Office/Residential Development, Petrovac (2009) – Competition - I prize. Cooperation Vesna Cagić-Milošević, Danijela Perović, Slađana Meseldžija and Ksenija Bunjak.
  • Residential and Office building corner of the Braće Krsmanović street and Žička street, Belgrade (2008). Cooperation with Andreja Mitrović and Nikola Nikodijević.
  • Land development for complex "Šipčanik", Podgorica (2007) – Competition – II prize. Cooperation with Branko Jovanović, Slađana Meseldžija, Ana Kos and Branko Jovanović.
  • Conceptual design of reconstruction and interior of Diagnostic Centre, Belgrade (2007). Cooperation with Petar Arsić.
  • City gate’, Belgrade (2005) - Competition. Cooperation with Vladimir Ribar, Slađana Meselđija i Nikola Đurović.
  • Belgrade Port Wharf, Belgrade (2003) – Competition – III prize. Cooperation with Ivana Parte, Vladimir Ribar and Vesna Cagić-Milošević.
  • Business building in Golsvortieva Street, Belgrade (2002). Cooperation with Igor Čubra, Jelena Čubra and Vesna Cagić-Milošević.
  • Flower Square, Belgrade (2000) – Competition – I prize. Cooperation with Igor Čubra, Jelena Čubra and Biljana Mihajlović.
  • Montenegrin Art & Science Academy, Podgorica (1996) – Competition – II prize. Cooperation with Jelena Čubra and Saša Naumović.

Projects

  • Boat-restaurant VOGUE, Budapest, Hungary (2015).
  • Fontana Movie Theatre, Novi Beograd, Serbia (2010). Cooperation with Vesna Cagic Milošević.
  • Bishop’s Palace, Mostar, BiH. Cooperation with Ivana Sasin,Danijela Perović and Slađana Meseldžija.
  • Reconstruction and interior design for Hotel Platani (2009), Trebinje, Herzegovina. Cooperation with Ivana Sasin, Danijela Perović, Slađana Meseldžija and Ksenija Bunjak.
  • Kamelija shopping centre (2009) Kotor, Montenegro. Cooperation with Mladen Krekić and Goran Andrejin.
  • Landscape Development Winery "13. Jul" Šipčanik (2008), Podgorica, Montenegro. Cooperation with Slađana Meseldžija and Danijela Perović.
  • Office building Takovska Street (2008), Belgrade, Serbia – "Večernje Novosti" Award. Cooperation with Vesna Cagić-Milošević.
  • Residential building - Stevana Sremca Street (2007), Belgrade, Serbia. Cooperation with Vesna Cagić-Milošević.
  • Residential and commercial building Vidikovac (2006), Belgrade, Serbia. Cooperation with Vesna Cagić-Milošević, Ivana Parte and Milica Nešić.
  • Office Building Block 3 – New Belgrade (2005), Belgrade, Serbia. Cooperation with Vesna Cagić-Milošević.
  • Reconstruction of Shopping centre Sad Novi Bazzar (2004/2005), Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • Government of Republika Srpska (2004), Banja Luka, BiH. Cooperation with Vesna Cagić-Milošević and Igor Čubra.
  • Eurosalon - Home market reconstruction (2002/2004), Belgrade, Serbia. Cooperation with Vesna Cagić-Milošević.
  • Eurosalon – Home market interior (2002/2004) Belgrade, Serbia. Cooperation with Vesna Cagić-Milošević.
  • Prototype for The National Bank of Serbia (2002), Serbia. Cooperation with Igor Čubra, and Jelena Čubra.
  • Delta clock 2000 (1999), Belgrade, Serbia. Cooperation with "Arcvs".
  • Fontain in Flower Square in Belgrade, Serbia with sculptor Željko Milović
  • Flower Square in Belgrade, Serbia. Cooperation with Igor Čubra, Jelena Čubra, Biljana Mihajlović and Nikola Baković
  • Residential Development on Skenderbegova Street, Belgrade, Serbia. Cooperation with Vesna Cagić-Milošević.
  • Office Building Takovska and Kosovska Street, Belgrade, Serbia. Cooperation with Vesna Cagić-Milošević.
  • Monastery in Jasenovac, Croatia

Projects in Belgrade

Cvetni Trg

Despite previous recent works, new city government after 2013 headed by mayor Siniša Mali decided to do another reconstruction of Belgrade's Cvetni Trg or the "Flower Square". As soon as the project, headed by Bulatović, was chosen, both professional and public opinion were already against it. Nevertheless, city government pushed the project and the new square was officially opened on 16 December 2015.[4] The small square which gave a feel of being cosy and tucked in, was completely buried under the white concrete. It was soon nicknamed the “Concrete square”,[5] and seen as a sickly white, empty, sterile and resembling a great tomb.[6] It was soon evident that, apart from being completely botched, it was poorly done and that it may need new reconstruction soon.[5] As the public discontent didn’t stop, Bulatović authored a text in Politika, titled Emptiness is an event, trying to explain her work and saying that the "basic quality of an urban area is reaction of the human senses" and that it is important "whether some area is pleasant or desirable to spend time in it". Preachy and philosophical text only provoked the public opinion even more, and she got a harsh public response from composer Ivana Stefanović titled Great white emptiness replying that the "event" actually makes you feel negative and unpleasant spending time in it and that the spirit of Cvetni Trg, that of the small city garden, was killed and replaced by the graveyard silence.[7] Dramaturge and university professor Predrag Perišić said that someone "ripped out the flowers and planted concrete" and that "it is a rare case that one urban complex, after the reconstruction and lots of resources spent on it, looks worse than before".[8] Architect Zdravko Zdravković criticized the city government in general for hiring only the architects of the same mind, ignoring all the other professions which participate in the urban development. He added that after the reconstruction Cvetni Trg completely lost its function and was transformed into the "barren, empty space", but that "failures, luckily, can be repaired".[9] Despite the public outcry, mayor Mali said that the new square is “probably the most beautiful in Belgrade”.[4]

Gardoš

In March 2018 it was announced that the top plateau of the Gardoš hill and the area surrounding the Gardoš Tower will be revitalized. Without public architectural design competition, the job was directly entrusted to Bulatović by Milutin Folić, Belgrade's city architect, and Dejan Matić, president of Belgrade's Zemun municipality to which Gardoš belongs.[10]

Books

  • Žitorađa Municipality: Old Rural Houses and their Typology, Belgrade (2015) Authors: Ksenija Bunjak and Ksenija Bulatović

Exhibitions

Awards

  • Millennium Clock 2000, Belgrade – First Prize
  • Government of Republika Srpska, Banja Luka – First Prize
  • "The Capital Plaza" Podgorica - First Prize
  • Flower Square, Belgrade, Serbia - First Prize
  • 2008 - "Vecernje Novosti" Award – Building of the Year - Office building Takovska Street 23-25. Cooperation with Vesna Cagić-Milošević.

References

  1. "Cubex - Arhitektonski studio". cubex.rs.
  2. "Milan Lojanica Vikipedija".
  3. "Cubex - About us". cubex.rs.
  4. "Otvoren rekonstruisani Cvetni trg" (in Serbian). Večernje Novosti. 16 December 2015.
  5. "Cvećare kao saune" (in Serbian). Večernje Novosti. 29 March 2016.
  6. Andrej Ivanji (24 December 2015). "Bescvetni trg" (in Serbian). Vreme.
  7. Ivana Stefanović (2 April 2016), "Velika bela praznina", Politika – Kulturni dodatak (in Serbian), p. 7
  8. Predrag Perišić (12 June 2017), "Cvetni trg", Politika (in Serbian), p. 12
  9. Zdravko Zdravković (23 June 2017), "Urbanistički promašaji i poneki uspeh", Politika (in Serbian)
  10. Daliborka Mučibabić (18 March 2019). "Gardoški vidikovac sidro za umetnike" [Gardoš scenic viewpoint as an anchor for artists]. Politika (in Serbian).
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