Infill design: Interviews with architects Svetislav Ličina, Spasoje Krunić, Branislav Mitrović, Goran Vojvodić and Jelena Ivanović Vojvodić

Abstract

This paper presents interviews with renowned Serbian architects Svetislav Ličina, Spasoje Krunić, Branislav Mitrović, Goran Vojvodić and Jelena Ivanović Vojvodić, whose works, according to numerous critics and historiographers, are considered the most significant examples of infill design in contemporary Serbian architecture. The interviews were aimed at contributing to the formation of database which would include characteristic examples of architectural and urban design in a protected urban context, as well as at attempting to genuinely present the attitudes of the authors who designed important architectural infills in Belgrade and Serbia, which, in turn, would initiate further research of the methodology of design in protected settings. The emphasis was placed: on clarifying the elements required for an architectural object to fit in the existing surroundings, the selection of the optimal creative method of infill design and what is the adequate use of 'the bond' as an integrative element.

Keywords

• architecture
• infill design
• methodology
• interview
• context