The 21st Belgrade International Week of Architecture - BINA is underway. Its central theme relies on the experiences of the European Union, which in recent years favors the transformation of existing structures instead of new construction
An exhibition will be opened on Monday, May 4 at the Faculty of Fine Arts Unfolding materiality, one of the programs of the 21st Belgrade International Week of Architecture - BINA.
The day before that, on Sunday, a BINA walk was organized - From Branko's Bridge to Dorćol. The walk is a traditional program of BINA. This year, it connects three locations of public space: Pristan, Pasarela and Kula Nebojša, which represent representative examples of public buildings on the pedestrian route of this part of the Sava coast. During the walk, the realization of the first three units is monitored, and the walk ends with a tour of the fourth unit of Linijski Park, which is under construction.
Sustainable reconstruction
This year's BINA was opened on April 30 in the Art Gallery of the Cultural Center of Belgrade, and its central theme is Architecture - public functions - implementation, which, through selected examples from practice, presents projects that have contributed to social improvement and represent quality standards in the typology of public buildings and spaces.
It is important to point out that this topic relies on the experiences of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture "Mies van der Rohe", which in recent years has focused on sustainable reconstruction, inclusiveness and social impact, favoring the transformation of existing structures instead of new construction.
This year's BINA opened with an exhibition Radiance - Discovered Phenomena, and represents recent, award-winning public buildings and units. The curator of the exhibition is prof. Zoran Abadić, M.Sc., who is also its co-author with Jelena Bogosavljević, Ph.D.
"Our intention was to present works that are thematically similar, but are actually representatives of national cultures in the environments in which they were created," said Abadić at the opening, and stated that fifteen projects were presented at the exhibition, which were divided into two groups.
"One is the revitalization of the cultural and industrial heritage, which in itself is the value of any society that is serious and intends to nurture, improve and preserve that heritage from oblivion. The second set consists of public architecture, that is, public spaces of daily use."
The exhibition features recent, award-winning public buildings and units, works by architects realized in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia in the last twenty years. The participants are Mihailo Timotijević, Miroslava Petrović Baludžić, Dejan Miljković, Jovan Mitrović, Breda Bizjak (Slovenia), Riste Dobrijević, Slobodan Radovanović, Emil Jurcan (Croatia), Srđan Marlović, Srđan Tadić, Milan Mijalković, Darko Polić, Dinko Peračić and Miranda Veljačić (Croatia), Vedran Jukić (Croatia), Milan Đurić, Aleksandru Vuja.
Unfolding materiality
Exhibition Unfolding materiality which will open on Monday, builds on the project presented at the Venice Biennale in 2025. The authors of the concept are Davor Ereš and Jelena Mitrović, in cooperation with Petar Laušević and Jovana Petrović.
The exhibition and all accompanying programs will be held in the BINA cabin of the Faculty of Fine Arts, a pavilion that was created 15 years ago as a result of a student workshop and which has been a space for the work and presentation of young creatives for more than a decade.
The setting of the exhibition is realized through the process of joint work of students from Belgrade, Vienna and Bratislava, and from May 5 to 23 the pavilion will function as an open workshop, as a space for research, experiments and exhibitions.
The announcement says that the exhibition, as a dynamic process of transformation, establishes connections with the spaces in the immediate surroundings of the pavilion, nearby schools and the park, including different groups of participants, from school children to participants outside the professional frames of architecture. Inviting them to actively participate in building the structure, the project seeks to articulate and strengthen common forms of action.
BINA is held until May 30th.
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