Author: STRAND

Redesigning Media Living Spaces
Dr Christiane Wagner

https://doi.org/10.60152/x5f0bruz

Abstract: Challenges in media living spaces relate to the (de)construction of Western knowledge exploring utopian visual and digital structures. Embedded in the principle of utopia is the critical intention to discuss the social context that embodies sustainable values. The goal is to demonstrate that the aesthetic aspects of design performances and media images do not form autonomous discourses when political activity is considered a socially conscious part of this reality. The sensitive aspects of the media images and design performances include the content and political subject. The process involves examining how digital spatial models can, on the one hand, help overcome challenges related to differences and, on the other, create differences as a sense of otherness when developing new forms of urban life that must coexist with the past, present, and future. Decolonial contexts in hybrid realities found in global cities must also be examined. Modern Western societies under state participation have achieved autonomy through ethics and rationality, allowing science and philosophy to guide technological progress instead of myths and beliefs. As a result, new technologies have significantly impacted visual culture, politically and aesthetically influencing the creation of new images. Methodologically, this study discusses the transformative potential of utopian and dystopian visions through technique—under which the term art is included—as simulations of built environments for interactive living spaces aiming at integrated, human-centered, and public-interest design through media studies, aesthetics, and critical theory, evaluating the current public sphere and sustainability.

Keywords: public sphere, diversity, acculturation, invisible, visible, urban space

How to cite this Paper (Harvard referencing style):

Wagner, C. (2024) ‘Redesigning Media Living Spaces’, in R. Bogdanović (ed.) On Architecture — Shaping the City through Architecture, Proceedings. Belgrade, Serbia: STRAND, pp. 212–217. 

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A Dictionary-Driven Review of Digital Methods and Tools for Urban Patterns Decoding: SPATTERN Perspectives
Aleksandra Milovanović, Mladen Pešić, Uroš Šošević, Nikola Cvetković, Stefan Janković

https://doi.org/10.60152/7kr55h8v

Abstract: The study explores the emerging intersection of urban morphology and digital technologies, focusing on the methods and tools employed to analyze and interpret urban patterns. With rapid urbanization and the resultant complex urban forms, understanding these patterns is crucial for sustainable city planning and design. This contribution presents the findings from the initial deliverable of the SPATTERN project which aims to advance environmentally sensitive urban development of spa settlements in Serbia through the affirmation of twin transition. First SPATTERN deliverable provides a comprehensive review of existing methodological approaches by synthesizing insights from an extensive literature review and content analysis, alongside showcasing relevant tools and methods. The research is performed through systematic literature review combined with the visualization of bibliometric networks and dictionary design and development through 4-cycle research protocol: (1) data search and selection, (2) data clustering and co-occurrence, (3) dictionary development, and (4) factsheets analysis. The review encompasses an extensive analysis of selected terms (keywords) highlighting how digital tools facilitate the collection, visualization, and analysis of urban data. Moreover, the review addresses the challenges and limitations associated with these methods, such as data quality, integration issues, and the need for interdisciplinary collaboration. This dictionary not only standardizes the terminology but also provides a conceptual map for researchers and practitioners navigating the complex nature of urban pattern analysis. By bridging the gap between traditional approaches for urban analysis and cutting-edge digital approaches, the findings advocate for a more informed and systematic use of digital tools and methods in urban morphology, thus promoting more resilient and adaptable urban environments.

Keywords: Urban Morphology; Digital Tools and Methods; Sustainable Urban Development; SPATTERN Project; Systematic Literature Review; Bibliometric Networks

How to cite this Paper (Harvard referencing style):

Milovanović, A., Pešić, M., Šošević, U., Cvetković, N. and Janković, S. (2024) ‘A Dictionary-Driven Review of Digital Methods and Tools for Urban Patterns Decoding: SPATTERN Perspectives’, in R.  Bogdanović (ed.) On Architecture — Shaping the City through Architecture, Proceedings. Belgrade, Serbia: STRAND, pp. 149–157. 

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To Plurality and Synthesis — Tradition, Objects, and Body: An Anthropological Design Didactic Principle
Dr Aleksa Bijelovic

https://doi.org/10.60152/1erquotf

Abstract: A fragment of a broader enquiry on flexibility, this piece is an appreciation of the plurality of actors and dispersed factors of human conditions within the design practice. A primary mark is the academic learning domain of the so-called Western rites and their contemporary derivatives. Anthropological perspectives of this heritage, incited by the Maussian thoughts on techniques, are the conceptual framework for considering the major themes of interest.

With that in mind, while understanding inherited incompetency to apprehend varied accounts, thinking, and sources beyond one’s own cultural milieu and similar contexts — the concepts looked into here are employed to confront boundaries of cultural and societal and to shift focus to the realm of the individual as a premise of plurality. This notion of envisioned plurality is mainly examined through distinct human features isolated from the known structures of shared traditions and heritage while acknowledging the formative effects of their social origins.

Contrasted to the process of blending (of elements like behaviours, ideas, and experiences) that usually lead to modern ethical commonalities, social cohesion, historical traditions, and symbolic bonds — the synthesis issue discussed here is a divergent procedure. It is a revelation of the obvious. Individual traits (elements) reserve their primary form and join into a loose network of heterogeneous experiences of others, synthesising new appreciation, not decorum. Inevitably, this sort of synthesis also leads to potential structural formations, the nature of which is yet to be speculated.

Other sub-themes and fine points of interest are — tools of knowledge, material aspects and products of cognition, physical objects as didacts, and knowing-through-making.

An overarching dialectical umbrella will operate as a conveyance of comprehension to yield relevant practical points of academic learning.

Keywords: flexibility, learning, cognition, techniques

How to cite this Paper (Harvard referencing style):

Bijelovic, A. (2024) ‘To Plurality and Synthesis — Tradition, Objects, and Body: An Anthropological Design Didactic Principles’, in R.  Bogdanović (ed.) On Architecture — Shaping the City through Architecture, Proceedings. Belgrade, Serbia: STRAND, pp. 103–110. 

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ISBN 978-86-89111-38-5

https://doi.org/10.60152/6o0n1m2n

Title
On Architecture — Shaping the City through Architecture
Proceedings

Publisher
STRAND – Sustainable Urban Society Association

Editor
Ružica Bogdanović

Reviewers
Aleksandra Stupar, Aleksa Bijelović, Anastasios Tellios, Christiane Wagner, Denis Ambruš, Figen Beyhan, Jasna Jovićević, Pavlos Lefas, Mateja Kurir, Mirjana Devetaković, Nataša Danilović Hristić, Ranka Gajić, Ružica Bogdanović, Svetlana Batarilo, Senka Ibrišimbegović, Vladimir Mihajlov

Table of Contents

Preface

1 City design vs scenario for the future (or new scenario)

Illusions, delusions, confusions? Navigating the Future of Contemporary Cities
Aleksandra Stupar

The Role of Architectural Education Models in Sustainable Transition of Cities
Vladimir Mihajlov

Ideas Have Consequences
Denis Ambruš, Vlatko Dusparić

Lessons From the Past – Post-Earthquake Artefacts of Solidarity
Tamara Koneska

From Past to Future: Urban Development Strategies for Tetovo
Vlera Thaci, Marija Petrova

Energy Efficiency in Buildings with Machine Learning Applications: A Bibliometric Analysis
Yusuf Budak, Gevher Nesibe Kaya, Figen Beyhan

From Grid to Green: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities in Sustainable Urban Planning – The Case Study of Milton Keynes
Dimitra Vlassaki

Contribution to the Establishment of Green infrastructure as an Equal Element of the City Morphology in the Service of the Future City
Aljosha Shopar

Sustainability of the 21st Century Logistics Landscape: Warehouse Roofscapes as a Potential for Hydroponic Agriculture
Tereza Nalezena

Special issues in architectural design: fluidity and transformability in residential spaces
Kosta Stojanović

2 Architecture and challenges in creating architecture for the future

— Challenges in architecture in contemporary times,
— Phenomenology of architecture, Architecture and art, Technology and architecture.

To Plurality and Synthesis — Tradition, Objects, and Body: An Anthropological Design Didactic Principle
Aleksa Bijelovic

The Art (of) Museums: Creating Contemporary Spaces of Identity
Senka Ibrišimbegović

Phenomenology, Space, Architecture
Dejan Milivojević

Potential Impact of The Metaverse on Residential Space Changes
Đorđe Alfirević; Marina Nenković Riznić, Sanja Simonović Alfirević

A Dictionary-Driven Review of Digital Methods and Tools for Urban Patterns Decoding: SPATTERN Perspectives
Aleksandra Milovanović, Mladen Pešić, Uroš Šošević, Nikola Cvetković, Stefan Janković

Indeterminacy of Spatial Effects of Soft Power Architecture: Towards A Hypothesis of Untestability
Ivan Filipović

BIM – search for information
Igor Svetel

Graph-Based Problem-Solving and Representation: Levels of Deployment in Computational Design Process
Dragana Ćirić

A study on the Conversion of Modernism Buildings in Kitakyushu City, Japan
Yurika Mori

Back to the Future: Challenges of Experimental House Projects Designed for Future Scenarios
Sanja Nikolić, Marta Grbić

The Role of Cohousing Communities in Shaping Architecture
Aleksandra Milošević Pantović

3 Architecture and/or art, and the influence of new media approach in creating a vision of new architecture

Redesigning Media Living Spaces
Christiane Wagner

Drawing As A Methodological Tool For Reading The Cityscape
Snežana Zlatković

(Re)creating genius loci AI-generated design trends as architectural concepts and methods
Jovana Tošić

The Influence of Media on the Transformation of Public Space – Considering the Future of Friendship Park
Dragana Kocić, Petar Mitrović, Dragana Konstantinović

The New Art for the New Sarajevo: Spaces for Art and Culture in The Neighbourhoods from Socialist Modernism
Senka Ibrišimbegović, Nermina Zagora

The Transition of Scale: New Approaches in Examining Spatial Sensations from Urban Vegetation in the Context of Interior Architecture
Šejla Župljanin, Relja Petrović

4 Research through design, a creative process in tandem with conventional research

— Respect for landscape ecology requires an opportunity for development.
— Respect the historical context, culture, and physical heritage

Disciplinary Encounter: Merging Architecture Urbanism and Landscape in “Research by Design” Processes
Marija Mano Velevska

A Journey Through Time: Preserving Cultural Heritage in the Process of Reconstruction and Repurposing – A Case Study
Monika Štiklica

Today’s traces of Belgrade Between Two World Wars: Milutin Borisavljević’s Disappearing Architectural Heritage
Irena Kuletin Ćulafić

Visual Thinking: A Methodological Approach to Age-Inclusive Housing Research
Ivana Rakonjac, Ana Zorić, Aleksandra Milovanović , Jelena Ristić Trajković, Verica Krstić , Pavle Stamenović

The Archaeological Site as a Theatrical Space and the Contribution of Lighting
Konstantinos Briasoulis

The Artifice of Water – Art project H3O2 Vol. 3 – Aquatectorium: Habitats of The Future
Miloš Stojković Minić, Bogdan Knežević, Ljubica Arsić, Nevena Petrović, Dušan Stipić Dudwarszky, Irina Živković, Jovana Lučić

Conference Poster Session

1 City design vs scenario for the future (or new scenario)
2 Architecture and challenges in creating architecture for the future
3 Architecture and/or art, and the influence of new media approach in creating a vision of new architecture
4 Research through design, a creative process in tandem with conventional research

Designing in medias res. Adaptive Reuse as an Exaptative Strategy
Mauro Berta

Empowering Local Communities in Urban Transformations: A Case Study of Belgrade
Iva Čukić

Soundscapes of Female Experience: Acoustic Ecology and Feminist Political Ecology of Urban
Jasna Jovićević

RoboSense
Tanja Vujinovic

Golden Ratio
Melina Vlachou

Heritage Layers as Initiators of Modern Recreational Programs: Testing the HERSUS Io5 Curriculum at Ub-Af
Ana Zorić

Facade Reconstruction and Landscape Design of UB-FoF as an Educational-Experimental Model for Climate Change Resilience
Milena Kordić, Dejan Todorović, Rade Mrlješ

Urban education for future traffic engineers: Space ‘Readability’ and Flows – Reconstruction of the central city areas of Belgrade with emphasis on alternative modes of traffic and environmental protection
Svetlana Batarilo, Ranka Gajić

Author Index

CLIP and the City: Addressing the Artificial Encoding of Cities in Multimodal Foundation Deep Learning Models
Dario Negueruela del Castillo, Iacopo Neri

https://doi.org/10.60152/eun81fru

Abstract: In this project, we propose and explore a computational pipeline to examine urban cultural landscapes through the lens of artificial intelligence, and for questioning modes of embedding culture in machine learning models. By employing machine learning models that extract features and textual properties from images, we aim to uncover the connections between a city’s history, architecture, and urban development. The city of Rome serves as a significant case study for this research.
To achieve this objective, we feed 360° panoramic images into large vision-language models (e.g. OpenCLIP), to question how mainstream culture is expressed in these models. In this machine-triggered urban experiment, we investigate overlaps between history and machinic interpretation and whether relevant temporal correlations can be captured through generic street images only. Finally, by spatially analysing the captured data, we identify clusters and discontinuities in the urban layout aiming at visually depicting the interplay of forces behind its development.
As in a forensic exercise, the paper seeks to uncover the complex social and historical dynamics of urban environments, exploiting only contemporary images of their settings and a generic embedding of culture. It explores potential cultural biases embedded in machine learning models by comparing Rome – culturally relevant for the western world – with other cities around the world; leveraging innovative computational pipelines and globally covering datasets to provide a novel research line for urban studies.

Keywords: AI, Urban Studies, Multimodality, Computational Mapping, CLIP

How to cite this Paper (Harvard referencing style):

Negueruela del Castillo, D. and Neri, I. (2023) ‘CLIP and the City: Addressing the Artificial Encoding of Cities in Multimodal Foundation Deep Learning Models’, in R.  Bogdanović (ed.) On Architecture — Challenges in Design, Proceedings. Belgrade, Serbia: STRAND, pp. 100–109. 

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METAVERSE – a powerful new instrument for urban planning or yet another unfulfilled tech-promise?
Marina Nenković-Riznić

https://doi.org/10.60152/zkhvd3og

Abstract: Pandemic and post-pandemic conditions left significant impacts not only on human life, but also in all of the aspects of human behavior, which consequently led to serious change in human communication. Often overlapping and interference of “real life“, and virtual, contactless communication influenced accelerated adaptation of people to rapid and immediate change of perspectives. This affected regular interaction among people, but also had consequences in different performance of duties such as scientific development in different fields, or any other development-oriented activities. From that new adaptation, METAVERSE was born, as immersive 3D environment in which people synchronously interact with others, and with representations of objects from the physical world. METAVERSE enables interactions with digital environments and physical objects located in different places and enables individuals to interact with other people in remote locations. Within the realm of urban planning, the emergence of the METAVERSE has sparked both excitement and skepticism. Proponents argue that it possesses the transformative power to revolutionize the way cities are designed, managed, and experienced, while skeptics remain cautious, questioning its viability and potential to deliver tangible benefits. This paper aims to critically examine the METAVERSE as a potent instrument for urban planning or yet another instance of unfulfilled technological promises. By analyzing the concept of the METAVERSE and its fundamental principles, this study seeks to uncover its potential applications in urban planning, especially in the field of participation. It explores the integration of virtual and augmented realities, immersive technologies, and advanced data analytics to create interactive and participatory urban design experiences. Ethical concerns regarding privacy, accessibility, and digital equity are addressed, acknowledging the potential for exacerbating existing social disparities. Additionally, technical constraints, economic feasibility, and the need for robust infrastructure are examined to assess the practicality of widespread METAVERSE adoption in urban planning practices. Through a comprehensive analysis, this paper aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of whether the METAVERSE represents a truly powerful and transformative tool or merely another fleeting technological mirage in the landscape of urban development.

Keywords: METAVERSE, urban planning, public participation, 3D environment

How to cite this Paper (Harvard referencing style):

Nenković-Riznić, M. (2023) ‘METAVERSE – a powerful new instrument for urban planning or yet another unfulfilled tech-promise?’, in R. Bogdanović (ed.) On Architecture — Challenges in Design, Proceedings. Belgrade, Serbia: STRAND, pp. 92–99. 

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