Milos Jovanovic ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
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MOSES
Decentralised Floating Network of Skyscraper Cities
January 2013 * Honorable Mention at eVolo2013 Skyscraper Competition, March 2013 * Shortlisted at Jacques Rougerie 2013 Competition, December 2013
HOUSE ON A SLOPE Individual Housing Design June 2010
HOTEL CRYSTAL
Hotels and Resorts Design September 2011
BEE.HIVES
Sculptural Array of Beehives
August 2012 * Selected for 1x20 exhibition by American Institute of Architects Indianapolis Chapter, September 2012
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PORT OF BELGRADE
Urban Reconstruction Concept, Bachelor Thesis Excerpt June 2013
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MOSES
Decentralised Floating Network of Skyscraper Cities January 2013 Project Team: Milos Jovanovic Darko Markovic Vuk Djordjevic Milos Vlastic
Moses is a decentralised, self sustaining city unit, populated by approximately 25,000 (twenty ďŹ ve thousand) inhabitants, which offers the transition from land to sea, so the land could be used for food production and earth could start the process of regeneration from the negative human impact. It functions independently as a city unit, as well as the system of city units which share the information, energy and goods among themselves. Each city unit is placed upon the intersection of perpendicular trafďŹ c lines, which form the grid that serves as a connection between the cities, as well as the connection of the cities to the land, in order to enable the transport of energy, goods and people.
In terms of energy production, units take the maximum advantage of their offshore location and use strong wind and water streams as renewable resources to generate electricity. City unit consists of two structures that can rotate independently in order to suck in the air or water ow, depending on their position: upper part uses the wind energy and the lower one uses the energy of water stream. These structures are connected by the ring structure which allows them independent full circle rotation and enables circular movement of the trains coming from four directions of the trafďŹ c lines. Energy transfer is applied through the connection rods between the citiy units. This system compensates excess and shortage of energy in each city unit; therefore the energy system is stable and provides a constant power supply. Sea water is processed in the desalination plant in every city unit, and later on distributed for use by the city dwellers. After the utilization, waste water is sent to the land through trafďŹ c lines, and after treatment it is used as a fertilization supplement to the irrigation water, for agriculture irrigation purposes.
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communications antena
exchange of the information throughout the grid system
aircraft landing point
Moses Titan and Shuttle landing bay
air intakes
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channeling air flow to wind turbines
wind turbines
electric energy generation
tehnical laboratories
maintenance of the city mechanisms
panoramic screen
elevators research facilities
education and research institutes
navigation center
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night illumination that allows ships to navigate during night
residential units
each unit responds to the family size
residential windows
inner public gardens
natural light source for the housing units
place where people meet and socialize
public balconies
residential units inhabitants homes
fresh water storage
desalinated water used as storage for the inhabitants
Pillars holding the transportation system are attached to the ocean floor with a moving mechanism, allowing the structure to follow the rise of water.
360o platform
allowing the rotation of the upper building part
pillar engine
holds and rotates the platform where the upper structure stands
residential units
atrium
inhabitants homes
central fresh air exchange space
harbour 156m
offices
toroid base
inhabitants working places
offices
residents working spaces
ring base that separates the 2 structures
360o garden
market plaza
open-rotating garden
retail
moses transportation system
museum 60m
train station
train service station point
open market
rotating engine pillar
residents goods supply
commercial area 0m
public library
contributing the structure rotation
harbour
public beach
harbour entrance
water traffic station point
education and theoretic research
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air cushions leasure premises
fresh water storage
360o platform
allowing the rotation of the lower building part
pockets of air balancing the structure
theaters, cinemas, sports
desalinated water used as storage for the inhabitants
underwater welness & spa atrium
central fresh air exchange space
water turbines
electric energy generation
laboratories
ocean monitoring facility
underwater panorama
water intakes
channeling water flow to turbines
oil hydraulic pump
rotation mechanism oiling
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desalination plant sea water treatment
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HOUSE ON A SLOPE Individual Housing Design June 2010
The house is designed to suit the needs of a family living on the outskirts of a city, toward which the slope is oriented, and thus provide an attractive view of it. Besides the view, south orientation was one of the main factors affecting the functional organisation, as well as the residents movement and clear distinction between the day and the night zones, which contribute to proper house operation. The basic approach to form ďŹ nding was to take an advantage of the exsisting terrain topography by dispositioning house’s spatial functions on different altitudes. Emerged organic masses spread along the slope, and even though they stand out, the harmony of the place is not distorted, moreover, this way the strong unity between the environment and the building is established.
1. Entrance 2. Toilet 3. Storage 4. Kitchen 5. Dinning area 6. Living area 7. Living area 8. Heating sistem 9. Master bedroom 10. Laundry 11. Bedroom 12. Bedroom
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HOTEL CRYSTAL
Hotels and Resorts Design September 2011
Hotel Crystal is located on a hill facing the lake Varna in Bulgaria. It possesses a view span of 2700 of the lake, except from the north where the hotel is approached by one road for the guests, with a separate entrance for cars by elevator, and freight vehicles unloading goods or loading trash on the -1 level. Every level is designed to take a maximum advantage of the view of the lake, in order for hotel guests to enjoy the natural environment and have a quality stay at the hotel. This tendency has signiďŹ cantly affected the form of the building. The rooms are distributed in the wings on the levels -2 to -5, while the central building section contains a panoramic restaurant on level 3, spa, pool and saunas on the level 2, conference hall and meeting rooms on the level 1, administration and lobby bar on level 0, as well as the cold kitchens and aperitive bars on every level.
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Restaurant 3 Spa 2 Conference 1 Entrance / Lobby 0
1. Entrance 2. Security 3. Reception 4. Archive/stockroom 5. Guest elevator 6. Lobby 7. Administration/secretary 8. Administration/ofďŹ ce 9. Administration/director 10. Emergency staircase 11. Toilet men/women
Economic / Tech -1 Rooms -2 -3
Level 1 -4 -5
1. Guest elevators 2. Reception 3. Meeting room 4. Wardrobe 5. Meeting rooom 6. Conference hall 7. Stockroom 8. Emergency staircase 9. Toilet men 10. Toilet women 11. Toilet for women with infants
12. Toilet for women with infants 13. Toilet for disabled 14. Technical room 15. Toilet for employees 16. Service elevator 17. Freight elevator 18. Kitchen 19. Waiter ofďŹ ce 20. Caffe bar 21. Central staircase 22. External car elevator
Level -4 12. Toilet for disabled 13. Technical room 14. Toilet for employees 15. Service elevator 16. Freight elevator 17. Stockroom 18. Cold kitchen 19. Bar 20. Aperitive bar 21. Central staircase
1. Service elevator 2. Freight elevator 3. Garage 4. Guest elevator 5. Communication 6. Technical room 7. Internal car elevator 8. Emergency staircase 9. Maid room 10. Room service 11. Hotel unit
In terms of sustainability and energy efďŹ ciency, the method of atrial ventilation is applied in the public area, as well as the principle of double wall membrane in both, public and hotel room areas. The atrium area is occupied by the core sculpture which creates one strong unity with the central non uniform staircase spiraling around it, that contrasts the modular matrix of the oorplans.
Double wall membrane enables dinamic insulation through the thermosiphoning process, taking place in the air space between the two walls, glass curtain and glass or concrete wall. During the winter, the caught air circulates around the building and insulates the internal space, while during the warm months hot air is released through the slab aperture on the top of the building, so the interior is passively kept cool.
The intercrossing of the hotel room areas on different levels was a necessity, in order to obtain a minimal number of one hundred hotel units, and at the same time provide the view of the lake to every room. This is the point when the inspiration with crystals occurred, having in mind their role and behavior in the nature. The form of the hotel is also a response to the problem of sudden change of a natural environment compromised by the presence of newly emerged buildings. By introducing a form inspired by the crystalization process, the sence of constant change is obtained. Besides deliberate use of glass facade, having the blur mirrored glass panels installed, the dialogue between the structure and the nature is induced, so the spatial isolation of the hotel is eliminated. As a result of this, the organic form of the hotel becomes a natural and logical part of the existing locus.
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BEE.HIVES
Sculptural Array of Beehives August 2012
The goal of the competition for which this work is produced was to impose a spatially formed solution to any problem of the urban areas, represented only by the photograph of a common urban environment. The following text was enclosed with the proposal: Scientists predict at most four years of existence of the human race after the extermination of bees off the earth, and since the 80% of world’s bee population is already gone, we have to act responsibly in order to maintain our species. The importance of implementation of bee hives is crucial, especially in the urban environment, which is primarily abandoned by the bees. Designing the dwellings for bees, by introducing sculptures, visual (and sound) instalations in public spaces, would strengthen our co-existence with the nature and it would let the bees play their important role in the life of the planet.
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Urban Reconstruction Concept Bachelor Thesis Excerpt June 2013
Contemporary city’s demands and its urban development are to a large extent restricted by the urban planning in the past. Displacement of the industry on the riverfronts have turned the cities into an isolated areas within the wider natural environment, and that way the communication and harmonious functioning between the two entities have significantly been compromised. In order for urban and natural areas to re-establish the lost organic connection, the world’s urban planning institutions tend to transform such an industrial areas and adjust them to contemporary streams of urban development. Based on various urban analyses and identified problems and potentials at the location, which includes the industrial areas along the Danube riverfront, especially the Port of Belgrade area, the following work, instead of total physical transformation and rebuilding from foundations, proposes preserving the ambient values defined by the existence of dominant industrial buildings, by introducing different cultural, commercial, residential, sport or recreational functions, where it proves possible. It is pointed out to a possible scenarios of reuse of the industrial buildings, while the area of ship terminal is elaborated more in detail, retaining the conceptual level in both cases. This kind of functional diversity contributes to the forming of dynamic urban center with a role of revitalization of a devastated urban area, which realizes the aforementioned organic connection between the urban and natural systems.
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Isometric explosion: example of possible use of silos as part of natural history museum implementation plan. 1. Museum exponate area (aquariums, terrariums, etc.) 2. Spiral ramp (visitor circulation) 3. Perforated silo wall (natural illumination)
Diagram: urban forest concept, where parts of concrete and asphalt of functionally unused areas are removed in order for landscape units to be planted and unrestrictedly cultivated.
Basic approach to forming a conceptual solution was the realization of an articulation of interstitial space of natural and urban nucleuses, by restoration of their coherent connection, so the final outcome at the location could be defined by the relation old – new, in the way that, eventually, the existence of either of these entities is meaningless without the existence of the other one. Moreover, the importance of contrasted notions is accentuated. To achieve this, creating zones is introduced, where each zone is defined by the characteristics of existing buildings, so their condition and functionality justify the change of their primary function and reuse generally, as well as the functional demands of the imposed functions. The goal of division into a zones is not a total separation of grouped related typologies, on the contrary, by incorporating different typologies and activities, the new fully operational heterogeneous environment that revives this part of the city is created. Introduced zones with following activities: Residential zone Commercial zone (shopping mall, office spaces, tourist facilities, hotels, restaurants and cafes) Cultural zone (art galleries, art workshops, auditorium, nautical faculty and youth educational center, media library, natural history museum) Recreational zone
Access to Danube is completely hampered due to the lack of any direct and unobstructed trafďŹ c route. The site is overloaded with broken streets and physical obstacles on the way to the river. In regard to the existing fragments, the ideal reconstruction of the street network is executed, but having in mind the preservation of selected buildings and the movement frequency in particular areas of the site, the parts of ideal street network are removed. Ship terminal area is converted into a bioremediation center, a wetland garden enriched with enzymes processing sewage, that is otherwise dumped into the river. Garden also collects a waste from proposed public toilets which are distributed within the network in recycled ship containers found on the site. Proposed network of intercrossed pedestrian tracks that also extends above the garden, inspired by the broken and reconstructed nanoďŹ bers reecting the existing state of street network on the site, enables a performance of various recreational activities, such as walking, running, biking, rollerblading, skating, different kinds of public entertainment, and so on, as well as the other activities that take place in the proximity of the network, such as bungee jumping from preserved cranes and urban climbing on the edge of the pier.
1. Public toilets (recycled shipping containers) 2. Network of pedestrian tracks (biking, skateboarding, rollerskating, etc.) 3. Danube river 4. Bioremediation center (ship terminal area)
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One of the main concerns with the concept of the reconstruction of the Danube riverfront in this area is the need to turn devastated industrial zone back into the use by citizens. Proposed intervention, which provides a variety of activities, points out to the importance of citizen participation as users of new functions in the process of reconstruction and revitalization of urban centers. Bearing in mind the natural resources of the location, urban transformation with the aim of re-establishing the relationship between the urban and natural systems becomes meaningful only if the citizens are properly engaged in the functioning of the proposed plan.
Milos Jovanovic jovanoviczmilos@gmail.com