Panel discussion: The contribution of architects from Serbia to the development of African countries – Serbia for World (digicraft.rs)
Museum of African Art
Belgrade, December 11, 2023
The panel discussion on the topic of the Contribution of Serbian Architects to the Development of African Countries, held on December 11, 2023, at the Museum of African Art, aimed to present, through presentations and discussions, the results of the work of the panelists on the architectural and urban heritage of Serbian architects created on the African continent over the past six decades. The panelists deal with architecture on the territory of Africa through research, scientific, artistic and curatorial work, and presented a series of projects with which Serbian architects have contributed to the construction of the identity of African countries after gaining independence in the 1960s. The panel presented various research topics, research processes and results – from the architecture of the MAU building, which is a legacy of cooperation with African countries, to the architecture of various typologies in Africa by authors and companies from Serbia, to contemporary interpretations, exhibitions and interpretations of these experiences. In addition to the fact that the architectural heritage discussed at the panel is significant for the societies and environments for which it was created, it also includes notable achievements in the oeuvres of architects from Serbia.
Модераторка панелне дискусије:
Tamara Koneska (architect, Faculty of Architecture)
Panelists:
Ana Knežević (art historian, curator of the MAU)
Architecture of the MAU: from an art studio, through a concrete pavilion to an “African house”
Nebojša Antešević (architect, architectural historian, IAUS / MZF)
Export of tourist architecture from the SFRJ to African countries
Jelica Jovanović (architect, architectural historian, Vienna University of Technology / Docomomo Serbia / Group of Architects):
Export of IMS Žeželj technologies, preliminary research results
Ilija Gubić (architect, honorary consul of the Republic of Serbia in Rwanda)
Contemporary architecture in Africa by architects from Serbia: inspirations
Tihomir Dičić (architect, representative of the Republic of Serbia at the Venice Architecture Biennale)
Transformations of the Lagos International Fair
