Ljubica Jovanović – Architect – Designer designing reality into fantasyljubica.jovanovic.aenax@gmail.com
Concept Design Competition – BADEL Site Redevelopment Zagreb
Design for the BADEL competition in Zagreb, Croatia Integrated a new construction complex with the exiting distillery, including commercial and residential buildings while retaining its historical value and traditional urban identity. The aim was to create a fusion between the old brewery and the new, modern structure. Other team members: Tijana Oluic, Juan Carlos Salas [...]
Lapidarium of Uzice published on ArchDaily!
World’s most visited architecture site, ArchDaily, has published our project of the Lapidarium of Uzice, giving us the honor of being the architects to open the topic ‘uzice’ on such an important internet place: http://www.archdaily.com/240828/lapidarium-of-uzice-ljubica-jovanovic-mihailo-jovanovic/ The news of Lapidarium being on ArchDaily was reported by Blic, Serbian most popular magazine, emphasizing the importance of monuments’ conservation: http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Srbija/327860/Lapidarijum-deo-svetske-bastine [...]
The Lapidarium of Uzice
in uzice, a declining town in west serbia, an archaeologist and two architects, after a two-year-struggle, managed to convince the officials to build a lapidarium where ancient roman monuments from 2nd to 4th century AD, found on the territory of the town would be kept safely and exposed for the world to see. the town [...]
Home study
This an example of interior design of a home study for a hard-working researcher. The key aspect were: 1) ergonomic desk, 2) shelf supplying book and decorations of various shapes and size, 3) sofa for relaxing and reading and 4) flexible lights.
Decisions fall. I don’t
Here’s a story about a brave 3D girl. She came into an unfinished surrealism-like scene; one single texture for all background, geometry mostly still on the level of standard primitives – boxes. And she stayed imprisoned inside. Forgotten. As time went by, the scene remained forgotten. Only four cameras, poorly animated. And she – she [...]
Biciklinette
Made as a cross-breed of a bicycle and a scooter (french – trotinette), ‘bicyclinette’ is a fun, comfortable new kind of transportation, responding to the majority of a city residents’ lifestyle. Its compact design allows safely both slow-cruising around the city as well as dashing at high speed; It’s suitable for mass production and includes [...]
We Grow Furniture
Stylish outdoor furniture – it grows anyway you shape it! On an easy-to-shape supporting structure, the furniture grows and blooms, making a unique comfy sofa for your back yard. If we can make animals this way, why not furniture?
Pharmacy Store Interior
The client had bought the unbuilt commercial space for their pharmacy store years ago, however, when it was finally built it was not quite what they hoped for and they came to us to ask for a solution to the problem – there was no space! Stairs, apart from being a necessary functional element, can [...]
House in the country
Countryside house surrounded by the arboretum’s lush landscape, in a village called Mrcajevci in Serbia. The project is ordered by my mom, and the design was made so that she enjoys it. Click image for enlargement.
Chairs – Animally
Once again, animals were my inspiration for furniture design. The essence of three animals, dolphin, parrot and serpent, were copied and woven into chairs by the rule of emphasizing either geometry (done in the dolphin and serpent chair) or texture (parrot chair), while leaving the other as a draft. That is my way to avoid overdesigned [...]
Contemporary Apartment – Redesigned in Onyx
The apartment is located in a residential building in Uzice, west Serbia. Originally this was just a half of a large apartment, and its previous owner divided it into two since it was easier to sell. My clients now own a small apartment with a large bedroom, bathroom and zig-zag walls separating them from their [...]
Dawn
Another name for this gallery was “Nights in America”, for I created these paintings during my stay in the US in the summer of 2009. It is informally dedicated to my love, my friends and family that I missed severely while I was away from them. All of the paintings are large-sized, at least 150 [...]
Ash Dining Set
Another example of design inspired by a mythical creature, phoenix the fire bird. ‘Ash’ refers to two things here. The first is the direct association based on the gray materials and lightweight organic forms, as if the ash was floating around, carried by the wind. The second is physical and logical connection to the Phoenix [...]
Phoenix Bedroom
Mythology has always been my endless inspiration – especially for design – and phoenix is one of my favorite motifs. The bedroom is next to the Ash dining room, as its logical sequence. (“Phoenix rises from the ashes.“) During daytime, this room looks like any other – a large comfy bed, dark heavy curtains, a [...]
Rock ‘N’ Fire Furniture
Furniture collection inspired by rocks, lava, ashes and fire. Chairs, tables and shelves with ‘volcanic features’ weaved into their design. Dominating materials are recycled plastics, silicon, steel for reinforcement and glass as well as plexiglass, all colored in red with black or gray accents, creating the illusion of ‘volcanic features’. Created during 2008 and 2009. click [...]
Aenax Gallery
These images are among many that could be seen on my previous web page portfolio, Aenax. Created during the autumn of 2008. click to enlarge images