The Archive of Landscapes
Cultural heritage project
Bogdan Kusevic
MSc architect conservator
Student of the graduate school of Architecture and landscape heritage,
Politecnico di Milano
Updated on: 23.02.2025.
From the author...
"Dealing with architecture for me is dealing with culture because architecture is supposed to reflect the cultural code of a particular society. My work is based on understanding of people’s needs by taking into consideration the needs of an individual first and then the collective needs. For me, architecture is so similar to poetry, a manifestation of the mind in its high awareness, often subconscious one but always existential one which clears its path towards others in spaces of collective memory. When I design, I always put permanence of architectural heritage to serve as a concept upon which contemporary design finds its own way. Thinking, writing, drawing and planning is my methodology of design whereby architecture should correspond with the existing built environment and as well as with nature and society so that it could take on an identity worthy of a man of the 21st century."
Bogdan Kusevic, MSc Arch
Work Experience
May 2014 - Jul 2024
December 2018 - October 2023
Architect conservator - internship 200h - part-time
May 2014 - Jul 2024
Studio Redaelli Speranza Architetti Associati
Via Pietro Colletta 29, 20135 Milano, Italy
Investigation/survey/preliminary investigations of the properties that form part of a Castle in the province of Piacenza (Municipality of Calendasco), properties subject to protection by Legislative Decree 42/2004. The investigations are functional to the subsequent project of securing, restoring and reusing said part of the Castle within a larger project promoted by the Municipality, under the supervision of the Superintendency of Parma and Piacenza.
Architect and conservator architect by contract
December 1. 2018 - October 16. 2023
Enforma d.o.o. - www.enforma.me
Jadranska magistrala bb. Kotor, Montenegro
Developing preliminary designs and main conservation projects of fortification and residential architecture in Montenegro, also conducting research studies of memorial architecture in Montenegro. Conducting historical, architectural and genealogical research. A member of the project team in various architectural, conservation and landscape projects, among them notable ones as follows:
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Preliminary design for the reconstruction of the fortress Kosmač (Budva). GFA 3002.95 m2
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The main architectural conservation project of the Florio - Lukovic Palace (Prčanj). GFA 527.54 m2
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The main executive project of the building reconstruction in its existing dimensions – turning a cultural heritage of the Španjola Fortess into an international creative hub (Herceg Novi). GFA 5178,27 m2 (2022)
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International competition (the winning design) for the reconstruction of the cultural heritage of the Španjola Fortress (Herceg Novi). GFA 5178,27 m2 (2020)
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Preliminary design and main conservation project for the reconstruction, rehabilitation and restoration of the Visković Palace – the Visković Family Museum (Perast). GFA 912.17 m2 (2019)
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Preliminary design and main conservation project for the reconstruction of the existing facility - “Town`s rampart - remains of the town of Onogošt” (Nikšić). GFA 1934,10 m2 (2019). (the audit phase in progres)
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Preliminary design and main conservation project for the reconstruction of the St. Cross Fortress (Perast). GFA 828.57 m2 (2019)
October 2018 - December 2018
Apprenticeship
October 1. 2018 - December 1. 2018.
Enforma d.o.o. - www.enforma.me
Jadranska magistrala bb. Kotor, Montenegro
Assistance on the preliminary design of St. Cross fortress in Perast.
September 2018 -
Apprenticeship - Sept. 2018.
Studio Redaelli Speranza Architetti Associati
Via Pietro Colletta 29, 20135 Milano, Italy
Urban and interior rendering design for the regional competition of Emilia Romagna - Valorisation of Via Francigena.
Won the competition.
September 2016 -
Internship - Sept. 2016.
Expeditio - Center for Sustainable Spatial Development
Skaljari bb, 85330 Kotor, Montenegro
Assistance on the project: Study of protection of cultural heritage in natural reserve ”Tivatska Solila’” in Tivat, Montenegro
July 2014 - August 2014
Student traineeship - July - Aug. 2014
Atelier Pulsarh d.o.o. Molerova 37, 11111 Belgrade, Serbia
Assistance on the several individual housing projects
Education:
Octobar 2015 - 2018
Master (MSc) degree in
Sustainable Architecture and Landscape Design
(degree class n. LM - 4 Building engineering - architecture)
Politecnico di Milano, Scuola di Architettura, Urbanistica e Ingegneria delle Costruzioni,
Via Scalabrini 76, 29121 Piacenza, Italy
Graduation thesis: Score: 104/110 - July 2018.
“The forgotten cultural landscape of Bay of Kotor.
Valorisation of medieval path and ruins in Prcanj”
September 2000 - June 2006
Music school degree - June 2006.
Primary music school “ŠOSMO Kotor” in Kotor, Montenegro
Graduated with excellent grades in the class for clarinet with score 5.00/5.00
September 2006 - June 2010
High school degree - June 2010.
High school - Classical Lyceum
,,Gimnazija Kotor’’ in Kotor, Montenegro.
Final exam passed with score 4.75/5.00
September 2010 - July 2014
Bachelor (BSc) degree in Architecture - July 2014.
University of Montenegro, Faculty of Architecture,
Bulevar Dzordza Vasingtona, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
September 2014 - Sept. 2015
Specialist (Spec.Sci.) degree in Architecture - Sept. 2015.
University of Montenegro, Faculty of Architecture
Bulevar Dzordza Vasingtona, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
Graduation project score 10.0/10.0 with title:
,,Museum of Kotor’’ <Na Benovo>
City museum with parking garage
November 2023 - present
Politecnico di Milano
Scuola di specializzazione in Beni architettonici e del paesaggio Graduate School in Architectural and Landscape Heritage
degree class Spec. (Sc. Spec.)
Via Bonardi 9, Edificio 14, "Nave", 20133 Milano
Award of Scholarship:
Scholarship on Territorial Fragilities for the top candidates enrolling in the SSBAP for the 2023/2024; 2024/2025 academic year.
September 1998 - June 2006
Primary school degree - June 2006.
Primary school “Ivo Lola Ribar” - in Prcanj, Montenegro
Graduated with award in excellence “Luca 1”
Publications:
January 2021 -
January 2021 -
“Cemetery“ tourism study
Authors: Marija Novakovic, Bogdan Kusevic, Slaven Radimiri Levi
Partner institutions: Municipality of Kotor, Jewish Community of Montenegro
Kotor. - Jan. 2021.
The publication “Cemetery“ tourism study aims to reveal the chronology of the historical development of the city cemetery in Škaljari, Kotor with special reference to the chronology of its development, and the architecture of its cemetery chapels and churches, as well as the monumental sculpture. A special section of this publication is the architectural-stylistic chronological study of the Jewish cemetery located within the City Cemetery in Škaljari. This study aims to present the unique stylistic characteristics of the Jewish cemetery, which is the only one of its kind in Montenegro, and to find a model for its future valorisation, through the prism of cultural practice and tourism.
Link to this publication:
https://www.significantcemeteries.org/2021/06/cemetery-tourism-study-at-city-cemetery.html
"Jews in Kotor following the archive records from XV- XX Century"
Authors: Marija Novakovic, Bogdan Kusevic
Partner institutions: Municipality of Kotor, Jewish Community of Montenegro
Kotor. - Jan. 2021.
The publication "Jews in Kotor following the archive records from XV- XX Century", created within the Rediscover pilot project aimed at rediscovering the forgotten Jewish cultural heritage in the Kotor municipality, thematically completes the segment of research on the origin of Jews in Kotor from the XV-XX century, their family histories, as well as the discovery of the almost forgotten Jewish cultural heritage in the Municipality of Kotor. The project includes archival and historical research on Jews in Kotor from the XV-XX centuries, genealogical research of Jewish families from Kotor in the XIX and XX
century, architectural and stylistic research of Jewish cultural heritage in the municipality of Kotor, as well as demographic research of the Jewish people who lived in Kotor and neighbouring municipalities during the XIX and XX centuries.
Link to this publication:
https://www.kotor.me/me/jevreji-u-kotoru---jews-in-kotor/
Exhibitions:
January 2021. - September 2022
Jewish tangible and intangible cultural heritage in Kotor
Temporary exhibition: The authors of the exhibition:
Studio Enforma doo - Marija Novakovic and Bogdan Kusevic
Partner institutions: Municipality of Kotor,
Jewish Community of Montenegro
Exibition displayed on:
• The second book festival – "FesK" Kotor - 09. 2022.
• European Days of Jewish Culture in Pljevlja - 09. 2022.
• Jewish Conference "Mahar" in Budva - 10. 2021.
• Naval Museum of Montenegro - Kotor - 01.2021.
Workshops:
July 2016.
December 2015.
Invisible LANDSCAPES: An architectural game.
Politecnico di Milano. International one week workshop.
Piacenza, Italy
1st BISHOP CITIES. Politecnico di Milano.
Strategic nodes with a relevant role in the sustainable growth and
liveability of the metropolitan regions. Piacenza, Italy
State exams:
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The examination of professional competence to perform the activities of drawing up of technical documentation and construction activities. 31.05.2023
State exams:
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The examination of professional competence to perform the activities of drawing up of technical documentation and construction activities. 31.05.2023 - Ministry of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and State Property
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The professional exam for the professional title of conservator. 27.10.2023. - Ministry of Culture and Media of Montenegro
Licenses:
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Authorized engineer’s license to perform activities of drawing up of technical documentation and construction activities. 28.06.2023.
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Driving licence B2
Language skills:
Mother tongue (s): Montenegrin, Serbian, Croatian
Foreign languages: English B2, Italian B2
Curriculum Vitae
Bogdan Kusevic
