The Archive of Landscapes
Cultural heritage project
Bogdan Kusevic
Architect,
landscaper,
environmental & architectural preservator
Updated on: February 28. 2023.
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 Kušević, MSc Arch
Work Experience
October 2018 - Now
Architect, conservator architect and interior designer by contract 2018 - Now
Enforma d.o.o. - www.enforma.me
Jadranska magistrala bb. Kotor, Montenegro
Concept design and executive projects of conservation and restoration of fortification, residential and memorial architecture in Montenegro, along with culturo-historical and architectural research.
September 2018 -
Associate architect - 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
December 2015 -
September 2014 - Sept. 2015
September 2010 - July 2014
September 2006 - June 2010
September 2000 - June 2006
September 1998 - June 2006
Master (MSc) degree in Sustainable Architecture and Landscape Design (degree class n. LM - 4 Building engineering - architecture) - July 2018.
Politecnico di Milano, Scuola di Architettura, Urbanistica e Ingegneria delle Costruzioni, Via Scalabrini 76, 29121 Piacenza, Italy
Graduation thesis: Score: 104/110
“The forgotten cultural landscape of Bay of Kotor.
Valorisation of medieval path and ruins in Prcanj”
International Congress and Workshop. 1st BISHOP CITIES
Politecnico di Milano. Metropolitan architecture.
Piacenza Bishup city. - Dec. 2015.
Strategic nodes with a relevant role in the sustainable growth and liveability of the metropolitan regions. Piacenza, Italy
Specialist (Spec.Sci.Arch) 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
Fields of study: Building design, Interior design, Urbanism, Civil engineering
Bachelor (BSc) degree in Architecture - July 2014.
University of Montenegro, Faculty of Architecture,
Bulevar Dzordza Vasingtona, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
Fields of study: Building design, Interior design, Urbanism,
Civil engineering, History and Theory of Architecture
High school degree - June 2010.
High school - Classical Lyceum ,,Gimnazija Kotor’’ in Kotor, Montenegro.
Final exam passed with score 4.75/5.00
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
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.
October 2021.
September 2022.
September 2022.
Jewish tangible and intangible cultural heritage in Kotor
Temporary exhibition at the Naval museum of Montenegro - Kotor
The authors of the exhibition:
Studio Enforma doo - Marija Novaković and Bogdan Kušević
Jewish tangible and intangible cultural heritage in Kotor
Temporary exhibition at the Jewish Conference "Mahar" in Budva, Montenegro
The authors of the exhibition :
Studio Enforma doo - Marija Novaković and Bogdan Kušević
Jewish tangible and intangible cultural heritage in Kotor
Temporary exhibition at "The 2nd book festival – humanities, culture and art in Montenegro – FesK Kotor (FesKK) in Kotor, Montenegro
The authors of the exhibition:
Studio Enforma doo - Marija Novaković and Bogdan Kušević
Jewish tangible and intangible cultural heritage in Kotor
Temporary exhibition at European days of Jewish culture in Pljevlja, Montenegro
The authors of the exhibition:
Studio Enforma doo - Marija Novaković and Bogdan Kušević
Language skills:
Mother tongue (s): Montenegrin, Serbian, Croatian
Foreign language(s): English: Understanding - B2 ; Speaking - B2 ; Writting - B2
Italian: Understanding - B2 ; Speaking - B2 ; Writting - B2
Curriculum Vitae
Bogdan Kusevic
