The Archive of Landscapes
Cultural heritage project
Bogdan Kusevic
MSc architect conservator
Student of the post -graduate school of Architecture and Landscape heritage,
Politecnico di Milano
Updated on: 18.06.2025.
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
Conducted investigation, survey, and preliminary analysis of buildings forming part of a castle in the Province of Piacenza (Municipality of Calendasco), which are protected under Legislative Decree 42/2004. The investigations supported a subsequent project for the securing, restoration, and adaptive reuse of part of the castle within a broader initiative 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 concept 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 the following architectural, conservation and research 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 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 Post - 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.
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 – A Study of Tourism analyses the historical development of the Škaljari cemetery. A special section of the publication presents an architectural and stylistic study of the Jewish cemetery located within the same complex, with the aim of identifying a model for its future cultural valorisation.
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" aims to rediscover the forgotten Jewish cultural heritage in the municipality of Kotor. The project includes historical and archival research, as well as genealogical investigations into the Jewish population present in the area between the 19th and 20th centuries.
Link to this publication:
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
