About | BAZA

BAZA – Platform for Spatial Practices is an organisation dedicated to the research, development and communication of space as a shared cultural, social and political resource. Operating at the intersection of architecture, urbanism, visual culture, theory and civic engagement, BAZA functions as an open platform that connects the city of Novi Sad with its citizens through thoughtful, inclusive and often unexpected spatial encounters.

Grounded in the local context, BAZA promotes and disseminates global knowledge of outstanding spatial practices, translating it into concrete, accessible and intelligible formats. The central focus of its work is the opening of space – physical, symbolic and institutional.

The founders of BAZA are also actively engaged in higher education as lecturers and mentors in the education of young architects, enabling research and pedagogical work to continuously intersect with the platform’s practical and public activities. This layered experience allows BAZA to operate simultaneously as a space of knowledge, experimentation and critical reflection on the contemporary city.

BAZA works transdisciplinarily, bringing together professionals, researchers, artists, students and citizens, and fostering a network of knowledge and practices that challenge established models of spatial use, governance and interpretation. A particular emphasis is placed on agency – the empowerment of individuals and communities to actively participate in understanding, shaping and reclaiming the city as a shared common good.

Throughout its work, BAZA has realised a number of significant research, exhibition and professional projects. Among these, the multi-award-winning multimedia project “Novi Sad – Modern City” stands out, addressing processes of urban modernisation, architectural heritage and collective memory, and receiving recognition both within professional circles and the wider public.

Through research projects, exhibitions, publications, public programmes and collaborations with local and international partners, BAZA continuously re-examines the right to the city, collective memory and the future of urban life.

Founders

Miljana Zeković

Miljana Zeković is a university professor, architect, curator, and researcher. She works at the intersection of architecture, art, and public space. As a co-founder and board member of the association BAZA – Spatial Praxis Platform, she focuses on developing interdisciplinary, experimental, and site-specific projects in which space is understood as an active participant in social processes.
Her work is oriented towards ephemeral architecture and exhibition architecture, spatial dramaturgy, and narrative approaches to architectural practice, with a particular interest in temporary structures, collective formats, and research-based methods within contemporary spatial practices. She collaborates with artists, performers, designers, and researchers from diverse fields connected to architecture.
She is actively involved in international exhibitions, workshops, and biennial productions across Europe and Asia, including Edinburgh, Cardiff, Prague, Taipei, Manila, Beijing, and Tampere. She is a co-author of award-winning projects and publications. She served as the curator of Montenegro’s national presentation at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, within the curatorial framework led by Carlo Ratti.
In addition to her work within BAZA and the Efemera collective, she develops educational and research programs with a strong focus on interdisciplinary networking between science, art, and architecture, as well as on experimental pedagogical formats, collective learning, knowledge exchange, public dialogue, and practice-based knowledge production.
Višnja Žugić

Višnja Žugić is an architect dedicated to interdisciplinary research, production, and education in the field of spatial design. She works as an Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad. Her professional work spans architectural design, scientific research and theory, as well as creative practice, with a particular focus on spatial performativity and the mechanisms of its realisation in diverse contexts. She is a co-founder of several cultural organizations, including the Efemera Collective and BAZA – Spatial Praxis Platform, both devoted to architecture and space at the intersection of artistic, cultural, and social contexts, as well as the Institute for New Theatre, which operates within the expanded field of performing arts.
She is also one of the co-convenors of the Theatre & Architecture Working Group of the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR).
Ig: @spare.walks
Slobodan Jović

Slobodan Jović is an architect based in Novi Sad, Serbia. Since 2016, he has been employed as a Teaching Assistant (PhD) at the Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad. From 2023 to 2025, he served as Curator of the Architecture, Urbanism, and Architectural Design Collection at the Museum of Applied Arts in Belgrade. He is the founder and partner of the architectural studio 50 50. Through his studio work and independent practice, he has contributed to numerous architectural and urban development projects.
Alongside his professional practice, Dr. Jović is actively engaged in professional and civic organizations. From 2016 to 2020, he served as President of the Society of Architects of Novi Sad (DaNS), and from 2020 to 2022 as a Member of its Board. Since 2017, he has also been a Member of the Board of the Association of Architects of Serbia (UAS). He is a co-founder of Baza – Platform for Spatial Practices, through which he has long been engaged in research on urban environments and the modernist heritage of Novi Sad.
He is the co-author of several exhibitions and multimedia projects, as well as two books, Spens: A Measure of the City and Novi Sad – A Modern City. He received in 2023 he was awarded a distinction by the Serbian Association of Engineers and Technicians.
Jović has been involved for several years in Serbia’s participation at the Venice Architecture Biennale, first as a Member of the Expert Council in 2018, and subsequently as Commissioner of the Serbian Pavilion at the 17th and 18th Biennale in 2021 and 2023. At the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2025, he served as President of the Expert Council and Curator of the national presentation.
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Dragana Konstantinović

Dragana Konstantinović is an architect. She works as a Full Professor at the Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad. She is an active architect and researcher in architecture and urban planning. Her work is dedicated to the identification, research, and promotion of the architectural heritage of Yugoslav Modernism, as well as exploring design approaches for its programmatic reuse and restoration. Throughout her professional career, she has contributed to numerous architectural projects as a design team member, lead architect, and principal architect.
She has published an extensive range of scientific and professional papers and has presented at numerous national and international conferences. She is a co-author and editor of several award-winning professional monographs, including Spens: Measure of the City, Novi Sad – Modern City, Dušan Krstić – Architecture, and Concepts, Program, and Functions of Architectural Projects of Pavilion Structures, all of which have received accolades at regional architectural events. As an author and curator, she has organised exhibitions and events focused on modern architectural heritage—such as the Focus on Modernism cycle and Novi Sad – Modern City—which have been featured at major cultural and artistic festivals. In recent years, a distinct branch of her work has been documentary filmmaking as a medium for direct communication with the audience about the values of modern architecture.
At the University, she teaches courses in architectural design and the history and theory of 20th-century architecture.
She is a member of the Serbian Chamber of Engineers, the Association of Novi Sad Architects (DaNS), and the Board of Directors of the Union of Architects of Serbia. She is also an active member of DoCoMoMo and a co-founder of BAZA – Platform for Spatial Practices.
Maja Momirov

Maja Momirov (1985-2025) is an architect and photographer based in Novi Sad, Serbia. She obtained her Master of Engineering in Architecture degree in 2011 from the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, where she is currently a PhD candidate and employed as a Teaching Assistant.
She is a co-founder and Vice President of BAZA – Platform for Spatial Practices, established in 2019. From 2016 to 2022, she served as a Member of the Board of the Society of Architects of Novi Sad.
Through her long-standing design practice, she has authored numerous architectural and urban projects in Serbia and abroad. Notable projects include the urban and architectural design of the Solarna Dolina residential development in Novi Sad; the Cultural Station project in Novi Sad; the conceptual design for the reconstruction, extension, and redevelopment of the “Sports and Business Center Vojvodina” (SPENS) in Novi Sad; and several single-family housing projects in Brazil.
She is the author of numerous scientific and professional papers and strategic documents published nationally and internationally. As a photographer, she has exhibited in Serbia, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, and the United States.
She received the Second Prize in the Urban Projects and Realizations category at the 26th International Salon of Urbanism in Niš for the Solarna Dolina project; and the Second Prize at the international competition for the conceptual architectural design of the Congress Center in Trebinje in 2024.
She has served on organizational and selection committees of numerous international professional events and has edited professional publications. She is co-author of the books Spens – A Measure of the City and Novi Sad – A Modern City.
Bojan Stojković

Bojan Stojković has completed his undergraduate and master studies at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, where he is currently a PhD candidate. Since 2016, he has been working as a teaching assistant at the Department of Architecture and Urbanism, participating in the following courses: Architectural Design, Architectural Technologies – Design Process, and Architecture of Exhibitions and Events. He is one of the founders and a board member of the architecture, culture, and art associations Ephemera Collective and Baza – Platform for Spatial Practices, both based in Novi Sad, Serbia. In the field of professional and artistic production, he is the co-author of numerous architectural and artistic projects exhibited and awarded at international exhibitions and festivals. His main interests are architectural and spatial design, as well as the exploration of space through various types of media.

Miljana Zeković
Miljana Zeković is a university professor, architect, curator, and researcher. She works at the intersection of architecture, art, and public space. As a co-founder and board member of the association BAZA – Spatial Praxis Platform, she focuses on developing interdisciplinary, experimental, and site-specific projects in which space is understood as an active participant in social processes.
Her work is oriented towards ephemeral architecture and exhibition architecture, spatial dramaturgy, and narrative approaches to architectural practice, with a particular interest in temporary structures, collective formats, and research-based methods within contemporary spatial practices. She collaborates with artists, performers, designers, and researchers from diverse fields connected to architecture.
She is actively involved in international exhibitions, workshops, and biennial productions across Europe and Asia, including Edinburgh, Cardiff, Prague, Taipei, Manila, Beijing, and Tampere. She is a co-author of award-winning projects and publications. She served as the curator of Montenegro’s national presentation at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, within the curatorial framework led by Carlo Ratti.
In addition to her work within BAZA and the Efemera collective, she develops educational and research programs with a strong focus on interdisciplinary networking between science, art, and architecture, as well as on experimental pedagogical formats, collective learning, knowledge exchange, public dialogue, and practice-based knowledge production.
Višnja Žugić
Višnja Žugić is an architect dedicated to interdisciplinary research, production, and education in the field of spatial design. She works as an Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad. Her professional work spans architectural design, scientific research and theory, as well as creative practice, with a particular focus on spatial performativity and the mechanisms of its realisation in diverse contexts. She is a co-founder of several cultural organizations, including the Efemera Collective and BAZA – Spatial Praxis Platform, both devoted to architecture and space at the intersection of artistic, cultural, and social contexts, as well as the Institute for New Theatre, which operates within the expanded field of performing arts.
She is also one of the co-convenors of the Theatre & Architecture Working Group of the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR).
Ig: @spare.walks
Slobodan Jović
Slobodan Jović is an architect based in Novi Sad, Serbia. Since 2016, he has been employed as a Teaching Assistant (PhD) at the Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad. From 2023 to 2025, he served as Curator of the Architecture, Urbanism, and Architectural Design Collection at the Museum of Applied Arts in Belgrade. He is the founder and partner of the architectural studio 50 50. Through his studio work and independent practice, he has contributed to numerous architectural and urban development projects.
Alongside his professional practice, Dr. Jović is actively engaged in professional and civic organizations. From 2016 to 2020, he served as President of the Society of Architects of Novi Sad (DaNS), and from 2020 to 2022 as a Member of its Board. Since 2017, he has also been a Member of the Board of the Association of Architects of Serbia (UAS). He is a co-founder of Baza – Platform for Spatial Practices, through which he has long been engaged in research on urban environments and the modernist heritage of Novi Sad.
He is the co-author of several exhibitions and multimedia projects, as well as two books, Spens: A Measure of the City and Novi Sad – A Modern City. He received in 2023 he was awarded a distinction by the Serbian Association of Engineers and Technicians.
Jović has been involved for several years in Serbia’s participation at the Venice Architecture Biennale, first as a Member of the Expert Council in 2018, and subsequently as Commissioner of the Serbian Pavilion at the 17th and 18th Biennale in 2021 and 2023. At the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2025, he served as President of the Expert Council and Curator of the national presentation.
50 50
Dragana Konstantinović
Dragana Konstantinović is an architect. She works as a Full Professor at the Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad. She is an active architect and researcher in architecture and urban planning. Her work is dedicated to the identification, research, and promotion of the architectural heritage of Yugoslav Modernism, as well as exploring design approaches for its programmatic reuse and restoration. Throughout her professional career, she has contributed to numerous architectural projects as a design team member, lead architect, and principal architect.
She has published an extensive range of scientific and professional papers and has presented at numerous national and international conferences. She is a co-author and editor of several award-winning professional monographs, including Spens: Measure of the City, Novi Sad – Modern City, Dušan Krstić – Architecture, and Concepts, Program, and Functions of Architectural Projects of Pavilion Structures, all of which have received accolades at regional architectural events. As an author and curator, she has organised exhibitions and events focused on modern architectural heritage—such as the Focus on Modernism cycle and Novi Sad – Modern City—which have been featured at major cultural and artistic festivals. In recent years, a distinct branch of her work has been documentary filmmaking as a medium for direct communication with the audience about the values of modern architecture.
At the University, she teaches courses in architectural design and the history and theory of 20th-century architecture.
She is a member of the Serbian Chamber of Engineers, the Association of Novi Sad Architects (DaNS), and the Board of Directors of the Union of Architects of Serbia. She is also an active member of DoCoMoMo and a co-founder of BAZA – Platform for Spatial Practices.
Maja Momirov
Maja Momirov (1985-2025) is an architect and photographer based in Novi Sad, Serbia. She obtained her Master of Engineering in Architecture degree in 2011 from the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, where she is currently a PhD candidate and employed as a Teaching Assistant.
She is a co-founder and Vice President of BAZA – Platform for Spatial Practices, established in 2019. From 2016 to 2022, she served as a Member of the Board of the Society of Architects of Novi Sad.
Through her long-standing design practice, she has authored numerous architectural and urban projects in Serbia and abroad. Notable projects include the urban and architectural design of the Solarna Dolina residential development in Novi Sad; the Cultural Station project in Novi Sad; the conceptual design for the reconstruction, extension, and redevelopment of the “Sports and Business Center Vojvodina” (SPENS) in Novi Sad; and several single-family housing projects in Brazil.
She is the author of numerous scientific and professional papers and strategic documents published nationally and internationally. As a photographer, she has exhibited in Serbia, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, and the United States.
She received the Second Prize in the Urban Projects and Realizations category at the 26th International Salon of Urbanism in Niš for the Solarna Dolina project; and the Second Prize at the international competition for the conceptual architectural design of the Congress Center in Trebinje in 2024.
She has served on organizational and selection committees of numerous international professional events and has edited professional publications. She is co-author of the books Spens – A Measure of the City and Novi Sad – A Modern City.
Bojan Stojković
Bojan Stojković has completed his undergraduate and master studies at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, where he is currently a PhD candidate. Since 2016, he has been working as a teaching assistant at the Department of Architecture and Urbanism, participating in the following courses: Architectural Design, Architectural Technologies – Design Process, and Architecture of Exhibitions and Events. He is one of the founders and a board member of the architecture, culture, and art associations Ephemera Collective and Baza – Platform for Spatial Practices, both based in Novi Sad, Serbia. In the field of professional and artistic production, he is the co-author of numerous architectural and artistic projects exhibited and awarded at international exhibitions and festivals. His main interests are architectural and spatial design, as well as the exploration of space through various types of media.

Founders

Miljana Zeković

Višnja Žugić

Slobodan Jović

Dragana Konstantinović

Maja Momirov