THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON RECONSTRUCTION AND REPROGRAMMING OF ONE OF THE MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF KUMANOVO. ERECTED AS A CINEMA AND CULTURAL CENTER, THE BUILDING USED TO BE A MAJOR CULTURAL ATTRACTOR FOR THE PUBLIC SQUARES OF THE CITY. THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL TRANSITION IN THE EARLY 1990S REFLECTED ON THE BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CITIES TOO. CONSEQUENTLY, THE DAMAR BUILDING WENT THROUGH A SLOW PROCESS OF DEROGATION IN THE PROGRAM AND USERS DOMAIN. TODAY, UTILIZING THE MIX USE PATTERN OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE BUILDING IS UNDERGOING THOROUGH REMODELING.

AUTHORS:TAJFA ARCHITECTS

LOCATION:KUMANOVO, MACEDONIA

DATE:JANUARY, 2011

AREA:ARCHITECTURE

ТYPE OF PROJECT:COMMISSION

THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE EXISTENT INTERIOR FOR THE PROPOSED LOCATION ON THE CENTRAL SQUARE IN KUMANOVO ANTICIPATES FULL CONVERSION OF THE PLACE INTO CONTEMPORARY FLOWER GALLERY AND HORTICULTURAL DESIGN STUDIO. WITHIN THE GIVEN AREA OF 65M2, THE PROJECT WILL ACCOMMODATE VENDING SPACE, WORKSHOP AND STUDIO. THE DESIGN APPROACH IS DUAL: THE SPATIAL ORGANIZATION RESEMBLES AN EXHIBITION SPACE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME IT CORRESPONDS WITH THE ALREADY GIVEN PROGRAM.

AUTHORS: TAJFA ARCHITECTS

LOCATION: KUMANOVO, MACEDONIA

DATE: DECEMBER, 2010

AREA: ARCHITECTURE (INTERIOR)

TYPE OF PROJECT: COMMISSION  

THE PROJECT FOR THE URBAN REGENERATION OF THE PROPOSED AREA ASSUMES A STRATEGY CONSTRAINED BY THE LOCAL CONDITIONS AND DERIVED ON A TRIPARTITE MORPHOLOGICAL PLATFORM. IT STARTS WITH AN APPROACH OF IN-FILLS AND VOIDS, WHERE EMPTINESS IS AN URBAN ELEMENT OF PRIMARY SIGNIFICANCE AND MAIN URBAN DESIGN TOOL. FURTHER ON, IT UTILIZES THE ZIGZAG, LOW RISE HOUSING TYPOLOGY TO PROVIDE SEQUENTIAL AND NON-REPETITIVE SERIES OF EXPERIENCES. FINALLY, IT ENDS WITH A GRADUAL REDUCTION OF THE DENSITY BY PROVISION OF SUBURBAN HOUSING SCHEMES.

AUTHORS: STEFAN LAZAREVSKI, BILJANA SPIRKOSKA, NORA ARSOVSKA AND STEFAN GEORGIEVSKI

LOCATION: PRIZREN, KOSOVO

DATE: MAY, 2006

AREA: URBANISM

TYPE OF PROJECT: COMPETITION

THIS COMPETITION ENTRY FOR THE GRONINGEN EUROPAN SITE UTILIZES THE INTERDEPENDENCY OF FORM AND CONTENT IN DESIGNING A COMPACT URBAN LANDSCAPE. THE DESIGN RELIES ON THE “DIGITALIZED” SCHEMES OF BANDS THAT CREATE ACTIVE LANDSCAPE, WHICH FURTHER ON, PROVIDE SERVICES ON DIFFERENT LEVELS. SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT APPEARS TO BE RIGID IN STRUCTURE WHILE FLEXIBLE IN CONTENT; IT IS CAPABLE OF PLOTTING METAPOLITAN PATTERN OF LIFE, WHERE COEXISTENCE OF EVENTS, RELATIONSHIPS ON PROGRAMMATIC AND TIME FRAME LEVEL IS ELEMENTAL AND ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDE DIVERSITY.

AUTHORS: STEFAN LAZAREVSKI, BILJANA SPIRKOSKA, NORA ARSOVSKA, DIVNA PENCIK AND STEFAN GEORGIEVSKI

LOCATION: GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS

DATE: SEPTEMBER, 2007

AREA: URBANISM

TYPE OF PROJECT: COMPETITION ENTRY

THE LIBRARY IN BEROVO REPRESENTS A MATERIALIZATION OF AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FORM AND NON-FORM OF A DESIGN. THE FORM AS A DESIGN, WITHOUT A DOUBT, SHOULD BE DESIGNATED AS THE EMISSARY OF THE MEANING. ITS SINGULARITY IS DEFINED BY THE MATERIAL NATURE, WHILST THE UNIVERSALITY OF THE FORM IS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE LOGICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONTENT AND USE.

AUTHORS: STEFAN LAZAREVSKI, BILJANA SPIRKOSKA, NORA ARSOVSKA AND STEFAN GEORGIEVSKI

LOCATION: BEROVO, MACEDONIA

DATE: OCTOBER, 2006

AREA: ARCHITECTURE

TYPE OF PROJECT: COMPETITION (2^ND PLACE)

CITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, SUCH AS INDIA, FUELLED BY THE STRONG ECONOMY PRODUCE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SEGREGATION. WITHIN THESE CITIES, LIVING IN SPRAWLED SETTLEMENTS IS А MATTER OF SOCIAL STATUS; THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IS INCREASINGLY DIMINISHED AS OPPOSED TO THE GROWING PRIVATE ESTATES; DIVERSITY IS MARGINALIZED, WHILE THE IDENTITY OF PLACE IS BEING LOST. AS A SOLUTION FOR THESE SOCIAL ILLS, PETER CALTHORPE SUGGESTS AN AMALGAM OF TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY, WHERE COMMUNITIES ARE BASED ON MIX–USE, WALKABLE DISTANCES AND USE OF MASS TRANSIT AS A SPINE OF SUCH DEVELOPMENT.

AUTHOR: STEFAN LAZAREVSKI

LOCATION: SARASWATI, INDIA

DATE: FEBRUARY, 2008

AREA: THEORY OF URBAN PLANNING

TYPE OF PROJECT: RESEARCH

THE COMPETITION ENTRY OF TAJFA ARCHITECTS FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING OF THE MUNICIPALITY KARPOŠ WITH ITS PHYSICAL ARTICULATION UNOBTRUSIVELY FITS INTO THE EXISTING PHYSICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, IN THAT WAY ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION WITH THE SURROUNDING TISSUE. BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVENESS OF THE BUILDING’S PROJECTED VOLUME AND IN THE CONTINUATION OF THE PREVIOUS ORGANIZATIONAL RASTER OF THE MUNICIPALITY’S BUILDING, THE CONSTRUCTION IS DIVIDED INTO THREE FUNCTIONAL ʺSTRIPESʺ. EACH STRIPE HAS A DIFFERENT WIDTH DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF THE PROGRAM /CAPACITY/ THAT SHOULD BE PLACED WITHIN THE SAME.

AUTHORS: TAJFA ARCHITECTS IN COLLABORATION WITH STEFAN GEORGIEVSKI AND NORA ARSOVSKA

LOCATION: SKOPJE, MACEDONIA

DATE: FEBRUARY, 2010

AREA: ARCHITECTURE

ТYPE OF PROJECT: COMPETITION

THE HOUSE OF CRAFTSMEN IN KUMANOVO IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HISTORICAL, CULTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARKS OF THE CITY. THE BUILDING ITSELF HAS A PARTICULAR SYMBOLIC MEANING TO THE CITY, AS IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PLANNED URBAN DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE EARLY XX CENTURY.

THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING IS HAPPENING 80 YEARS AFTER ITS CONSTRUCTION AND REPRESENTS HOMAGE TO THE CITY’S ENGINEER OF THE 30S - VLADIMIR ANTONOV.

AUTHORS: TAJFA ARCHITECTS IN COLLABORATION WITH STEFAN GEORGIEVSKI AND BONOR INZENERING

LOCATION: KUMANOVO, MACEDONIA

DATE: ЈUNE, 2010

AREA: ARCHITECTURE (RECONSTRUCTION)

ТYPE OF PROJECT: COMMISSION

THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF THE SETTLEMENTS IN MACEDONIA REPRESENTS THE MATERIALIZATION OF THE ENDLESS SPIRAL OF CIVILIZATION DEVELOPMENT OF ONE NATION. THE CITY, BEING PHYSICAL FEATURE OF THE EXISTENCE COULD NOT PROVIDE VIVID STAGE WITHOUT THE PEOPLE AND THE TRADITION, FOLKLORE AND CULTURE AS SPIRITUAL FOOD. THESE ARE THE MAIN FUNDAMENTALS OF THIS EXHIBIT SETTING.

AUTHORS: TAJFA ARCHITECTS

LOCATION: SHANGHAI, CHINA

DATE: FEBRUARY, 2010

AREA: ARCHITECTURE (EXHIBITION)

TYPE OF PROJECT: COMPETITION

MANY CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC AND URBAN RESEARCHERS DEFINE THE CITY OR A REGION AS A NODE OF IMMENSE NETWORK OF CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL EXCHANGE. IF THESE URBAN ENTITIES WANT TO THRIVE IN THE CONTEMPORARY NETWORKED SOCIETY, ESTABLISHING VARIETY OF LINKAGES BETWEEN NUMBERS OF ACTORS ON THE PREMISES OF KNOWLEDGE SHOULD BE PRIORITY.

THIS CONCEPTION IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE GROUP OF THE IN-BETWEEN CITIES, WHICH ARE NEITHER LARGE NOR BIG; NEITHER GLOBAL, NOR LOCAL; NEITHER FULLY CONNECTED NOR MARGINAL… THE METROPOLITAN REGION OF SKOPJE IS ONE SUCH URBAN ENTITY. THEREFORE, EVALUATING THE REGIONS EXISTENT POTENTIALS TO ESTABLISH AND THE PROSPECTS TO MAINTAIN THE KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY WOULD BE THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS THESIS.

AUTHOR: STEFAN LAZAREVSKI

PLACE: SKOPJE, MACEDONIA

DATE: 2009

AREA: THEORY OF URBAN PLANNING AND URBAN SOCIOLOGY

TYPE OF PROJECT: STUDY

HOW DO YOU DESIGN PUBLIC SPACE OF MOTION? HOW DO YOU CREATE STILL FRAMES OF EVENTS? HOW DO YOU CAPTURE THE ENERGY OF ACTION? CREATED IN THE EARLY XVIII CENTURY AS FUNCTIONAL AND ECONOMIC SPINE OF THE TOWN BITOLA, “SIROK SOKAK” SOON DEVELOPED IN AN STAGE OF THEN VIBRANT CONSULATE CITY. THIS IS A PUBLIC SPACE OF HIGHEST ORDER! THEREFORE, A REASONABLE QUESTION APPEARS: HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO SUCH URBAN MEMORY?

AUTHORS: STEFAN LAZAREVSKI, STEFAN GEORGIEVSKI AND MIHAIL DIMITROV

LOCATION: BITOLA, MACEDONIA

DATE: MAY 2005

AREA: URBAN DESIGN

TYPE OF PROJECT: COMPETITION

AIRPORTS AND CITIES DIFFER IN PROGRAM, FUNCTIONS, STRUCTURE AND CONSEQUENTLY USERS. THE CITIES HAVE COMPLEX UNPREDICTABLE, PROCESS-BASED ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE WHEREAS THE AIRPORTS HAVE SIMPLE FUNCTIONALLY BASED PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATION. AIRPORTS ARE CLOSED AND CITIES ARE OPEN ENTITIES. THAN HOW CAN WE MAKE AN AIRPORT - A CITY?

AUTHORS: STEFAN LAZAREVSKI IN COLLABORATION WITH ESER KOKEN (TURKEY)

LOCATION: BBI,BERLIN, GERMANY

DATE: OCTOBER 2007 – FEBRUARY 2008

AREA: URBAN DESIGN

TYPE OF PROJECT: STUDY