©Julia Shashkina

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ABOUT

Serbian-born multidisciplinary artist and architect

Based in Zurich, Switzerland

BSc and MSc in Architecture from the University of Belgrade

Currently enrolled in CAS Arts and Design in Practice, postgraduate studies at ZHdK Zurich

Projects and exhibitions in Serbia, Switzerland, India and Russia

 

Awards & Nominations

2023 | SAY Swiss Architecture Yearbook – Selected project (link)

2022 | Grand Prix at the 44th Salon of Architecture (link)

2022 | Award in the Architecture category at the 44th Salon of Architecture (link)

2022 | Nominated for The ArchDaily 2023 Building of the Year Awards (link)

2022 | Nominated for the 2022 Piranesi Award (link)

2021 | House of the Year 2021, for Serbia and the region –  gradnja.rs (link)

2021 | 3rd Prize at the 5th Balkan Architectural Biennale  (link)

2018 |1st Prize | Lausanne Jardins 2019 with Lara Mehling, Bahar Akgün, Bach Mühle Fuchs

2016 | 3rd Prize | Blok 18, Project with Bach Mühle Fuchs, Davor Ereš, Belgrade,Serbia

2008 | 1st Prize | Research work ‘Women’s side of history in Župa’ with residency, Eustory History Network, Berlin (link)

 

Selected Exhibitions

2024 | SISU 2024 – TIME CAPSULE, exhibition and symposium, National Archives film archive, Tallinn, Estonia

2023 | Aquatectorium, Group Exhibition, Silosi Belgrade

2022 | The 44th Salon of Architecture, Belgrade, Serbia

2022 | Mambo Offspace, Group Exhibition, Zurich, Switzerland

2021 | The 5th Balkan Architectural Biennale, Begrade, Serbia

2018 | Feature Shoot Media, Root Studios Brooklyn, New York, USA

2018 | Toluen, dibutil ftalat, formaldehid, Vozdovac gallery, Belgrade, Serbia

2016 | The 38th Salon of Architecture, Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade, Serbia

2015 | Balkan Architectural Biennale, Jugoslovenska kinoteka, Belgrade, Serbia

2015 | Links in Bastions, European Architecture Students Assembly, Valleta, Malta

2014 | Artist’s Book, Second international graphic triennial, Belgrade, Serbia

2014 | BINA Balkan International Week of Architecture, Belgrade, Serbia

2013 | Light installation group exhibiton, Žužemberk, Slovenia

2012 | Burn! Art made with fire, European Architecture Students Assembly, Helsinki, Finland

 

Lectures / Talks

2023 | Discussion ‘Blind Date: SAY Swiss Architecture Yearbook’ – S AM Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel,

2023 | Panel Discussion (Moderator): ’ The Architecture of Tomorrow: Navigating Complexities’ , The Museum

of Applied Art Belgrade and ASAP

2023 | Panel Discussion (Participant): ’ Coming home: A single family house”, organised by Gradnja

2022 | Presentation of the winners of the Grand Prix at the 44th Salon of Architecture – The Museum of Applied Art Belgrade, 21.April 2022

2021 | Bund Schweizer Architekten BSA-FAS  – Zurich, 08. Oktober 2021

2021 | Summer School Ticino with  HSLU und i2a – Blenio Valley, 03.September 2021

2018 | Pecha Kucha SIA (Schweizerischer Ingenieur- und Architektenverein) – Zurich, 27. September 2018

2018 | Lecture at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade – 25. November 2018

2016 | Lecture as part of a seminar organized by Belgrade.SCAPES:LAB for the chair of CP_Complex Projects / TU Delft and their Studio “Anatomy of a Landmark” with Davor Ereš, Tatjana Ivanović, Daniel Fuchs. Other lecturers were: Branislav Jovin, Žaklina Gligorijević, Ljuba Slavković and Mia David

 

Press

Daily Dose

ArchDaily

BSA-Publikationen

gradnja.rs

werk, bauen + wohnen

afasia

Bach Mühle Fuchs 

Åvontuura

Lausanne Jardins

Hanfkalk.ch

Research Experience

Research assistant at Institute of Technology in Manipal, India

Focused on parametric design principles in ancient Indian temple architecture and 3D scanning of heritage buildings

 

Collaborations and Projects

Active since 2019 with Salewski Nater Kretz in Zurich

Contributions in urban planning, competitions, visualizations, animation and art direction

Regular collaboration with architectural office Bach Mühle Fuchs in Zurich

Member of Stadtufer cooperative in Lichtensteig ransforming a former textile factory into a cultural space

Member of Female Narratives, a London-based creative agency with a global network

Member of (non-)Swiss Architects, a collective of architectural workers with a migrant background and Swiss allies