Abstract
Although not widely acknowledged, the Republic of North Macedonia boasts a number of prolific architects who were often engaged in architectural education. Jovan Stefanovski, the author of the Millennium Cross and the National Theatre, both in the capital Skopje, is one such personality. Similar to former generations of architects, his design style conceptually recalls the traditional architecture of his homeland. Researching the Jovan Stefanovski Archive, a number of projects were identified – a sample from the case-studies covered in his doctorate thesis – and discussed with respect to the themes of ‘idea’ and ‘realisation’ in architecture. His notion of the former is akin to ‘concept’ as used in architectural design. While an idea is an expression of the unconscious, realisation is the conscious decision to execute the design idea. Stefanovski was a prolific architect and educator. His interest in traditional architecture was in line with the trends which developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Furthermore, in line with the architectural approaches being developed by Stefanovski’s teachers, the regionalist idiom which emerged in Macedonia, is contemporaneously evident in his work both in form and function.
Highlights
The title of this article is identical to that of the PhD thesis of Jovan Stefanovski (1948–2019), which was successfully defended at the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia, Bulgaria [18].1 The objective of his research, as he stated at the outset, was to define the notion of ‘idea’ in architecture illustrated through his realised projects, which numbered 400 in total from 1973 to 2002.2 Stefanovski, known as Stefanovski–Zan whereby Zan was his nickname which he often made use of in his work, was one of the most prominent contemporary architects of the Republic of North Macedonia [9,10,11]
Stefanovski was a prolific architect and educator. His interest in traditional architecture was in line with the trends which developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s
In line with the architectural approaches being developed by Stefanovski’s teachers, the regionalist idiom which emerged in Macedonia, is contemporaneously evident in his work both in form and function
Summary
From Idea to Realisation: The architecture of Jovan Stefanovski https://dodi.ooir.ogr/g1/01.502.5620831//azretan.o2d0o2.13.93308-15.1153. Cuvinte-cheie: arhitectură tradițională, casă balcanică, casă macedoneană, modernism, regionalism, regionalism critic, proiectare arhitecturală, Grabrian, Stefanovski, Macedonia de Nord. Researching the Jovan Stefanovski Archive, a number of projects were identified – a sample from the case-studies covered in his doctorate thesis – and discussed with respect to the themes of ‘idea’ and ‘realisation’ in architecture. His notion of the former is akin to ‘concept’ as used in architectural design. Stefanovski was a prolific architect and educator His interest in traditional architecture was in line with the trends which developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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