Dr Darko Radovic
DEngArch MSci (UrbArch) PhD (Belgrade)
Head of Urban Design, Associate Professor in Architecture
Email: d.radovic@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Darko Radovic received his doctorate in Architecture and Urbanism from the University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He has taught, researched and practised architecture and urban design in Europe, Australia and Asia. Dr Radovic was the head of an interdisciplinary team (CEP, Belgrade) which was awarded the Yugoslav Grand Prix for urbanism in 1992. In 1994 he was a member of the Sustainable Human Habitat team which won the national competition for the Sustainable Urban Development of Jerrabomberra Valley. In 1996–97 he was an STA Research Fellow in Japan. He is a Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) Associate, the Banksia National Environmental Awards judge, and sits on the Advisory Board of the Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies. Dr Radovic has published in Serbo-Croatian, English and recently in Japanese and Chinese. His participation in international conferences includes key-note addresses at conferences in Australia, Yugoslavia and Japan. In 1999, Darko co-organised (with the city of Melbourne and the City of Port Phillip) and chaired the international PLEA 2000 symposium 'Sustainable Urban Futures - Global Perspectives, Local Initiatives'.
Dr Radovic's research interests include ecological sustainability for urban and architectural design, and concepts of place and urbanity, regulation of urban processes and Lefebvrian analysis of space. He is currently working on a number of research projects including Architecture and Settlement Patterns of Australian Deserts; Sustainable Office Building; Patterns of Destruction and Reconstruction of Cities in Former Yugoslavia, and Urban and Architectural Integration of Active Solar Components. He has also directed part of his research towards problems of internationalisation in the design professions and joined the University's Centre for Studies of Higher Education (CSHE) in their research project 'Navigating Other Cultures'.
Current Teaching Responsibilities
702-443 Environmental Design
705-663/5 Urban Design Project A/C
702-540 Architectural Design 4B
702-474 Investigation Project A
Current Administrative Responsibilities
Head of Urban Design
Research Interests
- ecological sustainability for urban and architectural design
- concepts of place and urbanity
- regulation of urban processes
- Lefebvrian analysis of space
Funded Research
| Project | Benchmarking Urban Design Quality |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Source: | Joint Award for Research |
| Project | The Typology of Settlements and Residential Architecture in Hot-Humid Australia |
| Year: | 2001/2 |
| Source: | Melbourne Research Development Grant Scheme |
Awards Received
- First Prize: Research and Studies, XII Salon of Urbanism; Institute of Urbanism; Serbia (2003)
- D Radovic, S Whitford and Brearley Architecture and Urban Design: First prize in the 2002 international urban design competition for a new high technology sector for the city Xin Yu in JangXi Provence, People’s Republic of China (2002)
- D Radovic and Brearley Architects and Urbanists: First prize in the 2001 International Urban Design Ideas Competition for their project 'City Centre: City of Ningbo, Beilun' (2001)
- The City of Port Phillip’s Mayor's Award for Personal Contribution to Better Design in Port Phillip (2000)
Recent Publications
Books
Low,N., B. Glesson, R. Green and D. Radovic, 2005, Green City: Sustainable Homes, Sustainable Suburbs, Sydney: UNSW Press.
Book chapters
Radovic D. 2005. Belgrade: De(con)structing urbanity. In E Charlesworth (ed), City Edge: Case Studies in Contemporary Urbanism. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier, pp. 140-152.
Refereed journal articles
Radovic D. 2005. Think about the Soul of Bangkok! - fragments from an investigation into kwan pen muang, gradskost, urbanita, toshisei. Raneang. 4:99-107.
Radovic D., 2004, 'Towards Culturally Responsive and Responsible Teaching of Urban Design' Urban Design International. 9(4):175-186.
Radovic D., 2002, 'Founding the Sustainable City', Arhitektura i Urbanizam. 10:42-53.
Refereed conference papers
Radovic D. 2005. BMB - the Basis, Lessons and Inspirations: Teaching Design vs. Teaching about Design. In D Boontharm, C Parin & I Amesz (eds), Identity and globalization: design for the city. 47-53. Bangkok, Thailand: EAPBx.
Radovic D & Boontharm D. 2005. Thai Culture and Water Regionalism in Conceptualisation of Sustainable Future. In N Afgan, Z Bogdan, N Duic & Z Guzovic (eds), Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems. 29-37. Zagreb, Croatia: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Arch.
Radovic D., 2004, 'Belgrade – Is a Turn Toward Urbanity Possible?' in Z. Gligorijevic (ed), Javno Dobro: Identifikacija, Upotreba, Upravljanje, Dizajn, 91-100, Belgrade, Yugoslavia: CEP, Centar za Planiranje Urbanog Razvoja.
Radovic D., 2004, 'Tropical Messages – Architecture Between the Political and Bioregional Imperatives' in B.L. Ong, J-H Bay, L-C Lee, S-L Tse, J Widodo & N-H Wong (eds), International Network for Tropical Architecture 1st International Tropical Architecture Conference. Architecture and Urban Design in the Tropical Regions: Sustainability and Society, 1-10, Singapore: Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture (CASA), National University of Singapore
Radovic D., 2003. 'Celebrating the difference: Design research and education for cultural sustainability'. in R.J. King, O. Panin & C. Parin (eds), Modernity, tradition, culture, water: Proceedings of an international symposium, Bangkok 29-31 October 2002, 65-71. Bangkok, Thailand: Kasetsart University Press.
Research Supervision
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Maggie McCormick (PhD) The architecture and cartography of imagined cities