The N1 Housing in Nemanjina 1 Street in Kragujevac (Serbia) is situated in the city core itself, on a narrow lot which is representative of a chaotic urban environment inherited from the past. 

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Architects: Studio Simovic

Location: Nemanjina, Kragujevac, Serbia

Architects In Charge: Petar and Marija Simovic

Area: 441.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Relja Ivanic , Courtesy of N1 Housing

Civil Engineers: Dragan Veljkovic, Milan Pavlovic

Electro Engineer: Snezana Petrovic

Hydro Engineer: Vladislav Milovanovic

Mechanical Engineer: Vladimir Zaljevski

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From the architect. The N1 Housing in Nemanjina 1 Street in Kragujevac (Serbia) is situated in the city core itself, on a narrow lot which is representative of a chaotic urban environment inherited from the past. 

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The project was created without direct regard to the narrowest context of the street, because the context itself had vanished in time, in a sense that entails the relation of the structure to the street, the city, the passersby, and ,ultimately, to the users. The context of secular, single-family architecture, lacking distinct characteristics of style, and with an undefined relation to urbanity, has become a burden, leaving no other choice but to be negated, while, on the other hand, the objects with cert...