Journal of
Faculty of Civil Engineering

JOURNAL OF FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING 44, 2023.y., pp. 34-43

	DOI: 10.14415/JFCE-896
	UDC: 643:728
	CC-BY-SA 4.0 license
	Author : Grbić, Milena; Nedić, Milica; Vezmar, Miljan
	Summary:
	The intent of this paper is to demonstrate the possibilities of transforming housing according to the contemporary needs of users in the conditions when the user is known. The methodological work starts from the thesis that housing is one of the demonstrative elements of everyday cultural patterns of a wider culture, a form of everyday behaviours but also that in daily routines of the known user lies the key for the design development direction. Agent(user) based analysis enables architecture to become a real service – not because it gives what is expected of it, but because in order to give what is expected of it, it previously studies a system of possible expectations, and then researches the possibilities of their realization, their understanding and acceptability. The paper will show the development of the concept of an ongoing design that will be realized and will discuss formal-functional preferences based on the space use analysis and the residents’ habits enhanced by a moderate method of designing as the chosen methodological direction. The contribution of this paper can be seen in the demonstration of the designing process by interpreting ideas, making designing decisions grounded on facts and compromises as standard forms of behaviour in procedures of practical action. In a wider sense the contribution of this paper is in demonstrating the need towards a programmatic questioning of strict differentiations of housing spaces that were brought into question with the modern lifestyle.
	Keywords:
	housing, home, Subotica, design methodology, design process