Simić, Ivan | Serbia

Fellow at IAS-STS: 2015/2016

Ivan Simić, M. Arch, PhD Candidate, received his B. Arch. and M. Arch. degree from Belgrade University. He is currently working as Teaching Assistant at Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade. From 2009. to 2012. he attended PhD course of urban planning and design on Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade. He applied his PhD thesis entitled "Possibilities of Improvement of Resilience of Urban Form to Climate Change". His major fields of research include resilience of urban morphology, reconstruction of settlements after major natural disasters, and topics related to cities as complex social - environmental systems.
 

Project at IAS-STS: Urban Resilience as a Foundation for Creating the New Principles of Urban Design

The topic of this research is planning and design of urban morphology in the conditions of uncertain future brought by climate change. Criteria which evaluate the resilience of urban form will be examined, i.e. their capacity to adapt to future changes of conditions. The starting assumption is that the methods of urban planning and design do not include the criteria of urban morphology that is resilient to climate change.
The research will address the possibilities of integrating these criteria in the conceptual and methodological basis of urban planning and design. The main objective of the research is the establishment of a model for the evaluation of urban form that includes values, criteria and indicators that define its resilience and capacity to adapt to the unpredictable conditions of climate change.
The study will include case study of urban morphology of Belgrade which has variety of urban patterns differing from each other by modes of development and parameters of form. Therefore, several spatial polygons will be evaluated by applying developed methodology. The evaluation results will be further analyzed and compared, which will provide the basis for generalization and propose models and guidelines for planning, designing and remodeling of urban form. The research will result in options for remodeling the existing urban form in order to improve their performance in resilience, adaptation and energy efficiency, as well as the formulation of guidelines for future models of resilient urban form, and the improvement of the existing and future development.

Selected Publications

Simić, I, Stupar, A. (2014). "Sustainable Design Models for the Belgrade Waterfront District "Bara Venecija", Conference Proceedings of the 50th ISOCARP Congress, Gdynia, 23-26 September 2014, ISBN: 978-94-90354-30-5, p. 1334-1337.

Simić, I, Bajić, T. (2013). "Green and blue Spaces: Integral Urban Design as a Toolkit for Climate Change Adaptation in the Case of Smaller Settlements in Vojvodina Region", Conference proceedings 2nd International Scientific Conference “Regional Development, Spatial Planning and Strategic Governance“, Beograd, may 2013, ISBN: 978-86-80329-76-5, str. 1116-1126.

Simić, I, Milojkić, D. (2012). "The Principles of Sustainability in Goals and Projects in Local Strategic Plans in Serbia", Conference proceedings of te STRAND International Conference: "New Urbanity: Cities vs. Global Challenges", Belgrade, April 2012, ISBN: 978-86-89111-00-2  p. 227-234.

Simić, I. et al. (2012). "Going Green ‐ How to Change the Rural in Order to Sustain the Urban". Conference proceedings of CIB W115 Green Design Conference Sarajevo, International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB), September 2012, ISBN: 978‐90‐365‐3451‐2 p. 134-138.    

Simić, I. (2011). "Urban Batteries - The energy potential of small urban and rural settlements in the region of Vojvodina, Science, Technology and Society, Conference Proceedings of the 10th Annual Conference on “Critical Issues in Science and Technology Studies”, Graz, 2nd-3rd May 2010, ISBN: 978‐90‐365‐3451‐2, publication on CD-ROM.