Ivan Kucina

Kucina’s research explores urban transformation through informality, participatory design, and community-led development.

Professor at the Dessau International Architecture Graduate School (DIA), Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, where he leads the Master Thesis Studio and elective courses. Previously, he taught at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade (1996–2014), and has held visiting professorships at institutions including Parsons School of Design in New York, Polis University in Tirana, KTH Stockholm, and the German University of Technology in Oman.

Alongside his academic work, Kucina has maintained an architectural practice spanning urban design, architecture, exhibitions, and furniture design. He co-founded the Belgrade International Architecture Week (2006) and founded the School of Urban Practices (2012).

Kucina’s research explores urban transformation through informality, participatory design, and community-led development.

“Architectur goes beyond object autonomy, into the space of relationships which is defined by the interactions between people, material things, and immaterial stimuli. Together, these interactions generate many diverse situations that create a heterogeneous and vivid built environment.”