Krešimir Damjanović architect/ artist

Bio

Life and education:
• born in Zagreb in 1986.
• has lived in Zadar since 1996.
• graduated from the Vladimir Nazor High School in Zadar in 2005.
• graduated from the Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb in 2013.


Lectures:
• lecture at the "Days of Oris 2017" with the theme "Shinkenchiku Residental Design Competition 2017. : House of Dimensions" entitled "Collage House"
• lecture at the Rector's Palace in Zadar in 2017. with the theme "Shinkenchiku Residental Design Competition 2017: House of Dimensions" entitled "Collage House"
• lecture as part of the symposium "Days of Architects" in Rovinj 2017. ;presentation of my own work through paintings, architectural drawings and projects
• lecture as part of the symposium Architects' Days 2017. in Banja Luka. ;presentation of my own work through painting, architectural drawings and projects
• lecture as part of the symposium "Days of Local Engagement", 2018. in Šibenik . ;presentation of one's own work through painting, architectural drawings and projects
• lecture at the Faculty of Architecture in Zagreb in 2018. entitled "Imaginary Landscape" • lecture at the gallery Dulčić Masle in Dubrovnik in 2018. entitled “Archeology of the Future”
• lecture at the Society of Architects of Pula 2018. entitled “Archeology of the Future” • lecture at the Society of Architects of Pula 2018. entitled “Archeology of the Future”
• lecture at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy in Split in 2021. entitled “Imaginary Landscape”


Employment:

• from 2013 to 2021 worked in the architectural office of academician Nikola Bašić, MARINAPROJEKT d.o.o.
• since 2022 he has been working as an independent architect and painter
• since 2021, employed as an external associate at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy in Split

Competitions:

• Shinkenchiku Residental Design Competition 2017 "House of Dimensions"
jury: Go Hasegawa
first prize

• Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition 2018. "AI House"
jury: Shohei Shigematsu
honorable mention

• Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition 2019 "Living in the Future"
jury: Nader Tehrani, Mark Lee, Lisa Iwamoto, Barbara Bestor, Cristina Parreno Alonso
honorable mention

Realizations:

• Interior of the wine store "Atrox", Zadar

Other activities:

• from 2021, acts as the initiator and moderator of a series of lectures entitled "New Architectural Practices" together with the Society of Architects of Zadar

Exhibitions:

• solo painting exhibition 2017 under the theme "iterations +" in Zadar in the gallery ZadArt

• presentation at the 53rd Zagreb Salon of Architecture, in the form of a map of the city of Zadar, presented as part of the concept "Journey through the Devastated Future"

• group exhibition in the premises of the Society of Architects of Pula 2018 under the theme "iterations +"

• group exhibition “Friends for Oris” 2020.

• group exhibition at the LexArt warehouse in Zagreb entitled “Radical Geometries”                

• solo painting and architectural exhibition 2023. under the theme "polarities " in the premises of the Society of Architects in Zagreb, Croatia                                                                                                                                                                       


Acknowledgments:
• The coat of arms of the city of Zadar for successful achievements and results achieved in the field of innovative architectural projects

• Nomination at the 53rd Zagreb Salon of Architecture for a young author under 35 for the project "Collage House"

Press releases:
• A+U magazine2017: 10 publishes the results of the Shinkenchiku residental design competition 2017. with the "Collage House" as a first-prize winning project

• A + U magazine 2020: 01 publishes the results of the Shinkenchiku residental design competition 2019. with a project “In My Father House Are Many Mansions” winning an honorable mention

• Oris Magazine no. 107 publishes the article "Collage House", the first award-winning work in the 2017. Shinkenchiku residental design competition.

• Oris Magazine no. 115 publishes the article “Imaginary Landscape”, an honorable mention project in the 2018. Shinkenchiku residental design competition.

• Oris Magazine no. 122 publishes the article “Encounter of Architectural Ideas”, written by Cathelijne Nuijsink, mentioning my three Shinkenchiku residental Design Competition projects in the wider history of the competition focusing on former Yugoslavian countries.

• DAI SAI 2019 - the yearbook of activities of the Society of Architects of Istria publishes my complete own painting and architectural work

group exhibition in the LexArt warehouse in Zagreb called "Radical Geometries" accompanied by a publication in which my series    "Iteration of Squares" was also published