Biography
Aleksandar Kostić is an awarded architect and educator. He is the Lead Researcher and Lecturer in Architecture at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, SETU, where he leads the team of tutors in the final year of Architectural Design Studio. He holds a doctorate (UCD) in the field of design theory. His research broadly explores intersections between philosophy and architectural design. Recently his findings were published as book chapters and articles. He is a member of the All Ireland Architecture Research Group Steering Committee, a member of the Centre for Platonic Studies at the Department of Philosophy in Trinity College Dublin and a member of ISPA - International Society for the Philosophy of Architecture.
Lecturer (from 2008)
Head of Department of Architecture (2016 to 2018)
Department of Architecture, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
Teaching Assistant (from 2000 to 2003)
School of Architecture, University of Belgrade, Serbia
VISITING LECTURER/ INVITED CRITIC:
"Design By Research: In search of Spatial Definition."
(Invited Lecture, Ecole Normale d'Instituteurs de Nancy, 2018)
ADSL Masters Students
(Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Design Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium, 2015)
Design Studio with 5th-year Students
(Invited Critic, School of Architecture, UL, Limerick, Ireland, 2015)
"Industria" with 4th and 5th Year Students
(Invited critic, School of Architecture, DIT, Dublin, Ireland, 2014)
Design Studio with 3rd-year Students
(Invited Critic, School of Architecture, UL, Limerick, Ireland, 2014)
ADSL Masters Students
(Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Design Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium, 2014)
For an up-to-date list of publications, please visit my PURE profile
Journal Articles:
Kostic, A., Aporia and Architectural Design, Architecture Philosophy Journal Vol. 3 No. 2, 2018
Book Chapters:
Kostic, A., 2013. The Model of Reality as a Form of Structural Knowledge in Design, In Verbeke J. And Pak B. (Eds.) Knowing by Designing, KU Leuven Sint Lucas School of Architecture, Brussels, pp.554-563
PAPERS, LECTURES AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
The Architect in Plato's Statesman
(Paper and presentation, Conference on Philosophy of Design, ISPA - International Society for the Philosophy of Architecture, 2018)
Absent Objects in Design
(Paper and presentation, PhD Symposium, UCD, Dublin, Ireland, 2017)
The Competition Apartment
(Paper and presentation, All Ireland Architecture Research Group, UCC, Cork, Ireland, 2016)
Aporia and Reflective practice in Design
(Paper and presentation, PhD Symposium, Queens University Belfast, N. Ireland, 2016)
Aporia in Architecture
(Paper and presentation, Conference on Philosophy of Design, ISPA - International Society for the Philosophy of Architecture, Bamberg, Germany, 2016)
Human Characters – Spatial Definitions
(Paper and presentation, European Architecture Research Network Forum, Antwerp, Belgium, 2015)
Architecture and Philosophy: Between Craft and Knowledge
(Session chair, All Ireland Architecture Research Conference, UCD, Ireland, 2015)
Research by Design – Design by Research
(Paper and presentation, All Ireland Architecture Research Conference, Belfast, UK, 2014)
Formation of Community – Design Aspects
(Published paper, Writings in Architecture Conference, TU Delft, Netherlands, 2013
Design as a Form of Knowledge
(Presentation, Teaching and Learning Symposium, WIT, Ireland, 2013)
The Form of Structural Knowledge in Architectural Design
(Paper and presentation, Conference Knowing by Designing, Brussels, Belgium, 2013)
On The Integration of Tacit and Explicit Knowledge in Architectural Design
(Lecture, All Ireland Architecture Research Conference, UL, Limerick, Ireland 2013)
Plato in the Architectural Studio – Design as a Form of Knowledge
(Paper and presentation, Conference Theory by Design, Antwerp, Belgium, 2012)
Plato for Architects
(Paper and presentation, All Ireland Architecture Research Conference, DIT, Dublin, Ireland 2012)
Aporetic Origin of Design Knowledge
(EAAE award nomination for best Design Theory paper, 2012)
2006(15)-2010(16) Scot Tallon Walker Architects, Ireland (Senior Architect)
2003-2006 European Commission Delegation, Serbia (Project Manager)
2000-2003 AGM Architects (Architect)
DESIGN AWARDS:
2009 Humanities & Social Sciences Research Building, NUIM, Ireland
(@STW Architects) Competition entry – winner
OPUS 2010 Award Ireland
2009 National Agency FCSL Headquarters, Belgrade, Serbia
Nominated for Mies van der Rohe Award – an EU Award for Architecture
Listed as 3rd in Top 10 buildings in Serbia
Nominated for Ranko Radovic Award - for Architectural Achievement
PUBLISHED DESIGN PROJECTS (author of design):
National Agency Food-Safety Laboratory Headquarters, Belgrade, Serbia
2009 Published in Catalogue of EU Awards for Architecture (Spain)
2009 Published in Urbarama, Atlas of Architecture (France)
2009 Published in NIN Magazine (Serbia)
2008 Published in Architectural Magazine Forum (Serbia)
2008 Published in Architectural Magazine Ambient (Serbia)
Villa Monte Del Sol, Herceg-Novi, Montenegro
2006 Published in Magazine Homes (UK)
2006 Broadcasted on BBC4 (UK)
DESIGN EXHIBITIONS:
2009 Mies van der Rohe Award exhibition (Spain)
2008 XXX Exhibition of Serbian Architecture, Museum of Applied Arts (Serbia)
RECENT WORKSHOPS (author) AND SEMINARS (chaired):
Cultivating Workspace Environment Seminar, Waterford Chamber and WIT, Waterford, Ireland, 2014
Design Workshop with GP Trainees, Festival of Arts and Well-being WIT, Waterford, Ireland, 2014
Design as a Form of Knowledge, RIAI Seminar, Dublin, Ireland, 2013
EXHIBITIONS (curator):
Architecture: between Dreams and Reality
(Garter Lane Galery, Waterford, 2022)
Architecture: between Ethics and Politics
(Garter Lane Galery, Waterford, 2022)
Architecture: between Meaning and Metaphor
(Garter Lane Galery, Waterford, 2019)
Architecture and Play
(Waterford Festival of Architecture, Theatre Royal, Waterford, Ireland, 2013)
The Return of the Age of Reason
(darcspace gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 2013)
RECENT WORKSHOPS (author) AND SEMINARS (chaired):
Cultivating Workspace Environment Seminar, Waterford Chamber and WIT, Waterford, Ireland, 2014
Design Workshop with GP Trainees, Festival of Arts and Well-being WIT, Waterford, Ireland, 2014
Design as a Form of Knowledge, RIAI Seminar, Dublin, Ireland, 2013
EXHIBITIONS (curator):
Architecture: between Dreams and Reality
(Garter Lane Galery, Waterford, 2022)
Architecture: between Ethics and Politics
(Garter Lane Galery, Waterford, 2022)
Architecture: between Meaning and Metaphor
(Garter Lane Galery, Waterford, 2019)
Architecture and Play
(Waterford Festival of Architecture, Theatre Royal, Waterford, Ireland, 2013)
The Return of the Age of Reason
(darcspace gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 2013)