We’d like to take the opportunity to introduce you to one of our Honorable mention winner for our "The Marker Design Challenge" competition – Dunja Ratkovic from United Kingdom!
Dunja Ratkovic from United Kingdom
As a child, I’ve never dreamt about becoming an architect. I wanted to become a doctor instead. In the end, I became a doctor for the human soul, as some might say. I’m grateful to be able to do what I love.
After graduating from the University of Architecture in Belgrade, I stayed there for few more years helping my future colleagues with their inspirational projects while working in one studio on various types of projects at the same time.
Recently, I’ve moved to London to explore new horizons.
Quince Design Studio is my London-based oasis of creativity where I work as an architectural designer and artist.
I truly enjoy what I do. I can simply find inspiration in everything that surrounds us. My projects respond creatively to their context, regardless of their size. I find myself in many fields – from feasibility studies, urban and concept design, over architectural design to more detailed, interior design.
The purpose of architecture is to improve human life, and in order to create something that will be recognized as such, we have to go through the process of self-discovery, to put our ego aside. Behind every successful architectural idea, besides the great amount of knowledge, passion, energy and commitment, there has to be a lot of flexibility and understanding of people’s needs and ambition. We must think of architecture as a complex social system.
Competitions are an amazing intellectual exercise which give us the opportunity to explore architecture in its pure form without any practical and mental boundaries. They give us the opportunity to talk with our inner self, to work on our decision-making, and fight our self-doubt. It is a battle against ourselves.
There is no greater satisfaction than a victory over ourselves.
Design a home with no artificial lighting
Design a comfortable and accessible home for the elderly in Portugal
Design a guest house and olive oil tasting room located in Portugal
Design a safe and supportive space for children struggling with a terminal illness
Design a concept for affordable housing in Milan
Reimagine the workplace of the future, and design the new way of working
Design an iconic new skyscraper constructed from timber
Design a pavilion to exhibit rammed earth as a building material
Share your views on architecture competitions
Design THE architect's t-shirt!
