MAŠA ČELEBIĆ

I was born in 1996 in Podgorica, Montenegro.

I successfully completed my first degree in architecture in 2017 at the Faculty of Architecture in Montenegro.

As a scholarship holder of the Republic of Slovenia, I enrolled in a master’s degree program at the Department of Architecture at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transport Engineering and Architecture in Maribor in 2019.

I received my master’s degree in 2021, under the mentorship of Assoc. Prof. Uroš Lobnik and co-mentorship of Assoc. Prof. Petra Šenka, with a master’s thesis Architecture as/for Culture, Maribor Industrial Heritage Museum and Tezno Cultural Creative Center.

Work experience:

  • Since 2022, I have been working within the architectural bureau Plan B d.o.o.
  • From 2020 to 2022, I have been collaborating with the architectural bureau Studio Baza, Coloni architects, Ponting, landscape architect and conservator Tanja Simonič Korošak
  • From 2018 to 2019, I worked as an intern at the Montenegrin National Theatre, technology and scenography department.

Published professional works:

  • Cities&Futures – Citizen as the user, creator and a dimension of open public space: The case study of Independance Square and Freedom Street in Podgorica
  • Urban Challenge – Understanding the Image and Meaning of Urban Space with Mind Maps
  • 303 – Partisan Memorial Cemetery
  • Entext – Architecture of Montenegro – Kitchen and Dining Room through the History of the Montenegrin Karst

Selected Award-Winning Projects:

  • 1st Prize: International Architectural Competition Days of Architecture 2019, Sarajevo, “Bauhaus 100”, Conceptual Design of a Square with a Viewpoint, Ciglane, Sarajevo
  • 3. Award: National Architecture Competition Multi Comfort Student Contest 2020, “Sustainable Development park – St Gobain, Paris”
  • Recognition: invited, anonymous, project architecture competition 2021, Memorial building “Atelje sanj Đorđe Balaševića” in Novi Sad
  • 3rd reduced prize: International Architecture Competition 2022, Vrtec Lucija, Municipality of Piran
  • 2nd prize: International Architecture Competition 2022, New footbridge over Maribor Island, Maribor