We intend to develop a monastery archetype project in the area of the Fruška Gora Natural Reserve in Serbia, located in the Vojvodina region. This area is home to a mountain with fifteen Orthodox monasteries, most of which were established between the late 15th and early 16th centuries. We will make a historical and geographical exploration of Mount Athos, where in the 10th century, Athanasius, ‘the Athonite,’ organized monastic life. With the foundation of the Great Lavra Monastery, a reference project for monasteries, he laid the foundations for what would later become a monastic republic of twenty monasteries. We will analyze the fifteen monasteries in the Fruška Gora region, identifying their typological constants and unique characteristics. This will allow us to develop a set of premises, arguments, and themes for the design of an archetypal Orthodox monastery project. As a result of reflecting on the meaning of building a monastery in today’s context, we will present a project for an ideal type of construction, created in response to a specific location and topography.
ORTHODOX MONASTERY
We intend to develop a monastery archetype project in the area of the Fruška Gora Natural Reserve in Serbia, located in the Vojvodina region. This area is home to a mountain with fifteen Orthodox monasteries, most of which were established between the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
We will make a historical and geographical exploration of Mount Athos, where in the 10th century, Athanasius, ‘the Athonite,’ organized monastic life. With the foundation of the Great Lavra Monastery, a reference project for monasteries, he laid the foundations for what would later become a monastic republic of twenty monasteries.
We will analyze the fifteen monasteries in the Fruška Gora region, identifying their typological constants and unique characteristics. This will allow us to develop a set of premises, arguments, and themes for the design of an archetypal Orthodox monastery project.
As a result of reflecting on the meaning of building a monastery in today’s context, we will present a project for an ideal type of construction, created in response to a specific location and topography.