Dragan Strunjas (New York, USA): Fifth Avenue

“Fifth Avenue” aims to question how we perceive cities and urban surroundings through imposed social contexts. Sometimes our impression matches the imposed view, sometimes it is a complete opposite and sometimes it is a mix. Fifth Avenue is widely advertised as “the world’s most famous street”. On spot it becomes a place where luxury and tourism clash and coexist. How is level of importance of an urban place measured and can social elements overpower its architecture?

Dragan Strunjaš is architect from Belgrade living in New York. He focuses on contemporary issues of cities and society, their mutual interaction and visually researches different possibilities of architecture, its presentation and effects to people. Belgrade has always been his true inspiration, together with Berlin and New York. For his works he also finds inspiration in the surroundings of different cities and spaces. ​He is a PhD candidate at TU Berlin. ARTIST’S WEBSITE