Petokraka is an independent creative practice founded in Belgrade, Serbia, by architects Aleksa Bijelović and Milica Maksimović.
A place of interdisciplinary actions and cross-disciplinary methodologies, Petokraka aims to create new experiences by open interpretation — devising concepts and creating spaces, objects, and situations. The field of action spans interior architecture and adaptive reuse, exhibition design and spatial installations, object design, curation, visual art, identity and graphic design.
Since 2004, Petokraka has been working with the great support of a diverse team of graphic designers, architects, illustrators, photographers and art historians.
Awards and Recognitions
BLT Built Design Awards
3C Awards, Baar, Switzerland
— Winner in Interior Design - Houses
Tetovska (residential), Belgrade, Serbia
recipients: Aleksa Bijelović, Milica Maksimović | Petokraka
Big SEE Awards
Zavod Big, Center for Creative Economy of Southeast Europe, Ljubljana, Slovenia
— Interior Design Award 2021
Project: Nova Iskra, Zemun, Serbia
Recipients: Aleksa Bijelović, Milica Maksimović — Petokraka
PACE
Public Architecture in East-Central Europe (PACE) – a collection of outstanding communal architectural projects
Department of Public Building Design, Faculty of Architecture of Budapest, University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
— Selected work in the category of Innovative Public Spaces
Nova Iskra Zemun (co-working), Belgrade, Serbia
Authors: Aleksa Bijelović, Milica Maksimović | Petokraka
MIJ
Invited competition for the design of a permanent museum exhibition
Museum of Yugoslavia, Belgrade, Serbia
— 1st prize
Recipients: Aleksa Bijelović, Milica Maksimović | Petokraka
3C Awards, Baar, Switzerland
— Winner in Interior Design - Houses
Tetovska (residential), Belgrade, Serbia
recipients: Aleksa Bijelović, Milica Maksimović | Petokraka
Big SEE Awards
Zavod Big, Center for Creative Economy of Southeast Europe, Ljubljana, Slovenia
— Interior Design Award 2021
Project: Nova Iskra, Zemun, Serbia
Recipients: Aleksa Bijelović, Milica Maksimović — Petokraka
PACE
Public Architecture in East-Central Europe (PACE) – a collection of outstanding communal architectural projects
Department of Public Building Design, Faculty of Architecture of Budapest, University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
— Selected work in the category of Innovative Public Spaces
Nova Iskra Zemun (co-working), Belgrade, Serbia
Authors: Aleksa Bijelović, Milica Maksimović | Petokraka
MIJ
Invited competition for the design of a permanent museum exhibition
Museum of Yugoslavia, Belgrade, Serbia
— 1st prize
Recipients: Aleksa Bijelović, Milica Maksimović | Petokraka
37th Salon of Architecture
Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
— Interior Design Award for affirmation of interdependence of creative industries and community in an architectural space
Design Incubator Nova Iskra, Belgrade, Serbia
Recipients: Aleksa Bijelović, Milica Maksimović | Petokraka
Month of Design
Zavod Big, Center for Creative Economy of Southeast Europe, Ljubljana, Slovenia
— Interior of the Southeast Europe Award
Project: Bar 2.0 /, Belgrade, Serbia
Recipients: Aleksa Bijelović, Milica Maksimović | Petokraka
Award of the City of Belgrade
The Assembly of the City of Belgrade, Serbia
— Special Recognition for outstanding contribution to the realisation of events of great importance for the City of Belgrade
Recipients: The authors of the Belgrade International Architecture Week (BINA): Jelena Ivanović Vojvodić, Danica Jovović Prodanović, Tanja Damljanović Conley, Ružica Sarić, Darko Marušić, Ivan Kucina, Ana Janković Čorbić, Milica Maksimović, Aleksa Bijelović
Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
— Interior Design Award for affirmation of interdependence of creative industries and community in an architectural space
Design Incubator Nova Iskra, Belgrade, Serbia
Recipients: Aleksa Bijelović, Milica Maksimović | Petokraka
Month of Design
Zavod Big, Center for Creative Economy of Southeast Europe, Ljubljana, Slovenia
— Interior of the Southeast Europe Award
Project: Bar 2.0 /, Belgrade, Serbia
Recipients: Aleksa Bijelović, Milica Maksimović | Petokraka
Award of the City of Belgrade
The Assembly of the City of Belgrade, Serbia
— Special Recognition for outstanding contribution to the realisation of events of great importance for the City of Belgrade
Recipients: The authors of the Belgrade International Architecture Week (BINA): Jelena Ivanović Vojvodić, Danica Jovović Prodanović, Tanja Damljanović Conley, Ružica Sarić, Darko Marušić, Ivan Kucina, Ana Janković Čorbić, Milica Maksimović, Aleksa Bijelović
Creative Practice — Petokraka
In Belgrade, Serbia
and Perth, Western Australia
In Belgrade, Serbia
and Perth, Western Australia