Transforming Traditional Formal Elements: The Integration of Serbian Residential Architecture Into Contemporary Practice

p class=Abstracttextspan lang=IT-CHIn the context of contemporary architecture, there is a growing need for a critical reconsideration of tradition in response to the homogenization of global architectural expression. This paper explores the ways in which elements of traditional Serbian residential architecture are transformed within modern architectural design, with particular emphasis on the role of architectural form as a carrier of cultural meaning, spatial logic, and identity./span/p p class=Abstracttextspan lang=IT-CHThe research identifies key elements of traditional typologies: log houses, Morava houses, and Vojvodina houses and traces their formal and semantic transformation through strategies such as reinterpretation, stylization, abstraction, and reduction. Contemporary case studies show that the successful integration of traditional elements does not involve replication, but rather the critical translation of heritage into a new architectural context. The aim of this paper is to determine, through architectural analysis, transformation models that contribute to the preservation of local identity while forming a contemporary architectural language aligned with cultural, aesthetic, and technological demands./span/p