Profile:
Junior Architect with a focus on sustainable design and transformative environments. Winner of the Best of Best Award at the 2023 Architecture MasterPrize in Los Angeles
Contributed to impactful realworld projects, including a Mies van der Rohe Awardnominated and a BIG SEE Architecture Award Winner project in Montenegro. Proficient in ArchiCAD, Revit, 3DsMax, Corona, VRay, Lumion and Photoshop. Enriched by an exchange year at the University of Stuttgart. Excited to apply diverse skills and international experience into dynamic architectural team.
Adresse: Achalmstraße 4 70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen Deutschland
Tel.: +49 1522 6174383 +382 67377211
Email: medina.catovic@gmail.com
S K I L L S
ArchiCAD Revit
3Ds Max + Corona + Vray
Adobe Photoshop
Lumion
MS Office
M . S c . A r c h i t e c t u r e www.linkedin.com/in/medinacatovic
Freelance Architect Montenegro
Jan 2024 - Present
Interior Designer
Master Thesis Project, Concept Design Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh
Sep 2022 - May 2023
Architectural Designer, Private Client
Zürich, Switzerland
Sep 2021 - Nov 2022
Renovation of a multi-story traditional country house: Creating sketches and drawings remotely and carrying out on-site measurements via Zoom. Collaboration with a foreign company to carry out calculations for a timber roof construction project.
Architectural Designer, University of Maribor
Maribor, Slovenia
March 2020 - June 2020
Design and development of advanced tools for hands-on physics instruction at school.
Led the design process for tools, brochures and user manuals, leading to increased student involvement in both elementary and high school classes.
Architectural Intern, ARHINGinženjering
Podgorica, Montenegro
Jan 2019 - Sep 2019
Collaboration with Senior Architects to develop a conceptual design for the Đalovića Cave Visitor Center in Montenegro. The object, built in 2022, was nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award and won the BIG SEE Architecture Award in April 2024.
Evaluation and selection of building materials, taking into consideration budget, sustainability, and durability criteria.
Contribution to conceptualisation of plans, drawings, and specifications for a multi-story, mixed-use building.
Preparation of a project for an international competition: 3D model, drawings, booklets and posters.
Student Assistant Architect
Fair of Architectural Construction and Interior Space
Apr 2018, Apr 2019
Responsible for approximately four conceptual designs per day. Activities: Renovation of old buildings, steel galleries, children's room design, facade design, logo development.
Design for clients: Optimizing client requirements.
Interpersonal Communication
Analytical and Critical Thinking
Initiative
Public Speaking
Presentation Skills
Teamwork
Persuasiveness
Flexibility
L A N G U A G E S
Serbo-Croatian Native speaker
English C1, Advanced Slovenian C1, Advanced German B1, Good command of written and spoken language
Turkish A2, Basic knowledge
A W A R D S
Best of Best Student Award 2023
Social Housing
Architecture MasterPrize
H O B B I E S
Photography Tailoring
Traveling
L I N K :
https://tinyurl.com/ysr2ww3b
MSc Architecture • Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture - Sustainable Building Design, University of Maribor, Slovenia May 2023
Best of Best Student Award at Architecture MasterPrize in Los Angeles - Category: Social Housing 2023
Piranesi Student Nominations, PIDA Slovenia
Nomination for EUmies Award: Young Talent 2025
Exchange year • University of Stuttgart, Germany
ERASMUS+ Student Exchange Program Oct 2020 - Oct 2021
Institutes:
Städtebau-Institut
Institut für Baukonstruktion (IBK) Institut für Leichtbau Entwerfen und Konstruieren (ILEK)
BSc Architecture • Faculty of Architecture, Podgorica University of Montenegro Sep 2015 - June 2019
DESSA ARCHITECTURAL CENTER
Ljubljana, Slovenia EXHIBITION: Student Spring 2026
Exhibition in Ljubljana showcasing the best recent Master's thesis projects by Slovenian architecture students.
Building and experimenting with clay @ IBA'27 Festival Stuttgart, Germany WORKSHOP: May 2025
Piranesi Student Nominations, PIDA EXHIBITION: Nov 2023
https://www.pida.si/nominations
REHAB(IL)ITATION, Single-family House, from Suburbs to the Countryside WORKSHOP: Apr 2021 - Aug 2021
https://zaps.si/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-BUILDINGEUROPE_LAYOUT-lowres.pdf
OPEN HOUSE WORLDWIDE EXHIBITION: Nov 2020
https://www.fgpa.um.si/studenti-arhitekture-fgpa-sopredstavili-svoja-dela-na-festivalu-open-house-worldwide
KOLEKTOR, Union of Architects of Montenegro WORKSHOP: Juni 2018
Stuttgart, 11 02.2025