Social realism critique from the contemporary viewpoint of the architect Milorad Macura

The architect Milorad Macura (1914-1989) was a member of a circle of the Avant-garde oriented creators who entered the society of socialist collectivism and country development as the already formed expert of distinct individuality. In his entire theoretical and design opus, he had tried to spread the idea of modern architecture and urban design, mostly by looking for support in knowledge, science, and observation on the importance of profound thinking while designing and planning, which was fundamentally opposed to the social realism doctrine. Until his theoretical work Fundamentals of the technical development of a country, which he submitted in 1 945 to the principal state body of ASNOS, and in which he showed the knowledge of theoretical and urban design concepts, as well as the capability to predict scientific and professional development processes; his active participation in conceptualizing and planning of New Belgrade and in preparation and realization of the famous Dubrovnik convention in November 1 950; and as far as the development of a building for Vojno geografski institut (1950-56), which was the capital achievement of the Serbian modern architecture, the working opus of architect Milorad Macura had been deeply threaded by a specific critique of social realism doctrine, which he declared in his project designs, studies, reports and memoirs.