01Welna Eco Spa Resort
Hospitality · Masterplan · Kaluga Region
Belgrade-based · Working worldwide
Architecture / Urbanism / Public life
Architecture begins between buildings.
SA / 01Salin Architect is an international architecture and urbanism practice founded by Grigorii Salin. We shape places around daily life — how people move, meet, pause and belong.
Explore the practice↘Our point of departure
Life first. Then space. Then buildings.
A people-first sequence inspired by the humanist urban thinking of Jan Gehl — developed through our own observations, local partnerships and architectural craft.
Selected work / earlier Urban Architect practice
Places made for everyday life.
Eleven projects selected from the earlier Urban Architect practice show a continuous body of work in public landscapes, waterfronts, parks, hospitality, housing and social infrastructure. New commissions are developed as Salin Architect.
0102Sovetskaya Square Park
Public realm · Rzhev
03Zhuravlev Public Garden
Landscape · Civic life · Dubna
04Dubna Embankment
Waterfront · Public space · Dubna
05Park by Karasik Pool
Park · Community · Dubna
06Onega City Park
Urban landscape · Onega
07School Stadium
Education · Sport · Dubna
08Rehabilitation & Hippotherapy Centre
Social architecture · Inclusive design
09Tyumen City Mall Plaza
Public realm · Tyumen
10Baksan Low-Rise Quarter
Housing · Masterplan · Baksan
11Tarusa Houses & Reception
Residential · Hospitality · Tarusa
Territory Lab / Self-initiated studies
One territory. One clear idea for change.
We select a real place — a neglected square, waterfront, district edge, resort landscape or small-town centre — and develop an independent concept before there is a formal commission. Each study begins with everyday life and turns observation into a practical spatial scenario.
Propose a territory↘Open call / Serbia and worldwide
Choose the place
A territory with real potential, a visible problem and people whose daily life can improve.
Read its life
Movement, comfort, climate, ecology, identity, ownership and the rhythms already present.
Build the concept
A clear vision, public-life strategy, spatial moves, quick wins and realistic phasing.
Share and invite
We publish the proposal and invite municipalities, communities, owners and collaborators to take it further.
How we work
From eye-level evidence to lasting change.
01 / Observe+
We start in the street: mapping movement, comfort, edges, climate and the rhythms of public life.
02 / Listen+
Local knowledge enters the brief through interviews, workshops and direct collaboration.
03 / Frame+
We turn complex conditions into a clear vision, priorities and measurable design principles.
04 / Test+
Scenarios, prototypes and competitions make bold ideas tangible before major investment.
05 / Deliver+
Architecture, public space and implementation guidance keep the human experience intact.
What we do
One practice, from strategy to detail.
Urban strategy
City visions, place strategies, public-space frameworks and design guidelines.
Public life research
Eye-level observations, movement studies, user journeys and spatial audits.
Masterplanning
Mixed-use districts, public-realm systems, landscapes and mobility frameworks.
Architecture
Civic, hospitality, residential, sport and community-focused buildings.
Competitions
International teams, concept leadership, visual narratives and competition entries.
Talks & collaboration
Conferences, workshops, research partnerships and cross-border project teams.
Studio / Founder-led, collaboration-ready
Grigorii Salin
Founder · Architect · Urbanist
Grigorii Salin has worked across architecture, urbanism and landscape since 2008. After establishing the Urban Architect practice, he led projects ranging from parks, squares and waterfronts to hospitality, housing, sport and community infrastructure. Salin Architect is the next chapter: a founder-led studio registered in Belgrade and built for international work.
His architectural imagination is deeply shaped by Alvar Aalto — the warmth of natural materials, humane modernism and the continuity between building and landscape. He is also a devoted admirer of Jan Gehl’s life-first urban thinking: observe how people live, shape the space around that life, and only then form the buildings. The studio brings these influences into its own research, local partnerships and precise architectural work.
Salin Architect collaborates with architects, landscape designers, researchers, engineers, municipalities, developers and cultural institutions wherever a project needs a wider table.
01Human scale
02Public life
03Climate sense
04Local identity
Belgrade / World
Bring us a place worth changing.
Competition brief, public-space challenge, conference invitation or a new project — let’s begin with the life the place should support.
Start a conversation↗+381 61 4256 152