Edito: The application form, the typewriter and the golden flat
Text, object, photo: Mugur Grosu
In our collective imaginary in Romania, the writer is still associated with the quill and pen. And, late at night, with weary lashes, they will still blow out the light bulb, out of sheer habit. This is no metaphor, those of us living under Communism used to write by candlelight, like bards of old times, because of daily power cuts. Once again because of Communism, here the typewriter is not symbolic for literature but has remained the embodiment of state authorities. During the “Golden Age” of Ceausescu, Decree no. 98 of 28 March 1983, stated that any typewriter had to get an approval from the police (Miliția). (…)
DOSSIER: EXPO
Intro
TEXT Ştefan Ghenciulescu
In‑between
David Chipperfield Architects: James Simon Gallery, Museum Island, Berlin
Project: David Chipperfield Architects
Text: Lorena Brează
Photo: Laurian Ghiniţoiu
Enough is Enough
Responsibility for Real: 2020 Timişoara Architecture Biennial
Text: Anca Cioarec, Brînduşa Tudor,Raluca Rusu, Alexandru Ciobotă
Photo: Bianca Azap, Dan Purice
The Romanian Museum of Collectivization
Text: Cosmina Goagea
Photo: Andrei Mărgulescu
Pocket Interiors.
A Contemporary Telematic Novel
Project: Zeppelin Design
Text: Constantin Goagea
Photo: Andrei Mărgulescu
The Water Castle and The Tower of Arts in Turnu Severin
Project: Zeppelin Design
Text: Constantin Goagea
Photo: Andrei Mărgulescu
URANUS NOW
Project & Text: URANUS NOW team
Photo: Tudor Constantinescu, Vlad Dudu, Andrei Bîrsan, URANU NOW team
A Storehouse with a View
The Mihai Oroveanu Archive at the Salonul de proiecte
TEXT Salonul de proiecte, skaarchitects –Kalliopi Dimou, Sorin Istudor
The Incredible and Sad Tale of a Lonely Contessa and Her House for the Inhabitant who Refused to Participate
TEXT Daniel Tudor Munteanu, Davide Tommaso Ferrando
From Near to Far
Visual Cartographies of the 2 Mai and Vama Veche Space
TEXT Iuliana Dumitru, Alex Axinte
ZOOM
The Urban Machine
MEETT Toulouse Exhibition and Convention Centre
TEXT OMA
The Electra Factory, Iaşi
Text:Alexandra Berdan
Photo: Katerina Nedelcu, Alexandra Berdan, Ancuţa Costandache
The Terminal as a Tool for Urbanity
Bus Terminal, Budaörs
Project: Intramuros
Text: Lorena Brează
The Light New Top
GV51 Penthouse Apartments, Belgrade
Project & Text: Studio ENND
Photo: Relja Ivanic
Urbanizing the Swiss Periphery
Igual Guggenheim Architects: 2 Collective Housing Projects
Project & Text: Sancho Igual, Yves Guggenheim
Photo: Radek Brunecky (Wetzikon), Beat Bühler (Küsnacht)
FABER. Independent Cultural Center, Timişoara
Interview with Oana Simionescu and Sergiu Sabău
Reporter: Lorena Brează
Photo: Farkas Pataki
Daydreaming
Text:Ştefan Ghenciulescu
Photo: Radu Abraham, Ioana Sisea
Material‑scapes
Text: Sandra Demetrescu
Photo: Andrei Mateescu
Places in a Garden
Mânadelucru: Kindergarten in Bucharest
Text: Dorin Ştefan Adam, Lorena Brează
Photo: Vlad Pătru
The Meaning of Sculpture
Objects, Spaces and Learning at Kunsthalle Bega
PLANS