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16 oct – 19 nov @ Casa Mincu / 17 oct.  – BCU Carol I

This project is talking about Cinderellas: can be significant, beautiful buildings, left in a bad shape, or buildings with little or no significance, partly destroyed constructions, abandoned and forgotten, materials cast aside or fragments of long gone houses. The ‘fairy godmothers’ are the owners, the urban explorers, architects and designers, various artists , dedicated communities, business partners or people from the local administration – they discover their potential and toil with them; the metamorphoses deliver some of the most intelligent, responsible and poetic projects of late.

A debate about the creation of cultural hubs in Bergen, Oslo and Bucharest – and the relation of architecture & design mix with culture.

Speakers:

• Evy Sorensen / USF Bergen
• Kaja Tvedten Jorem / Oslo Triennale
• Raluca Velisar / MNAC Bucharest
• Arpad Zachi / Arhitext magazine 

Moderated by Ștefan Ghenciulescu, Zeppelin Association

Conference: Tuesday, February 18, 2014, starting with 6 pm @ National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest, str. Izvor 2-4, Palace of the Parliament, wing E4, 1st floor, Bucharest (entrance through Calea 13 Septembrie)

Exhibition and connected events @ MNAC (National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest), January – March, 2014:

Text: Ștefan Ghenciulescu / Photo : Cătălin Georgescu

Research and illustrations: Ioana Lupașcu

The problem with Roșia Montana (the place in Transylvania, the controversial cyanide mining project and the fight against it) is not the focus of this article; instead, we will talk about the marches that have been held in Bucharest for the last three months. Apart from the subject itself, I believe these actions were seminal in terms of using and perceiving the city.

Text: Cosmin Caciuc
Photo: Atelier Fabrik

I was reading a funny story: “A game that began with paper planes has received financing worth half a million dollars”. The project in question is called Power Up 3.0, developed by Shai Goitein and the TobyRich company, and it was financed with great enthusiasm by means of the Kickstarter platform: a smartphone app that can control any paper plane from a distance with the help of a tiny electromechanical device.

23 Editor’s: We are looking for small ideas with big stakes in design, architecture and the city.
Text: Cosmin Caciuc

24 Enota: Activated Present and Uncovered History
> Ptuj performance center in Slovenia

32 Claudiu Ionescu: Green Condenser
> The first permanent digital museum in Romania
Text: Ioana Zacharias Vultur

36 Roldán + Berengué: A vertical square
> The Catalan Institute of Economists of Barcelona

42 Corporate Office Solutions: WorkLab
> The next step in the Open Space concept

44 Attila Kim: Design for Creative Communities
> Another kind of innovation and technology fair at the Romanian National Library
Text: Ștefan Ghenciulescu

48 Gaëtan Le Penhuel Architectes: Alone and Together
> Social dwellings in Carrières sous Poissy, France
Text: Corina Laza

51 Urban Report

52 Creative Factories: New Life in an Old Coat
> Former factories that triggers curiosity and excitement
Text: Meta van Drunen

54 Canvas Workshop, a Sustainable Development Puzzle
> An artful initiative based on social fairness

56 Culture within the District
> Changing Bucharest, starting with the Pantelimon district
Text: Ștefan Ghenciulescu

62 Roșia Montană: Reconquering the city
Text: Ștefan Ghenciulescu

64 Symbiomorphogenesis – About People and Technology
> Open source and collaborative working methodologies
Text: Ioana Calen

68 IDZ arhitectură: ROBO_CRAFT. About architects and robots
> Industrial robots may be involved in architecture
Text: Ionuț Anton, Dana Tănase

69 Connected

70 Sitra Finnish Innovation Fund: Brickstarter
> A web service prototype, catalyst for discussing urban projects
Text: Andreea Vrabie

72 Smart Systems: Zeppelin Evenings #50
> Miguel Roldan, Juan Trias de Bes, Mihai Streza, Matthew Claudel, Nerea Calvillo, Dorin Ștefan
Text: Cosmina Goagea

78 IBA Hamburg 2013
> The German constructions expo highlights the newest technologies in a social and sustainable direction
             78 Intro: Cosmin Caciuc

             80 BeL Sozietät für Architektur BDA: Basic Building and Do-It-Yourself Builders

             82 HHS Planer + Architekten: Energy Bunker

            86 SPLITTERWERK, Arup, B+G Engineers; Immosolar: BIQ – The Algae House – The Clever Treefrog

            88 Fusi & Ammann Architekten: Case Study #1

         92 Ostermann Architekten: Velux Model Home 2020

Exhibition: National Museum of Contemporary Art – MNAC, Bucharest
Open between: 23 January – 22 March 2014
Programme:  Wednesday-Sunday, 10 a.m – 6 p.m.
Address: National Museum of Contemporary Art, 2-4 Izvor Street, Parliament Palace, E4 building, Bucharest, access via 13 September Street

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This selection suggests 14 effective models of recovery of abandoned spaces, the identity of a place, certain techniques and good practice, ways of dealing with our environment promoting thus a culture of urban civic activism. The exhibition brings together the energies, experience, memories, questions and perspectives of people understanding that the fate of the place they live in is up to them.