Doina Petrescu teaches Architecture and Design Activism at the University of Sheffield and, together with Constantin Petcou, founded Atelier d’Architecture Autogérée, a platform-association intersecting architecture, participative urban planning, activism, acting as a device for addressing societal issues through the participative activation of unused spaces.
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At least three of the words I used in the title raise questions beyond the aesthetic register. First, ‘guild’. The idea of belonging to a ‘professional group with common interests’ (a possible definition of the guild) contains a cultural anachronism
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The newest Wim Wenders movie, Perfect Days, which was filmed in Shibuya, Tokyo, was inspired by a network of famous designers and architects who designed nothing else but 17 toilets for one of the most populated cities of the world.
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Late December on a canal embankment, in a rarely praised neighbourhood. The complex, named after an exceptional Brussels-born sportswoman, does not shout its presence. However, upon entering, I have found a magical and complex world, welcoming athletes, toddlers, teenagers or simply neighbours who use its gallery as a shortcut.
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In 2023, Timisoara was European Capital of Culture. The program was based on several components, one of which was the section Places relating to the city’s spaces – old and new, to urban regeneration and discussions about the city’s future.
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Edito: Mies, Corbu, Mosquitoes
Mosquito nets reduce natural lighting, transparency and ventilation, and thicken the window frames. But we need them, like many other things that spoil design, but that people find to be of importance. Here are two stories on the matter. (…)
Text, photo: Ștefan Ghenciulescu
DOSSIER: Transylvania
Coordinators: Ștefan Ghenciulescu, Cătălina Frâncu
We’ve wanted this dossier for a long time. There’s a lot of good architecture in intra‑Carpathian Romania. We have made special efforts to not fall for cliches in our selection and texts. We hope we have managed that, because enthusiasm was high. And we hope that we have truly managed to do justice to a region and to several architects, craftsmen, and clients.
Details & summary – here
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Edito: Mies, Corbu, Mosquitoes
Text, photo: Ștefan Ghenciulescu
DOSSIER: Transylvania
Coordinators: Ștefan Ghenciulescu, Cătălina Frâncu
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Mosquito nets reduce natural lighting, transparency and ventilation, and thicken the window frames. But we need them, like many other things that spoil design
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Reacting to Lido losing its role as one of the most sought-after seaside resorts in Europe, the site an international competition for the new Cinema Festival Palace was organized.
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We are in one of the former semi-rural areas in northern Bucharest, where most all old houses have made way for post-Socialist villas (especially since the 1990s).
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