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Scenarios for the collective housing from the socialist period in Bucharest.

The results of the first stage of the Magic Blocks programme (studycases, ideas, principles and possible solutions for a complex reviving strategy of the housing areas in the socialist era) were the theme of three international exhibitions: in Berlin, at AedesLand, Savignyplatz (8 September – 29 October 2009), then in Bucharest, (9-26 November 2009) at the Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Aquarium hall, and in Moscow (26-30 may 2010) part of the Moscow ARCH International Architecture and Design Biennale.

The research project provides a synthesis, scenarios, principles and studycases, as well as coherent strategies of intervention and models of projects to rehabilitate the ensembles of the socialist era in Bucharest. Over 70% of the people in Bucharest live in blocks built in the socialist era, which degraded over time and point to considerable economic and social issues.

temporary pavement on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest, 2008

by Point4 & Zeppelin team: Justin Baroncea, Jean Craiu, Radu Enescu, Ştefan Ghenciulescu, Constantin Goagea, Carmen Popescu. Project Development: Raluca Marţiş

book [EN/RO] – 2009
by: Ștefan Ghenciulescu

The more Bucharest architectural and urban patrimony is destroyed, the more publications dedicated to the city appear. It is an accountable phenomenon that pertains not only to a nostalgic evocation and exorcisation of the trauma caused by the totalitarian operations of the eighties but also to authors’ wish to bring arguments (explicitly or not) on the fact that Bucharest has had a valuable and determining patrimony in terms of our identity, a patrimony that deserves protection and promotion.

itinerant exhibition and conference on Croatian contemporary architecture
17 October – 15 November 2008, Museum of Romanian Peasant, Bucharest

The explosion of good quality architecture is the result not only of the local circumstances, but also of a certain historical continuity. The exhibition focused on the most productive eras in the modern and contemporary history, presenting a selection of exemplary works. 

exhibition
17 October – 15 November 2008, Museum of Romanian Peasants, Bucharest

The exhibition aimed at new ideas and concepts in the works of 39 authors form the new generation of Hungarian architects (20-40 years). The presented selection followed a national competition, one of the most important criteria being that to approaching environmental issues, the way in which projects adapt to the place they relate to, their relevance for that site, the way in which they express and convey innovative ideas.

a monographic exhibition
29 oct. – 30 nov. 2008, MNAC – galeria ¾, Bucharest National Theatre

The exhibition aimed to make known the works of an exceptional architect, but far too little known. Rudolf Fränkel was born and worked early in Germany. In 1933, following the Nazi, he emigrated and settled in Bucharest, from where he emigrated again to England in 1937. 

exhibition & conference
17.10 – 15.11.2008, Museum of Romanian Peasant, Aquarium hall, Bucharest

The exhibition promoted 16 alternative projects to improve public spaces in Bucharest. Small ideas, costwise, which could truly improve the quality of life for communities and certain urban situations. Designed by the members of the organization and by young invited architects, the proposals submitted to authorities and the wide audience addressed various places, from abandoned sites to the great housing neighbourhoods, and spaces in the heart of the historical centre. 

exhibition of contemporary architecture photography
17 October – 15 November 2008, Bucharest Art Galleries
photos by Cosmin Caciuc and Ştefan Tuchilă; curator: Constantin Goagea

A journey in the history of contemporary architecture, talking about the condition of the modern architect in his function as a tourist/world observer, with an attempt of a look less interested by the seduction of surfaces and more focused to decoding the hidden sides of places and objects.