On simplicity, luxury and the influence of biographical context on creative people

There’s an advertisement touring social media: a res­idential complex now under construction in Bucha­rest consisting in a taller, uglier, and more cramped precinct of blocks than those built in the last years of Ceaușescu’s time.

eematico was awarded first prize at the Civil Society Gala (Romania, 2022) in the Learning, Education and Research category for the project „Architecture Kit.”

The main objective of the northern extension of the Paris Métro Line 14 was to relieve the saturation of Line 13.

The restoration history of the building with few apartments at 1, Sf. Ștefan square, Bucharest, and the remodelling and lay-out of its attic is, in itself, anything but spectacular.

Perhaps the most frequent project title found on mandatory construction site panels in Bucharest is that of “Rehabilitation and expansion”.

Text, photo: Ștefan Ghenciulescu

The same and not the same

Text: Ștefan Ghenciulescu

There are (famous!) offices undergoing a frantic evolution. And this comes from the desire to be abreast with the time and to respond to new situations and means, the legitimate fear of limiting to one single stile and, often, the obsession to stay visible and relevant, fashionable, to not lose their place on the podium.

A navy blue, wooden-floored tube ending in a kitchen, on the ground floor of a Nerva Traian apartment building.

Text: Justin Baroncea
Photo: Andrei Mărgulescu

Since 1931… Ah! Since then, everything completely changed. Lola, Carmen, Angelita, Rosario, María…, abandoned bobbin lacemaking forever and became militants. “Women from all over Spain. Who will they vote for?”

Estampa: Revista gráfica, 1936  

Intro: Cătălina Frâncu

The following two projects have in common the mediation between the human and the “natural” factor. This human-nature dichotomy was created long ago, and it has come to pit one against the other, giving rise to hyperpopulated, hyperactive and hyperbetonated cities.

Text: Ştefan Davidovici

Steinberg is for me, first of all, the New Yorker magazine – one of the most intelligent and open American publications, with a very distinct graphic style that includes a generous use of drawings and cartoons, born and fed by the amazingly rich cultural landscape of New York City.

Restrained monumentalitaty and delicate grain: this high-rise apartment building elegantly balances the various scales and urban situations.