15 Editor’s: Grand public projects and a smaller but better one
Text: Ștefan Ghenciulescu
16 DOSSIER: Contemporary Norwegian Architecture I
> 3 works relating to housing and sensitivity towards natural or urban sites
16 Intro
Text: Cosmin Caciuc
- 17 Jensen & Skodvin Architects: Boxes between Birches: Juvet Landscape Hotel
- 22 3RW Arkitekter: Accommodation for 1000 Students and Urban Dialogue: SIB Grønneviksøren
- 28 Jarmund Vigsnæs Arkitekter: Summer House as a Traditional Rural Household
32 Hoffmann-Janz ZT GmbH + Baumarc: ProiectSkyTower
> This is not just the tallest building in Bucharest, but also also an example of intensive development that frees space for the city. The recent urban ensemble north o of the center has a remarkable urban potential.
38 Mânădelucru: The House on Two Streets
> Block of flats placed in the center of Bucharest, in the historical urban fabric
44 DE3 grup: Regained Topography and Over-detailing
> Winning house at the first edition of the Biennale of Architecture in Transylvania in 2013 in the Residential Architecture Section
Text: Cosmin Caciuc
48 DOSAR: TDB Arquitectura –2 Houses
> Technology being used in an intelligent and poetic way, and, most importantly, very discreetly in architecture. It is not the spectacular image, but the context, the needs of the dwelling and the constructive system (sometimes specifially invented for a project) which determine the architecture.
- 48 House Calls. La Garriga. Barcelona
Text: Juan Trias de Bes & TDB-Arquitectura
- 54 A Barn Converted into a Dwelling
Text: Juan Trias de Bes & TDB-Arquitectura
58 blipsz! Bungalows, Odorheiu Secuiesc
> Expanding the accommodation capacity of an existing hostel with independent pavilions
60 Constantin Șelariu – ACS STUDIO: Rethinking and recovering. Arranging an old apartment in Timișoara
64 Europan 12: 2 Winning Projects from Romania
> Cristian Panaite, Mircea Munteanu: Le Parc des Falaises, Marly
> Alexandru Cozma, Oana Simionescu, Roxana Pătrulescu, Bianca Ruxanda, Andra Jugănaru, Zsolt Gondos: Kristinehamn, Suedia. The Centre. The Path. The Field of Action
69 Urban Report
- 70 ValDecor: Mignon –Versatile Theater Focusing on the Message
> An independent cultural investment in a historical building in Bucharest
Text: Florentina Ciocanea, Alia Bakutayan
73 Nicolae Milășan, Nagy András, Klaus Birthler: The Road from Volunteering to an Urban Project. Landscaping on Canalul Morii (Mill Canal), Reghin
> This is a perfect example of social architecture, of how to build projects and go from word to action for transforming of river Mureș in a public space axis.
76 A-KAMP47: Vertical Camping. Resistance through Social Architecture
Text: Andreea Vrabie
- 80 Atelier Fabrik: Booknote & Bumbata
> Old books recycled into very cool-looking agendas and an unconvention album
85 Connected
- 86 Arhimar: Liberty Technology Park.
> The most important and real operation of industrial conversion in Romania
Text: Constantin Goagea
94 Use at Your Own Risk
> Interactive Art Exhibition at Victoria Art Center
96 Studio Roosegaarde: Innovative Crystals of Light
> Interactive light artwork and Van Gogh Bicycle Path in the Netherlands