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.
The key requirement was the denial of the utopia and the invention of solutions with a very low budget, which could soon applied and turn into model-interventions: no wast, excessive demolitions and grand constructions, but with a well defined target, we can make the life in our cities bearable. Part of those projects went, meanwhile, into more advanced stages. The project aimed to support a slow administration, promote professionals, theoretical models and fast working strategies.
Organizers: Zeppelin team. Supported by: Museum of Romanian Peasant, Administration of National Cultural Heritage. Partner: Cembrit. Main sponsors: Final Distribution, Velux, National Investments Commission. Sponsors: Rheinzink, Apla, Alukonigstahl, Kludi, Steelcase, Energobit, Bramac, Rigips, Bicau, Romstal, Cărtureşti.
