26. Editor’s – Media architecture and its impact on people
Text: Cosmina Goagea
30. The Water Plant, Suceava
> The conversion of a former industrial structure into a Center of Urban Culture
Text: Cosmina Goagea
The conversion of the Water Plant into a Center of Urban Culture helps the dissemination of an affirmative and responsible attitude towards the built heritage, and sets a new role which the architects should accept: that of the cultivation of what already exists.
40. Jakub Szczesny: Narrow Gauge
> A house of an artist, as wide as a closet, between blind walls, in Warsaw
44. Nord Architects Copenhagen: A Place for Recovery
A center for cancer patients in Copenhagen
50. DOSSIER: Mei architecten
The work of Dutch office mei is smart and complex. While their buildings immediately attract attention, they also spring from a deep reflection on programming and identity, urban life and the need of communities.
50. Gnome Parking Garage, Almere
> Parking garage and public space in Almere
56. The Four Worlds
An apartment complex in Rotterdam
60. Schiecentrale Phase 4b
> A harbour building in Rotterdam
66. UNA arquitetos: Bold Structure
> Single family house in São Paulo
70. peris+toral.arquitectes: Flexible and Minimal Dwelling
> Social housing for young people in Can Caralleu, Barcelona
74. peris+toral.arquitectes: Context dependent extension
> Can Puiggener’s Civic Centre, in Sabadell, Barcelona
78. Atelier Zündel & Cristea: A Slightly Displaced Stack
> Mixeduse building in Paris (housing retail spaces, a retirement home and private housing)
AZC’s building in Paris is truly metropolitan: multi-use, dense and yet at a human scale.
84. Ene + Ene Arhitectura: An Exercise of Adequacy
> A small building of offices in Bucharest.
88. Vallum: Natural rules
> Swimming pool on the shore of Tineretului Lake in Sovata
Text: Korodi Szabolcs
A fully wooden structure, reversible and adjusted to relief, gives birth to a swimming pool on the shore of Tineretului Lake in Sovata.
94. Andreas Heierle, Cristina Trofin: The wagon-house with seven roofs
> Recovering and re-interpretation of an existing dwelling
About the recovering (and re-interpretation) of a modest existing construction, a traditional typology, a modern material, and the imperfections of building in post-socialist Romania.
102. Urban Report: Performing the Common
> Social and artistic manifestations in the public sphere; Husby district of Stockholm
Text: Cosmin Caciuc, Cosmina Goagea
An art exhibition in the Husby district of Stockholm explores social manifestations in the public sphere and the democratic processes modeling urban nature and the collective identity.
108. Smart Systems
108. The mission
> A project initiated by Eurodite to offer Dutch support to the Romanian cities
Text: Constantin Goagea
116. BMW Welt Experience: We Move People
Text: Cosmina Goagea
118. CBT Mark 1: Cardboard bike
Text: Cosmin Caciuc
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28. Editor’s: The end of the world and new beginnings
Text: Cosmin Caciuc30. Abruptarhitectura: From Sheltering Cars to Sheltering People
> Beyond the archetypal interpretations and a unique recycling of some prefabricated garages, the small house on the periphery of Bucharest is a shelter in all the senses of the word.- Recommend on FacebookTweet about it
28. Editor’s: The end of the world and new beginnings
Text: Cosmin Caciuc30. Abruptarhitectura: From Sheltering Cars to Sheltering People
> Beyond the archetypal interpretations and a unique recycling of some prefabricated garages, the small house on the periphery of Bucharest is a shelter in all the senses of the word.
40. Tony Fretton Architects: Discreet Urban Icon> Tower Wharf Café in London demonstrates a sensitivity to historical heritage while adapting to the demands of contemporary tourism.
48. UNIT architekti: Sustainable Density for Dwelling
> Housing complex in Prague54. Földes & co. Architects: A Peaceful Cloister and Two Joyful Gardens
> A nursery in a small Hungarian town58. Manadelucru: A Carved-Out House
> A house on the outskirts of Bucharest62. Sergio Sebastian: Quiet Palimpsest
> Multifunctional hall, archeological museum and offices in Daroca, Spain
Not just a buried public building: the ground of the historic Spanish city folds and lifts to show the richness of its history to the public.70. Stefan Radocea: Two Walls and a Platform
> The Bell Tower in the “Cemetery of the Poor”, Sighet
74. Lundi et Demi: A Comfortable Public Space
> The rehabilitation of “Elvira Popescu” Cinema Hall is about interior and public space design as well a reversible intervention in place that’s part of the identity of Bucharest.84. Urban Report
84. Wood as a Social Bond. Hellowood 2012 – an Experiment under Progress
Text: Endre Ványolós89. SOMARO: Social Business and the Urban Context
90. Smart Systems
90. The Hub Bucharest
> Designing smart affordable offices
Text: Cosmin Caciuc, Dragos Scurtulescu95. Jet-Vill: Invisible Infrastructure
> Underground transformer stations
Text: Cosmin Caciuc96. Arup: Photobioreactors
> Bioreactive façade with photobioreactors for cultivating microalgae
Text: Jan Wurm98. Justin Baroncea: Bodies, Images, Spaces. Three Installations
106. Atelier MASS: Open Gate Day: Open Your Eyes! Temporary Intervention at Bánffy Castle
108. An interactive natural light source
110. 7 Days Design Festival
> Lodz Design Festival
Text: Constantin Goagea, Irina AlexandruHafele, Functionality for you – www.hafele.ro
Technical info:
Steelcase, „Void to Space: Design the Next Office” – www.voidtospace.com
Velux – www.velux.ro
Rockwool, Win the fire battle – www.rockwool.ro
Lafarge – www.lafarge.ro
Delta Design – www.deltastudio.ro
Zumtobel – www.zumtobel.com
Siniat – www.siniat.com- Recommend on FacebookTweet about it
29. Editor’s: Tradition is the New Modernity or the Other Way Round.
Text: Stefan Ghenciulescu30. Bart Lens: Rural Character and Modernization
> The renovation of an old farm in Belgium- Recommend on FacebookTweet about it
29. Editor’s: Tradition is the New Modernity or the Other Way Round.
Text: Stefan Ghenciulescu30. Bart Lens: Rural Character and Modernization
> The renovation of an old farm in Belgium40. Jun Murata: Amphidromous Rectangle
> A multi-use apartment space in Osaka
42. Jun Murata: Cafe KBT Renovation
> A relaxing place for tourists in Nara, Japan44. Zeppelin: Rehabilitation and Extension
> Rehabilitation and adaptation of an Art-Deco house in Bucharest
48. Matei Manaila: Vertical Blinds
> Conversion of Güggelturm, St. Andreas, Cham, Switzerland50. Old houses anew. Design and something more.
> An exhibition about the reactivation of Romania’s cultural heritage58. Smart Systems
MIT SENSEable City Lab & BMW Guggenheim Lab in Berlin
> Experiments in urban mapping based on the latest technologies available
Intro: Cosmin Caciuc66. Urban Report
Praksa Cooperative
> Urban activism in Croatia72. DOSSIER: Venice Biennale 2012
> A report by Cosmina Goagea and Eugen Panescu90. UNPOLISHED, Young Design from Poland
> Design exhibition at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest
Text: Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka + Pawel Grobelny> 80 buildings, several thousand photographs of Bucharest and an urban research
Intro: Stefan Tuchila
Text: Stefan GhenciulescuTechnical info:
Knauf Insulation – www.knaufinsulation.ro
Hafele, Functionality for you – www.hafele.ro
Grohe, Home is where my Grohe SPA is, www.grohe.com
Il Spazio – www.ilspazio.ro
Tassullo – www.tassullo.ro
Janisol Arte – www.alukoenigstahl.com
Steelcase – „Void to Space: Design the Next Office”, www.voidtospace.com
Velux – www.velux.ro
Rockwool, win the fire battle, www.rockwool.ro
Fakro – FTP-V P2 Secure, www.fakro.ro
Rehau Quality – www.rehau.ro
Delta Design – www.deltastudio.ro
AM – www.knaufamf.ro
Zumtobel – www.zumtobel.com
Dexion – www.bruynzeel.ro
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