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Maria Adela Sgircea born 14th july 1986Romanian

mariasgircea@yahoo.com(+40) 770169326Al. Martir Andrei Istvan, nr.20, ap.6300687, Timisoara, Romania

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EDUCATION

2005 – 2011 Bachelor of Architecture‘Politehnica’ University, Architecture Faculty, Timisoara, Romania

2009 – 2010 Erasmus Socrates mobility program ETSA, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ar-quitectura – Technical School of Archi-tecture, Universidad de Granada, Anda-lucía, Spain

2001-2005Baccalaureate William Shakespeare Highschool, Timisoara, Romania

EXTRACURRICULAR

July 2009“60 de biserici de lemn - un proiect de salvare a patrimo-niului construit” (60 wooden churches, a project for the rescuing of built heritage)

Activity - Developing necessary drawings and docu-mentation for the relocation of a traditional Romanian wooden church. The study facilitated the restoration and moving of the wooden church in the fall of 2009. The skills cover analysing and mapping of the degrada-tions of a traditional wooden structures and acquiring the knowledge needed for the precise measuring and correct representation of an historic wooden building.

Organised by the OAR (Romanian Architects’ Organiza-tion) and the Dala Foundation

7th of may -21rst of may 2008Civitas – Innovation in conservation in rehabilitation: survey, documentation and design of historical centres – Bologna, city centre.

Activities - Basic skills in gathering and processing data relevant to historical buildings; up-to-date information on techniques and software of metrology and data-gathering.

Organised by Departamento de Architettura e Planifica-zione Territoriale Alma Mater Studiorum – Universita di Bologna

20th of march-30th of march 2007Home, Smart Home

Activities - Incorporating passive technology in archi-tecture. The participants were introduced various sys-tems and developed scenarios of usage.

Organised by Thessaloniki Technical University, GreeceLGB Thessaloniki, Board of European Students of Tech-nology

8th of july-22 of july 2006Universal Design - Architecture for All

Activities - Become acquainted with Universal Design, indiscriminative accessibility and its basic principles as relevant to architecture, restoration and urban planning. Apart from the TU lectures, we had different emphatic activities in order to recognize the peculiarities and dif-ficulties of being disabled.

Organised by Vienna University of Technology, AustriaLGB Vienna, Board of European Students of Technology

COMPETITIONS/EXHIBITIONS

september 2009Shortlisted for the Parallel Cases Exhibition of the IABR 2009 Contest. Our team of 8 presented the “In Between” study and proposal on the rehabilitation of residential facilities built under the communist regime, in the Parallel Cases Exhibition, section Collective.

november 2011Special mention for architecture film as part of the The Architecture Annual, Timisoara 2010 a_ta, Zilele Filmului de Arhitectura – CinemA, for the documentary 055 INBETWEEN.

february 2012Shortlisted for the CULBURB competition - CUltural ac-upuncture for the suBURB, with a sitting area that is, at the same time, a pollution and noise buffer between a residential area and a highway.

PORTFOLIO

Updated to january 2012What follows is my academic portfolio, containing school work from the two Universities I attended during my studies, my home university, the “Polytechnic” Uni-versity, Timisoara and my mobility host university, the Es-cuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura, Granada, Spain, as well as extensions of this work, like extra-curricular activities or competitions.These woks are meant to show reflections, processes, final solutions, technical and creative skills, detailing levels, professional interests and representation ca-pacities. Some projects have external links, for further information.

RECOMMENDATIONS upon request

EXPERIENCE

march 2008 – april 2009half time internshipat Experimental Studio of Architecture ESA, Timisoara

september 2010 - april 2011volunteer work (part of the leading organising team)in organising the CASA competition (student compe-tition of 2nd year architecture students from all Univer-sities in the country, most of which adopted it as their school assignment) http://concursan2.wordpress.com/at Asociatia de la 4, the association of architecture students in Timisoara

PUBLICATIONS

Co-author for “InBetween. De-signing Coexistence”, University Politehnica Timisoara Publication, 2009. The book was part of the IABR, (International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam) “InBetween” exhibition.ISBN 978-973-625-939-5

Colaborator for “Stramutarea bisericii din Pojogeni” (Moving of the Pojogeni Church), Simetria Publication, Bucuresti 2010One of the wooden churches my team discovered in urgent state was restored and moved to a sus-tainable location. The book is the log of this restoration.ISBN 978-973-1872-11-7

OUR HILL

.october 2010 - january 2011

.Kuncz Neighbourhood, Timisoara, Romania.studying at Facultatea de Arhitectura, Universitatea “Politehnica” Timisoara

.research and study team.Cristina Povian, Radu Ungurean, Alexandra Spiridon, Zsolt Mathe, Paul Valeanu, Simona Mesaros-Anghel, Anca Tomescu, Sergiu Sabau, Maria Sgircea.concept and design.Maria Sgircea

A project with the challenge of solving, before any design work, from outside the professional sphere of architecture, from outside of the architect-client paradigm, an unconventional problem. The task - solving a social and economical problem through an architectural intervention of our choice.

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WHOSE HILL? The study and research process was not limited to a strictly morphological view of the area, but looked into the social landscape, the profile of which proved to hold the key in many of the later decisions. An enquiry, various interviews and countless hours spent on the field showed poverty on the background of lack property deeds and/or even identification documents, lack of social security and physical safety, general and economical uncertainty, the feeling of being outcasts in the very city they inhabit, ethnical tension, the lack of infrastructure and other problems connected or arisen from those already mentioned.

Our solution meets the issues of the inhabitants from the Kuncz neighbourhood not through a direct answer to their very punctual worries (usually economical troubles or lack of infrastructure) but through an integrated vision. We propose a single architectural gesture meant to generate the process that will eventually lead to the integration and sustainability of the Kuncz neighbourhood. OUR HILL

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SUN STUDY 18th of april COMING into BEING

After deciding on such an uncanny non-architectural intervention, the actual shaping of the hill follows. Apart from the physical characteristics of the soil that determines de stack-shape, there are several other determinatives involved. As obvious from the previous slide, the POSITIONING of the hill is crucial to mediating the relationships between the two very different communities (north and south). The visibility ANGLES and the necessary CIRCULATIONS cut the available site in two and leave the larger side for the agricultural intervention and The horizontal surfaces necessary for planting impose the TERRACING. The sun plays a crucial role in shaping the hill. The top of the hill is placed eccentrically so that, on the one hand, the top would not cast a large ShAdOW on the houses in the north, but on the future street, and on the other hand, the surface on which AGRICULTURE would be possible is maximized. The great endeavour of gathering the soil necessary for this hill is partially solved by the recycling of the 16% soil waste and 46% concrete rubble waste from the future road infrastructure construction site east of the hill and partially from construction sites in the region. The generic section on the right shows how these materials could be put to use. The top layer is the recycled and enriched existing soil.

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less sun exposure(for plants which need less)

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CROP ROTATIONCROP SySTEMATIZATIONLANd PARTITION (season, size, walking alleys)

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CROP ROTATIONCROP SySTEMATIZATIONLANd PARTITION (season, size, walking alleys)

CROP ROTATIONCROP SySTEMATIZATIONLANd PARTITION (season, size, walking alleys)

SLEdGING SLOPES TERRACING FOR AGRICULTURE SOLAR ENERGy SOLUTION - ‘SOLAR IVy’ TREES AROMATIC PLANTS PARK LANd SUPPORTING SOLUTION - GAbIONS MAdE OUT OF CONSTRUC-TION WASTE. SOME PARTS COULd EVEN hOLd EARTh AS WELL ANd GROW PLANT ANd MOSS.

MOBILE FACADE .march - may 2012.Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura de Granada, Escuela de Postgrado course.concept & definicion Maria Adela Sgircea, colab. with Airam Fuentes Contreras.

This first relevant parametric design exercise, at the end of the “Tecnicas de Diseno Parametrico” course, envisages a mobile net meant to control the input of natural light through a facade. The grasshopper - rhino definition starts from scratch, from the shape of the facade itself and ends with the net, set up by different parameters. The design process allows me to change, at any moment, relevant parameters as the shape and size of the facade, the number of vertical pillars, the scale of the net, the number of loops and stitches, their orientation and their depth, according to sun orientation and strength. Once the model is set, the user can change the degree of closure of the net, according to the season and time of day. Further study of the model will allow for the output of the contour of the strips and further environmental studies.

C I V I CC E N T R E in the suburb

.graduation project

.decembre of 2010 - june of 2011

.Dumbravita,Timisoara metropolitan area, Timis county.studying at the Architecture Faculty ‘Politechnic’ University Timisoara, Romania .research, project basis, design & concept: Maria Sgircea

Approximately 5 years after the economic boom that facilitated the development of the suburbs, still in the economic crisis that has stopped this development, we look back rather surprised barely realizing that we are repeating mistakes other have done before us. Upon a closer look, with patience but without prejudice, we see that the particularities of the phenomenon in the Romanian context are perhaps as many as the similarities of the well-known “sprawl”. Strategies applied by the U.S. and Europe before us can be applied to a certain extent, true, but from the architectural point of view, how do we address the particular?

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C A S E - S T U D Ygeneral data and comparative analysis on the land-imobiliary speculation - living relationship. case-study D U M B R A V I T A

1. The phenomenon of real estate speculation through sprawl has affected agricultural land near urban areas all across Europe. Moreover, in the case studied, the size, layout and borders of agricultural land got to determine the new plot orientation, dimension and street network.2. Urban strategy (or lack thereof) - the area provided in the 1999 PUG - with yellow - for residential areas was augmented in the 2004 PUZ(local urban plan) - with light green. Among former a g r i c u l t u r a l plots where the only crept eacha minimum size street, public spaces and services planned are lost in number and size. In fact, even less than the map shows can be found at present.3-4. The far too optimistic in scope and number PUZs from before 2008 did not come to be, leaving a lot of seemingly abandoned houses in the landscape, without any neighbors or access streets.

Although in poor shape and with and uncertain future, Timisoara’s suburbs appear to have parameters that could accommodate future sustainable development strategies - the suburbs are still young, not far away from the city, they have a minimum number of services and, perhaps most importantly, they are based largely on small-scale private initiative - the minimum unit.

comparative study of the suburbs of Timisoara a c c e s s i b i l i t y & t r a n s p o r t a t i o n

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MATERIALIZATION OF THE IDEA

The entire ensemble be-gins from the need of a place (a pretext to welcome &catalyse community activities) and its “com-munication” with the commercial buildings parasyting around it. The first version of the building contained and protected an open space by surrounding it on all sides. In order not to isolate it but, at the same time, to separate the commercial character of the shops from the civic character of the public space, the small square is detached from the commercial area and opens toward the main street for more exposure. Walking directions and adjusts angles of perspective and experience on the street walking fragments in several different plat-forms privacy. Around the small plazas the interior spaces of the commu-nity detach- with a swimming pool, a kindergarten and a multipurpose space. The parking lot grows in-conspicuously under the successive raised platforms. In addition to the com-mercial small-sized modules, in the back a larger one forms, connect-ed to the small square the covered parking lot. It serves as attractor (anchor), as do the kindergarten, the small square and the multipur-pose hall.

Street morphology is the direct and undeniable re-sult of the crucial role of the car in the life of the people living in the sub-urb. The lack of pedestrian facilities, of meeting and socialising spaces as a result of the exclusive use of the car prevent any premise of a “healthy” life outside the house, of the minimal pos-sibility of small local com-munities forming.

The direction of interven-tion in favour of public spaces seems to be a prom-enade with chained events, relevant and visible on the main street. For this to have a more likely chance to hap-pen, the non-local circula-tion is to be discharged on the future outer ring street of Timisoara.

FLUIDITY OF CIRCULATIONSThe disposition of the ensemble is set in such a way that the main plaza distributes circula-tion ramified between the mod-ules and, in the opposite direc-tion, gathers circulation and views in the centre of the plaza.

FLEXIBILITY OF MODEL DIS-PLAY The structure of the plat-form and that of commercial modules are independent one from the other and calculated to allow modules permutation and development in height in a possible future.This flexibility is designed to ac-commodate, with time dynam-ics and community growth, various utilities and densities that the shopping centre may come to have.

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inBETWEEN.october 2008 - july 2009.’Soarelui’ Neighbourhood, Timisoara, Romania

.research, study & design team. Alexandra Spiridon, Sergiu Sabau, Isopescu Bogdan, Roland Rigler, Paul Valeanu, Anca Tomescu, Piscoi Clara, Maria Sgircea

A process of research, community outreach and reabilitation and project proposal dealing with the collective living neighbourhoods of the communist age.

“The current phenomenon inherits the given form, the blocks as such, as well as their inherent premises – mono function, uniform dwelling, smothering of any likelihood of social community interaction, lack of community services… In this context, small businesses, services, the market place, small gardens and outdoor rooms appear naturally signalling need, liveliness and potential.People embellish according to their taste: block entries, balconies, gardens, garages, trying to escape the haunting perception of grey neighbourhoods, personalizing fragments of their existence.”graffiti found today on one of the blocks of flats

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The post communist era, with the rough guidelines of a fledgling free market economy replaced the excess of the past, centralized superimposed forms of living, unconcerned with “the equal “individuals, with the excesses of speculative real estate investments driven only by profit. Each case either denied or ignored public space as means of creating a sense of community. The solutions we find today for the errors of the past maybe the solutions needed to solve the errors we seem to be making today. The post-communist apartment block neighbourhood today seems to be a hybrid blend between a rigid form reminiscent of the communist age and dissonant

consequences of newly found, regulation-lacking freedom. The current phenomenon inherits the given form, the blocks as such, as well as their inherent implications – mono function, uniform dwelling, smothering of any likelihood of social community interaction, etc. In these context small businesses, services, kindergartens, market place, small gardens, outdoor rooms appeared naturally signalling need, liveliness and potential. What we see today in the “dormitory neighbourhoods” is the human element, trying to recycle spatial handicaps ending up with a reluctant schizophrenic urban environment trapped inBetween the “unfitting” heritage and an “unspoken” desire of belonging and sense of community.

Christopher Alexander’s Pattern Language offers the insights in the complex relationship between the context, seen as the whole, and the events (actions) that define and are defined by the context. “Each pattern in the space has a pattern of events associated with it. It is just the patterns of events in the space which are repeating in the building or the town; and nothing else.” (C.A.) Acknowledging the fact that the problems lie in the distorted, unsettled relationships between the context and the events, the first part of the study consisted in identifying and understanding the “patterns in space” in which certain activities dwell. Improving the quality of public, semi-public space, notions confused in the collective mental, is only one component that has

to be dealt with. The second part of the study consists in the active engagement of the students in the community through: public design sessions, testing ideas for community projects, public enquiry and sociological studies. Eventually, we hope to reach a point in which people will be aware of the variety of solutions they can access in order to challenge their problems.

The Process &A possible vision for the “Soarelui” Community

Apart from being a theoretical endeavour in search of the language of the dormitory neighbourhood, the process was extended by investigating possible (practical) solutions for its rehabilitation. The resulting proposal was open to view for the residents of the community and for the authorities during a public debate that we organized in the neighbourhood. We believe in this phase of its existence, the dormitory neighbourhood is captive in utilitarian problems and the implementation of solutions is the exclusive responsibility of the public administration. All conceivable common goals of a functional community are dependent on those major investments needed. While the authorities clear the dormitory neighbourhood of its “utilitarian” problems, and shake

it out of standstill, people must be engaged in the process of creating their own vision of a possible future. Creating a space for real dialogue and surrounding a possible project with a narrative and establishing it as an event in the history of the community will becomes in itself an opportunity, a tool for building communities. The involvement of the academic sector, the Universities, would bring in an equidistant third party that would have the position and the ability to council, mediate and propose alternatives, having, at the same time, greater knowledge benefits for students. This way the school succeeds in securing an active role in the city.

Phase 1. Urgent intervention by local administration in readjusting streetscapes and implementing a one way street system. Solving the streetscape in this way would offer the possibility of clearing the space in front of the school, leaving room for defining the center.

Phase 2. Intervention by local administration into creating the premise for a public-private partnership that could finance a multi-storey parking.

Phase 3. Interior courtyards – COMMON LAND (67). Irregular parking and the presence of garages makes most interior courtyards completely unusable. Once the first two phases are complete, the parking issue can be completely solved. Possible private-public partnerships can be set up to help the people manage costs in refurbishing the courtyards.

Phase 4 On long term, if serious investment can be afforded in a public-private partnership, the parking issue could be completely solved, leaving common land, generally, free from cars.

T H E O R Y EXCERPTS In his 1965 article ”a city is not a tree”, Christopher Alexander defines a new method of analyzing a city, focusing on the way that different parts within a city are connected. Through this method he analyzed and differentiated two city typologies: the tree typology and the semi-lattice typology; the first deriving from the planned city – that he called the artificial city, and the second from the spontaneously created city - the natural city.

The trees structure “A collection of sets forms a tree if and only if, for any two sets that belong to the collection either one is wholly contained in the other, or else they are wholly disjoint.”

The semilattice structure “A collection of sets forms a semilattice if and only if, when two overlapping sets belong to the collection, the set of elements common to both also belongs to the collection.”4

Pattern

A pattern of events is a situation that is specific and “keeps on happening” in a certain place.

A pattern of space is a physical element, taking different shapes in different situations.

A pattern is a principle of behavior; answers to similar problems, in different situations.

A pattern is a repetition of a relation between elements, not the repetition of the elements that define it.

A pattern is also a link between a need and the answer to that need.

A pattern is made up from other smaller patterns and a relation that guides them.

A pattern is not just a concept, but still a physical element.

LANGUAGE OF THE DORMITORY NEIGHBOURHOOD

Christopher Alexander’s philosophy offers valuable insight to the forces that lay at the heart of the seemingly chaotic actions of the inhabitants of the dormitory neighborhoods and provides a fine tuned tool for its rehabilitation. People are now inBetween, searching, creating, modifying their - in Christopher Alexander’s terms - “patterns of space” at the same time continuously losing, transforming, adapting their “patterns of events”. People’s liberatedundertakings form a language that

is characteristic for the generic dormitory neighborhood. Time is yet to show which and how many of the patterns proposed by Christopher Alexander are part of the language of the dormitory neighborhood and which patterns are not. Although, for now, only a part of these patterns are present (around 30), we have no reasons to believe that many of the others will not appear in time if they are permitted or encouraged. These pattern can be diferenciated in the following sorts: _Patterns that neutralize the feeling of overwhelming uniformity: [DWELLERS’ COMMUNITY], [DWELLERS’ BLOCK BOUNDARY], [DIVERSIFIED FAÇADE].

_Patterns that soften the rigid morphology: [NETWORK OF PATHS], [UNDECIDED LAND], [TRIMMED HEDGES]. _Patterns that solve some of the problems that come with this form of collective living: [YOUR OWN STORAGE], [YOUR OWN GARDEN], [GREEN PARKING], [ON-STREET PARKING], [CHANGE OF USE], [PRIVATE PRACTICE]. _Furthermore, some new patterns have to be encouraged in order to enhance the sense of belonging [THE MARKET], [DEFINING THE CENTRE], [REPRESENTATIVE SPACES].

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a more thor-ough approach with solutions for each street and courtyard, in four stages, involving various decision fac-tors and various investment pos-sibilities.

we felt the need to add to Ch. Alexander’s pat-terns the growth his theory allows - that of new, local patterns, proper to the collective living neighbourhood

the part of the endeavour in which we started to put down the our thought and organize them in writing. this, in turn , added to the way we understood the information.

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Cultural Institute Budapesta exhibition

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Tder’s. the data is gathered and analysed organised in patterns and the proposal is done according to the missing pattern as need in the growth theory.

second solution proposalneighbourhood council preparations

community meeting preparationsfinding connections of theory to the context

study - expo methods defining graphic material - maps, sketches &diagrams

historical study on the pre 89 urbanism&politics

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deciding on the form of the expo

writing articles on the study, research, analysis & proposal photo collection

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footage gatheringhistorical footage gathering

the Project The large endeavour that is this project is represented in time and superposition of tasks in the diagram on the left. Some of the task undertook were shared, others were handled by 1-2-3 people. If there is one project in which I was involved from the first idea to the finished product, learned team work and negotiation, understand the importance of surpassing problems, study from 0 task I did not expect I would have to do, and so many others, this is the project.

the inbetween notebook where visitors were asked to sketch down their vision for their version of the dormitory neighbourhood of the near future.

Opening of the IABR Parallel Cases exhibition and Awards

THE TEAM

THE BOOKhttp://issuu.com/mariasgircea/docs/inbetween

The unfolding of the exhibition

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THE BOOK

P U B L I C LAVATORY

.may 2009 - june 2010

.Rose Park, Timisoara

.studying at Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura Gra-nada, Spain

.concept and design. Anca Tomescu, Maria Sgircea.

This small scale but interesting project was meant to bring us one step closer to the detailing, material and product choosing of a project. Set in a park, the simple volume of the lavatory brings forth a small outside siting area between the trees and a pleasantly lit, vibrant atmosphere around the water basin, inside.

interior images of the small ensemble. emphasis was pup on the definition of each piece, on object and material election, down to the soap dispenser.

the project is located in one of the centrals parks of my home town, next to a open stage, on cross-circulations

annexed to a circulation of the park, it is meant to invite to a ‘pocket’ public, with a bench and potable water detail level of the project the facades directed towards the park

OLYMP ICSWIMMING POOL

.october 2009 - january 2010

.Paseo de los Estudiantes, Granada, Andalucia, Spain.studying at Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura Gra-nada, Spain

.research, concept and de-sign.Maria Sgircea

The University of Granada currently has an outdoor swimming pool and is planning to upgrade to an indoor one, adding a gym, administrative functions and a batch of study rooms, all in an area that is planned to undergo serious rehabilitation, along with Rafael Moneo’s rehabilitation of the nearby train station. The projects meets these needs with an ensemble of individual buildings that function togheter as a system and an open green area at both level of the surroundings.

P H A S E S P R O J E C T

The generating idea of this is project is the wish (necessity) to connect two streets (N & S of the site) that have a 3.4m level difference through the pool cover plane. This plane turns into an urban extension of the street and can serve the community as a park, as the area is in lack of parks. The plane is later on worked on with cutting and extruding, as shown on the left, leading to a “positive - built - negative - opening” ensemble. This ensemble is a fine tuned system that involves two buildings, a 0 level park, a 3.4 level park, classes, administration, a cafeteria, a gym and a swimming pool each with it’s own locker rooms. The different functions are very well interconnected, at circulation level and at a visual level. The administrative building and the educational building have a courtyard each, an interpretation of the Spanish “patio”, one open for access, one closed for the benefit of the employees, the open room. The project reached a technical phase as well, with lighting, heating, water circulation and structure proposal, with further work on detail and structure plans, facades and sections.

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G R A P H I C S

With the participation at various student events i got the opportunity to exercise my graphic skills. I lent a hand in theatre festivals, student events and, the latest and most extensive - the architecture student competition CASA, with all the graphic work, from logo to stickers.

Claudia Tecuceanupremiul întâi

concursul anual al studenților arhitecți

studentului a r h i t e c t

pentru proiectul înscris în concursul C l A l S l A ediția SIBIU2011

Asociatia Studentilor Arhitecti Cluj

Un proiect al UASAR realizat de:

acor

dă

secretar al juriului și co-organizator

stud. arh. Sergiu Sabău arh. Adrian Soare

membru al comisiei de jurizare

Ioana Suceava premiul doi

concursul anual al studenților arhitecți

studentului a r h i t e c t

pentru proiectul înscris în concursul C l A l S l A ediția SIBIU2011

Asociatia Studentilor Arhitecti Cluj

Un proiect al UASAR realizat de:

acor

dă

secretar al juriului și co-organizator

stud. arh. Sergiu Sabău arh. Adrian Soare

membru al comisiei de jurizare

< The 2009 exhibition in IABR, besides the theoretical study and practical proposal, brought about a lengthy publishing process in which I took part, amongst others, with designing the logo and co-designing the book and visitors’ notebook covers.

The architecture competition CASA, a competition organised by students for 2nd year students all over the country was organised in 2010 by my school’s student association “Asociatia de la 4” by a team I too was part of. I was in charge of the graphics, starting with the brand new logo - posters, diplomas, stickers, badges, orientation packet, parts of the presentation. >

<Posters for various theatre performances for my drama group or that of friends.

<2010 welcome booklet for the 1rst year architecture students, concept & design.

<Codesigned poster for urban event, painting projection on the art museum ‘s facade.

theatre posters 2004-2009 inBetween book cover, visitor’s book cover, codesigned with Bogdan Isopescu logo 2009

welcome kit for the 1rst year students - teamwork poster for urban projection, in Unirii square, codesigned with Alexandra Spiridon

thank you.mariasgircea@yahoo.com(+40) 770169326