Romanian architecture

Type of Architecture in Romania -vernacular architecture -neo-romanian style -romanian moderdism(1920-1940) -contemporary romanian architecture

Vernacular Architecture

“No monumental architectural style has emerged in Romania, but there is no need for it: the spirit of the country’s architecture is fully revealed in a simple farmhouse or a church overrun with nettles” Lucian Blaga – “The Trilogy of Culture”, Universal literature Edition, Bucharest, 1969.

The rural vernacular habitat -a heritage in the romanian landscape In much of Romania, vernacular architecture is the remarkable expression of a deep-rooted culture, particularly manifested in rural areas because of the profoundly rural tradition that characterised Romanian civilisation until the modern era. The golden age of this vernacular architecture in the Carpathians is considered to be from the latter half of the 18th Century to the end of the 19th.

The essential characteristics of the Romanian rustic architecture are: functionality harmony in settling the dĂŠcor the proportions expressivity integration in the scenery -

element and specific to Romanian rustic architecture - the verandah (prispa)

Romanian Churches - such as those in the region of Romania, are richly carved in traditional folk motifs. The symbolism of designs predate Christianity and is intended to ward off spirits and keep worshippers safe.

-prominent figure of the Romanian architecture

1889

-an original synthesis of technical and stylistic solutions of the Romanian medieval architectural patrimony: - secular and religious architecture soaia) - Wallachian folk architecture.

-accolade shaped arches -wooden pillars carved with folk motifs -belt torsade -enameled colored ceramic

“the simple monumentality of our peasant architecture”

The “manifesto” of the new style would be the General Lahovary’s

-general symmetrical layout of a traditional peasant house a central hall (Romanian “tinda”) and rooms on both sides.

-innovative porch: traditional raised veranda and a roofed entry with access ramp.

The Kiseleff Roadside Buffet Bucharest -the most successful expression

-raised basement -arched veranda sustained by -carved wooden pillars

"The Buffet has a somewhat shaken architectural plastic, yet balanced; the rich decoration is upper parts of the facade.

The emphasis of architectural plastic is laid on the upper floor balcony to which a monumental exterior staircase climbs, being protected by the sweeping roof whose slope follows the line of the staircase.

There is a "loggia" on the ground floor that captures echoes of rich floral ornamentation of colored tiles and the arcades of the prevailing element of the building, the balcony" (Grigore Ionescu,

1920 -1940

the belief of simplicity -the true founder of the modernist age -severe sobriety of architectural elements -harmony of volumes -the absence of ornament -simplicity -liniarity -white and pure volumes

Bucharest, 1928-1940

Bunescu Villa

Bucharest

architectural details

Contemporary Romanian Architecture

the new building integrates the facade of an old house which burned in the time of the revolution from 1989 (kept as prisms follows the alignment of the existing fronts.

Andreescu&Gaivoronski 2010 Timisoara

Borsa

Radu Teaca Bucharest, 2008

Radu Teaca

Radu Teaca

Bucharest, 2011

Implement cultural and socializing functions in a space currently forgotten

*1st prize at VELUX - Romania 2010