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din România
CASE
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Cele 16 noi proiecte de case grupate aici reprezint` un barometru, sau mai degrab` o radiografie par]ial` a arhitecturii de factur` contemporan` practicat` de birourile/arhitec]ii de prima mân` din România. Citit` \n sensul acesta, cartea ne spune, pe scurt, c` am ajuns s` avem, \ntr-un volum ceva mai mic [i cu diferen]ele specifice inerente, o arhitectur` domestic` acordat` celei din ]`ri mult mai avansate pe drumul utiliz`rii civilizate a arhitecturii. Ne permitem s` sper`m c` func]iile acestei c`r]i ar putea fi m`car dou`. Prima dintre ele r`mâne cea utilitar`, de instrument orientat c`tre nevoia concret` de a alege un arhitect/un tip de arhitectur` pentru o locuin]` sau de a se informa asupra arhitecturii domestice \n România zilei de azi. Cea de-a doua func]ie, mai pu]in direct` [i imediat`, dar de a c`rei importan]` suntem tot mai convin[i, este contribu]ia, pe teritoriul mental al României, la redefinirea arhitecturii drept fapt cultural.
The 16 new residence projects grouped here represent a barometer, or rather a partial X-ray of well-made contemporary architecture done by first-hand studios/architects from Romania. Read in this manner, the book will testify, in short, to our having acquired, in less significant numbers and accompanied by the inherent local distinctive traits, a domestic architecture that is in tune to what is being designed in countries far more advanced down the road of civilized use of architecture. We will allow ourselves to hope that this book may serve at least two functions. The first would be a rather utilitarian one – that of instrument pointed towards the concrete need to choose an architect/type of architecture for a home, or to inform the public as to Romanian domestic architecture today. The second function, less direct and immediate, but of whose importance we are more and more convinced, is that of contributing, in the mental territory of our country, to the redefinition of architecture as cultural fact.
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