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This notebook is the result of two social architecture projects in Roșia, Romania. All photographs are taken with an iPhone 6s, for two reasons: it was the only photographic tool at my disposel and a familiar instrument people can relate to, without feeling too self-conscious. Being part of their community was both a challange and a joyfull experience, learning about their living situation and their belief of having an already assigned destiny, raw, imperfect and, in their perception, uncomplicated. Despite lack of money and/or in some cases basic living facilities, the kids manage to find a new way to connect with each other by giving a fresh alternative to owning things. This spontaneous process is the key to their creativity and everyday activity, which can only inspire towards a collective energy, as they are able to find magic in anything.
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fragmented human profiles within a social turn
‘true public space enables complex, messy, erotic and inter-class contact’ people in their habitat
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environmental sensibility in unresolved places: irregular, informal, easy to live in the social setting - human desire for place identification
‘Design is about use, and a future we don’t know’ _ Tom Emerson
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the pressure of social acceptance: interested thinkers and impatient optimists
‘You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.‘ _ Walt Disney
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fragmented human profiles within a social turn
‘true public space enables complex, messy, erotic and inter-class contact’ people in their habitat
‘Viendo todo esto yo creo: No hay poesia mas pura y sincera, que aquella que viena de la favela.’ _ Boa Mistura Artists ‘Seeing all this I believe: There is no poetry more pure and sincere, than that that comes from favela’ _Boa Mistura Artists
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Toma 2017, Roșia, Romania
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Toma 2017, Roșia, Romania
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Miruna 2017, Roșia, Romania
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Miruna 2017, Roșia, Romania
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Emilia, Toma, Miruna, Coco 2017, Roșia, Romania
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Emilia, Lidia, Toma, Miruna, Coco 2017, Roșia, Romania
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Emilia, Lidia, Toma, Miruna, Coco 2017, Roșia, Romania
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Emilia, Lidia, Toma, Miruna, Coco 2017, Roșia, Romania
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Coco, Maia 2017, Roșia, Romania
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Irina, Maia 2017, Roșia, Romania
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Irina, Maia 2017, Roșia, Romania
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Maia 2017, Roșia, Romania
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boys 2017, Roșia, Romania
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busted 2017, Roșia, Romania
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Maia 2017, Roșia, Romania
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family 2017, Roșia, Romania
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sisterly love 2017, Roșia, Romania
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workplace 2017, Roșia, Romania
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workplace 2017, Roșia, Romania
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lunch break 2017, Roșia, Romania
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workplace 2017, Roșia, Romania
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brothers and sisters 2017, Roșia, Romania
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brothers and sisters 2017, Roșia, Romania
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good morning! 2017, Roșia, Romania
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blondie 2017, Roșia, Romania
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sisters 2017, Roșia, Romania
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brother care 2017, Roșia, Romania
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context 2017, Roșia, Romania
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G and Maia 2017, Roșia, Romania
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contact 2017, Roșia, Romania
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Maias family 2017, Roșia, Romania
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construction site 2017, Roșia, Romania
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boys 2017, Roșia, Romania
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me 2017, Roșia, Romania
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open 2017, Roșia, Romania
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construction site 2017, Roșia, Romania
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Maia, Florin 2017, Roșia, Romania
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Maia in a wheelbarrow 2017, Roșia, Romania
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Maia in a wheelbarrow 2017, Roșia, Romania
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birthday gift - we build Florin a swing 2017, Roșia, Romania
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pride 2017, Roșia, Romania
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watch 2017, Roșia, Romania
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environmental sensibility in unresolved places: irregular, informal, easy to live in the social setting - human desire for place identification
‘Design is about use, and a future we don’t know’ _ Tom Emerson
‘places with a haptic quality, or that included an element of social experimentation. To address the critical need for an architecture that connects, that provides social experience, as well as a tactile and spatial one. (...) places that inspire us to power down and really connect.’ _AR Issue 1426
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reinventing a transportation method 2016, Roșia, Romania
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playground 2017, Roșia, Romania
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on the porch 2016, Roșia, Romania
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domestic fabric 2016, Roșia, Romania
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colours 2016, Roșia, Romania
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interior A.Casa 2016, Roșia, Romania
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context 2016, Roșia, Romania
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social engagement 2016, Roșia, Romania
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the pressure of social acceptance:
interested thinkers and impatient optimists ‘You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.‘ _ Walt Disney a aesthetic that grew out of necessity, opportunity and accident, rather than careful planning
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you want something? 2017, Roșia, Romania
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I can! 2017, Roșia, Romania
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wait! 2017, Roșia, Romania
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play 2017, Roșia, Romania
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alined to dazzle 2017, Roșia, Romania
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and you? what will YOU do? 2017, Roșia, Romania
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A.CASA coordinated by Flavia Matei A.CASA photography by Thea Mihu
domestiCity authentiCity the soul of a minority under closed doors fragmented human profiles in an architecture of necessity