Type of Architecture in Romania

-vernacular architecture
-neo-romanian style
-romanian moderdism(1920-1940)
-contemporary romanian architecture
No monumental architectural
style has emerged in
Romania, but there is no need
for it: the
spirit of the countrys
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.
Vernacular Architecture
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 Cen-
tury to the
end of the 19th.
The essential characteristics of
the Romanian rustic architecture
are:
functionality
harmony in settling
the dcor
the proportions
expressivity
integration in the scenery
1. Bogdan Vod (Maramures) 2. Moiseni (Satu Mare) 3. Alejd (Bihor) 4.
Slciua (Alba) 5. Cherelus (Arad) 6. Cmpu lui Neag (Hunedoara) 7. Bran
(Brasov) 8. Curtisoara (Gorj) 9. Mldresti (Vlcea) 10. Plopi (Mehedinti)
11. Cuciulata (Brasov) 12. Rdesti (Alba) 13. Sant (Bistrita-Nsud) 14.
Vistea (Brasov) 15. Mosoaia (Arges) 16. Stnesti (Arges) 17. Tristeni
(Prahova) 18. Cobia de Sus (Dmbovita) 19. Peris (Ilfov) 20. Dragalina
(Ialomita) 21. Rusetu (Buzu) 22. Chiojdu (Buzu) 23. Curteni (Vaslui) 24.
Nruja (Vrancea) 25. Piatra Soimului (Neamt) 26. Hangu (Neamt) 27. Voiti-
nel (Suceava) 28. Oltina (Constanta)
Original architecture
element and specific to
Romanian rustic
architecture
- the verandah (prispa)
Romanian Churches - such as those in the
region of
Maramures, in northern
Romania, are richly carved in traditional
folk motifs. The symbolism of designs pre-
date Christianity and is intended to ward
off spirits and keep worshippers safe.
Ion Mincu (1852-1912)

-prominent figure of the Romanian
architecture
Engineering School of Roads and
Bridges, Bucharest 1875
cole des Beaux-Arts, Paris
student of Viollet-le-Duc
Ion Mincu and
the Neo-Romanian style
the Neo-Romanian style
-an original synthesis of
technical and stylistic solutions
of the Romanian medieval archi-
tectural patrimony:
- secular and religious
architecture
(the Brancovan Palace of Mogo-
soaia)
- Wallachian folk architecture.
Specific elements:

-accolade shaped arches

-wooden pillars carved
with folk motifs
-belt torsade

-enameled colored ceramic
The Romanian Pavillion
Universal Exhibition Paris
1889
The manifesto of the new style
would be the General Lahovarys
House (1886).
-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 Lahovary House
the simple monumentality
of our peasant architecture

"The Buffet has a somewhat shaken
architectural plastic, yet bal-
anced; the rich decoration is
conjured up to highlight the
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,
The History of Architecture in Romania,
1963).
-raised basement
-arched veranda sustained by
-carved wooden pillars
The Kiseleff Roadside Buffet
Bucharest
-the most successful expression
of the Neo-Romanian style.
The Romanian Modernism
1920 -1940
Horia Creanga
Horia Creanga
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
ARO Building
1929 - 1931 Bucharest
Horia CREANG,
Burileanu-Malaxa Building,
Bucureti, 1935-37
Horia CREANG, Malaxa Factories, entrance
Bucharest, 1928-1940
Ion Miclescu Villa
Mateescu Villa Bunescu Villa
Horia CREANG,
Petru Groza House - Art Deco influences
Art Deco Influences
L.S. WEEKS and E. VAN SANEN ALGI,
Palace of phones, Bucureti, 1932-1933
Hotel Union (1930s): majestic Art Deco architecture defining the skyline of central
Bucharest
Art Deco
Houses in Bucharest
Art Deco
architectural details
Architects Union Headqurters
Romania, Bucharest (Arh. Dan Marin and
Zeno Bogdanescu, 1992-2003)
the new building integrates the facade of
an old house which burned in the time of
the revolution from 1989 (kept as
witness of the events). Moreover, the glass
prisms follows the alignment of the
existing fronts.
Contemporary Romanian
Architecture
Harmonia Residence
Andreescu&Gaivoronski 2010
Timisoara
*project nominated for the
Mies Wan Der Rohe Award 2011
Dinca House
SKBD, 2010
Borsa
*project nominated for the
Mies Wan Der Rohe Award 2011
Radu Teaca
House near the Snagov Lake
Bucharest, 2008
Radu Teaca
House in Petricani
Radu Teaca
Office Building Golden Blitz Center
Bucharest, 2011
Implement cultural and socializing functions
in a space currently forgotten
Theresia Bastion, ARCHAEUS, 2010 TIMISOARA
Define a new urban space by redesigning the
Honour Court and connect this space with the
existing square framework of city
Bogdan Demetrescu
Moza House
*1st prize at VELUX - Romania 2010