Graduation projects

The activation of a space in Petrila. Urban regeneration through culture.

Principal author

Florea Andreea; Oțelariu Teofil

Collaborators (team members)

Danciu Mihai-Ionuț

Project year

2018

Location

Petrila

Client

Asociația Planeta Petrila

Learning institution

Universitatea Politehnică Timișoara, Facultatea de Arhitectură și Urbanism

Project description

Participatory project, deals with a context specific to the contemporary society: a post-industrial shrinking city, in search for a new identity. An urban regeneration project with a bottom-up approach which aims at a clear, limited impact. Through tactical urbanism interventions, it involves the relevant urban actors and external key stake-holders: urban regeneration specialists, artists, NGO representatives, representatives of the administration. Through this project, latent urban spaces are brought closer to the citizens and new functions, adapted to the contemporary exigency in contrast with conventional uses, are introduced. An experiment at an urban scale, it is a trial for new functions in the hypothesis of reconversion. The Mine street becomes an effervescent space on the 1st of May, setting a positive example.

Text description of the author

Teofil Otelariu Bio Fresh architecture graduate, explores all the branches of architecture. Works with particular interest on urbanism projects, with an artistic intake. He deepens his understanding of restoration and landscape at the Sapienza University in Rome, using his knowledge in the local restoration projects. Andreea Florea Bio Young architect, urbanism passionate, pursues the improvement of the built environment. Versatile, with a practical approach, promoting human interaction and integration of nature. Studies architecture and urbanism in Timișoara and in Karlsruhe, Germany, bringing positive examples back in Romania.

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