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 Cen-
tury to the
end of the 19th.

The essential characteristics of

the Romanian rustic architecture
are:

functionality
harmony in settling
1. Bogdan Vodă (Maramures) 2. Moiseni (Satu Mare) 3. Alejd (Bihor) 4. the décor
Sălciua (Alba) 5. Cherelus (Arad) 6. Cîmpu lui Neag (Hunedoara) 7. Bran the proportions
(Brasov) 8. Curtisoara (Gorj) 9. Măldăresti (Vâlcea) 10. Plopi (Mehedinti)
11. Cuciulata (Brasov) 12. Rădesti (Alba) 13. Sant (Bistrita-Năsăud) 14. expressivity
Vistea (Brasov) 15. Mosoaia (Arges) 16. Stănesti (Arges) 17. Trăisteni integration in the scenery
(Prahova) 18. Cobia de Sus (Dâmbovita) 19. Peris (Ilfov) 20. Dragalina
(Ialomita) 21. Rusetu (Buzău) 22. Chiojdu (Buzău) 23. Curteni (Vaslui) 24.
Năruja (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 and
the Neo-Romanian style

Ion Mincu (1852-1912)

-prominent figure of the Romanian

architecture

Engineering School of Roads and

Bridges, Bucharest 1875

École des Beaux-Arts, Paris

student of Viollet-le-Duc
The Romanian Pavillion
Universal Exhibition Paris
1889

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 Lahovary House
“the simple monumentality
of our peasant architecture”

The “manifesto” of the new style

would be the General Lahovary’s
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 Kiseleff Roadside Buffet
Bucharest

-the most successful expression

of the Neo-Romanian style.

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

"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).
The Romanian Modernism
1920 -1940
Horia Creanga
 ARO Building
1929 - 1931 Bucharest

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
Horia CREANGĂ,
Burileanu-Malaxa Building,
Bucureşti, 1935-37
Horia CREANGĂ, Malaxa Factories, entrance
Bucharest, 1928-1940
Ion Miclescu Villa
Mateescu Villa Bunescu Villa
Horia CREANGĂ,
Petru Groza House - Art Deco influences
Art Deco Influences
L.S. WEEKS and E. VAN SANEN ALGI,
Palace of phones, Bucureşti, 1932-1933
Hotel Union (1930s): majestic Art Deco architecture defining the skyline of central
Bucharest
Art Deco
Houses in Bucharest
Art Deco
architectural details
 Contemporary Romanian
Architecture

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.
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
Theresia Bastion, ARCHAEUS, 2010 TIMISOARA

Define a new urban space by redesigning the

Implement cultural and socializing functions Honour Court and connect this space with the
in a space currently forgotten existing square framework of city
 Bogdan Demetrescu
Moza House

*1st prize at VELUX - Romania 2010