The inspiration room. From project to building Cover Image

Camera de inspirație. De la proiect la facere
The inspiration room. From project to building

Author(s): Cristina Constantin, Cosmin Pavel
Subject(s): Architecture, Aesthetics, Vocational Education, Higher Education , Pedagogy
Published by: Editura Universitară „Ion Mincu”
Keywords: vernacular heritage; typos; topos; techne; studiolo; inspiration;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to relate the experience of a ”design & build” project for which context, formal references, materials and constructive techniques require understanding and contemporary reinterpretation of a certain spirit inherent to vernacular architecture. The first part of the article will briefly follow the narrative/ film of the Architectural Restoration and Conservation Section, UAUIM Sibiu student’s creation of ”The inspiration room” in Dumbrava Sibiului, right within the Museum of Traditional Civilization ASTRA, recounted by both coordinating teachers and one of the students who have participated in the project, whilst the second part of the article will focus on the subtle negotiation between traditional / vernacular and contemporary / cult three fundamental component: topos, typos, techne, stemming from a classification made by Kenneth Frampton in ”Studies in tectonic culture”.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 97-114
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English, Romanian
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