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Radu Tîrcă and Ștefania Hîrleață are students at University of Architecture and Urbanism 'Ion Mincu', Bucharest. At present, they lead their theoretical research on the subject of thermal towns and diploma projects in Govora Baths under the guidance of Stefan Simion, Irina Tulbure and Ilinca Paun Constantinescu. As students, they won second prize and best student project in a BeeBreeders international architecture competition - Mango Vynil Hub, third prize in a Zeppelin national competition - Prototip pentru comunitate, as well as other mentions in other competitions.
#8. Notes on the Conference of Valerio Olgiati in Bucharest
On the 19th of October 2022, Valerio Olgiati received the Doctor Honoris Causa title of UAUIM after having given an insightful conference at the Romanian Athenaeum, in front of an audience of 700 students, teachers, and architects.
It happened 14 months after the initial idea of inviting him to Bucharest came through an email exchange I had with Markus Breitschmid, the author of Non-Referential Architecture, regarding possible academic collaborations. He let me know that Valerio Olgiati would be interested in coming to Bucharest for a second time. I wrote to their office and after a lengthy and precise discussion regarding context and details, the conference was on track. In collaboration with the Bucharest Territorial Branch of the Romanian Order of Architects, Mazzocchioo won a funding session from the Romanian Order of Architects that enabled the initiation of the actual organization of the conference.
Mazzocchioo#8 echoes Mazzocchioo Talks#8_Conference of Valerio Olgiati in Bucharest.
Ștefan Simion, editor of Mazzocchioo
Editors-in-chief:
Ștefan Simion, Irina Meliță
Guest editor:
Cosmin O.Gălățianu
Special thanks to:
Prof. Dr. Arch. Iulia Stanciu
Design & Typeset:
Ilinca Pop
Publisher:
`Ion Mincu` University Press
Published in February 2023