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Mugur Kreiss

I have always thought of houses as characters, and the elements that make them up I have likened them to human traits, associated with feelings, stories, feelings, in an avalanche that sums up joy, sadness, wealth, poverty, music or silence, smiles or cross forgetfulness. And the richness or, on the contrary, the economy of means with which a detail of a house is realized makes me vibrate in equal measure. I've always thought of houses as some characters and the elements which compile them I compared with human traits associated with emotions, stories, feelings, in an avalanche totalizing joy, sadness, wealth, poverty, music or silence, smiles or squinting glances. And wealth or, on the contrary, economy of means from which is made a detail of a house makes me vibrate equally.

Read the full text in issue 2 / 2011 of Arhitectura.