The winners of the competition for Romania's stand at the UIA Congress have been announced

The Romanian Order of Architects announced, in mid-July, the winners of the competition for the Romanian pavilion that the organization will use to participate at the 24th Congress of the International Union of Architects, in Tokyo, from 26-28 September 2011. The first prize was awarded to the architects from AS Design 95 in collaboration with arch. Bogdan Pop, arh. Astrid Rottman, arh. Marius Urzică, arh. Lidia Stoica and student-architect Cassandra Pop.

The theme of the competition was: Decalogue of responsive and responsible architecture - 2050. The budget for the realization of the pavilion is 100.000 lei. The OAR has chosen to organize the competition "to ensure a notable, respectable and inspiring participation".

First Prize (14,000 lei): Project No. 30

Concept: "Keep the message, Pass the frame on to a child"

Main author: AS DESIGN 95 SRL, Bucharest

arh. Bogdan Pop (curator), arh. Astrid Rottman, arh. Marius Urzică - LEED AP, arh. int. Lidia Stoica, stud.-arh. Cassandra Pop

Second Prize (7.000 lei): Project no. 27

Main author: arh. Sorin Vladimir Popescu, Bucharest (curator)

Co-author: arch. Anca Diana Popescu

Prize III - Not awarded

In addition, three mentions of 1,750 lei each were awarded to the following projects:

Project no. 25

Authors. Daniel Șerban, Bucharest (curator), arh. Elisabeta Mănescu

Project no. 28

Authors: arh. Raluca Munteanu, Bucharest (curator), urb. Gruia Bădescu, urb. Oana Druță, arh. Celia Ghyka, arh. Adrian Mihăescu

Project no. 39

Main author: arh. Ovidiu Marian Taloș, Brașov (curator)

Co-author: arh. Miruna Paula Stroe

Technical collaborator: Marius Brașoveanu

The competition jury, chaired by prof. dr. dr. arh. Ana Maria Zahariade, was composed of arh. Rudolf Gräf, from Timișoara, arch. Dan Marin, professor at the UAUIM in Bucharest, Ciprian Mihali, philosopher and professor at the UBB in Cluj-Napoca, Oana Tanase, art critic at the MNAC in Bucharest, and arch. Ina Stoian (alternate member).

The main theme of the UIA Congress is

DESIGN 2050 and comprises three sub-themes:

- Environment: our planet, sustainable architecture, natural disasters, water, agriculture, cosmic environment;

- cultural change: advanced information-oriented society, urban issues, economics, transportation, education, cultural heritage;

- life: population issues, ageing society, infectious diseases, artificial life, biodiversity.

After the tragic moment in March 2011, the UIA Congress Steering Committee decided to add a sub-theme: architects acting in solidarity beyond disasters towards sustainable development.

Based on the theme of the UIA Congress, the OAR proposed the theme for the Romanian pavilion: Decalogue of Responsive and Responsible Architecture - 2050.

Despite the catastrophe that struck Japan in March 2011, the International Union of Architects decided, together with the Japanese organizers, to keep the venue and program of the 2011 UIA Congress as a sign of the solidarity of the international community of architects and of the confidence in the capacity and will of the Japanese people to overcome an overwhelming disaster.

For Bucharest 2050+, the proposed decalogue for a responsive and responsible architecture, i.e., in our vision, intelligent and sustainable, is the following:

1. holistic 2. intelligent 3. sensory 4. interactive 5. discrete

6. adaptive 7. interdependent 8. bio-mimetic