GARA Filaret - Youth Center

The YOUTH CENTER project aims to solve the problem of discrepancies between the economic, social and building development between the north and south of Bucharest, by inserting a space designed as a link between the two poles, with the aim of being an attractor and facilitator of the revitalization of the south area.

Starting from the concept of metaball, corroborated with that of a Japanese garden, the project develops as an organic structure both in terms of image and structure. The major function is academic and cultural, within which three main nuclei are distinguished.

Thus, one core is dedicated to the arts of territory, space and form (urbanism, architecture and design), one to the natural and exact sciences (mathematics, physics, biology and chemistry) and one to the fine arts and the arts of the image (painting, photography, cinematography).

In terms of volumetry, the concept of metaball is distinguished by the individualization of the spheres by functions, the connection between them playing the role of spaces for socialization and interaction. Unity and harmony are conferred by the wireframe facade system, which has a structural role, giving the overall composition dynamism and fluidity.