Contemporary language for rural areas

Thematic dossier

Lect. dr. arh.Lorin NICULAE recommends
arh. Irina Scobiola

Contemporary language for rural areas

caption><img src= Irina was my student, starting with the second year. Later, I supervised her diploma and worked closely with her at Arhipera. So I had the opportunity to follow her professional development and I can say that I like very much what I see in her now. Since university, Irina has been looking for new means of expression, she has had an innovative and personal approach. At graduation, she revitalized a village in Făgăraș with a fresh architecture, generated by the spirit of the place. She continued the study of traditional architecture in order to understand how we can make new architecture without destroying the old one and actively worked on three "Architectural guides for the local specificity of rural areas" for Gorj, Vâlcea and Țara Loviștei.
The projects he has worked on to illustrate these guides speak of a sensitive understanding of the refinement of traditional forms and the attempt to reconfigure them into a contemporary architectural language, current and capable of supporting large architectural programs, unprecedented in the village.

Arhipera Projects

arh. Irina Scobiola (b. 1990)

Since 2012 - participated in seven summer schools organized by the Arhipera Association and contributed to the design and realization of nine houses for disadvantaged families in the municipalities of Dor Mărunt and Belciugatele
2013-2015 - volunteer at ARHIPERA Association
2016 - graduate of the University of Architecture and Urbanism "Ion Mincu" Bucharest
2019 - project manager of Arhipera Association, organizing summer schools and implementing projects such as "Energie vie_Soluții alternative durabile" and "Hub inovativ pentru comunități defavorizate"
- ARCHOS 2002 intern

AWARDS
2015 - Bucharest Architecture Annual Award - Unbuilt Architecture section
2015 - Bucharest Architecture Annual Award - Rural Group Award, section Participatory Architecture and Civic Actions
2016 - Exhibitor in the DIPLOMA exhibition, organized by THE INSTITUTE
2017 - Nominalization within the Annual of Architecture

Moreover, Irina started to systematically research the possibility of finding a contemporary architectural language for the rural environment, able to enhance and valorize the invaluable historical heritage of the Romanian village. Volunteer, then board member and project manager of Arhipera Association, Irina leads innovative educational and public interest architecture projects in disadvantaged communities.
Irina is passionate about music, visual art, digital and applied art, innovation, experimentation and research in architecture, education and participatory social architecture. She hopes to contribute to harnessing the potential of innovation and creativity of children and young people through the projects she realizes together with the Arhipera team and to the practice of quality architecture in Romania through the projects she realizes within the design firm Archos 2002 and the Arhipera Association.

"Irina is an original and insistent person who is not easy to get rid of, especially when it comes to realizing bold, creative and experimental (architectural) projects that bring a gain to the community."