A squire named Carp and his manor house

After having flown over the proud hills, the bird bearing the word manor made a stopover in a new land and brought a gift word: the learned manor, she said, not free from stage fright.

The word caught and multiplied here and there in the souls and speech of the many. But, they wondered, what face to give to this word? What does this building look like where it comes from, in that corner of the earth?

Since they did not entirely recognize themselves in that image, and since they had their own thoughts about this building, they let themselves be inspired and set to drawing and building, and they relied on a great deal of science. They called in architects from all over the world to embellish the house to deserve such a name.

Such a word reached even a nobleman with a lot of impetus: Petre P. Carp, junimist and man of letters, prime minister and altogether talented.

In short, he did what is called pioneering with his estate, turning it quickly into his favorite place: he planted intelligent species, acclimatized exotic plants, made greenhouses, fruit and vegetable dryers, irrigation systems and only clever solutions on the plantations.

The house was built with thick walls, imposing volumetry, a handsome loggia of contagious beauty. It had multiple bedrooms, and cellar, and cellar, and dairy, and study, and library, and parlor, all of bonton. Although the house had a majestic appearance, things were well weighed, the living was rather frugal and the squire highly respected. For, it is said, a big house is useless without a big life.

The people looked up to him with admiration for his knowledge and long-suffering: he built a school, a dispensary and a courthouse, he brought in priests, singers, teachers and doctors, overcoming many obstacles. The church was built by the Carpathian people, the boyar endowing it with various vestments, through unceasing labor and sweat. After the war, the squire gave the young married couple a pair of oxen and a strip of land, a kind of fruitful gift that led to worthiness, here we see the squire's skill.

Leaping through time, down to your day and mine, many are the names that these walls have housed within them, for always the manor has been a place for people, whether it was home, school or hospital, it has always remained a vital place.

Now, in the village where it has settled, a village on the sweet Moldavian hills called Țibănești, the manor house is a laboratory, a place as innovative as it can be: arts, crafts and architecture come together in a new fabric. A new rurality with a strong personality is growing. People young and old come to the manor to learn, from now until old age.

From generation to generation, a chick of that proud bird flew over the manor-house landscape and wanted to sing from the kennel, pardon logie, a little pedagogy for its greenish chicks: it said that generosity is the measure of a true leader, so it is that the squire Carp left a lesson for us today. Be a great squire on your own path!

How can a degraded historical monument be used?

How can it be reintegrated into community life?

What sustains life there by itself?

How to solve the problem of proximity?

What heritage policies can be derived from this case study that can be taken up and used in other situations?

How do you create stable economic circuits?

How do you educate new generations on heritage issues?

When, how and what do we save?

Why and for what?

In what form?

How do we communicate about the craft, how do we revive for new generations?

The experience of Pocalului Carp

Or about passing on the craft of pottery and pottery education

Driven by the love of the researcher Barbu Slătineanu, the man considered the "father of Romanian pottery", pottery workshops have been a constant theme of the project for the last 10 years.

Be it pottery demonstrations, raku workshops or contemporary ceramics - discussed and experimented, we all enter the world of shapes, earths, glazes and traditional or electric kilns.

The objects are learning processes for generations of participants.

Carp's collection of ladles is a unique experiment in design and craftsmanship, honoring festive meals with loved ones and enjoyed today with authentic dishes savored in the Carp's manor kitchen.

Used for soups, creamy dishes or appetizers served in a festive atmosphere, the Carp Chalice is part of a long history of objects laden with meaning.

Reminiscent of Rubliov and reminiscent of the sacredness of dining together, the vases are a contemporary adaptation that came into being on the occasion of the Petre P. Carp Centenary in a mixed team: designer-holololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol.

Conceived in the workshops Batemul ferro la conac - Șerban Sturdza, Alexandra Mihailciuc, Ana Gurduza, the vases were modeled and fired by ceramicists Ramona Biciușcă and Daniel Pop - FireKultur.