Jurilovca

Authors. Raluca Zaharia, arh. Iulia Manițiu - Atelier RIDA

Eng. Horia Mihnea - Cross Structural Design, Marian Sterea, Daniela Sterea - Lipovenesc

Organizer: Lipovenesc Association, Arche Association

Partners: OAR Dobrogea, UAUIM

Photos: Marian Sterea, Daniela Sterea, Alina Filip, Marius Tudor

Participants and collaborators: members of the local community, friends, acquaintances, architecture students

Collaborators: Marius Tudor, Alex Filip, Alina Filip, Alina Chiciudean, Cosmin Chiciudean, Mara Catargiu, Titina Sterea, Eugenia Catargiu, Livia Zaharia, Iuliana Tudorache, Alex Mexi, Alex Mexi, Irina Smeu, Diana Culescu, Alexandra and Valentin Danilov, Liliana Echimov, Evelina, Anamaria and Bogdan, Mirela Popov, Cristian-Mihai Dide, Claudia Popescu, Alexandru Vârtej, Mariana Aurelia Nitu, Ana Pârvulescu, Gilda Gabriela, Daniel Palade, Mariana and Matei Burlacu, Mariana and Matei Burlacu, Alexandra and Mădălin Ene, Silvia Nae, Paul the fisherman, Tolic the carpenter, Dobrin the reedman

The Summer School in Jurilovca proposes an incursion into the traditional building techniques specific to the Dobrogea region against the backdrop of a traditional Lipovenetian household dating from 1893.

The Lipovenesc project started in 2018 with the acquisition by a couple of photographers (Marian and Daniela Sterea) of the traditional house in Str. 1 Mai 40, one of the few that fully preserves its unaltered exterior and interior appearance.

In 2020, the first edition of the Summer School took place in full pandemonium, focusing on the production of the adobe bricks needed to rebuild the house dating back to 1893, as well as a new building to replace an old annex.

In 2021, the second edition expanded the traditional crafts with workshops in wood carpentry (carpenter Tolic from Sarichioi), reed roofing (craftsman Dobrin from Jurilovca), stone masonry (Daniela Sterea), mud bricks (Titina Sterea), traditional fence ridge plastering (Daniela Sterea and Raluca Zaharia).

2020-2021 is the period in which the project obtains the building permit, which allows that, simultaneously with the summer school, the construction site for the reconstruction of the C2 building will be open to the participants. They were thus able to see how a traditional stone cellar is built.

The 2021-2022 and future editions of the summer school will deepen the traditional techniques (wood, stone, reed, stucco, adobe, pottery, traditional plasterwork) applied to the existing buildings on the basis of the phased intervention project.