Beach development in Mamaia resort

International Solutions Competition

In the summer of 2023, the Romanian Order of Architects in partnership with the National Administration of Romanian Waters and the Dobrogea-Litoral Water Basin Administration launched an international project competition to identify an integrated plan for the sustainable development of the beach of Mamaia resort, in line with contemporary principles of urban coastal planning and management. Nineteen projects were submitted by teams from home and abroad, of which the following solution was declared the winner.

Concept - reconnecting with the natural environment

In the context of the accelerated anthropization of the Romanian coastal strip of the Black Sea in recent decades, the project aims to reconnect with the natural environment, taking advantage of the immediate vicinity of the site with the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve. Given the amalgam of anthropic elements present in the resort of Mamaia, the solution aims to recover