Thoughts about Littoral

I had the privilege to work, from the first years of practicing the profession, with arh. Șerban Manolescu in the configuration of the VENUS seaside resort.
The collective led by Șerban was an environment in which we experimented with novel forms of hotels, villas, restaurants and other facilities that defined the resort, with no other constraints than our own creativity.
At that time (1966-'70), the Design Institute in Constanța, where the projects for the seaside were worked on, was located in the building on the seafront, built by arch. Alexandru Orăscu (where the Admiralty is currently located), and our architectural studio was oriented and overlooking the sea, which was beneficial in supporting the creative approach.
A particular challenge was the finalization of the design of the resort's high-rise hotels (Eagle, Crane, Meadow), whose plan is spider-like, with the rooms radially arranged at different inclinations to the central core. The plans geometrically configured