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Reconstruction and expansion of the Research Center of the Republican Center for Children and Youth ARTICO, Chisinau

Author: Popa Irina

Supervisor: Baltag Marina

Faculty: Technical University of Moldova, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism

Parameters: RH: 4 / Su: 8800m2

The project starts from a lucid urban diagnosis: in the heart of the city, on the plot of the former research center of the Republican Center for Children and Youth ARTICO, mun. Chișinău, a dilapidated building persists, conveying a poor image of the capital and blocking a place born for knowledge. The former research center belonged to the former House of Pioneers; it remained open until the 1990s as a place for astronomy initiation, and since 2008 it has been managed by ARTICO.

Abandonment has led to dysfunction on the street front, public space and education: children and young people no longer have access to a coherent framework for science. Reconstruction with extension is not an option, but necessary for saf

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