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Rusticitas Et Urbanitas. Conversion and Extension of the Solacolu Inn: Center of Architectural and Artistic Culture.

Author: Cristina Popescu

Tutors: conf. dr. arh. Anamaria Mortu, conf. dr. arh. Elena Codina Dușoiu, eng. Dragoș Marcu

Faculty: "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism, Faculty of Interior Architecture

Parameters: RH: Gf+GF+E+M / Sd: 12000m2 / POT: 60 / CUT: 1.80

In light of social, cultural and environmental dissonances, urgent spatial challenges require a closer examination of aesthetic and sustainable solutions. Historic ruins, both architecturally valuable and sadly abandoned, represent an opportunity to reimagine heritage and understand the value of collective memory and identity. The project examines the aesthetics, sustainability and impact of transforming a ruin into a cultural center that could benefit the community, demonstrating how traditional architecture can function in the contemporary. The author relates from the transformation of the street into

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