Our (Modern) Bucharest

Architects’ relationship with houses is a deeply subjective one—and a bit more complex than those outside the profession might imagine. Anyone who has a personal connection to Bucharest has a favorite spot somewhere—their own little corner of paradise—a place or a perfect home that fulfills their need for beauty or that anchors their memories in time and space, much like Marcel Proust’s madeleine. As architects, however, we also have our own need for fulfillment. We also have projects and places waiting to be realized.

Any architect who has ever designed a house knows that out of the multitude of projects drawn up, only a few have a chance of being built. Moreover, of the projects that were never built—of the projects that could have been—only a few are those that could still be. For architects, many projects lose their meaning over time and are left behind, remaining at the stage of ideas or exercises in design—pieces of a cloud of possibilities. Conversely, there are also pr