Arhitectura 1-2/2026 (721-722)
The first issue of Arhitectura magazine this year is entirely dedicated to the graduation projects participating in the 2025 National Architecture Biennial, including the award-winning and nominated projects in the “Student Architects’ Architecture” section. The issue brings together exclusively projects completed during school, at the end of the academic journey, and offers a broad picture of how the new generation of architects thinks, tests, and formulates its stance toward the profession.The publication of these projects continues a long-standing tradition of the magazine, but in an expanded format that takes on the role of documenting and archiving a crucial moment of transition. The National Architecture Biennial provides an open framework in which diploma projects from all architecture schools in the country can be submitted, and this freedom, alongside the students’ courageous decision to subject their work to evaluation outside the university setting, is an initiative we appreciate and consistently encourage. Thesis projects remain a distinct territory within the Biennial: they operate with hypotheses, scenarios, and exercises in intellectual freedom that are not yet constrained by the reality of construction, but which say a great deal about the schools, the themes of the moment, and the possible directions of tomorrow’s architecture. This issue thus serves as a snapshot of the generation now entering the profession and as a benchmark for the years to come.
- 23 Student and diploma projects at BNA
- 23 Being different by being yourself
- 27 Why students need not only the university, but also the Biennale
- 31 The need for a Biennale
- 35 Trained minds
- 37 New generations of architects - the foundation of the future
- 41 Dialogue between schools
- 43 Section 15 - The genesis of conviction in an empathic design process
- 45 Year VI
- 49 Architecture for student architects
- 50 Portico Community
- 52 Secondary School "I.I. de la Brad" Timișoara
- 54 D.office
- 56 Deep in the courtyard - Descensos
- 58 Social housing in southern Bucharest
- 60 Revitalization of the former Bragadiru Brewery. Music School
- 62 Firesc Locativ. Collective housing project
- 64 Calea Victoriei - Continuum
- 66 School of Music
- 70 Model of 10
- 72 Polystyrene between walls
- 76 Technical-Vocational School in the European VET system. Rehabilitation of the post-industrial fabric in Bucharest
- 81 Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art - Chisinau
- 82 Museum of Ecological Knowledge and Awareness
- 84 Marina Dorćol. Educational center and library. Residual spaces. Between the city and the Danube in the post-industrial era
- 86 Interactive center. Memorial of the Mountains. Memorial space, community nucleus and place of worship
- 88 Artists' courtyard. Center for Craft Arts
- 90 Reconstruction of the Eugene Ionesco National Theater, Chisinau
- 92 Center for Innovation and Research in Traditional Crafts - Măldărești
- 94 Rusticitas Et Urbanitas. Conversion and Extension of the Solacolu Inn: Center of Architectural and Artistic Culture.
- 96 Conversion and extension of the former Bourul Factory in Bucharest. Urban Hub for students. Accommodation and complementary functions
- 98 Orthodox Settlement with Accommodation in Vlădești, Galați county
- 100 Extension of the Politehnica University of Bucharest - Education and Research Center
- 102 Social and Educational Center for Children
- 104 Palimpsest - Third cloister
- 106 Shape of the waves - Yacht Design School and Yacht Club, Constanta
- 108 New Gallery of the Museum of History and Archaeology Constanta
- 110 Pietricica Complex. Community and Youth Center.
- 112 Reimagining the Leonida Garages. Contemporary Cultural Center Bucharest
- 114 Conversion of the fortified evangelical church in Filitelnic, Mures county
- 116 Arts Center. Revitalization of the Prohaska Mill in Timisoara
- 118 Theater and living in the historical fabric. The Way of the Moses
- 118 Conversion of the former Bragadiru brewery
- 122 Landscape habitat: Extension and conversion of the former imperial baths in Herculaneum
- 124 Recomposition of dissolved urban tissue. Cultural Intervention in the Historical Center, Brăila, Romania
- 126 Alzheimer's dementia care center
- 128 Conversion of the Fabric Synagogue, house of prayer and Israelite elderly care center. Research center with museum program
- 128 After school: Expanding the Bucharest School of Art
- 132 Republican Water Sports Center, Chisinau
- 134 Urban cinema rehabilitation and extension of UNATC Brasov
- 136 Club C, Equestrian Center, Revitalization of the Ion Ghica de la Ghergani Estate
- 138 School as community hub in Rahova neighborhood
- 140 Center of Archaeology on the Constanta Peninsula
- 142 KULTURSTADT - German Cultural Center
- 144 Crisis, respite, returns: housing, social core and public garden in the recovery of failed residential complexes in Cluj
- 145 Youth Agora. Rehabilitation and extension of the former Kiseleff Swimming Pool
- 149 Town around the settlement. Conversion and extension of post office and settlement.
- 151 Rehabilitation of the National Philharmonic Serghei Lunchevici, Chisinau
- 153 Help center for victims of domestic violence
- 155 Conversion and extension of the public bathroom into SPA center, Chisinau
- 157 Rehabilitation of the Manuc Bey Historic-Architectural Complex Garden
- 159 Round Lab - Multifunctional Beauty Center
- 161 Refunctionalization and environmental transformation of the ensemble of the former "Adolf Moskovits and Sons" yeast and spirit factory in Oradea
- 163 Urban regeneration of the Barracks Square area by creating an urban core. Refunctionalization of the former manège building
- 165 Reconstruction and expansion of the Research Center of the Republican Center for Children and Youth ARTICO, Chisinau
- 167 Centru Comunitar Ferentari - culture and education
- 169 Galeria Florescu-Manu: Gallery and workshops for artists on Calea Victoriei
- 169 Adaptive reuse of noble residences through equestrian tourism
- 173 Treatment and relaxation center at Salina Cacica
- 175 Research center for the valorization of polluted mining sites - Baia Mare
- 177 Immersive Theater. Industrial heritage regeneration through experimental cultural interventions
- 177 Recovering Bucharest's minor heritage. Student housing and cultural settlements on Calea Griviței
- 181 CRAFTOTE'K. Arts & Crafts School
- 181 Agronomy Center for Research, Conferences and Education. Rehabilitation of the "Electric Star" Plant
- 185 In the shadow of the castle: an arts and crafts school in the village of Dragu, Sălaj county
- 185 Aquaculture research and innovation center in the former State Fisheries of Galati
- 188 Conversion of industrial sites. Relocation of the National Oil Museum in Ploiești.
- 189 Animal care complex
- 192 Node - gastronomy center. Gourmet school, wine bar, food market and cinema at Assan's Mill
- 192 Coștiui Salt Baths
- 196 After the Iron Gates: Reclaiming and valorizing Shimian Island through the memory of Ada-Kaleh Island
- 198 Hortus Libris: Neighborhood library in the urban garden
- 200 Marine Life Museum & Research Center - Constanta
- 202 Passenger terminal in the Port of Constanta - Reclaiming public space, reimagining the waterfront
- 204 ONEF Stadium: an active way of working with history
- 204 Day center for children. Nifon Metropolitan House, Bucharest
- 208 Workspaces for Creative Industries. Christo Gheorgief House, Bucharest
- 210 Banatul Philharmonic
- 212 Village life as heritage object in the age of tourism - Cultural center in Rimetea village
- 214 Expanding the cultural space in the center of Pitesti
- 216 Center of an edge. Shopping plaza restructuring and neighborhood library relocation
- 218 Integrated Campus Development for Dual Vocational Education and Training
- 220 Multidisciplinary creative center. Where Art and Fashion meet
- 222 Brick Bond - Kindergarten with community center in Fratelia
- 224 Theater and Dance Center, Botoșani
- 226 Extension and rehabilitation of technical high schools. Workshops for vocational education
- 228 Museum of Postwar Avant-Garde Art Timișoara
- 230 Reconversion of the hydro-technical infrastructure of the Arges River. Nautical and leisure center
- 230 Medical rehabilitation center on Calea Moșilor
- 234 Intergenerational community center in Brăila
- 236 Brasov Fire Department
- 238 Bridgehead. Sports and recreation center on Vaskiluoto Island, Finland
- 238 Museum of Agriculture in Brăila
- 242 Revitalization of public space in Sfântu Gheorghe village, Tulcea
- 244 Meta-landscape: Transforming the MEFIN industrial area - Sinaia
- 246 Extension of the Institute of Archaeology "Vasile Pârvan", Bucharest
- 248 European Center for Contemporary Art and redevelopment Cipariu Square, Cluj-Napoca
- 250 Interior design of "Guguță" kindergarten.
- 252 Eforia Kretzulescu
- 254 Revitalization of Deva's green infrastructure through interventions on the axis Parc Cetate - Parc Bejan and modernization of the Bejan leisure area
- 256 Rehabilitation of the former racecourse in "Romanescu Park", Craiova, Dolj County
- 258 House of Traditions Rome
- 260 Architecture as the third educator. Kindergarten on Circus Alley, Bucharest
- 262 Creative Quarter and Fashion House in Arnhem, The Netherlands
- 264 Center for rehabilitation and social reintegration of former prisoners
- 266 Recovery of the Callimachi-Văcărescu ensemble. Cultural and tourist circuit in Mănești, Prahova
- 268 Factory, school, neighborhood. Trade school on the site of the former Drajna sawmill, Măneciu
- 270 Cultural Nucleus. Adaptive Reuse of the Alcohol Factory "S. Rudich", Rădăuți
- 273 GabroArt an. Archives of tradition. Conversion of the Gabroveni inn and socio-cultural activation of the adjacent bazaar
- 275 Floreasca Olympic Swimming Complex, Bucharest
- 277 Conversion and extension of the Radák-Brukenthal noble ensemble in Micăsasa, Sibiu County. Socio-medical residential center for the elderly
- 278 Agricultural cooperative
- 280 Multifunctional Performing Arts Center, Berzei 21
- 282 Museum of the December 1989 Anticommunist Revolution
- 284 Apostle Church "from Tabaci"- from collision to urban place, living and working space for liberal professions
- 286 Külliye in time: the Ottoman ensemble of Medgidia between recovery and reinvention
- 288 Cultural establishment. Reactivation of Pompiliu Eliade House through conversion and extension
- 290 Baba Novac Neighborhood Center - Rehabilitation of the "Rucăr" shopping complex in Balta Albă, Bucharest
- 292 Conversion of the Tobacco Factory in Isaccea, Tulcea. Recreation complex on the Danube bank
- 294 Intervention on the Frankfurt Opera
- 296 Top retreat
- 298 Definition and implementation of a pilot juvenile detention center in Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania
- 300 Luka Cargo Port. Hotel and Convention Center, Belgrade, Serbia
- 302 Chocolate House
- 304 Museum of Lost Bucharest
- 306 (RE)-Living: co-living and co-working housing complex
- 308 Arts and Science Park, Bd. Splaiul Unirii 162, Bucharest
- 308 Cultural-educational forum. Extension of Argeș County Museum, Pitesti
- 312 Educational spaces for young people in Braila
- 314 Hortisphere. Horticultural Research Center
- 316 Pocloș Stream as social and educational infrastructure
- 317 Cojocna balneotherapy and rehabilitation center
- 321 Urban Capacitor
- 323 Multifunctional cultural center
- 323 Spa and health resort for treatments and relaxation
- 327 Tourist resort in the cultural landscape of Mountain Banat
- 329 Equilibrium: a holistic alternative therapy center
- 329 Movie House. Rediscovering the cinema ritual lost in the intimacy of home
- 331 Story Factory
- 333 Student Sport Palaestra
- 337 Bio-inspired materials and systems research center
- 339 Creative Cluster, Chisinau
- 341 Forest of Arts. Center for Contemporary Arts and Artist Residencies in Timisoara
- 343 ARTCUB - Incubator for creative industries. Conversion and extension of the Prohaska industrial mill
- 345 Sports Museum - Bucharest
- 346 Museum of Roma Culture, History and Art
- 349 Cosmic start-up: Astronomy center for young people and children
- 351 Winery
- 353 Faculty of Performance, Composition and Theoretical Music Studies
- 355 Post-treatment rehabilitation center for assistance and integration of people with addictions in the contemporary community in Bucharest
- 357 Creative hub for the restoration and conservation of heritage buildings
- 359 Conversion and reconstruction of the historical building of penitentiary no. 13, Chisinau