Garaj Deschis / OPEN Garage
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๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ท ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฆ? Prin localizarea la nivelul solului, proiectul urmฤreศte sฤ participe la viaศa cartierului.
Deschis la propriu la parterul unui bloc, รฎntr-un fost garaj, fost plafar, fostฤ croitorie, Garaj DESCHIS รฎศi propune sฤ fie o camerฤ suplimentarฤ pentru locuitorii โdin buclฤโ ศi cercetฤtorii รฎn acศiune. Deschis la propriu la parterul unui bloc din cartierul Drumul Taberei, รฎntr-un fost garaj, fost plafar, fostฤ croitorie, Garaj DESCHIS รฎศi propune sฤ fie o camerฤ suplimentarฤ pentru locuitorii โ
08/04/2026
รntrerupem transmisia ca sฤ anunศฤm veศtile bune: ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ!
Expoziศia ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ. ๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐ค๐๐ | ๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ , din spaศiul BAF (Amzei 13) rฤmรฎne deschisฤ pรฎnฤ pe 11 Aprilie, dupฤ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ๐:
๐ Joi 09 Aprilie: 16.00 โ 20.00
๐ Vineri 10 Aprilie: 16.00 โ 20.00
๐ Sรฎmbฤtฤ 11 Aprilie: 10.00 โ 18.00
๐๐ฬ ๐๐ฌฬฆ๐ญ๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฬ๐ฆ!
02/04/2026
On March 26, the ๐๐ฎ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐
๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ (๐๐๐
) space (13 Amzei Street) hosted, as part of the ๐๐ฎ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐ and the ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ, a panel discussion featuring ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ (architectural historian, director of INTI), ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ง (landscape architect, Rotterdam City Urban Development Department), and ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ (architect, OPEN Garage), as well as the Romanian launch of the publication ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ. ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ | ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ, produced as part of the European project New Towns New Narratives, coordinated by the International New Town Institute (INTI) and funded by the European Union through the CERV program.
On this occasion, an exhibition curated by Raluca Paraschiv and Alex Axinte was also opened, dedicated to the Drumul Taberei district, which is organized around a looping boulevard and has undergone several successive transformations. Designed by a young team of architects, the district was structured into microrayons and has become a remarkable example of collective living thanks to its extensive green spaces, educational, sports, and cultural infrastructure, as well as informal gardening and leisure activities.
Housing, as a form of adaptation and domestication of the standardized spaces of the original design, is represented in the exhibition through images characteristic of the neighbourhoodโs early period - โMonografia Drumul Tabereiโ (1973) from the Mihai Oroveanu Image Collection, and photographs from the 1980s - ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ and ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ, through academic research and products of socio-anthropological research โ the collection of the Garaj DESCHIS / OPEN Garage project (2020โ2025), objects found or borrowed from current and former residents of the neighbourhood, documentary images from the collection of the Oraศ รฎn Buclฤ (City in a Loop) creative critical research residency (2024), and works of contemporary art - ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ข & ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ, ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ญฬฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฬ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญฬฆ๐ฬ, Ana Kun, ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ง, ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญฬฆ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ฎ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฬฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ.
The New Towns | New Narratives project brings together a European network of partners from 16 new towns - new cities or districts built in the 1960s and 1970s based on modernist plans, often as industrial towns or satellite cities of historic cities. Today, many of these areas face social and demographic challenges, a fragile public image, and the need to redefine their identity. The initiative aims to explore new ways of telling the stories of these places and to rediscover the forms of collective life and creativity that have developed within them. The volume Telling the Story. New Towns, New Narratives, edited by ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ and ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ and published in 2025 by the International New Town Institute (INTI), is the result of the shared concerns of the project partners. The texts illustrate various ways to shift the tone and perspective of the usual narratives - often marked by stigmatization - through which these neighbourhoods are represented. The editorial approach draws on the research and activation project, as well as on the extensive experience gained in the field by those involved in local cultural and community life.
Open on the ground floor of an apartment building, in a former garageโwhich had previously served as a pharmacy and a tailor shop - ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐/ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ - began as an academic research project by Alex Axinte on informal practices in Drumul Taberei and, over the course of five years of activity, into a community space dedicated to the neighbourhoodโs memory: a library, archive, exhibition space, workshop, and research hub. The exhibition features materials from the OPEN Garage archive, the Map of Collective Practices in the Buclฤ (The Loop), and a series of videos directed by ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ณ๐๐ฌ๐ณ documenting the researched themes.
Initiated by Raluca Paraschiv and the ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐), the Oraศ รฎn buclฤ (๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฉ) project facilitated creative critical research on the Drumul Taberei district by organizing artist residencies in an apartment building in the neighbourhood and compiling a living archive of meetings with specialists and local residents, speculative interventions, and diverse interpretations of the shared space.
๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ: Bucharest Regional Branch of the Romanian Order of Architects, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest (USAMV), Salonul de Proiecte, Favorit Business.
๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ: Dan Dinescu, Mihai Iancu, Ciprian Isac, Anca Oroveanu, Sorina Petra.
๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ: Delia Barbu, Alessia Barbu, Iulia-Maria Crangฤ, Natalia-Nicoleta Gheorghiศฤ, Rebeca Grad, Alex Rฤbรขia, Ana Rฤศanu, Miruna Rฤdulescu, Ruxandra Sฤndulescu.
๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ: Alex Axinte, Maia Axinte, Dragoศ Dogioiu, Denisa Duma, Raluca Paraschiv, Joris Vermeiren.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ:
๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: https://www.newtowninstitute.org/spip.php?article1482
๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ: https://www.newtowninstitute.org/spip.php?rubrique179
๐๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐: https://www.naibooksellers.nl/telling-the-story-new-towns-new-narratives-inti.html?___SID=U&fbclid=IwY2xjawQS7XVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETB6Z21qQnhCYVVVc2VYWDhUc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHnN4kuDtEUwuD9BZfYBO_O7TibRtGMiuek7C7b6NLsLe8K8nelc_dHXHeICn_aem_9wHVdzyaSTcm-J4hC4uahQ
๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ: International New Town Institute (INTI), Rotterdam, 2025
๐๐๐๐: 9789081752046
๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ: Michelle Provoost, Alex Axinte
๐๐จ-๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ: Blaลพ Kosovel, Oksana Denisenko, Aneta Vasileva, Elลกa Turkuลกiฤ Juriฤ, Irfan Salihagiฤ, Maja Pliฤaniฤ, Joris Vermeiren, Alex Axinte, Jochen Becker, Bรฉatrix Goeneutte, Marianne Lebreton, Roberta Moneta, Valeria Battaini, Francesca Mainetti, Gabriella Zsinka.
๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐๐ฌ: INTI, with the exception of Nova Gorica (Blaลพ Kosovel).
๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Simone Rots, Caterina Tioli.
๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ: Boglarka Toth
๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง: Ewout Dorman
17/03/2026
Foarte recunoscฤtori lui Stefan, Cฤtฤlina ศi Mugur cฤ gฤzduiesc รฎn Zeppelin un text excelent semnat de Ilinca Pop-Gฤlฤศianu, cฤreia รฎi mulศumim pentru atenศia ศi grija cu care a citit ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, publicaศia pe care am coordonat-o รฎmpreunฤ cu Michelle Provoost, รฎn cadrul proiectului New Towns New Narratives, iniศiat de International New Town Institute. E รฎncurajator sฤ vezi cm se vede ศi prin alศi ochi peste doi ani de reflecศie ศi cercetare despre oraศele noi, ศi mai ales sฤ descoperi cm unele idei, abordฤri ศi exemple de practici atrag deja atenศia ศi inspirฤ mai departe. Atรฎta cรฎt timp mai existฤ publicaศii tipฤrite ศi recenzii de carte fฤcute cu atenศie, parcฤ nu e totul รฎn zadar.
Pe ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ va avea loc ศi la Bucureศti lansarea publicaศiei ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ. ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ | ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ, รฎn cadrul Anuala de Arhitectura Bucuresti, cu prilejul vernisajului expoziศiei cu acelaศi titlu, gฤzduitฤ de ๐๐ฎ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐
๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ (๐๐๐
), din Amzei 13.
๐๐ญ๐๐ญฬฆ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญฬฆ๐ข๐, ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ข!
14/01/2026
๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ
๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ | ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ
2025 | English | paperback | 14 x 24 cm | 240 pages | illustrated |
[๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง]
Foarte bucuros cฤ aceastฤ carte a fost publicatฤ ศi lansatฤ la sfรฎrศitul lui 2025, ca un prim rezultat al proiectului Towns | New New Towns New Narratives, la care am contribuit la editare ศi conศinut, รฎmpreunฤ cu o echipฤ minunatฤ ศi pasionatฤ de moศtenirea ศi viitorul Oraศelor Noi. Ne-am bucurat de contribuศii extrem de diverse, atรฎt din punct de vedere regional โ din toate colศurile Europei โ, cรฎt ศi disciplinar โ de la istorici de arhitecturฤ, cercetฤtori, arhitecศi ศi urbaniศti la artiศti, curatori, manageri culturali ศi funcศionari publici.
๐๐ฬ๐ฆ๐ขฬ๐ง๐๐ญฬฆ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ ๐ขฬ๐ง ๐๐๐๐!
รn secolul al XX-lea, รฎn Europa au fost construite peste 200 de aศa-numite Oraศe Noi. De obicei, acestea sรฎnt considerate oraศe fฤrฤ istorie ศi identitate, รฎn care locuitorii doar trฤiesc, fฤrฤ a se simศi aparศinรฎnd acelui loc. รnsฤ, dupฤ mai bine de jumฤtate de secol, aceste oraศe au existat suficient de mult timp pentru a-ศi construi o istorie complexฤ, deศi aceasta este adesea necunoscutฤ atรฎt pentru strฤini, cรฎt ศi pentru locuitori.๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ
Unele dintre aceste oraศe au fost construite ca oraศe nucleare sau gฤzduiau muncitorii din portul sau industria minierฤ din apropiere. Unele erau proiecte emblematice รฎn confruntarea din timpul Rฤzboiului Rece dintre Europa de Est ศi Europa de Vest. Altele gฤzduiau surplusul de populaศie din marile metropole. Multe dintre ele au รฎndeplinit promisiunea locuirii ca un drept, mai degrabฤ decรฎt ca merit economic, oferind infrastructurฤ echitabilฤ pentru viaศa colectivฤ. รn ultimii doi ani, oraศele noi din toatฤ Europa au รฎncercat sฤ-ศi identifice povestea prin proiectul ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ | ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ.๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ
รn toate aceste oraศe noi s-au dezvoltat forme particulare de viaศฤ colectivฤ ศi creativitate individualฤ, adesea รฎn spaศiile lฤsate libere de instituศiile oficiale. โPovestireaโ acestor oraศe ศi a tuturor locuitorilor lor oferฤ o bazฤ pentru gฤsirea identitฤศii lor ศi pentru reinventarea lor รฎntr-un mod pozitiv. De la expoziศii istorice la expoziศii de artฤ, de la festivaluri la plimbฤri ศi tururi, de la noi spaศii colective la proiecte de cercetare, exemplele din aceastฤ publicaศie aratฤ numeroasele noi eforturi depuse รฎn oraศele noi europene โ de la Marea Britanie la Bulgaria โ pentru a schimba percepศia asupra acestor oraศe neglijate.
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I am very happy that this book was published and launched at the end of 2025, as a first result of the Towns | New New Towns New Narratives project, to which I contributed in terms of editing and content, together with a wonderful team passionate about the legacy and the future of New Towns. We enjoyed extremely diverse contributions, both regionally - from all corners of Europe - and disciplinary - ranging from architectural historians, researchers, architects, and urban planners to artists, curators, cultural managers, and public officials.
๐๐ญ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐!
More than 200 so called New Towns have been built in Europe in the twentieth Century. Usually, they are seen as cities without history and identity, where residents merely reside, without belonging. But after more than half a Century, these cities have existed long enough to build up a layered history, though it is often unknown to both outsiders and residents.๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ
Some of these cities were built as nuclear cities or they housed the workers in the nearby harbour or mining industry. Some were flagship projects in the Cold war stand-off between Eastern and Western Europe. Others housed the overflow of people in big metropolises. While many fulfilled the promise of public housing as a right, rather than an economic merit, providing equitable infrastructure for living together. In the past two years New Towns from all over Europe tried to identify their story through the project ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ | ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ.๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ
In all of these New Towns, particular forms of collective life and individual creativity developed, often in the cracks left by the official institutions. โTelling the Storyโ of these cities and all its residents gives a basis to finding their identity and to reinvent themselves positively. From historic to art exhibitions, from festivals to walks and tours, from new collective spaces to research projects, the examples in this publication show the many new endeavours in European New Towns -from the UK to Bulgaria- to change the perception of these neglected cities.
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ | ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐/ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฬ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญฬฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฬ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญฬฆ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ฬ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ฬ ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌฬฆ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ ๐ขฬ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ข ๐๐ง๐ข ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ | ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ. ๐๐๐ข ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญฬฆ๐ข๐ข ๐๐ข๐๐ข: https://www.newtowninstitute.org/spip.php?rubrique179
๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐๐ซ๐/ ๐๐๐ข ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญฬฆ๐ข๐ข ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญฬฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ข: https://www.newtowninstitute.org/spip.php?article1482
๐๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐/ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฬ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฬ๐ง๐ณ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ข: https://www.naibooksellers.nl/telling-the-story-new-towns-new-narratives-inti.html?___SID=U
๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ/ ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข: Michelle Provoost, Alex Axinte.
๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ/ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข: Blaลพ Kosovel, Oksana Denisenko, Aneta Vasileva, Elลกa Turkuลกiฤ Juriฤ, Irfan Salihagiฤ, Maja Pliฤaniฤ, Joris Vermeiren, Alex Axinte, Jochen Becker, Bรฉatrix Goeneutte, Marianne Lebreton, Roberta Moneta, Valeria Battaini, Francesca Mainetti, Gabriella Zsinka.
๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐๐ฌ/ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข ๐๐ข๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ข ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌฬฆ๐: INTI, except for Nova Gorica (Blaลพ Kosovel).
๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง/ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ซ๐: Simone Rots, Caterina Tioli.
๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ/ ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ: Boglarka Toth
๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง/ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐: Ewout Dorman
๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐/ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฬ: OPEN Garage in Drumul Taberei, Bucharest (Simone Rots).
๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ/ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐: NAi Booksellers.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ/ ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ: International New Town Institute (INTI) Rotterdam, 2025
๐๐๐๐: 9789081752046
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๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ญฬฆ๐๐ญ ๐๐: European Union within the program Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) and Creative Industries Fund NL/ Uniunea Europeanฤ prin programul Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) ศi Creative Industries Fund NL.
23/10/2025
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๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฬ!
bibelou ศi mileu din colecศia Garaj DESCHIS (2020-2025)
Mobilฤ, cฤrศi, haine sau jucฤrii care nu mai trebuie sรฎnt aruncate sฤ facฤ loc celor noi. Aศadar, din cรฎnd รฎn cรฎnd, diverse obiecte apar pe la colศurile strฤzilor. Acesta este unul dintre ele. Este un bibelou, reprezentรขnd un cรฎine รฎntr-o poziศie jucฤuศฤ, recuperat de la gunoi รฎn cartierul Drumul Taberei รฎn 2021. Produs de masฤ al industriei socialiste, la fel ca mobilierul modern, apartamentele standardizate sau oraศele noi, bibelourile erau folosite de locuitori pentru a รฎmblรฎnzi ศi domestici un mediu prefabricat. Pentru primii locuitori care s-au mutat aici รฎncฤ de la รฎnceputurile cartierului, aceste obiecte au fost printre primele lucruri care i-au ajutat sฤ-ศi construiascฤ un acasฤ. De-a lungul timpului, ele au cฤpฤtat o semnificaศie personalฤ, devenind dispozitive de memorie, aศa cm รฎศi aminteศte o contabilฤ pensionatฤ cรฎnd priveศte unul dintre bibeloruile din colecศie:
โDe ziua mea l-am primit de la fetele de la birou. L-au luat din centru, de la Romarta. Vezi ce frumos e? A fost cu mine atรฎศia ani. ศi la cutremur. Atรฎta s-a miศcat vitrina ศi el n-a cฤzut. Dar s-a spart televizorul. Ne uitam la un film la bulgari. Ce tare s-a simศit la etajul 10! Mergeam รฎn patru labe pe hol. ศi pe urmฤ, am mers pe jos pรฎnฤ รฎn centru.โ (B.M, 2021)
Un studiu publicat รฎn revista Arhitectura 5/1973 despre stilul de viaศฤ al locuitorilor din Drumul Taberei รฎn noile lor blocuri de apartamente a concluzionat cฤ semnificaศia ritual-simbolicฤ a obiectelor a prevalat adesea asupra ipotezelor arhitecศilor de a realiza o organizare spaศialฤ modernฤ, eficientฤ ศi utilitarฤ. Spaศiile interioare, precum ศi cele exterioare, erau astfel โtrฤiteโ dincolo de standarde, norme ศi viziuni tehnocratice impuse de sus รฎn jos. De-a lungul timpului, o serie de practici informale creative ศi neascultฤtoare au transformat cartierul la scarฤ largฤ, devenind un mod de viaศฤ pentru locuitorii sฤi (Alex Axinte).
Lucrarea a constituit โsuvenirulโ ce a ilustrat cartierului Drumul Taberei la expoziศia finalฤ a proiectului New Towns New Narratives, coordonat de International International New Town Institute (INTI) ศi finanศat de Uniunea Europeanฤ รฎn programul CERV. รmpreunฤ cu lucrฤrile artiศtilor Ana Kun ศi alexandra coroi & bogdan dumitrescu, au ilustrat trฤsฤturile cartierului, pe baza proiectului Garaj DESCHIS/ OPEN Garage (2020-2025) ศi รฎn parteneriat cu USAMV Bucureศti ศi Oraศ รฎn buclฤ. Expoziศia a fost prilejuitฤ de lansarea cฤrศii Telling the Story, ce a avut loc pe 15-17 Octombrie 2025 la EPICenter รฎn Nova Gorica, Slovenia. Expoziศia face parte din proiectul Ab Initio - an urban utopia, care, รฎn cadrul Capitalei Europene a Culturii GO! 2025, exploreazฤ modul รฎn care memoria ศi povestirea devin fundamentul comunitฤศii ศi culturii.
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๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ!
knick-knack and embroidery from the OPEN Garage collection (2020-2025)
Furniture, books, clothes or toys that are no longer needed have to make room for newer ones. So, from time to time, various objects appear on the street corners. This is one of them. Itโs a knick-knack, representing a dog in a playful position, recovered from the trash in Drumul Taberei district in 2021. A mass product of socialist industry, just like the modern furniture, the standardised apartments or the new towns, knick-knacks were used by dwellers for taming and domesticating a prefabricated environment. For the pioneers who moved here from the beginning of the district, these objects were among the first things that helped them make a home. Over time, they gained personal significance, becoming memory devices, a as a retired accountant recalls when she looks at one of the knick-knacks from her collection:
โI got it for my birthday from the girls at the office. They bought it downtown, from the Romarta store. See how beautiful it is? Itโs been with me for so many years. Even during the 1977 earthquake. The display case shook so much, but it didn't fall. But the TV broke. We were watching a movie on Bulgarian television. It felt so strong on the 10th floor! We crawled on all fours down the hallway." (B.M, 2021)
A study published in Arhitectura magazine 5/1973 on the lifestyle of Drumul Taberei residents in their new apartment blocs concluded that the ritual-symbolic significance of the objects often prevailed over the architectsโ assumptions of achieving a modern, efficient and utilitarian spatial organization. Interior spaces, as well as exterior ones, were thus 'lived' beyond the standards, the norms, and top-down technocratic visions. Over time, a series of creative and disobedient informal practices have transformed the district at scale, becoming a way of life for its inhabitants (Alex Axinte).
The work was the "souvenir" that represented the Drumul Taberei district at the final exhibition of the New Towns | New New Towns New Narratives project, coordinated by the International New Town Institute (INTI) and funded by the European Union under the CERV program. Together with the works of artists Ana Kun and alexandra coroi & bogdan dumitrescu, they illustrated the districtโ features, based on the Garaj DESCHIS/ OPEN Garage (2020-2025) project and in partnership with USAMV Bucharest and Oraศ รฎn Buclฤ. The exhibition was timed to coincide with the launch of the book Telling the Story, which took place on October 15-17, 2025, at EPICenter in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. The exhibition is part of the Initio - an urban utopia project, which, within the European Capital of Culture GO! 2025, explores how memory and storytelling become the foundation of community and culture.
23/10/2025
22/10/2025
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๐ ๐๐ณ๐จ๐ง/๐ ๐๐ณ๐จ๐ง, ๐ ๐๐ณ๐จ๐ง=ฬธ๐ ๐๐ณ๐จ๐ง, ๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ - ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ข & ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ (@๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐), ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฬ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฆ, ๐๐๐๐.
Proiectul pleacฤ de la texturile pe care le-am adunat รฎn timpul rezidenศei รฎn Drumul Taberei, de la rฤtฤcirile noastre prin cartier ศi de la unele idei pe care le-am schiศat atunci. Lucrฤrile vizuale sunt bazate pe texturile organice pe care le-am catalogat, ศi propun o interpretare vizual-afectivฤ a lor. รn gazon/gazon, repetiศia aceluiaศi cuvรขnt creeazฤ un ritm plฤcut estetic fฤrฤ sฤ creeze variaศie sau diferenศฤ, asta pรขnฤ cรขnd acest โacelaศiโ nu se supra-aglomereazฤ ศi nu se suprapune. Gazonul perfect, cรขmpurile nesfรขrศite de lavandฤ sau rapiศฤ sunt imagini ale repetiศiei perfecte, lipsite de orice concept care sฤ le confere o diferenศฤ ศi, chiar pot fi plฤcute estetic, sunt mai degrabฤ o contra-imagine a naturii โnegospodฤriteโ, mult mai variatฤ ศi neuniformฤ. gazonโ gazon exploreazฤ aceastฤ idee de naturฤ negospodฤritฤ ศi se bazeazฤ pe repetiศie prin diferenศฤ. Aici am folosit denumirile plantelor de pe โpajiศtile experimentale pentru polenizatori ศi Instagramโ din Drumul Taberei. Existฤ รฎn lucrarea asta mai multe prototipuri de plante, fiecare cu atribute, forme ศi densitฤศi specifice, care amplasate รฎntr-un mod aleatoriu-controlat, cautฤ sฤ sugereze agitaศia, forfota, varietatea ศi diferenศa regฤsitฤ รฎntr-o pajiศte cu flori de cรขmp sau un petic de pฤmรขnt lฤsat neรฎngrijit. รn sfรขrศit, poemul aduce pe de-o parte o imagine a acestei lumi geometrizate, lipsite de haos, ศi pe de altฤ parte, oferฤ รฎn oglindฤ o alternativฤ. รn plus, continuฤ seria naraศiunilor imaginare despre Drumul Taberei pornitฤ รฎn timpul rezidenศei ศi abordeazฤ nevoia comunitฤศii de a interveni รฎn personalizarea propriului spaศiu ศi de a proteja creศterea spontanฤ a vegetaศiei ( coroi & dumitrescu).
Proiectul a fost realizat รฎn cadrul programului Towns | New New Towns New Narratives, coordonat de International New Town Institute (INTI) ศi finanศat de Uniunea Europeanฤ รฎn programul CERV ศi au fost inspirate de tema โPractici Informale (verzi)โ a Laboratorului #3 ce a avut loc la Bucureศti รฎn 2024, organizat pe baza proiectului Garaj Deschis / OPEN Garage (2020-2025), รฎn parteneriat cu USAMV Bucureศti ศi Oraศ รฎn buclฤ.
Lucrarea a fฤcut parte din expoziศia finalฤ a proiectului, prilejuitฤ de lansarea cฤrศii Telling the Story, ce a avut loc pe 15-17 Octombrie 2025 la EPICenter รฎn Nova Gorica, Slovenia. Expoziศia face parte din proiectul Ab Initio - o utopie urbanฤ, care, รฎn cadrul Capitalei Europene a Culturii GO! 2025, exploreazฤ modul รฎn care memoria ศi povestirea devin fundamentul comunitฤศii ศi culturii.
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๐ ๐๐ณ๐จ๐ง/๐ ๐๐ณ๐จ๐ง, ๐ ๐๐ณ๐จ๐ง=ฬธ๐ ๐๐ณ๐จ๐ง, ๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ - ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ข & ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ (@๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐), ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฬ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฆ, ๐๐๐๐.
**gazon means lawn in Romanian
The project grew out of the textures we had gathered during our residency in Drumul Taberei, from our wonderings through the neighbourhood and from some ideas we sketched back then. The visual works are based on the organic textures we've catalogued and they offer a visual-affective interpretation of them. In gazon/gazon, the repetition of the same word creates a pleasant aesthetic rhythm without introducing variations or difference, that is until this โsamenessโ doesnโt become over-saturated and doesnโt begin to overlap. The perfect lawn, the endless fields of lavender or rapeseed are images of perfect repetition, devoid of any concept that might bring about difference and, though aesthetically pleasing, they are rather counter-images of the โuntendedโ nature, which is far more diverse and uneven. gazonโ gazon explores this idea of untamed nature and is build on repetition through difference. Here, we used the name of the plants found on the โExperimental meadows for pollinators and Instagramโ in Drumul Taberei. The work includes several plant prototypes, each with its own attributes, forms and specific densities. Arranged in a randomly controlled manner, they aim to evoke the restlessness, bustle, variety and difference found in a wildflower meadow or a patch of unkept land. Finally, the poem offers, on the one hand, an image of this geometrized, chaos-free world and, on the other, it reflects, as in a mirror, an alternative. It also continues the series of imaginary narratives about Drumul Taberei that began during the residency, addressing the communityโs need to intervene in the personalisation of their own space and to protect the spontaneous growth of vegetation.
The drawings were created as part of the New Towns | New Narratives program, coordinated by the International New Town Institute (INTI) and funded by the European Union under the CERV program and were inspired by the theme 'Informal (Green) Practices' of Laboratory #3, which took place in Bucharest in 2024, organized on the basis of the OPEN Garage (2020-2025) project, in partnership with USAMV Bucharest and Oraศ รฎn Buclฤ.
The work was part of the final exhibition of the project, on the occasion of the launch of the book Telling the Story, which took place on October 15-17, 2025, at EPICenter in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. The exhibition is part of the Initio - an urban utopia project, which, within the European Capital of Culture GO! 2025, explores how memory and storytelling become the foundation of community and culture.
21/10/2025
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๐๐ฬ๐ซ๐ญฬฆ๐ข ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌฬฆ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐ฬ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง (๐๐๐๐).
4 desene originale prezentate sub formฤ de cฤrศi poศtale, combinรขnd ilustraศii clasice ale grฤdinilor amenajate pe terenuri publice รฎn Drumul Taberei, 3 realizate de oameni ศi 1 de o viespe, cu comentarii imaginare colorate. Acestea au fost trimise de Ana Kun lui Alex Axinte, cu o micฤ explicaศie pe verso.
Desenele au fost realizate รฎn cadrul programului New Towns New Narratives, coordonat de International International New Town Institute (INTI) ศi finanศat de Uniunea Europeanฤ รฎn programul CERV ศi au fost inspirate de tema โPractici Informale (verzi)โ a Laboratorului #3 ce a avut loc la Bucureศti รฎn 2024, organizat pe baza proiectului Garaj Deschis / OPEN Garage (2020-2025), รฎn parteneriat cu Oraศ รฎn buclฤ ศi USAMV Bucureศti.
Lucrarea a fฤcut parte din expoziศia finalฤ a proiectului, prilejuitฤ de lansarea cฤrศii Telling the Story, ce a avut loc pe 15-17 Octombrie 2025 la EPICenter รฎn Nova Gorica, Slovenia. Expoziศia face parte din proiectul Ab Initio - an urban utopia, care, รฎn cadrul Capitalei Europene a Culturii GO! 2025, exploreazฤ modul รฎn care memoria ศi povestirea devin fundamentul comunitฤศii ศi culturii.
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4 original drawings presented as postcards, combining classical illustration of gardens made on public land in Drumul Taberei, 3 by humans and 1 by a wasp, with colored imaginary commentary. They were sent by Ana Kun to Alex Axinte, with a little explanation on the back.
The drawings were created as part of the New Towns New Narratives program, coordinated by the International New Town Institute (INTI) and funded by the European Union under the CERV program and were inspired by the theme 'Informal (Green) Practices' of Laboratory #3, which took place in Bucharest in 2024, organized on the basis of the Garaj Deschis / OPEN Garage (2020-2025) project, in partnership with Oraศ รฎn buclฤ and USAMV Bucharest.
The work was part of the final exhibition of the project, on the occasion of the launch of the book Telling the Story, which took place on October 15-17, 2025, at EPICenter in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. The exhibition is part of the Ab Initio - an urban utopia project, which, within the European Capital of Culture GO! 2025, explores how memory and storytelling become the foundation of community and culture.
18/10/2025
Highlights from the opening of the exhibition and the launch of the book Telling the Story in the framework of New Towns New Narratives, at EPICenter in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. The exhibition is part of the project Ab Initio - an urban utopia, which, within European Capital of Culture GO! 2025, explores how memory and storytelling become the foundation of community and culture.
Pieces from the OPEN Garage collection, as well as artworks specially commissioned for the theme of the laboratory that took place in Bucharest in 2024, created by Ana Kun and alexandra coroi & bogdan dumitrescu, were part of the exhibition. We will return with details about the artworks in a separate post.
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