Voluntariat i alternative. Un proiect de reparaii pentru Bucureti.

Volunteering and alternatives. ArepairprojectforBucharest.

text: tefan Ghenciulescu

94CicatrizareScar tissue(Raluca Mihalache)

Operaiunile de demolare (primvara lui 2011)Demolitions (spring of2011)

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O nou ax nord-sud taie Bucuretiul. n 2011 i n cadrul unei operaiuni extrem de controversate, o bucat din centrul oraului a disprut sub ochii notri: peisajul apocaliptic agrementat cu buldo-zere din zona Berzei Buzeti evoca, pentru muli, brutalitatea inter-veniilor din anii 80. Zeci de organizaii s-au mobilizat, amendnd absena consultrilor publice i anacronismul unei operaii n deza-cord cu principiile urbanismului actual, care privilegiaz sustenabi-litatea, pietonii i biciclitii (Carta de la Leipzig, 2007 i Declaraia de la Toldedo, 2010, asumate i de ara noastr). Operaiunea este simbolic nu doar prin distrugerile construciilor n aceti 20 de an de haos au disprut mii de cldiri valoroase. ns aici actorul este municipalitatea i nu investitorii individuali; apoi (i n legtur direct cu primul element) nu e vorba doar despre nlocuirea unor cldiri, ci despre raderea unei buci masive de esut urban istoric, cu tot cu strzi i parcele. Reacia societii civile a fost ce-i drept ntrziat, ns extrem de

puternic. i nu s-a limitat doar la proteste, ci a folosit din plin atacul n instan, reuind, cel puin temporar, stoparea operaiei. Sigur, dac te plimbi astzi prin ceea ce a fost un cartier foarte proble-matic urbanistic i social, ns cu mult personalitate i a ajuns azi o ran n plin zon central sau observi cum monumentul istoric HalaMatache este distrus lent i pe ascuns, riti s fii cuprins de un pesimism funebru.

plaNificare alterNatiV

Motive de optimism gseti n schimb nu doar n determinarea constant a coaliiei de asociaii grupate sub numele Platforma pentru Bucureti sau n implicarea Ordinului, ci i n faptul c

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A new Noth-South axis crosses Bucharest. In 2011, under an extremely controversial operation, a part of the city centre disap-peared under our eyes: the apocalyptic scenery accompanied by bulldozers in Berzei Buzeti area reminded, to many, the brutality of interventions in the 80s. Tens of organizations were mobilized, criticizing the lack of public consultation and the anachronism of an intervention in conflict with the principles of current urban planning who favours sustainability, the pedestrians and the cyclists (the Leipzig Charter, 2007 and the Toledo Declaration, 2010, also committed by our country). The intervention is symbolical not only through the destruction of buildings in those 20 years of chaos, thousand of valuable build-ings disappeared in Bucharest. Yet the actor in this case is the municipality, and not indi-vidual investors; then (and in direct connec-tion with the first element), this is not about replacing certain buildings, but pulling down a massive part of the historical urban fabric, with its streets and plots of land.The reaction of the civil society was

delayed indeed, yet extremely powerful. And it was not only about protests, but used the appeal in the court at full, managing,

at least temporarily, to stop the interven-tion. Of course, if one walks through what used to be a truly difficult neighbourhood in terms of urban planning and social issues, but with a strong character, turned today into a wound in the very heart of the city, or notices how Matache Open Market is slowly and hiddenly torn down, he/she may fall under a morbid pessimism.

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One could find reasons of optimism not only in the permanent determination of the coalition of associations grouped under the Platform for Bucharest name, or the involvement of the Order, but also in the fact that this intervention made the profes-sionals organize themselves. The group called Voluntary Architects is exactly that: an interdisciplinary association wich, in the last year, developed strategies and alternative projects for the area. No, this is not about nostalgic or idealistic visions, but of careful analyses (including cross-discipli-nary ones) of the current circumstances and the official project and the drawing up of an alternative urban project (not only the urban planning one) to comply with natural prin-ciples. There is absolutely no question about a commission. Aesthetic or stylisticdebates,

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aceast operaie a generat o organizare a profesionitilor. Grupul numit Arhitecii Voluntari chiar asta este: o asociere interdiscipli-nar, care, de un an ncoace, dezvolt strategii i proiecte alternative pentru zon. Nu, nu e vorba deloc de viziuni nostalgice i idealiste, ci de analize atente (i pluridisciplinare) ale situaiei actuale i ale proiectului oficial i de construirea unui proiect urban (i nu doar urbanistic) alternativ care s respecte nite principii fireti. Nu exist comand aici. Discuiile estetice sau stilistice, precum i orgoliile autoriale lipsesc aici cu desvrire. Sistemul de propu-nere al echipei se vrea mai degrab o demonstraie a posibilitii i pertinenei unei alternative, i pornete de la situaia actual i nu de la una ideal. E interesant cum problema unui cartier rupt n dou ajunge s fie privit n contextul oraului, dar i al zonei: propunerea privete i aciuni asupra Grii de Nord (un element urban central i un teritoriu acum antiurban) sau asupra domesticirii unor axe de circulaieimportante.Desenele i schemele sunt un cadru pentru un program de rege-

nerare; nu trebuie luate drept soluii definitive, ci drept o baz de pornire pentru un parteneriat ntre autoriti, profesioniti i socie-tatea civil. Stadiul actual al proiectului alternativ face obiectul unei publicaii

aprute chiar acum: Cui ie fric de cartierul Matache? Principii de regenerare urban pentru zona Matache Gara de Nord din Bucureti. Cartea, aprut sub egida asociaiei Pro Patrimonio, este uor de neles i pentru publicul neprofesionist i are un rezumat n englez. Dincolo de problema n sine a acestui cartier, este probabil cea mai solid demonstraie de activism urban pozitiv, care reuete s treac de proteste, pentru a pune pe mas o propunere de cum lucrurile se pot face altfel. n aceast parte a Europei (i nu doar) ne tot plngem de urba-

nismul de investitori, de lipsa concursurilor i a a consultrilor veri-tabile, de ineria, ineficiena sau dimpotriv entuziasmul ignorant i distructiv al administraiei. ncet-ncet, ncepem s ne dm seama c, pentru a schimba lucrurile, e mai bine s ncepem s propunem lucruri, s ncercm proiecte i nu doar s ateptm comenzi. Dac putem accepta c arhitectul i urbanistul trebuie s coboare astzi de pe piedestal pentru a-i asuma rolul de mediatori i de partneri ai societii civile, fostul Est ar putea fi unul dintre cele mai potri-vite terenuri pentru o astfel de schimbare. Programul i activitatea Arhitecilor Voluntari construiesc un exemplu foarte potrivit n acest sens.

Macheta propunerii de principiu. n centru, Hala Matache; n fundal, Gara de Nord i piaa reamenajat din faa acesteia. Parcelele demolate sunt ocupate cu construcii ce se articuleaz n raport cu esutul vechi i adpostesc i funciuni publice. Traficul auto las loc i transportului public, i cilor pentru pietoni i bicicliti.

The model of the proposition principles. In the center, Matache Hall; in the background, the North Railway Station and the redesigned square in front of it. The demolished plots are occupied with constructions that articulate the reamining fabric and also house public functions. Car traffic leaves some space for pedestrian and bicycle lanes.

Coperta crii. Conecpt editorial: Mirela DuculescuCover of the book. Editorial concept: Mirela Duculescu

Hala Matache. Distrugeri discrete, martie 2012 Matache Market hall. Discreet destruction, March2012(Raluca Munteanu)

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as well as authorial pride are not to be found there at all. The way of proposing the team actually stands for a demonstra-tion of the opportunity and the pertinence of an alternative, and starts from the current circumstance, and not the ideal one. Actually, it is interesting that the problem of a torn neighbourhood gets to be considered in the context of the city, but also of the wider district: the proposition also regards actions around the North Railway Station (both a central urban point and a presently anti-urban ground) and about taming some important circulation axes. The drawings and the plans are a frame-

work for a regeneration programme; they should not be taken for final solutions, but a starting point for a partnership between the authorities, the professionals and the civilsociety.

These days a book about the current stage of the alternative project was published: Whos Afraid of the Matache district? Principles of urban regeneration for the Matache Northern Station area in Bucharest. The book, assumed by Pro Patrimonio Association, is also easily under-standable for he non-professional audience, and has a summary in English. Beyond the issue of that neighbourhood as per se, it is probably the most solid demonstration of positive urban activism that manages to overcome the protests, to place on the table a proposal of how things could be differentlymade. In this part of Europe (well, not only

here) we always complain about inves-tors urbanism, the lack of competitions, about the people not being asked, about the inertia, the inefficiency, or, quite the

contrary, about the often ignorant and destructive enthusiasm of the administra-tion. Now, we begin to realize that, in order to change things, we should rather propose things, try projects and not just wait for commissions. If we can accept that the architect and the planner could come down from their pedestal and try to act as coordinators and mediators, in the frame of civil society, the former East could become one of the most fertile grounds for such a change. The program and the actions of the Voluntary Architects build up quite a good example in this direction.

http://www.arhiforum.ro/arhitecti/arhitectii-voluntarihttp://www.propatrimonio.org/

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foto/ photo, text: Mihaela Ghi

Staii de autobuz

Bus Stops

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Izvoru

Milostea, 2008

Scorniceti, 2009

Mierea

Acum civa ani, cltoream foarte mult prin ar. mpreun cu un prieten, fceam o documentare a bisericilor de lemn pictate. Cltoriile ne-au purtat prin Romnia profund, aceste biserici de secol XVIIIXIX se afl n sate izolate, departe de lumea dezlnuit. Fr main, acolo ajungi cu rata, cu crua sau, n cel mai ru caz, pe jos, de la ultima oprire a autobuzului.Atunci am observat prima dat aceste construcii de lemn sau de

tabl, menite, la originea lor, s adposteasc oameni i care stteau ntr-o rn, ruginite i drpnate. Totul a nceput ntr-o doar, cu un astfel de opron care funciona

pe post de staie, apoi am observat c nu toate oproanele sunt la fel i astfel mi-a ncolit arogana de a coleciona staii de autobuz aa cum Ed. Ruscha a fcut cu staiile de benzin de pe legendarul drum transamerican Route 66. Ruscha a fotografiat benzinriile cu prilejul unei cltorii pe care a fcut-o, plecnd din Los Angeles, unde locuia, ctre Oklahoma City, oraul natal, s i viziteze mama, i a denumit seria Twentysix gasoline stations. n ceea ce privete abordarea lor strict frontal, i pot cita pe Bernd i Hilla Becher i seria lor de castele de ap. Ei au ales din raiunile lor de grafism aceast abordare frontal a subiectului. Dar s nu l uitm pe Walker Evans, care prin anii 30 avea acelai gen de cadrri fron-tale pentru fotografile citadine i chiar pentru portrete.

A few years ago I used to travel a lot in the country. Together with a friend I worked on a documentary of painted wood churches. During our travels we had access to a profound level of Romania, as the churches dating from the 1819th century are located in isolated villages, far from the madding crowd. If you do not have a car, you can get there by bus, by cart or in the worst case scenario on foot, from the last bus stop. It was then when I first noticed these

constructions made of wood or plate, which were initially meant to shelter people and which just lay there aslant all rusty anddilapidated. Everything started on a whim, with a

shed which was used as a bus stop and then I noticed that not all the sheds are alike and thus an arrogant idea started to arise in my mind: to collect bus stops just like Ed Ruscha collected gas stations on the legendary Trans-American road Route 66.

Ruscha took photos of gas stations while travelling from Los Angeles, where he lived, to Oklahoma City, his native city, to visit his mother and he called this series Twentysix gasolinestations. As for their strictly frontal approach, I can

quote Berns and Hilla Becher and their series of water towers. For graphic reasons they chose this frontal approach of the topic. And lets not forget Walker Evans, who in the 30s used the same frontal frames for his city photos and even for portraits. I can say I have made a series of

portraits of bus stops in their natural environment, the way they were when they charmed me. Minimalist bus stops (just a metallic pole) or huge ones (such as for instance the bus stop at Scornicesti), sculp-tured in wood, like the one in Ciorobesti, covered in blue plexiglass, built, made of rusty plate or wood, abandoned in the face of bad weather or decorated with pictures.

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Turia, Jud. Covasna, 2008

Radu Negru, Jud. Brila, 2011

Pot spune c am fcut o serie de portrete ale staiilor de autobuz, n mediul lor natural, aa cum m-au vrjit. Staii minimaliste (doar un stlp metalic) sau uriae (precum cea de la Scorniceti), sculptate n lemn ca la Ciorobeti, moderne acoperite cu plexiglas albastru, zidite, din tabl ruginit sau din lemn, abandonate intemperiilor sau decorate cu picturi. Primele fotografii nu conineau perso-naje, pentru c nu era ipenie de om prin locurile alea. Apoi am cutat cu bun tiin s nu fie populate, pentru c ele nsele sunt personajeprincipale. Multe dintre ele habar nu mai am pe unde le-am fotografiat.

Cele mai multe sunt pe ruta Vlcea, Dolj (n Oltenia), dar sunt i din Covasna, Brila, Ialomia, Buzu. Uneori, sunt destul de greu de loca-lizat, pentru c se afl ntre dou sate. Unele dintre ele, cele mai noi, au tbli indicatoare. Staia din localitatea Izvoru are i un fel de pisanie scris pe fronton: Aceast staie a fost construit n anii 19901991 cu locuitorii satelor Izvoru i . (ilizibil) sub conducerea nvtorilor Ilie Zugrvescu i Puican Dumitru. E trist? E amuzant? Eti indignat? Sunt o realitate antropologic a

anilor 20082011. Cu siguran, le-ai observat i dumneavoastr ncltorii.

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The first photos did not have any people in them because there was nobody there. Then I purposefully looked for bus stops where there was no one around, because the bus stops themselves were the main character ofthe picture.I have no idea where I took many of them.

Most of them have been taken in Valcea, Dolj (in Oltenia), but also in Covasna, Braila, Ialomita, Buzau. Sometimes they can be quite difficult to locate because they are in between two villages. Some of them, the new ones have a name plate. The bus stop of Izvoru also has a sort of inscription written on its pediment: This bus stop was built in 19901991 with the help of the people of Izvoru village and (illeg-ible) under the leading of teachers Ilie Zugravescu and Puican Dumitru. Is it sad? Is it funny? Are you indignant?

They represent an anthropological reality of the period 2008 2011. You must have noticed them too in your journeys.

Mihaela Ghi a absolvit Facultatea de Geologie i Geofizic n anul 1985 i a profesat 10 ani n acest domeniu. Din 1998, practic jurnalismul de tiin la Radio Romnia Cultural. Cu cinci ani n urm, a nceput cursurile la Universitatea Naional de Arte din Bucureti, secia Foto-Video i este pe cale s absolve masteratul.

Mihaela Ghita graduated the Faculty of Geology and Geophysics in 1985 and she worked for 10 years in this field. Since 1998 she has been working as a scientific journalist at Radio Romania Cultural. Five years ago she started to attend the National University of Arts, Bucharest, the Photo-Video Department and now she is about to graduate a master programme.

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DomografiaUnvehiculpentruimplicareaurban.

A vehicle for urban involvement.

Domografia este un proiect iniiat de Peter Lnyi, Ondej Kurek, Lenka Zbovsk, promovat prin PBlog.sk, care caut s abordeze problemele urbane din Slovacia, angajndui pe locuitori i percepiile lor asupra realitii.

sCENARiuEchipa PBlog a cltorit de-a lungul Slovaciei, de la est la vest. Am

nregistrat cinci documentare-poveti despre proprietarii de locu-ine care au ndrznit s-i realizeze casele ntr-un mod diferit, fapt care se ntmpl n mod frecvent n Slovacia.

sCOpAm oferit marelui public o perspectiv nou asupra arhitecturii.

Construirea unei case nu se refer doar la acoperiul de deasupra capului, ci i la aventur i la contientizarea modului n care dorim s locuim. Noi am nfiat aceast alternativ prin poveti adev-rate despre oameni n situaii concrete.

METODn loc s aducem oamenii la expoziie, am fcut ca expoziia s

vin ctre oameni. Am prezentat filmele noastre pe trei monitoare amplasate ntr-un pavilion-remorc. Acesta i-a fcut apariia peste tot pe unde oraele sunt pline de via: prin trguri, n faa biseri-cilor,n piee.

TExT: Peter LnyipROiECT/ pROjECT: Peter Lnyi, Ondej Kurek, Lenka ZbovskFOTO/ phOTO: Ondrej Kurek, Matej Kurek, Marin Lacza

Domografia is a project initiated by PeterLnyi, Ondej Kurek, Lenka Zbovsk, promoted by PBlog.sk, which seeks to address urban problems in Slovakia, engaging people and their perceptions ofreality.

sCENARiOThe team of PBlog travelled through

whole Slovakia from east to the west. We shot five documentaries stories of house-holders, which dared to build their homes in different way, that is common in Slovakia.

AiMWe offered the general public fresh view

on architecture. The building of house is not only about the roof above head, but also about adventure and realizing how I want to live. We showed this alternative by telling real stories of real people.

METhODInstead of people coming to exhibition,

the exhibition came to people. We presented our movies in three screens placed on our sidecar pavilion. It appeared on every place, where the city life is bustling: at fair, in front of a church, at square.

CREDiTE/ CREDiTs

ONg & blog/ NgO & blog: PBlog.skEchipa/ Team: Peter Lnyi, Ondrej Kurek, LenkaZbovsk, Pavla Lnyiov, Marin Lacza, Slvka Bulkov

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Terenul nainte de intervenie. Mai 2010. Foto: ObratThe site before the intervention. May 2010. Photo: Obrat

Dincolo de antier. Martie 2011. Foto: Suzana KajbaBeyond a Construction Site. March 2011. Photo: Suzana Kajba

Constituirea lotizrilor. Aprilie 2011. Foto: Suzana KajbaMaking allotments. April2011. Photo: Suzana Kajba

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Dincolodeantier

Beyond a Construction Site

FOlOsiN AlTERNATiV

n colaborare cu locuitorii din vecintate i cu alte persoane inte-resate, am transformat o zon aflat n construcie, nchis de mult timp, de pe Strada Resljeva din Ljubljana, ntr-un spaiu comunitar destinat grdinilor aculturii. Realizm astfel elul proiectului numit Dincolo de antier, i anume examinarea i indicarea potenialului zonelor urbane degradate, n scopul revalorizrii printr-o folosin temporar i intervenii ale comunitii. n paralel, se recunoate planificarea spaial i dezvoltarea unui mod participativ i proce-sual, alturi de creterea i promovarea posibilitilor pentru grdi-nrit ecologic urban.antierul de construcie, mult timp izolat n mijlocul unei zone

rezideniale i nu departe de principala staie de cale ferat i de Oraul Vechi, a devenit un loc aglomerat de slcii i mesteceni, acoperit de gunoaie, dup ani de nefolosin. Fiind o zon degra-dat, dar i un simptom al speculaiilor imobiliare i al produciei capitaliste de spaiu, ni s-a prut c poate deveni spaiul ideal pentru iniiativa noastr care subliniaz nevoia unei revitalizri urbane de jos n sus, n care spaiul se manifest ca o dimensiune constitutiv a aciunii sociale.

TExT: ObratFOTO/ phOTO: Obrat, Suzana Kajba, Drago Kos, Gregor Gobec

AlTERNATiVE usE

In collaboration with neighbourhood resi-dents and other interested people, we have been transforming a long-closed construc-tion site at Resljeva Street in Ljubljana into a community space intended for urban gardens, socializing, ecological projects, education, and culture. In this way we are realizing the goal of the project Beyond a Construction Site, which is to examine and show the potential of degraded urban areas and the possibility of their receiving new value through temporary use and commu-nity-based interventions. Parallel to this the goal of the project is to enable spatial planning and developing in a participatory and processual way as well as enhancing and promoting possibilities for urban ecological gardening.The long fenced-off construction site,

in the middle of a residential neighbour-hood and not far from the main railway station and the Old Town, is a place that had become overgrown with willows and birches and covered in rubbish over years of sitting idle. As a degraded site as well as a symptom of real estate speculations and the capitalist production of space it seemed to us to be an ideal space for initiative, which highlights the need for a bottom-up driven urban revitalization and in which space is the constitutive dimension of social action.

TEMpORARy puBliC ACCEss

After determining the ownership of the plot (the Municipality of Ljubljana) and its official status (as a fenced site, it is not regarded as public space), we invited anyone who was interested and, in particular, the residents of the neighbourhood to be part of the planning, design, and use of the site. Through informal conversations with people who lived and worked in area espe-cially at our first meeting with interested

participants in front of the still-closed construction site we tried to find out if our proposal to transform the site into a green space for the community made sense and to listen to the desires, needs, and ideas of the people who were most directly affected by the site in their day-to-day lives. With the permission of the Municipality of

Ljubljana we opened the site for the dura-tion of the festival Garden By the Way organized by the Bunker Institute (second half of August 2010) within which we started the project. At the same time we asked the municipality to grant us an exten-sion on the permit for the use of the plot without charge until the start of the antici-pated construction. After installing a door to allow access to the land, cleaning up the site, learning about and preserving the trees and wild plants that had taken root there, and carting in the first cubic meters of soil, we faced the question of whether or not we needed a plan for organizing the space.

pARTiCipATiVE pRACTiCE

The role of the public and its more active inclusion in decisions about the develop-ment and organization of the space have been significant aspects of the project. Within the project we use a planning process based on the active engagement of the neighbourhood residents and other inter-ested people. But instead of searching for general instruments that would introduce a sort of a dialogue into architectural and urban planning, we strive to formulate a participative practice as an engaged altering practice (a term coined by Doina Petrescu) a critical spatial practice that is aware of power relations, asks ethical questions, takes social responsibility, supports building knowledge through community action, is committed in time and reinvents itself with every new project in a different context.

OinterveniecomunitarntrunspaiudegradatdinLjubljana,Slovenia,revigoreazideeadegrdinritecologicurban.

A communitybased intervention in a degraded urban space in Ljubljana, Slovenia, revives the idea of urban ecological gardening.

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ACCEs puBliC TEMpORAR

Dup identificarea dreptului de proprietate asupra terenului (municipalitatea din Ljubljana) i a statutului su oficial (ca zon ngrdit, considerat nonpublic), am invitat pe oricine interesat, n special pe localnici, s ia parte la planificarea, concepia i folo-sirea zonei. Pe baza unor discuii libere cu cei care triesc i lucreaz n zon n special la prima ntlnire cu participanii interesai, n faa antierului nc nchis am ncercat s aflm dac propunerea noastr de a transforma antierul ntr-un spaiu verde avea sens i s ascultm dorinele, nevoile i ideile oamenilor care erau direct afec-tai de antier n viaa zilnic. Cu permisiunea municipalitii din Ljubljana am deschis antierul

pe durata festivalului Garden By the Way organizat de Institutul Bunker (n a doua jumtate a lunii august, 2010) n cadrul cruia am iniiat proiectul. n acelai timp, am cerut municipalitii s ne ofere extinderea permisiunii de folosire gratuit a terenului pn la nceperea construciei anticipate. Dup instalarea unei ui pentru a permite accesul pe teren, curarea locului, cunoaterea arborilor i plantelor slbatice crescute acolo, n scopul proteciei lor, ncrcarea primilor metri cubi de sol, ne-am ntrebat dac avem sau nu nevoie de fapt de un plan de organizare a spaiului.

pRACTiC pARTiCipATiV

Rolul publicului i al incluziunii sale mai active n deciziile privind dezvoltarea i organizarea spaiului au constituit aspecte semnifi-cative ale proiectului. n cadrul lui, iniiem un proces de planificare bazat pe angajamentul activ al localnicilor i altor persoane intere-sate. Dar, n loc s cutm instrumentele generale care s introduc un tip de dialog n architectur i urbanism, ne strduim s formulm o practic participativ n calitate de practic transformatoare anga-jat (un termen inventat de Doina Petrescu) n sensul unei practici spaiale critice care este contient de relaiile de putere, pune ntrebri etice, adopt responsabilitatea social, sprijin acumularea cunotinelor prin aciune comunitar, fiind angajat n timp i rein-ventat cu fiecare nou proiect, ntr-un context diferit.Lunile de var, toamn i iarn din 2010 au trecut cu un numr

redus de participani. Primvara 2011 a adus o nou energie proiec-tului, cnd localnicii au rspuns invitaiei noastre F-i propria grdin, care anticipa dorina de grdinrit la scar mic, bazat pe o bogat tradiie local n Slovenia. Peste douzeci de persoane au venit atunci la ntlnire, iar acea zi a nceput entuziast cu aranjarea substraturilor vegetale n pregtirea crora am urmat principiul reciclrii i folosirii majoritare a materialelor disponibile la locul respectiv, cum ar fi resturi de cherestea i pietre.

spAiu COMuNiTAR

n calitate de iniiatori ai proiectului, am definit trei reguli de baz pentru folosirea n comun a terenului: fiecare persoan trebuie s-i construiasc propriul substrat vegetal i nici un fel de chimi-cale nu vor fi folosite la grdinrit; n plus fa de ngrijirea propriei grdini, fiecare participant a trebuit s-i asume ngrijirea unei pri din zona comun. Am discutat regulile n grup i, dup semnarea declaraiei de aderare, noii membri au primit cheile de la poarta din fa i umbrarul cu unelte comune. n acest fel, locul a devenit un spaiu comunitar i toi cei care erau acum parte a proiectului Dincolo de antier venind din contexte i cu intenii diferite, cu imprevizibilitatea, eterogenitatea i creativitatea specifice participrii ntr-un astfel de proiect s-au alturat unei comuniti experimentaletemporare.Stabilirea unei grdini comunitare urbane n centrul Ljubljanei pe

un teren public reprezint o formul critic i o alternativ necesar la noua politic a oraului de organizare i arendare a terenurilor mici pentru cultivare. Politica actual a oraului implic o abordare rigid, standardizat i excesiv de formalist, care a atribuit grdinile subur-biilor urbane i, mai mult, chiar se prevede c se va reduce drastic terenul pentru grdinile comunitare.

uN MODEl DE REgNDiRE A spAiului VERDE uRBAN

ntr-o perioad cnd apar toate semnele c o criz general economic, financiar, de mediu i social urmeaz s se intensi-fice, cnd msurile decisive de stimulare a autogospodririi hranei i dezvoltrii durabile sunt de neevitat i cnd e clar c finanarea public din Ljubljana nu va permite continuarea organizrii grdinilor pe terenuri mici n msura i n ritmul concepute iniial, este esen-ial s regndim politica actual a oraului cu privire la grdinritul urban. n legtur cu aceasta, este necesar s regndim categoriile noastre estetice de frumusee (deoarece zonele cu grdini autocon-cepute au fost adeseori criticate ca fiind inestetice), s respingem trivializarea minigrdinilor ca o recliv a trecutului rural i s fim deschii ctre noi nelesuri ale spaiului verde public i comunitar i s includem mai activ publicul n planificarea, conceperea i adminis-trarea acestui spaiu.Astzi, peste 80 de persoane cultiv n jur de 40 de mici grdini i

iau parte la diferite situaii cu caracter public n cadrul proiectului Dincolo de antier. Proiectul e n plin desfurare, dei se afl nc la nceput. Totui, putem spune c, dac l considerm drept exemplu de organizare de jos n sus a unui spaiu urban degradat, capabil s susin eterogenitatea i pluralitatea practicilor i esteti-cilor spaiale, sociale, culturale i de via, proiectul nostru poate fi aplicat ca metod sau punct de pornire i altor amplasamente simi-lare din Ljubljana.

Dincolo de antier. Vara 2011. Foto: Drago KosBeyond a Construction Site. Summer 2011. Photo: Drago Kos

Workshop de grdinrit ecologic. Mai 2011. Foto: Suzana KajbaEcological gardening workshop. May 2011. Photo: Suzana Kajba

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The summer, autumn, and winter months 2010 went by with just a small number of participants. The spring of 2011 brought new energy to the project, when local residents responded to our invitation to Make Your Own Garden, which anticipated the desire for small-plot gardening based on rich local tradition of that practice in Slovenia. More than twenty people came to the meeting and that very day began enthu-siastically setting up their vegetable beds in constructing of which we followed the principle of recycling and for the most part used materials found on the site, such as discarded lumber and stones.

shARED spACE

As the initiators of the project we defined three basic rules for the shared use of the site: each person would construct their own vegetable bed or; no chemicals were allowed to be used in gardening; and in addition to taking care of their own garden, each partic-ipant also had to assume part of the care for the common area. As a group we discussed the rules and after signing the member-ship statement, the new members received keys to the front gate and the common tool shed. In this way, the space became a shared space, and all of us who were now part of Beyond a Construction Site with our varied backgrounds and intentions as well as with the unpredictability, heterogeneity, and creativity that come from shared participa-tion in such a project were joined together in a temporary experimental community.The establishment of an urban community

garden in the centre of Ljubljana on publicly owned land also represents a critique of and a much-needed alternative to the citys new policy of organizing and leasing small garden plots. The citys current policy represent a rigid, standardized, and overly formalistic approach, it relegated gardens to the city outskirts; and what is more, it is predicted that there will be a drastic reduction in the amount of land allotted to community gardens.

A MODEl FOR REThiNKiNg uRBAN gREENspACE

At a time when everything indicates that the general crisis economic, financial, environmental, and social will only inten-sify, when decisive measures for increasing food self-sufficiency and sustainable development are inescapable, and when it is clear that public funding in Ljubljana will not allow for the continuation of organized municipal small-plot gardens to the extent and at the pace as was originally conceived, it is essential to rethink the citys current policy on urban gardening. In connection to this it is necessarily to rethink our categories of beauty (self-designed gardening areas are often criticized for being ugly), to reject

the trivialization of small-plot gardening as a holdover from the rural past, and to be open to new understandings of public and community green space and to include the public more actively in the planning, design, and management of such space. Today more than 80 people are culti-

vating around 40 small gardens and taking part in different, also public, situations at Beyond a Construction Site. The project is in full swing, although it is just at its begin-ning. Still, we can say that, as a bottom-up example of organizing a degraded urban area which advocates for heterogeneity and plurality of spatial, social, cultural, and living practices and aesthetics, the project could be transferred, as a method or a seed, to other similar locations in Ljubljana.

Cinema n aer liber. Iulie 2011. Foto: Suzana KajbaOpen air cinema. July 2011. Photo: SuzanaKajba

Grdinrit. Vara2011. Foto: GregorGobecGardening. Summer 2011. Photo: GregorGobec

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Amplasament/ Location: str. Resljeva, Ljubljana, Slovenia/ Resljeva Street, Ljubljana, SloveniaAutori/ Authors: Obrat (Stefan Doepner, Urka Jurman, Polonca Lovin, and Apolonija uteri)Colaboratori/ Collaborators: Nina Vidi Ivani and the participants of the Beyond a Construction Site project/ Nina Vidi Ivani i participanii la proiectul Dincolo de antierCoproducie/ Coproduction: Obrat, BunkerInstituteProprietarul terenului/ Plot owner: Municipalitatea din Ljubljana/ The Municipality of LjubljanaPerioada de desfurare/ Duration: august 2010 prezent/ August 2010 presentwebsite: http://onkrajgradbisca.wordpress.com/

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Zona aferent unui terminal autobuz de sub Noul Pod din Bratislava a fost transformat prin cea mai ieftin metod de intervenie, n ncercarea de a schimba atmosfera unui mediudisfuncional.

Calitatea ambientului din zona terminalului pentru autobuze de sub Noul Pod din Bratislava las mult de dorit de foarte mult vreme. Oamenii sunt nevoii s-i atepte mijloacele de transport ntr-o zon cu totul nepotrivit i, dup prerea noastr, este ruinos c oraul Bratislava i las cetenii i contribuabilii s-i desfoare activitatea ntr-un mediu att de necorespunztor. Caracteristicile acestui spaiu afecteaz direct starea de spirit i comportamentul utilizatorilor si i exist mai multe exemple de incidente i conflicte care s-au produs aici n trecut. Este greu de neles cum este posibil ca un astfel de spaiu, aflat numai la civa metri de o pia istoric a oraului, s rmn neobservat de edilii oraului i ignorat n aceast stare o perioad att de ndelungat. Dei se constituie ca o intervenie imediat, folosindu-se soluia

cea mai ieftin, Piaa Verde se dovedete a fi prin stridena sa att o provocare, ct i o invitaie la o abordare mai serioas a acestui amplasament problematic. Nu implic doar metoda cea mai puin costisitoare, ci i ncercarea cea mai vizibil de a schimba atmosfera de sub pod i de a scoate n eviden acest mediu disfuncional pe care toi l accept din pur obinuin. Am vopsit o suprafa de aproximativ 1.000 m2 cu vopsea verde

pentru marcaj rutier. Vopseaua combin de fapt materialul standard pentru marcaje cu un adaos de microperle din sticl pentru asigu-rarea capacitii reflectorizante i prevenirea alunecrii. A doua parte a conceptului de proiectare a implicat creativitatea designerului grafic Ondrej Gavalda care a folosit abloane temporare din band adeziv pentru aplicarea vopselei.

TExT & pROiECT/ pROjECT: Urban Interventions + ValloSadovsk ArchitectsFOTO/ phOTO: Pato Safko

A bus terminal area under the New Bridge in Bratislava was transformed through the cheapest method of intervention, in an attempt to change the atmosphere of a dysfunctional environment.

The environment quality at the bus terminal under the New Bridge in Bratislava has been bad for a long time. People have to wait for their bus connections in a very unsuitable area, and we consider it a disgrace that the city of Bratislava lets its citizens and tax-payers function in such an inadequate environment. The characteris-tics of this place directly affect the mood and behaviour of its users, and several disturbances and conflicts have happened here in the past. It is difficult to understand how such an area, only a few metres away from a historic square, has remained unno-ticed by city officials and for a long time practicallyunchanged.Although Green Square is an instant

intervention, the cheapest solution, it is also by its loudness both a provocation and a call for a more serious approach to this

problematic site. It is not only the cheapest method but also, at the same time, the most visible attempt to change the atmosphere under the bridge, and to highlight the dysfunctional environment that everyone accepts out of habit.We painted an area of about 1,000 m2

with green road paint. The painting was made of standard material used for road surface markings, and road safety glass beads were applied to the surface to provide reflectivity and prevent slipping. The second part of the design concept was created by graphic designer Ondrej Gavalda using adhe-sive tape that was painted over and then peeled off.

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Amplasament/ Location: Noul Pod din Bratislava, Slovacia/ New Bridge in Bratislava, SlovakiaEchipa de proiectare/ Project team: MatVallo, Oliver Sadovsk, Duan ChupPerioada de proiectare i realizare/ Design and realisation period: 2011

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n ultima vreme, sau nmulit studiile despre potenialul zonelor industriale din Romnia. Cea mai mare atenie o trezesc nc (evident) ansamblurile de dinainte de 1940, nscrise ca monumente sau cu potenial de a ajunge astfel. Motenirea industrial socialist sa bucurat de mult mai puin atenie, fiind considerat de aproape toat lumea ca neavnd valoare arhitectural (ceea ce de multe ori nu este deloc adevrat). Dincolo de aceasta, vorbim totui despre un ansamblu uria de teritorii, aflate n ora i cu un potenial urbanuria.Workshopurile nu nlocuiesc n mod evident studiile de lung

durat. ns, atunci cnd merg bine, componena interdisciplinar i, de obicei, cea internaional, termenul scurt i concentrarea intensiv asupra unor probleme reuesc s defineasc principii i s aduc idei remarcabile. Este i cazul acestui atelier organizat la Cluj. Asociaia AREA3 studiaz aceast problem de mai mult vreme, iar acest atelier este acum integrat ntro lucrare de mai mari proporii. O colaborare din 2010 cu reeaua Wonderland a dus la realizarea evenimentului prin integrarea programului Project Space1. Atelierul sa referit la Cluj, ns concluziile sale generale sunt perfect valabile pentru ntreaga Romnie i, n mare msur, pentru Europapostsocialist.

contEXt. o LogIc a aBandonuLuI, nLocuIrII I fragMEntrII

Oportunitile i oportunismul regimului economic capitalist au nvlit peste structura urban sistematizat n regimul comunist, fragmentnd, pe alocuri n mod extrem proprietile industriale. Unele mai sunt nc utilizate permanent ca locaii pentru producie

tEXt & foto: AREA3 tHE WorKsHoP as a rEsourcE

There are numerous studies, lately, about the potential of the industrial areas in Romania. Most notable are (obviously) still the compounds before 1940, registered as monuments or with the potential for that. The socialist industrial heritage had less attention, being seen by mostly everyone as of no architectural value (which is many times not true). Beyond that, we do speak of a huge set of territories, located in the city and of a huge urban potential.Workshops cannot replace, clearly, the

long term studies. However, when they go well, the crossdisciplinary element, usually an international one, and the short term and intensive focus on certain issues manage to define principles and bring remarkable ideas. This is the case of this workshop organized at Cluj. The AREA3 Association studies this issue for some time, and this workshop is now integrated in a wider context. A cooperation in 2010 with the Wonderland network resulted in the Project Space1 programme integrated event. The workshop is about Cluj, but its general conclusions are perfectly applicable to the whole Romania and, to a great extent, to postsocialist Europe.

Atelierul organizat la Cluj de platforma pentru arhitectur european Wonderland i asociaia AREA3 a condensat o serie de principii de intervenie pentru revitalizarea platformelor industriale din perioadasocialist.

The workshop organized in Cluj by Wonderland, the plaform for European architecture, and AREA3, condensed a series of intervention principles to revitalize industrial platforms from the socialist era.

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la diverse scri, logistic, depozitare, activiti comerciale, servicii, chiar cazare sau organizare de evenimente. Altele au fost utilizate temporar sau alternant, dar o parte nsemnat este pur i simplu neutilizat, eventual traficat pe piaa imobiliar, cu un istoric greu de urmrit de transferuri, dezmembrri etc. Legat de fondul construit din cadrul acestor proprieti, abordarea cel mai des ntlnit a fost cea a comercializrii elementelor de dotare, structurale i infrastructurale, pe piaa utilajelor tehnologice i a materialelor de construcie uzate, respectiv ca material feros reciclabil. Sa ajuns astfel la peisajul postindustrial dominat de platforme betonate i schelete de beton armat ocupate n proporie tot mai mare de vegetaie, garduri, pori mai mult sau mai puin improvizate i accesibile. Persist totui forfota activitii pe unele proprieti, cu eventuale investiii n extinderi, reabilitri, modernizri de calitate suspicioas, drumurile de acces i parcajele fiind totdeauna nentreinute. Exist propuneri de reabilitare sau noi investiii (proiect de idei, P.U.Z., P.U.D. sau masterplan) proporia de realizri coerente la nivelul rii este ns foarte redus, majoritatea interveniilor fiind paradoxal, abordri greenfield: noi hale pentru retail etc.

contEXt. tHE LogIc of aBandon, rEPLacEMEnt and fragMEntatIon

The opportunities and the opportunism of capitalism invade the standardized urban fabric of the communist regime, splitting, sometimes to the extreme, the huge industrial properties. Some are still permanently used, as locations for production at various scales, logistics, deposits, trade, services, even accommodation or event organization. Others have been used temporarily or alternatively, but some are simply unused, perhaps traded on the estate market, with a history difficult to follow of transfers, dismantling etc. For constructions, the most common approach was to trade their facilities, structure and infrastructure, on the market of used technology and construction materials, or as recyclable iron. One reached thus the postindustrial landscape dominated by concrete platforms and reinforced concrete structures mostly covered in vegetation, fences, gates more or less improvised and accessible. There is some activity on some properties though, with possible investments in extensions, rehabilitation, rather doubtful quality modernization, the access and the parking being badly maintained. There are proposals to rehabilitate

Exemplul Clujului. Dincolo de valoarea arhitectural i de uz al cldirilor, aceste teritorii dezarticulate sunt extrem de importante la scara oraului

The example of Cluj. Beyond architectural and usage value, these destructured territories are extremely important at the scale of the city

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Tema atelierului, formulat prealabil, a atras atenia asupra structurii fragmentate a proprietii. Cu ocazia vizitrii zonei industriale sa ajuns la concluzia c tocmai caracterul fragmentat al proprietii asigur ansa de dezvoltare n condiiile crizei economice: cu ct unitile nchiriate sunt mai mici, cu att mai degrab sunt utilizate ca birou, ateliere de producie, service auto, spltorie, depozit i anexele aferente (magazin, plcintrie, restaurantcantin etc.). Aspectul lor dezolant relev dezinteresul fa de spaiile publice, semipublice/ semiprivate, caracterul improvizat i la nivel minim al investiiei n imobilele nchiriate sau meninute n proprietate cu scop speculativ, i este dominat de ntinse zone inactive. Sa ajuns rapid la prerea c planul urbanistic general i planuri urbanistice zonale i de detaliu, realizate cu implicarea proprietarilor i a chriailor, ar putea clarifica situaia proprietilor i a caracterului public/privat al spaiilor. Interdiciile de demolare a cldirilor valoroase sau cu potenial nsemnat de reutilizare, cuplate cu reglementri administrative financiare de stimulare a investiiei, ar putea soluiona pe termen mediu i lung o parte dintre probleme.

Cu ocazia primului Blind Date2, de la Viena, sa ajuns la concluzia c situaii similare sunt i n vestul Europei: doar scara problemei difer. Singurul aspect specific esteuropean este tocmai fragmentarea generalizat a proprietii.

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Sau formulat o serie de posibile reglementri urbane care ar putea contribui la reintegrarea n complexitatea urban a zonei industriale i exploatarea la nivelul potenialului pe care l ofer. Aceste instrumente pot fi implementate i n alte cazuri, unele fiind utilizate n orae din Europa, pentru consolidarea ncrederii n autoriti i a interesului comunitar asupra divergenei intereselor individuale.

Un scenariu pentru acest tip de zone ar prevedea: ocuparea prioritar a nodurilor de patrimoniu istoric, listate sau nu: cldirile neutilizate la nivelul valorii lor vor fi ocupate i puse n valoare n primul rnd, cu o proporie nsemnat de funciuni publice, preferabil de ctre administraie i organizaii nonguvernamentale, n parteneriate publicprivate;

competiia pentru ocuparea imobilelor: proprietarii privai i publici sunt nevoii s subnchirieze/valorifice imobilele spre a fi dezvoltate chiriaului care propune planul de dezvoltare mai viabil, cu cantitatea mai mare de funciuni i spaii publice, n echilibru cu cele destinate locuirii; investiiile ce depesc un anumit volum vor organiza un concurs de soluii, jurizat de specialiti i reprezentanii administraiei;

gradarea scrii construciilor: scara coeficienilor de ocupare i utilizare a terenului va crete dinspre zonele centrale ctre periferiile urbane, att pe plan orizontal, ct i pe cel vertical; totui, se asigur peste tot densitate relativ mare;

impozitarea incremental a proprietii: impozitul terenurilor nedezvoltate va crete de la an la an; dup 3 ani, administraia propune un chiria sau impune comercializarea dezmembrat conform planului urbanistic n parcele mai mici, adaptate cerinei de pe pia; impozitul poate fi reinvestit n decontaminareaterenului;

reutilizarea obligatorie: nu numai cldirile cu valoare de patrimoniu, ci toate structurile existente vor fi reutilizate att timp ct starea acestora permite utilizarea i transformarea; reutilizarea va fi subvenionat din fonduri locale i naionale, iar pentru investiiile mari n reutilizarea administraiei, vor avea loc negocieri cu investitorul; acest punct corespunde unei logici normale i aplicate n multe locuri din Occident conform creia un teren neutilizat, nici mcar decontaminat timp de dou decenii, este act de specul imobiliar nociv fa de proprietile nvecinate i comunitate, dar i semn al dezinteresului, complicitii sau incapacitii administraiei;

garania de demolare i decontaminare: se va depune n momentul solicitrii autorizrii construciei n zona industrial pentru evitarea renunrii la investiii;

gradarea spaiului public: implementarea spaiului semipublic i semiprivat, prin regulamentul urbanistic; ngrdirea va fi restrns cazurilor justificate, parcelele private cu destinaie public i semipublic consistent vor fi n msur s negocieze beneficii cuadministraia.

Sa convenit asupra faptului c potenialul de dezvoltare n cadrul economiei bazate pe cunoatere, asigurat de reeaua de educaie universitar, precum i colapsul activitilor industriale pot favoriza relansarea tradiiei locale de producie, dezvoltare tehnologic i concepie de articole noi. Aceste lumi pot mpri cldiri neutilizate i pot lansa germene de organizare microeconomic i dezvoltare comunitar, n structurile spaiale specifice, cu ateliere la parter i

or invest (ideas projects, Local Development Plan, Specific Detail Plan or masterplan), the ratio of coherent achievements in the country is very low though, most of the interventions being, greenfield ones: new retails spaces etc.

The topic of the workshop, defined beforehand, drew the attention on the fragmented structure of the property. Visiting the industrial area, we concluded that, in these times of crisis, the very fragmented character of the property provides the opportunity for development: the smaller the rented units are, the more they are used for office, production space, car service, laundry, warehouse and connected appendices (shop, pie shop, canteenrestaurant etc.) Their upsetting image indicates the lack of interest to the public, semipublic/ semiprivate spaces, the improvised character and the minimum investment in the rent spaces or kept as property for speculations, and is dominated by wide inactive areas. We quickly reached the opinion that the Development Plan document and the Zonal Development plans or Specific Development plans, carried out with the involvement of owners or tenants may clarify the case of properties and the public/ private character of spaces. The interdictions to demolish valuable buildings or those with a remarkable reusage potential, in addition with financial administrative regulations to stimulate investment may be the medium and long term solution for some of the issues.

For the first Blind date2 in Vienna, the conclusion was that there are similar cases Western Europe: only the scale of the issue is different. The only specific EastEuropean

element is the very generalized fragmentation of the property.

a sErIEs of IdEas and tooLs

Certain possible urban regulations were defined, which could contribute to reintegrating the industrial area in the urban complexity and making use of it at the potential it offers. Those instruments could be applied in other cases as well, some of them in European cities, to consolidate the trust in authorities and the community interest over individual divergent interests.

A scenario for that type of areas wouldcover: a first step occupation of historical heritage knots, listed or not: unused buildings at their value will be occupied and first of all capitalized, with a major share of public functions, preferably by the administration and nongovernmental organizations, in publicprivatepartnerships;

a competition to occupy the buildings: the private or public owners have to subrent/ capitalize the buildings to be developed for the tenant who comes up with the most viable development plan, with the maximum public function and spaces, in balance with those meant for housing; investments over a certain volume will go into a solutions competition, evaluated by experts and members of the administration;

the gradual scale of constructions: the scale of plot ocupation and use will rise from the centre to the margins, both horizontally, as well as vertically; however, a relatively high density will be covered allover;

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birouri la etaj. Semne ale acestui proces pot fi identificate deja i pot fi amplificate printro strategie bazat pe reglementri urbanistice, cooperarea ntre administraie i proprietari, sistem de subvenii i finanri, realizarea unor funciuni de suport i mbuntirea infrastructurii.

Malurile Someului pot fi transformate ntro fie verde de recreere, destinat traficului pietonal i de biciclete, conectat reelei de transport public i auto, cu locaii dezvoltate n apropiere ce pot include hale pentru sport amenajabile cu costuri reduse i n timp relativ scurt. Trasee tematice de explorare industrial, ecologic, de agricultur urban pot fi amenajate n relaie cu nodurile perimetrale i cele din interior.

Este necesar o strategie economic i administrativ, destinat implementrii investiiilor n locuine. Evocnd modelul apreciat i azi al oraului medieval autosuficient la nivel comunitar, este timpul reinterpretrii esutului consacrat, realizat cu tipologia locuinei urbane multifuncionale: atelier public, depozitare, locuin privat, individual sau colectiv, cu sau fr curte interioar, n funcie de densitatea urmrit. n mod similar, modul de organizare comunitar existent pn la secolul XX peste tot n Europa, bazat pe vecinti, ce mai persist pe alocuri n oraele mediteraneene, poate netezi excesele individuale prin aportul reprezentrii mult mai directe al interesului comun n cadrul administraiei. Structurarea comunitar a spaiului i a activitilor urbane va implementa ierarhizarea semiprivat/semipublic a spaiului i va crea condiiile eliminrii tensiunii dintre interesul privat/individual i responsabilitatea asupra proprietii publice.

n final, sa menionat faptul c inovaia i pionieratul n utilizarea spaiului sunt att de importante, nct cei care ocup i utilizeaz un teren sau o cldire (squatters) n Olanda, au dreptul de a negocia cu proprietarii imobilului vacant.

Rezultatele atelierului au fost formulate de ctre dou echipe. O echip a procesat imagini realizate cu ocazia turului zonei industriale n trei serii de cri potale colectibile, material de campanie i promoie. Prima serie formuleaz problemele oraului legate de zona industrial vacant, a doua serie identific potenialul, iar a treia prezint soluii posibile. Cealalt echip a realizat conceptul unui atelier de aprofundare a spiritului i cunotinelor antreprenoriale, intitulat SpringLab, eveniment ancorat turnului fabricii Clujana, cel mai important punct de reper al zonei industriale, gol la rndul su. Materialul de promovare realizat descrie acest nou proiect, la realizarea cruia participanii au consimit s colaboreze n 2012 i anii urmtori.

the incremental taxation of property: the tax on undeveloped areas will rise from one year to the next one; after 3 years, the administration suggests a tenant or imposes the separate trading, according to the urban plan, in smaller areas, adjusted to the market needs; the tax can be reinvested in land decontamination;

compulsory reusage: not only the listed buildings, but all existing structure are to be reused as long as their state allows the usage and transformation; the reusage will be subsidized by local and national funding, and for great investments in reusage, the administration will negotiate with the investor; that point follows a normal logic applied in many areas in the West according to which an unused land, nondecontaminated for two decades, stands for toxic estate speculation to the neighbouring properties and the community, and also for a sign of apathy, complicity or incapacity ofadministration

the guarantee for demolition and decontamination: will be submitted when the construction permit is asked for in the industrial area, to avoid giving upinvestments;

grading the public space: the implementation of semipublic and semiprivate space, through urban planning regulations; the restriction will be limited to applicable cases, private lots with a consistent public or semipublic destination will be able to negotiate benefits with the administration.

We agreed on the fact that the development potential in the knowledgebased

economy, covered by the higher education network, as well as the collapse of industrial activities may be work for relaunching the local production tradition, the technological development and design of new goods. Those areas could share unused buildings and may launch seeds for microeconomic organization and community development in specific spatial structures, with workshops at the ground floor and offices at the upper ones. The signs of that process may already be found out, and may increase through a strategy based on urban planning regulations, the cooperation between the administration and the owners, a system of subsidies and funding, carrying out support functions and improving the infrastructure.

In Cluj specifically, the Some river banks can be turned into a green area for recreation, meant for pedestrian and bike lanes, connected to the public and car transport network, with areas developed close by which may include gym halls that can be set up with low costs and in a relatively short while. Thematic routes for industrial, environmental usage or urban agriculture could be arranged in relation with perimetric knots and those inside.

An economic and administrative strategy is required, meant to implement the investments in housings. Referring to the model, valued today as well, of the medieval selfsustainable city as a community, it is time to reinterpret the established fabric, based on the typology of a multifunctional urban house: a public workshop, a storage area, a private housing, individual or collective, with or without a inner yard, depending

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1 Project Space o serie de ateliere organizate de Wonderland pentru studierea unor probleme la nivel european, n cadrul unor echipe internaionale, multidisciplinare, participarea fiind legat de concurs internaional de justificare a interesului fa de temele i locaiile propuse anual. Tema general a anului 2011 adresa Spaiile golite (Vacancy).

2 Blind Date alt program al platformei Wonderland, ce a dus la cuplarea asociaiei AREA3 cu asociaia Umbauwerkstatt.atw, preocupat de salvarea Fabricii de Tabac (proiectat de atelierul lui Peter Behrens) din Linz.

crEdItEAtelier Wonderland: Blind Date + PROJECT SPACE Organizat de: wonderland platform for european architecture, AREA3Finanat de: arch+ing, Bm.U.K.K., U.A.R. fondul cultural asigurat din timbrul pentru arhitectur, Forumul Cultural Austriac, Bucureti, Planwerk, blipsz!www.wonderland.cxwww.area3.roParticipanii la atelierul Project Space Cluj: Ronald Boer i Jonmar van Vlijmen/ placemakers (NL), Roland Krebs/ urban issues (AT), Levente Polyk (HU), Erika Barth/ coop pe strad (RO). Lydia Wissa (AT), din partea Wonderland i membrii umbauwerkstatt.atw, Lorenz Potocnik i Gunar Wilhelm, tinerii arhiteci din Cluj Camelia i Tams Sisak, Marius Moga/ Atelier MASS, Sebastian Ionescu i organizatorii locali Istvn Benedek, Zsolt Sznsi, Istvn Psztor/ AREA3, blipsz! sau alturat procesului de studiu condus de Bahanur Nasya/ wonderland (AT). Procesul a fost documentat de Yilmaz Vurucu (CAN) i kos Kn (RO). Aventura a durat 3 zile i 4 nopi, ntre 31 august i 4 septembrie, fiind lansat printrun Blind Date tematic. La conferina de lansare a atelierului la Fabrica de Pensule, au participat: Irina Iamandescu, preedinte al A.I.R. Asociaia pentru Arheologie Industrial, Corina Bucea/ Fabrica de Pensule, Eugen Pnescu/ Planwerk, O.A.R. Transilvania, A.C.E., Szabolcs Guttmann, O.A.R. Transilvania. Atelierul, organizat n spaiul .P.A.C./ Atelier Protokoll a durat dou zile, cu prezentarea final n seara zilei de 3 septembrie.

1 Project Space a series of workshops organized by wonderland to explore certain issues at European level, in international, crossdisciplinary teams, the participation being connected by the international competition to ground the interest for the themes and the locations proposed annually. The overall theme of 2011 was Vacant spaces.

2 Blind Date another programme of wonderland platform, leading to the connection of AREA3 association with umbauwerkstatt.atw, preoccupied by saving the Tobacco Factory (designed in Peter Behrenss workshop) in Linz .

crEdItsAtelier Wonderland: Blind Date + PROJECT SPACEOrganized by: wonderland platform for European architecture, AREA3Funded by: arch+ing, Bm.U.K.K., Union of Romanian Architects a cultural fund covered by the architecture stamp, Austrian Cultural Forum, Bucharest, Planwerk, blipsz!www.wonderland.cxwww.area3.roParticipants to Project Space Cluj workshop: Ronald Boer and Jonmar van Vlijmen/ placemakers (NL), Roland Krebs/ urban issues (AT), Levente Polyk (HU), Erika Barth/ coop on street (RO). Lydia Wissa (AT), from Wonderland and members of umbauwerkstatt.atw, Lorenz Potocnik and Gunar Wilhelm, young Cluj architects, Camelia and Tams Sisak, Marius Moga/ Atelier MASS, Sebastian Ionescu and local organizers, Istvn Benedek, Zsolt Sznsi, Istvn Psztor/ AREA3, blipsz! Joined the study lead by Bahanur Nasya/ wonderland (AT). The process was documented by Yilmaz Vurucu (CAN) and kos Kn (RO). The adventure lasted 3 days and 4 nights, between 31 August 4 September, being launched in a thematic Blind Date. At the launch taking place at The Paintbrush Factory, the following participated: Irina Iamandescu, chair of Association for Industrial Archaeology, Corina Bucea/ Fabrica de Pensule, Eugen Pnescu/ Planwerk, O.A.R. Transilvania, A.C.E., Szabolcs Guttmann, O.A.R. Transilvania. The workshop, organized at .P.A.C./ Atelier Protokoll lasted two days, with a final presentation on 3 September.

on aimed density. Similarly, the way to organize a community until the 20th century, all over Europe, based on neighbourhoods, which still persists in Mediterranean cities, may smoothen individual excesses through the contribution of a more direct representation of the common interest in the administration. The communitarian structuring of space and urban activities will implement the semiprivate/ semipublic hierarchy of the space and will create the conditions of eliminating the tensions between the private/ individual interest and the responsibility over the public property.

At the end, it was mentioned that innovation and pioneering in using the space are so important, that those who occupy and use an area or a building (squatters) have the right to negotiate with the owner a stagnant building in the Netherlands.

The results of the workshop were expressed by two teams. One team worked out images taken after the tour of the industrial area in three series of collectible postcards, a campaign and promotion material. The first series defines the issues of the city connected to the vacant industrial area, the second identifies the potential, and the third presents possible solutions. The other team developed the concept of a workshop to further explore entrepreneurial spirit and knowledge, called SpringLab, an event linked with the tower of Chiajna factory, the top reference point of the industrial area, yet void as well. The resulted promotion material features that kind of new project, for which participants agreed to cooperate in 2012 and the coming years.

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Dup tiina mea, Street Delivery e singurul festival urban inde-pendent din aceast parte a Europei, legat n mod direct de un proiect de regenerare urban. Scopul principal al acestuia este transformarea poriunii de est a strzii Artur Verona (unde are loc festivalul) ntr-un spaiu pietonal i crearea unei legturi pietonale mai puternice cu partea de vest a strzii: o ax urban cultural ntre partea de est i cea de vest a centrului. Dincolo de PUZ-ul aprobat (i oarecum ngheat), prima aciune oficial a avut loc sub forma amenajrii unei mici piaete n zona Bisericii Anglicane.

europalei i un banner publicitar cu harta Bucuretiului a celor de la studioBASAr) au avut un mesaj clar i puternic.

Operaiileconcretenacellocsuntnimpas,nssencearcontrire a proiectului comunitar. Mi-a plcut cum nc un proprietar (societatea TiAB) i-a dat jos tabla de dup gard i a deschis curtea ctre strad (vizual cel puin, iar n cele trei zile ale Festivalului, i fizic, prin gzduirea unor activiti). Principalii iniiatori ai proiectului, librria Crtureti i oAr i-au invitat pe ceilali vecini de pe strad la o discuie i un prnz; nu au venit muli, iar dialogul la care au participat lucru rarissim - i doi arhiteci-efi), dar e un nceput bun. E nevoie de mai muli parteneri i de o relansare susinut a proiectului, mai ales n condiiile n care, din nou, toat lumea vorbete n mod obsesiv despre autostrzi, maini, fluidizri i aa mai departe.

Proiectul Verona a fost iniiat de un grup de arhiteci i asumat ntre timp de Ordinul Arhitecilor i este printre foarte puinele aciuni de activism urban din Romnia care au i nregistrat primele rezultate concrete i permanente.

Aici e i miza, de fapt: s i asumi un proiect de lung durat i s nu rmi doar proiectant, ci i administrator, comunicator, negoci-ator, partener ntr-un proces.

Festivalul e o parte esenial a acestui proiect pe termen lung: arat ce bine e ca strada s devin pietonal, dar a devenit i o platform pentru proiecte i luri de poziie nrudite: de la proiecte ecologice la asociaii promovnd mersul pe biciclete, de la expunerea de proiecte urbane alternative la salvarea patrimoniului, promovarea meteugurilor etc.

ntre timp, pe strad a aprut nu doar scuarul amintit, ci i vreo trei terase noi (permanente), iar evenimentul a devenit din ce n ce mai popular. Poate prea popular, zic unii care au criticat aprig evoluia trendy i comercial a ultimelor ediii.

2012 diN Nou uN party cu atitudiNe

Eu zic c e bine c se ntmpl o superpetrecere acolo timp de 3 zile. Petrecerile inteligente i haioase produc uneori mai mult comunitate dect un milion de simpozioane.

Sunt dou lucruri care mi-au plcut n mod special la aceastediie: nprimulrnd,tonetelecuhand-made-uriaudisprut,iar

festivalul i-a rectigat caracterul bazat pe ateliere, pe perfor-mance-uri i pe exprimarea unor poziii (uneori, virulente): Roia Montan, de exemplu, a fost foarte prezent n acest an. Majoritatea interveniilor (cum a fost i spectaculoasa piscin din

More thaN a feStival aNurBaNprograM

To my knowledge, Street Delivery is the only independent urban festival in this part of Europe, directly linked to an urban regeneration project. The key aim is to turn a part of Artur Verona Street (where the festival takes place) in a pedestrian area and the setting of a stronger pedestrian connec-tion with the Western side of the street: a cultural urban axis between the East and the West of the centre. Beyond the approved Local Development Plan (somehow in a deadlock), the first official action included the setting of a small square in the area of the Anglican Church.

The Verona project was initiated by a group of architects and meanwhile adopted by the Order of Romanian Architects, and is one of the very few actions of urban activism which recorded the first real and permanent results.

This is where the stakes are, actually: to take responsibility for a long term project and be more than a mere designer, but also administrator, communicator, negotiator, partner in a process. The festival is an essential part of this long term project: it shows how good is when the street becomes a pedestrian space, and also becomes a platform for related projects and positions: from environmental projects to associations promoting the use of bikes, from the display of alternative urban projects heritage saving to the promotion of crafts etc.

Meanwhile, on the street, there were more than the small square mentioned, that is about three new (permanent) cafes with terraces; the event becomes increasingly popular. Perhaps too popular, some say, which criticized fiercely the trendy and commercial progress of the last editions.

2012 once again, a party with attitude

I think its good for a super-party to take place there for 3 days. Smart and fun parties generate sometimes a better community than a million symposia.

There are to things which I appreciated especially to this edition: firstly,thehand-madeproductstands

disappeared, and the festival reclaimed its workshop character, performances and the expression of positions (sometimes rather forceful): the Roia Montan ecological and heritage scandal was very present this year. Most of the interventions (including the spectacular pool studioBASAr made of euro pallets and a promotional banner with the map of Bucharest) had a clear and strong message

realinterventionsthereareinadeadlock,but the community project seems to be strengthened. I liked the way an owner (TiAB) took off the iron behind the fence and opened the courtyard to the street (at least visually, and, for the three days of the festival, also physically, by hosting certain activities). The key initiators of the projects, Crtureti Bookshop and the Order of Architects in Romania invited the other neighbours on the street to a lunch and a debate; not many came, yet the dialogue they engaged in extremely rare included two head-architects), but this is a good start. Several partners are needed, as well as a sustained relaunch of the project, especially given the condi-tions in which, once again, everybody now talks about obsessively about highways, cars, fluent traffic, and so on.

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Un pavilion comunitar n Bochum, Germania, devine platform pentru stimularea imaginaiei n ceea ce privete viitorul unui cartier suburban i locuitorii acestuia.

A community pavilion in Bochum, Germany becomes a platform for stimulating the imagination about the future of a suburban neighbourhood and itsinhabitants.Amplasament, Brunnenplatz Site, Brunnenplatz

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Hustadt este un cartier suburban situat la limita sud-estic a oraului Bochum. Acesta a fost construit spre sfritul anilor 60 (68), ca un model de cartier care urmeaz standardele urbane generale, pentru a satisface necesitile unui numr de aproximativ 6.000 de locuitori. Hustadt a fost planificat cu o varietate de uniti de locuit astfel nct s asigure locuri adaptate diferitelor necesiti i condiiilor de trai complexe. Zona a fost gndit pentru a constitui aa-numita Universittsrahmenstadt centura rezidenial din jurul campusului Universitii Bochum n dorina de a oferi profesorilor, studenilor, cadrelor universitare i angajailor publici posibilitatea locuirii n vecintate.

Oricum, n timp, Hustadt a suferit mai multe transformri ca rezultat al diferitelor dezvoltri sociale, economice i politice rela-ionate cu situaia global actual, aflat n permanent schimbare. A trecut prin schimbri dramatice n ceea ce privete locuitorii si, iar cei aflai n prezent n Hustadt au venit din toate colurile lumii. Aproximativ 56 de naionaliti diferite coexist n acest cartier, reprezentnd diferite culturi, moduri de via i obiceiuri, genernd astfel un microcosmos multinaional la bine i la ru.

Nu mai este necesar s spunem c, n afara cartierului n sine, Hustadt are reputaia de a fi un ghetou. A dobndit un renume negativ, care a stigmatizat zona vreme ndelungat. Rata ridicat de omaj, durata extins a procesului de integrare i comunitatea aflat n continu schimbare limiteaz posibilitatea locuitorilor si de a se raporta la acest loc ca la o cas a lor.

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n 2008, am primit o invitaie din partea primriei oraului Bochum de a realiza un proiect de art pentru Hustadt, cartierul suburban cu un nceput interesant i o istorie recent turbulent. Proiectul plani-ficat s dureze nou luni s-a transformat ntr-un proces de nego-cieri, discuii i aciuni de-a lungul a trei ani. Comandat mai nti de ctre municipalitatea oraului Bochum ca un proiect de art public convenional, a devenit apoi o iniiativ autoorganizat, cu sprijinul militanilor locali (Aktionsteam), i a fost acceptat n cele din urm n planul de regenerare urban pentru Innere Hustadt, consti-tuind o parte din Stadtumbau West Programul de Regenerare Urban pentru Hustadt, Bochum. Am realizat diferite activiti pentru aceast zon cu scopul de a testa amplasamentul, pentru a folosi rezultatele ca argumente n discuiile politice i pentru a pune n practic n cele din urm ideea noastr referitoare la Pavilionul Comunitii Brunnenplatz 1 infrastructur multifuncional pentru piaa principal din Hustadt.

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Hustadt is a suburban neighbourhood on the south-east edge of the city of Bochum. It was built in the late 1960s (1968), as a model neighbourhood following general urban standards, to fulfil the needs of approximately 6000 inhabitants. Hustadt was planned with a variety of housing units in order to provide a place for different needs and a complex living situation. The area was intended to be the so-called Universittsrahmenstadt a residential area framing the campus of the Bochum University intended to offer professors, students, academics, and public employees the possibility to live in the vicinity.

However, along the way Hustadt has undergone several changes as a result of various social, economic, and political developments related to todays changing global situation. It has seen dramatic changes in its population and the people living in Hustadt today come from all over the world. Approximately 56 different nationalities live in the neighbourhood, with many different cultures, lifestyles, and habits coexisting every day in close prox-imity to each other, creating a microcosm of the world for good and for bad.

It goes without saying that outside of the neighbourhood itself Hustadt has the reputation of being a ghetto. It has gained a bad name, which has stigmatized the area for quite some time. The high unemploy-ment, lengthy integration processes, and constantly changing community limit the possibility of its inhabitants beginning to relate to the place as their home.

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In 2008, I received an invitation from the city of Bochum to make an art project for Hustadt, a suburban neighbourhood with an interesting beginning and turbulent recent history. The project, which was planned to last nine months, turned into a three-year process of negotiations, discussions, and actions. First commissioned by the City of Bochum as a conventional public art project, it became a self-organized initiative together with local activists (Aktionsteam) and was finally accepted in the urban regeneration plan for Innere Hustadt as part of Stadtumbau West Urban Regeneration Program for Hustadt, Bochum. We developed different activities for the neighbourhood in order to test the location, use the results as arguments in political discussions, and finally realize our idea for the Community Pavilion Brunnenplatz 1 multifunctional infrastructure for the main square in Hustadt.

Workshop cu locuitorii din Hustadt, 01.2009

Workshop with Hustadt inhabitants, 01.2009

Grdinrit pe zona verde public

Gardening on publicgreen

Workshop pentru reparaii de bicicleteBicycle repair workshops

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The Hustadt Project is not only an archi-tectural object or urban infrastructure but mainly a process composed of several parts, which was concluded with the opening of the Community Pavilion Brunnenplatz 1.

Parts of the process: research of then existing situation, including many formal and informal meetings, discussions, and workshops with people living in Hustadt. The aim of this research was to create the conditions for unofficial public participation and, together with a group of inhabitants, make a proposal that could influence and would definitely shift the official urban regeneration process in Hustadt.

Public participation was realized through various actions taking place on the main square Brunnenplatz: Sunday brunch, flea market events, bicycle repair workshops, dance workshops, storytelling and public readings, gardening on public greens, lectures and presentations, exhibitions, festivals, and building a temporary pavilion as part of the trial project.

Pavilionul comunitar, aciune cu inscripii pe tabl, 09.2011

Community Pavilion, blackboard action, 09.2011

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Proiectul Hustadt nu este numai un obiect arhitectural sau o infrastructur urban, ci n principal un proces format din mai multe pri, care s-a ncheiat cu deschiderea Pavilionului Comunitii Brunnenplatz 1.

Prile acestui proces au fost constituite de cercetarea situaiei existente la momentul respectiv, inclusiv de multe ntlniri oficiale i neoficiale, prin discuii i ateliere cu oameni care locuiesc n Hustadt. Scopul acestei cercetri a fost acela de a crea condiii pentru o participare public neoficial i, mpreun cu un grup de locuitori, de a face o propunere capabil s influeneze i s schimbe categoric procesul oficial de regenerare urban din Hustadt.

Participarea public s-a realizat prin diferite aciuni care au avut loc n piaa principal Brunnenplatz: gustarea de duminic, orga-nizarea de trguri de vechituri, ateliere de reparare a bicicletelor, cursuri de dans, lecturi publice i depnare de poveti, grdinrit pe pajitile publice, conferine i prezentri, expoziii, festivaluri i construirea unui pavilion temporar ca parte din proiectul de prob.

Proiectul Hustadt se bazeaz pe aciune i negociere ntre autorit-ile oraului i iniiativa local. ntregul proces a dus la schiarea unei propuneri pentru Pavilionul Comunitii Brunnenplatz 1 un loc de ntlnire pentru oamenii care locuiesc n Hustadt; pentru a-i ncuraja s acioneze i s reacioneze la condiiile actuale independent de instituiile sociale oficiale, s creeze ei nii un loc pentru ei nii.

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Proiectul Hustadt a devenit o platform care a stimulat imaginaia privind viitorul locului i al locuitorilor si. El se axeaz i se refer la distribuirea puterii n spaiul public, la rolul artistului/ arhitectului n cadrul proiectelor de regenerare urban, la ideea de echitate spaial, i abordarea spaiului public n funcie de felul n care acesta este neles de diferii actori.

Pavilionul Comunitii Brunnenplatz 1 reprezint o reea de activiti sugerat de locuitorii nii: o buctrie de var, un loc de aezat, o mic scen de spectacol, un cinematograf n aer liber, un atelier de reparat biciclete i multe altele. Scopul a fost acela de a crea un loc care s stimuleze i s-i inspire pe toi cei care locuiesc n zon.

Pavilionul Comunitii Brunnenplatz 1 a devenit o miniinstituie cultural autoorganizat, care va continua s lucreze pe viitor n strns legtur cu locuitorii si (Festivalul de Film al Verii Hustadt 2012). Custodele Pavilionului Comunitii a devenit UmQ e.V. Universitatea ntlnete Querenburg, Asociaia pentru Cultura Strzii, care se va ocupa de Pavilion i pe viitor.

Proiectul Hustadt a dat natere unei discuii de amploare n cadrul comisiei legislative a oraului. Nu a fost un proces uor. Am reuit s mrim bugetul iniial cu 500% i am transformat o comand de art public convenional ntr-un proces participativ sustenabil.

The Hustadt Project is based on action and negotiation between the city authori-ties and the local initiative. The entire process has been leading to the drafting of a proposal for the Community Pavilion Brunnenplatz1 a meeting place for people living in Hustadt; to encourage them to act on and react to present conditions, outside of official social institutions, to create a place by themselves and for themselves.

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The Hustadt Project has become a platform that has stimulated the imagina-tion about the future of the place and its inhabitants. The project is focused on and addresses distributions of power in public space, the role of the artist/architect within urban regeneration projects, the issue of spatial justice, and the appro-priation of public space as understood by differentactors.

The Community Pavilion Brunnenplatz1 is a network of activities suggested by the inhabitants themselves: a summer kitchen, a sitting place, a small performance stage, an outdoor cinema, a bicycle repair workshop, and much more. The goal was to create a place that would stimulate and inspire everyone living in the neighborhood.

The Community Pavilion Brunnenplatz1 became a self-organized mini cultural insti-tution that will continue in the future to work closely together with its inhabitants (Summer Film Festival Hustadt 2012). The custodian for the Community Pavilion has become the UmQ e.V. University meets Querenburg, Association for Street Culture, which will also care for the Pavilion in thefuture.

The Hustadt Project has provoked a huge discussion within the city legislature. It has not been an easy process. We managed to expand the initial budget by 500% and turned a conventional public art commission into a sustainable participatory project.

Construcia pavilionului temporar, var 2009

Building Temporary Pavilion, summer 2009

Pavilionul comunitar, autoorganizare la faa locului, var2011

Community Pavilion, self-organized building site, summer 2011

Pavilionul comunitar, cinema, vara 2011

Community Pavilion, cinema, summer 2011

Pavilionul comunitar, 2011

Community Pavilion, 2011

Credite & info/ Credits & info:

Titlu/ Title: Proiectul HU_stadt, Pavilion comunitar, Brunnenplatz 1/ HU_stadt Project, Community Pavilion, Brunnenplatz 1Amplasament/ Location: Hustadt, Bochum, Germania/ Hustadt, Bochum, GermanyAutor/ Author: Apolonija uteri Colaborare/ Collaboration: Aktionsteam oreea informal de activiti din Hustadt/ Aktionsteam an informal network of HustadtactivistsArhitect peisagist/ Landscape architect: Christine Wolf, Landscape architects wbp GmbH, BochumStructur/ Structural engineers: MeYer & PArTner Bauingenieure, BochumSprijin financiar/ Finances: Programul Stadtumbau West, Municipalitatea din Bochum,

Fondurile BKVB Olanda, Ministerul Culturii rS, Fundaia iKeA i munc individual voluntar/ Stadtumbau West Program, Bochum City Council, Fonds BKVB The Netherlands, Ministry of Culture RS, iKeA Foundation and hours of individual voluntary workSuprafaa amenajat/ Floor surface: 106 m2Materiale de construcie/ Construction materials: perei de beton, structuri de lemn (molid), panouri acrilice/ concrete walls, wooden construction (spruce), acryl-glass platesMobilier/ Furniture: lemn de molid + lemn de esen tare recuperat de la o pergol veche/ spruce wood + recycled hardwood from an oldpergolaGrdin/ Garden: grdin de ierburi replantate/ herb garden re-planted

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