Portfolio Category: LICENTA ARHITECTURA

Student: Lac Alexandra
Coordinating Professor: S.l. Dr. Arch. Daniela Negrișanu

The proposed concept illustrates the impact of architecture in the context of memory loss, highlighting its ability to mediate the disconnection between perception and meaning. These aspects analyze the shaping of identity through anamnesis, stimulated by architectural experiences and evoked reminiscences, as well as the mechanisms of perception, which involve the use of the senses for a deep exploration of architecture. The center, beyond being a treatment space, becomes an active factor in the therapeutic process, which, although it will not solve the issue of cognitive decline, will optimize the patients’ quality of life through the built environment’s capacity to generate interactions that reflect the essence of their identity.

Student: Lușcă Maria Claudia
Coordinating Professor: Arch. Adam Romi

The architectural language is shaped by the psychological profile and needs of a person who has experienced trauma, drawing on the principles of healing architecture. Trauma fragments the mind into “before” and “after” episodes, often dominated by fear and pain. In this context, architecture becomes a therapeutic support in the healing process, addressing behavioral, physical, emotional, and cognitive impacts. Healing architecture leverages the power of the built environment to influence psychological well-being. For domestic violence victims, spaces must promote safety, calm, and identity restoration. Environmental factors—light, natural materials, colors, and spatial organization—directly affect stress levels and the recovery process. Beyond visual perception, the multisensory experience of space (texture, smell, sound, shadow) fosters a sense of belonging. Thus, the building becomes more than a shelter—it becomes a space of healing and hope.

Students: Găleșanu Eduard, Hotea Timotei, Pașca Georgiana
Coordinating Professor: Conf. Dr. Arch. Cristian Blidariu

MEKA – Museum of Ecological Knowledge and Awareness transforms the Mecatim industrial platform in Timișoara into a mixed ensemble: plastic recycling factory, research institute, and museum dedicated to the material plastic.

Addressing the post-industrial waste crisis, the project redefines the ruin as active public infrastructure. The existing metal structure is complemented by prefabricated modules made of recycled plastic and local soil, configuring a hybrid system with a reduced footprint.

The continuous flow—collection, extrusion, 3D printing, exhibition—becomes an open didactic stage for the public. Intermediate spaces, a circular walkway, and vegetated courtyards filtered by translucent façades mediate the relationship between technological process and city, cultivating community engagement. Plastic, simultaneously raw material and architectural expression, is revalorized through architecture, with recycling becoming a founding cultural act.

Student: Maxim Silvia-Elena
Coordinating Professor: S.l. Dr. Arch. Claudiu Toma

At the edge of Timișoara, in the Fratelia neighborhood, time seems to have forgotten to move forward. The small houses, with gabled roofs and walls made of solid brick or adobe, tell stories of simplicity, calm, and community. On these quiet streets, life flows slowly: people chatting at their gates, benches that listen to thoughts, windows that open toward the world. The Brick Bond project was born from the desire to preserve this identity and transform it into a foundation for the future. Inspired by the habits and daily gestures of the locals, the project reinterprets the street as a protected indoor space — a playground for children and a space of reconnection for the community. Here, details become symbols: a bench, a window, a door — all reimagined in the spirit of a quiet, shared life. The rotated volume is built on the footprint of the former cultural center, as a gesture of respect for the past and an act of reviving collective memory. Made of perforated metal, it expresses the community’s delicacy, transparency, and sensitivity. Surrounding it, a brick wall embraces it — like a protective shell that binds the new to the old. Brick Bond is about connections — between people, between past and present, between tradition and future. It is a gesture of reconnecting with local memory, an invitation to play, to dialogue, and to come together.

Student: Borcea Sanela
Coordinating Professor: Conf.dr.arh. Cristian Blidariu

Architecture that has the capacity to become a movie includes spaces that have the capacity to become a stage, materials that become characters, and light and shadow that become directors of emotion. This project through the architectural language approached, the functional configuration of the spaces, the various hierarchies, the interaction with the outside, the play of light and darkness, is meant to reflect the creativity and dynamism of the film industry, while providing a functional and efficient environment for the process of teaching and learning through the educational function fulfilled.

The building being more than a film school, it embraces in particular those elements of architectural language that can bring one closer to the cinematic atmosphere described by emerging notions such as dynamism, time, transposition, transposition, fusion, or merging, in a natural and liberal way for the users, from the simplicity of the route through the building and the spaces, to the smallest finishing and ambient details. The spaces of this institute consist of a category of special spaces, which require special needs for their operation and use, special gauges both in plan and section, marked by large openings and considerable heights that ensure the smooth functioning of specific program activities.

The spatial hierarchy is determined by the large performance halls and studios, “black boxes”, which stand out from the outside of the building to the inside as the elements that dominate the space and whose presence is always felt throughout the route through the building, including at the finale level. Essentially, this building is a cinematic experience, which aims to transpose the real-world into the movie world, from the way you enter it and the way you walk through it, to the moment you watch the movie and beyond. The architectural experience is completed according to each user’s perception.

Student: Lazari Ludmila
Coordinating Professor: Arh. Marius Miclăuș

The philosophy of the school of architecture is to gather students and hold them together. Outdoor spaces are very important, so I chose to create a gathering place for educational activities and cultural events. This gathering space is defined by the new school, relating to the old ARChA building. The School of Architecture formally embraces the old building and forms a miniature fortress. The gate to the gathering space – agora, is a huge arch, symbol taken from the cultural context of Timisoara. The arch creates the boundary between the public and the semi-public. The southern area of the school contains the exhibition, which became the main element of the school of architecture. The exhibition space contains the library and connects the design workshops with the research spaces. AGORA – the exhibition is the focus of the building that gathers students and teachers, helping to sediment the relationships between them.

Student: Penișoară Diana
Coordinating Professor: Conf.dr.arh. Cătălina Bocan

From the main driveway, hidden by vegetation, a volume is revealed, announcing the access to the future Parkinson’s Disease Recovery Center, offering privacy. Nestled on the edge of a wood, it is clothed by the forest that creeps between the two buildings, continuing inside. In the inner courtyard, a circle around an old tree symbolizes unity and community. The new building body, made of broken segments, encloses the enclosure and recalls the old organization of buildings in old Brasov, offering privacy and a sense of security.

Student: Sîrb Corneliu
Coordinating Professor: S.l.dr.arh Daniela Negrișanu

In its most literal sense, a retreat signifies a safe place that serves as a shelter from dangers or suffering. This can be a physical location, but at the same time, it can be a psychological space where a person finds comfort, safety, and stability. The idea of a retreat has a crucial impact in the context of mental health care, as access to a secluded, sheltered place contributes to relieving the stress to which people are exposed in their daily lives, offering the opportunity to meditate and engage in activities that bring peace and emotional resilience.

The proposed solution becomes that place of safety and synergy, both with oneself and with the surrounding natural environment. The aim is to merge with the natural surroundings by creating structures that blend into the existing landscape. The image created is that of a Norwegian farm centered around a therapeutic garden, where functions are integrated in an invisible way, in order to respect the natural landscape of the fjords. The path generated along the refuge passes through a series of squares with different degrees of intimacy and is defined by two points that have a direct connection with the existing natural environment: water – the pontoon, and the mountain – the place of contemplation.