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Smart Station is a complete renovation of existing public transport stations in Bucharest. It caters both to the people, by adding several facilities to the station and to the public authorities, by giving them more relevant data to use in the decision-making process.

Griébal is an Aragonese village that was abandoned when its land was flooded due to the construction of the Mediano reservoir. In 1990, the use of the Griébal village centre and its surroundings was ceded to be converted into a youth centre, currently managed by the Griébal Scout Foundation. The project is an important educational work for our young people. It promotes volunteering, the use of sustainable resources and offers activities in nature that revitalise rural areas at risk of exclusion.

how sustainable are our furniture? how can we transform into a livable and circular future?
"new furniture" aims to tackle these issues and serves as a tool and exhibition design for young carpenters, furniture makers, and designers.
consisting of several stages of interaction, "new furniture" explains to the user the problems we have with our furniture and provides them with the knowledge and tools necessary to design and build circular furniture.

[Re]Thinking the city emerges as a project developed at the intersection of art and activism, based on our investigations with the inhabitants of Coimbra, started in 2020, about the main problems of the city. Our proposal is to transform this study into performative acts that allow us to bring attention to the problems and solutions from the citizens’ point of view. We want to create a score that will allow, through artistic practices, civil society to have a voice that can be heard differently.

The proposal for the regeneration of Wied is-Sewda Valley aims at bringing life back to a neglected area in the centre of Malta. Over the years, the basin hosting water during the rainy season and preventing from flooding in the area was covered in concrete, converting the green and agricultural area into a neglected grey one. We believe that our masterplan regeneration proposal would help reconnecting the area to the community, finally benefiting from its green valley.

LOT is a digital platform that enables citizens to claim patches of unused land to start greening projects.
LOT works with land owners to list tiny or big land patches leading to co-management and use of green infrastructure at a hyperlocal level.

The Silesian Park is a relict of the communist era, but despite its propaganda character, the park turned out to be a success. However, this place known for its innovative spirit has fallen into neglect. The concept is a strategy for the whole park and as an architectural intervention creates a design that would enliven the space, by the restoration of the Greenhouse Tower - a vertical farming structure in the new garden area, a place that combines education, cultivation and social interactions.

Adaptation of industrial heritage and smart grid city as a way to sustainable architecture. The energy crisis and limited resources of materials once again supported my thesis of energy self-sufficiency and efficient sharing of energy in the city. The project perceives the problem of dealing with waste and demolitions as a source of materials. It shows the concept of zero waste, selective demolition, recycling and upcycling on an architectural project.

How an ancient and proven Middle-East method could help Europeans minimize their electricity bills' cost during summer while enjoying thermal comfort and protecting the environment by reducing global carbon dioxide emissions? The answer is found in wind catchers, a passive cooling, energy-efficient method of cooling buildings without the use of mechanical systems, by taking advantage of natural ventilation, shading, and heat-absorbing materials to maintain comfortable indoor temperatures.

La Souplothèque is a Recuperatheque specializing in flexible materials. This is a second-hand materials store that makes local resources available. It works with its own currency: the wind. The interest of the project is to reduce the production of waste, to promote innovation through reuse, to avoid cluttering spaces and to create social ties.