LOCUINŢĂ PENTRU TREI GENERAŢII, DESTINUL UNUI CONCEPT
DWELLING FOR THREE GENERATIONS, THE DESTINY OF A CONCEPT

Summary/Abstract: The article-essay type-outlines the story of trying application in the residential program of a concept, namely of age perspective in architecture. The project had a real client, an extended catholic family composed by a young married couple with a small child, the client’s mother and grandmother. The future users’ desire was the achievement of a duplex gf+1+possible attic, composed by two residential units differentiated in size, favourable obviously as area to the two young people who had in perspective a second child also. The dwelling was to be accomplished in Popeşti-Leordeni city, on Iosif Trâncioveanu Street, by the demolition of an old house, wagon-type, where they presently were living. The story of the discussions with the five beneficiaries in the spirit of well tempered participative architecture, the partial victories in overall conformation and the use of a contemporary language is illustrated by volumetric and planimetric studies. Becoming into reality of the project is parasitized by the emergence of the future contractor-father and architect son, apparently a graduate of private education, at least at declarative level. The fear of losing the monopoly of the so-called design over the area gives another twist to the collaboration with the nice family. Finally, what remains? The ideas, the backbone of a professional architect and a beautiful story with ultimate “living in Romania occupies all our time”.

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