De-a arhitectura in my room
10-14 years old
DURATION: 4 hours/day, 3/4 days
IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS: extracurricular holiday activity
TEACHING METHOD: experiential learning through practical activity
TYPE OF CURRICULUM: transdisciplinary and integrative (arts + sciences)
GUIDED BY: a team of architects/urban planners/designers/landscapers
PLACE: event/online partner space (according to the event description)
ACTIVE: since 2016
In a sensitive period when children make the leap from childhood to adolescence, an emotionally charged moment of profound physical and physiological transformations, of self-redefinition on the path to adult life, the interior space where they spend a lot of time needs to resonate and align with their inner changes.
By providing a blank canvas on which children can manifest their creative force, expressing who they are, what interests they have, what passions, hobbies, and emotions move them, we try to assist them in their transformative journey and support them with openness, understanding, and trust in their ideas and strengths.
Thus, we created for them a Practical Guide of information and inspirations to help them redesign their room, the space that will redefine their personality as teenagers, and also to explore a new field, that of interior design.
During the workshops, with the help of tutorials and the practical guide of information and inspirations specially made for them, the children will illustrate on models their vision of the ideal room, will create a presentation film of their idea, and will present the result in front of all participants, being inspired and guided by the architects from the De-a Arhitectura team.
The sixth edition of the project “De-a Arhitectura in My Room” took place in Brașov from June 21-23, 2022, in the form of a series of summer workshops dedicated to children aged 9-12. During the workshops, with the help of a materials tutorial and a practical guide of information and inspirations specially made for them, the children illustrated on models their vision of the ideal room. Guided and inspired by the architects from the De-a Arhitectura team, they worked alongside other children, made their design proposal, created a presentation film of their idea, and showcased their results in front of all participants.
The workshop was guided by: Arch. Ioana Aldea, Arch. Alina Rudei, Arch. Cristina Țurcanu, Arch. Deea Ursachi, Arch. Cristina Vechiu. The material was written and documented by: Arch. Maria Cristina Găvozdea, Arch. Oana Pavăl, and Arch. Claudia Bingöl. Graphics belong to: Arch. Veronica Sava.
Program Coordinator: Arch. Corina Croitoru. Local Organizers: Arch. Ioana Aldea and Arch. Deea Ursachi.
Winners of the sixth edition:
1st Place, worth 3000 lei: Mateia Ghițescu
2nd Place, worth 750 lei: Mara Noaghiu
3rd Place, worth 750 lei: Alessia Nechifor
The fifth edition of the project “De-a Arhitectura in My Room” dedicated to children aged 10-14 took place from July 10-18, 2021 (with the support of Atelier 21 and DS Smith Packaging Romania) in Timișoara, in the form of a series of face-to-face summer workshops. During the workshops held at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism Timișoara (FAUT), CLUB Space, with the help of a materials tutorial and a practical guide of information and inspirations specially made for them, the children illustrated on models their vision of the ideal room. They were inspired and guided by the architects from the De-a Arhitectura team: Arch. Dana Cioran (Ardelean), Interior Arch. Elena Handrea, Arch. Alexandru Todirică, Arch. Alexandra Trofin. The architects helped the young ones practice presenting the projects they conceived using study models.
The fourth edition of the project “De-a Arhitectura in My Room” was held for free from June 15 to July 3, 2020 (with the support of the Order of Architects of Romania and Siniat Romania) in the form of an online summer course (with two meetings per week) dedicated to children aged 10-14. During the course, with the help of a materials tutorial and a practical guide of information and inspirations specially made for them, the children illustrated on models their vision of the ideal room. They were inspired and guided by the architects from the De-a Arhitectura team. They worked alongside other children, remotely, made their design proposal, created a presentation film of their idea, and showcased their results in front of all course participants.
The third edition of the competition “De-a Arhitectura in My Room” consisted of a 3-day workshop (camp) that took place at the MATER Materials Library in Bucharest from July 9-11, 2019. Here, children from grades IV to VII from the 2018-2019 school year, inspired and guided by the architects from the De-a Arhitectura team, made their design proposal, created a model of their room, and filmed a presentation of their idea.
Winners of the third edition:
Tessa Şerban– 1st Prize for the “De-a Arhitectura in My Room” Camp in Bucharest
Lorena Zavelca – 1st Prize for Orizont Elementary School in Bucharest
Adelina Bianca Ioniţă – 1st Prize for the “De-a Arhitectura in My Room” Workshops – a series of 6 workshops in Braşov
Medeea şi Cosmina David – Special Prize offered by the course authors, Maria Găvozdea and Oana Pavăl.
The second edition of the ” De-a Arhitectura in My Room” competition involved the free distribution, supported by Holcim Romania, to children enrolled in the projects ” De-a Arhitectura in My City” and ” De-a Arhitectura in My School” during the 2017-2018 school year, from grades IV to VIII, of the Book ” De-a Arhitectura in My Room”. This book contains a summary of the information from the online guide ” De-a Arhitectura in My Room”, as well as the worksheets necessary for the room design project, alongside the launch of the second competition between January and June 2018.
To give other children the opportunity to engage with the world of architecture under the guidance of the De-a Arhitectura architects and to redesign their rooms, and because the two second and third prizes were not awarded in the ” De-a Arhitectura in My Room” competition, the De-a Arhitectura Association decided to organize a separate event, a workshop-competition ” De-a Arhitectura in My Room”, supported by AFI Cotroceni, in which two participants were awarded the unclaimed second and third prizes from the first event. The workshop took place in Bucharest, and everyone was welcome from all over the country, including children who participated in the previous competition but did not win.
Winners of the second edition:
1st Place: David Cozma, Ştefăneşti, Argeş County / Result
2nd Place: Teodora Mateescu, Bucharest / Result
The first edition of the contest “De-a Arhitectura in My Room” involved the creation of the online Guide “De-a arhitectura in my room” and the launch of the first contest in the period March-July 2017.
Winners edition I:
First place: Teodora Anna Colan, Târgovişte
Second place: Flavia Birla, Bucharest
Third place: Victoria Savu, Bucharest