:STUDIO was founded by Marius Stelian Gaman and Ana-Maria Branea as a research and experimentation laboratory focusing on understanding and exploring urban patterns and parameters, transformations and planning practices, architecture and design. :STUDIO is dedicated to creating sustainable interventions and projects, developed mainly for competitions or academic research. These investigations and experiments have been published, awarded and exhibited nationally and internationally.
:STUDIO a fost creat de Marius Stelian Gaman si Ana-Maria Branea drept laborator de cercetare si experimentare, punându-se accent pe întelegerea si explorarea modelelor si parametrilor urbani, transformarile urbane si practicile de planificare, arhitectura si design. :STUDIO este dedicat crearii de interventii si proiecte durabile, dezvoltate în principal pentru concursuri si cercetare academica. Aceste investigatii si experimente au fost publicate, premiate si expuse la nivel national si international.
Ana-Maria Branea
Ana-Maria Branea is a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Timisoara, class of 2009 and has an Urban Design Master’s Degree (2010) and a PhD on the subject of urban management and e-participation (2014). She is currently a Lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, where she teaches studio design and urban planning and is head of the Urban Planning Batchelor’s degree unit, having been a faculty member since 2009. She is part of the Research Centre for Urban Planning Timisoara since 2006, undertaking large scale applied research on urban design and planning, is a member of the city’s Urban planning technical advisory committee and won awards in national and international competitions on architecture and urbanism.
Ana-Maria Branea a absolvit Facultatea de Arhitectura, Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara, promotia 2009, si a obtinut diploma de masterat in Urbanism si amenajarea teritoriului (2010) si doctorat în management urban si e-participare (2014). Este lector în cadrul Facultatii de Arhitectura si Urbanism, unde preda planificare urbana si în cadrul atelierului de proiectare si conduce unitatea tematica de urbanism a examenului de diploma, fiind angajata în cadrul facultatii din 2009. Din 2006 face parte din Centrul de cercetare pentru dezvoltare durabila Timisoara, colaborând la proiecte de cercetare aplicata la scara mare. Face parte din Comisia tehnica de urbanism a Primariei municipiului Timisoara si a câstigat premii la competitii nationale si internationale de arhitectura si urbanism.
Marius Gaman
Marius Gaman is a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Timisoara, class of 2009 and has an Urban Design Master’s Degree (2010) and a PhD on the subject of sustainable urban development (2015). He is currently a Lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, where he teaches studio design and urban planning, having been a faculty member since 2009. He is part of the Research Centre for Urban Planning Timisoara since 2006, undertaking large scale applied research on urban design and planning, and won awards in national and international competitions on architecture and urbanism.
Marius Gaman a absolvit Facultatea de Arhitectura, Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara, promotia 2009, si a obtinut diploma de masterat in Urbanism si amenajarea teritoriului (2010) si doctorat în dezvoltare urbana sustenabila (2015). Este lector în cadrul Facultatii de Arhitectura si Urbanism, unde preda planificare urbana si în cadrul atelierului de proiectare, fiind angajat în cadrul facultatii din 2009. Din 2006 face parte din Centrul de cercetare pentru dezvoltare durabila Timisoara, colaborând la proiecte de cercetare aplicata la scara mare si a câstigat premii la competitii nationale si internationale de arhitectura si urbanism.Collaborators:
Alexandru Malaescu, Iulia Fratila, Stefana Badescu, Mihai Danciu, Dan Antonescu, Roxana Patrulescu, Dan Bunea, Stelian Gaman, Smaranda Bica, Monica Izvercian, Adrian Foltean, Oana Petrescu.
Awards:
Nominee for the Projects Section of “Anuala Timisoreana de Arhitectura”, project Pruitt Igoe Now - Natural Reclaim, organizer OAR Timis, Timisoara, Romania, 2012
Finalist, Pruitt Igoe Now Competition, project Pruitt Igoe Now - Natural Reclaim, with Alexandru Malaescu, organizer Michael R. Allen - Preservation Research Office St. Louis & Nora Wendl – Department of Architecture at Portland State University, Saint Louis, USA, 2012
Finalist, Transiting Cities – Low Carbon Futures International Design Ideas Competition, project Latrobe City - Reclaiming the Landscape, organizer Latrobe City, RMIT University, Office of Urban Transformations Research and Regional Development Australia, Latrobe City, Australia, 2012
1st place, Urban ID: Architecture and urban regeneration competition for Lia Manoliu National Stadium, Bucharest, Organizer United Kingdom Embassy in Bucharest and Sector 2 – Bucharest City Hall, Bucuresti, Romania, 2011
1st place, Secu Resort, with Alexandru Malaescu, Urban ideas competition Resita City – Secu Resort, organizer Resita City Hall, Resita, Romania, 2009
3rd place, Câlnicel Area, with Alexandru Malaescu, Urban ideas competition Resita City – Câlnicel Area, organizer Resita City Hall, Resita, Romania, 2009
Exhibitions:
“BETA 2016”, Timisoara architecture biennial Exhibition – competition, finalist projects Erie Boulevard, Gateway Slatina & Green – Between, location Baroque Palace, Art Museum Timisoara, 01 October – 16 November, 2016
“Elevating Erie”, ERIE CANAL MUSEUM, The City of Syracuse and the Town of DeWitt, New York, May 2016
“O decada de planificare spatiala în România”, organizer “Ion Mincu” University of architecture and Urbanism (UAUIM) and Romanian Architects Union (UAR), Bucharest, February 2014
“Anuala Timisoreana de Arhitectura”, organizer OAR Timis and “de arhitectura” magazine, 2013
“Encoded Fields”, Casa Artelor, Timisoara, 2013
“Transiting Cities - Low Carbon Futures International Design Ideas Competition” Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Victoria, Australia, 2012
“Pruitt Igoe Now” Traveling Exhibition, North St. Louis July 25 - August 31, Saint Louis, Missouri, SUA, 2012
“Anuala Timisoreana de Arhitectura”, organizer OAR and “de arhitectura” magazine, 2012
“Bienala Nationala de Arhitectura Bucuresti 2012”/ National Architecture Biennale Bucharest 2012, organizer Romanian Architects Union, 2012
“A101 Block City competition - LIVING Frontiers of Architecture”, Louisiana Art Museum, Copenhagen 2011
“hiSTORIES of RESTORATION” – Picking Up the Pieces for Architectural Reborn, organizer Expose Architecture Association, location “Bastionul Theresia”, Timisoara, 2011
"From real estate to organic growth" Budapest Architecture Month 2010, organizer Romanian Cultural Institute Budapest, Research centre for sustainable development, Faculty of Architecture, Politehnica University Timisoara, 2010
“Cresterea Organica – Amenajarea Spaţiului Public Urban”, organizer Romanian Urban Planners Registry - West Region Territorial Office and the Faculty of Architecture, Politehnica University Timisoara, 2010
“Urban ideas competition Resita City”, organizer Resiţa City Hall and Romanian Urban Planners Registry - West Region Territorial Office, 2010
“Anuala Timisoreana de Arhitectura”, organizer OAR Timis and “de arhitectura” magazine, 2009
Lectures/conference:
2nd International Conference on Protection of Historical Constructions PROHITECH, Antalya, Turkey, 2014
6th International Congress "Science and Technology for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Basin", Athens, Greece, 2013
“Anuala Timisoreana de Arhitectura”, project presentation, organizer OAR Timis and “de arhitectura” magazine, Timisoara, Romania, 2012
8th International conference on structural analysis of historical constructions, Wroclaw, Poland, 15-17 October 2012
8th European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance Neapolis University Pafos, Cyprus, 8-9 Noiembrie 2012
6th European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation, University College Cork, Ireland, 13-14 September 2012
5th International Congress, Science and technology for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Basin, Cultural Heritage Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, 22-25 November 2011
International Conference on Landscape Architecture (LA '10), Timisoara, Romania, 21-23 October 2010
Recent advances in Risk Management, Assessment and Mitigation, (RIMA ‘10) Bucharest, Romania, 2010