Reimagining the Garden of University House, Bucharest (our proposal for the recent competition which, due to an unfortunate event, did not take part in the official jury process).
Over a century and a half, additions crowded the monument and cut its garden off from the city. Our conviction: everything needed to repair this is already on the site — it needs to be revealed, not reinvented.
The excess is removed, and new interventions gently curve towards the surrounding landmarks, anchored in the site rather than placed upon it. A rhythm of arches and stained glass carries a quiet trace of the neo-Gothic interior into the garden. The landscape is organised in three parts: the romantic garden around the House, the productive zone of restored greenhouses, and the park with its amphitheatre. The historic view of the House is recovered and completed by a reflecting pool, while new entrances reconnect the garden to the city.
Main author: VATRAA | Anamaria Rusu, Bogdan Rusu, Andrei Patriche, Anda Elis Cauia, Alexandra Zaharescu, Noela Szeker
Architecture collaborators: Ana-Denisa Popa Becheru, Mario Peiciu, Dinu Dogaru
Landscape collaborators: S.C. West Consulting S.R.L. , MUUR Atelier 35 S.R.L | Radu Matei, Radu Georgescu, Adrian Vasile
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