INNOMINCU Conferences INnovation as Necessity, Opportunity in “Ion MINCU” University Research” 2025 reached the fifth consecutive edition and is being carried out within CULTADISER 2024 – Strengthening the institutional capacities of UAUIM for research in architecture and urbanism by creating a culture of results dissemination, project funded by FDI 2024, domain D6 - Development of institutional capacities for university research-FDI-2024
The 2025 theme – “Emerging Horizons” complements the topics of previous editions, 2021-2024, contributing to increasing the knowledge and research specific information dissemination in academia:
2021: Dezvoltare durabilă (Sustainable development)
2022: Sănătate (Health)
2023: Circularitate (Circularity)
2024: Soluții bazate pe natură (Nature based solution)
"Emerging Horizons" suggested meaning is precisely the fertile recognition of today's world simultaneities, in highly and accelerated change, that challenges us to see how, right in front of us, several horizons are emerging: new vocations of architectural space, new meanings of the city and new ways of shaping interior space and design.
The event is addressed to teachers, researchers, doctoral students, students and professionals in the fields of architecture, urbanism, landscaping, interior architecture, construction, designers and product/object creators, as well as to all those interested in the conference themes and proceedings.
Registrations for INNOMINCU 2025 conference at
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfC0ekvNFUTuFhgvPfuCHO8Iwvdfza_Tulsy9jCJscq1vMoJg/viewform
or by scanning the QR code on the event poster, presenting all the lecturers. Upon registration you will obtain the Zoom connection link, if online participation is opted.
Day 1: 15 October 2025, 16:00, Frescos Hall
Intelligens
1. Space as mind extension. Applied neuro architecture principles
Sc. Research. PhD Arch. Andreea ROBU-MOVILĂ / ‘Research Management’ Department, UAUIM
Guest speaker:
2. Victoria City: 3 utopias. Sociological research and innovation
Sc.Research. Soc. Prof. Dana DIMINESCU / Institut Polytechnique de Paris, École des Telecom, I3-CNRS
3. AI for Architecture: developing tools for responsible creative exploration
Assoc. prof. PhD Arch. Ionuț ANTON, Assist. PhD Arch. Ana Daniela ANTON / ‘Basics of Architectural Design’ Department, UAUIM
4. Learning through experiment
Senior Lect. PhD Arch. Valerica POTENCHI / ’Study of Form and Ambience’ Department, UAUIM
5. Intelligence for a meaningful life of place
Assoc. prof. PhD Arch. Cosmin CACIUC / ‘Basics of Architectural Design’ Department, UAUIM
Environments – matters – communication
1. Signage - medium and message
Prof.PhD. habil. Arch. Andra PANAIT / ’Basics of Architectural Design’ Department, Faculty of Architecture, UAUIM
2.The role of non-verbal communication in architecture: how space "speaks" to the user and how this language can be optimized
Senior Lect. PhD Arch. Codruța IANA MIHAIL / ’Interior Design’ Department, Faculty of Interior Architecture, UAUIM
3. Metropolis - urban space, public space, humanized space
Senior lect. PhD Arch. Andrei Eugen LAKATOȘ / ’Basics of Architectural Design’ Department, Faculty of Architecture, UAUIM
4. Communication as a visibility strategy in higher education of architecture -IMUAU, from physical to digital space and vice versa, towards community belonging-
Senior lect. PhD Arch. Mihaela ZAMFIR, Assist. PhD urb. landsc. Alexandra DULVĂR, Senior Lect. PhD. Arch. Ana DAIA, Assoc. prof. PhD. Arch. Lorin NICULAE / ’Synthesis of Architectural Design’ Department, Faculty of Architecture, ’Urban and Landscape Planning’ Department, Faculty of Urbanism, ’Study of Shape and Environment’ Department, Faculty of Interior Architecture, ’Basics of Architectural Design’ Department, Faculty of Architecture, UAUIM
5. Arhipera: participatory design -on site dialogue through the architecture workshop –
PhD cand. Arch. Silvia NICULAE, Assoc. prof. PhD Arch. Lorin NICULAE / ’Basics of Architectural Design’ Department, Faculty of Architecture, UAUIM
6. "Station point" – a complex instrument with a role in exploring/revealing the spirit of the place of a studied site. the formative role of methodical observation.
Assoc. prof. PhD Arch. Vlad EFTENIE / ’Basics of Architectural Design’ Department, Faculty of Architecture, UAUIM
7. Job exchange for architects -how we communicate about the architectural profession-
Senior lect. PhD. Arch. Emil IVĂNESCU / ’Basics of Architectural Design’ Department, Faculty of Architecture, UAUIM, President of the Order of Architects, Bucharest Branch
City
1. Recent Traces and the Future of the City
Assoc. prof. PhD Arch. Ștefan GHENCIULESCU / ‘Basics of Architectural Design’ Department, IMUAU
2. On Redefining the Boundary: Rediscovering Meaning in the Periphery
Senior lect. PhD Arch. Alexandra AFRĂSINEI / ‘Basics of Architectural Design’ Department, UAUIM
3. Inherited City: Collective Memory and Industrial Legacies
Senior lect. PhD Arch. Ilinca PĂUN-CONSTANTINESCU / ‘History & Theory of Architecture and Heritage Conservation’ Department, UAUIM
4. Art in the City. Exhibition Pavilions
Senior Lect. PhD Int. Arch. Ana MOHONEA DAIA / ‘Study of Form and Ambience’ Department, UAUIM
5. Counterfactual Urbanism
Assist. PhD Arch. Alexandru Cristian BEȘLIU / ‘Basics of Architectural Design’ Department, UAUIM
6. Keynote speaker: Revitalizing Architecture Through Vedanga Principles
Prof. PhD Arch. Shaleen Sharma - India, Dean - School of Architecture, World University of Design
Day 2: 16 October 2025, 16:00, Frescos Hall
Education – growing – methods
1. Mazzocchioo Studio. A city anatomy
Assoc. prof. PhD Arch. Ștefan SIMION, Senior Lect. PhD Arch. Emil BURBEA, Assist. PhD Arch. Cristi BORCAN / ‘Basics of Architectural Design’ Department, UAUIM
2. Fragmentarium – Studio Archives
Prof. PhD habil. Arch. Melania DULĂMEA / ‘Basics of Architectural Design’ Department, UAUIM
3. Urban Wise – Solutions that Reduce Carbon Emissions
Assist. Ph.d. urb. landsc. Alexandra DULVĂR COLȚOȘ / ‘Urban and Landscape Planning’ Department, UAUIM
4. Where are the city muses?
Assoc. prof. PhD Arch. Francoise PAMFIL / ‘Basics of Architectural Design’ Department, UAUIM
5. A-Compositional architecture working methods
PhD cand. Arch. Maria GHEMENT, Senior Lect. PhD Arch. Justin BARONCEA / ‘Synthesis of Architectural Design’ Department, UAUIM
6. Concept-conceptual
Assoc. prof. PhD Arch. Mihaela PELTEACU / ‘Basics of Architectural Design’ Department, UAUIM
7. What Do You Mean by Sustainable, Genuine or Greenwashed? Demystifying and Critical Exploring in Education through the Debate Method
Senior Lect. PhD Arch. Oana MIHĂESCU / ‘Technical Sciences’ Department, UAUIM
8. Diploma Project. Ideological trans-formations, between school and practice of ‘50 -80
Senior lect. PhD Arch. Ana-Maria VESA-DOBRE / ‘Basics of Architectural Design’ Department, UAUIM
Design-build
1. Dwelling as a Full Practice: Lessons from the Topolog Valley
Senior lect. PhD Arch. Cristina Aurora BUDAN / ‘Basics of Architectural Design’ Department, UAUIM
2. Summer of Architecture
Assoc. prof. PhD Arch. Ana-Maria Goilav / ‘Basics of Architectural Design’ Department, UAUIM
3. The Circularity of Timber and Professional Communication in Contemporary Architecture _ abstract
Assoc. prof. PhD Arch. Lorin NICULAE / ‘Basics of Architectural Design’ Department, UAUIM
4. IMUAU Summer School Schönberg
Vis.Art PhD Museum Curator Claudia POPESCU / Muzeul Școlii de Arhitectură, asist.dr.arh Ioana ARDELEAN / ‘Synthesis of Architectural Design’ Department, UAUIM
5. Guest Speaker:
Summer School at Cantacuzino Domain 2025 – Applied pedagogy and community symbiosis
Carmen CROITORU / Domeniul Cantacuzino Florești
6. Research & Design & Build „Island Spirit” 3SOF – Călărași Workshop
Assist PhD. cand. urb. Ioana Elisabeta ENACHE, Prof. PhD Arch. Angelica STAN, PhD. cand. Urb. Mitu-Ioan SBÎRNAC / ’Urban Planning’ Ph.D. School UAUIM / ‘Landscape Planning’ Department, UAUIM
7. Guest speaker:
Roxana Lupașcu - Măgurele Science Park
Round Table
- Scientific and organizing committee:
- Prof. PhD Arch. Simona Munteanu
- Sc.Research. PhD Arch. Andreea Robu-Movilă
- Assoc.prof. PhD Arch. Françoise Pamfil
- Assoc.prof. PhD Arch. Cosmin Caciuc
- Senior lect. PhD Arch. Mihaela Zamfir
- Assist. PhD Arch. Andreea Boldojar
- Assist. PhD Arch. Laura Popa-Florea
- Assist. PhD Arch. Tudor Patapievici
- Sections curators & moderators:
- Intelligens: Sc.Research. PhD Arch. Andreea Robu-Movilă, Assoc. prof. PhD Arch. Cosmin Caciuc
- Environnements/media – matters – communication: Senior lect. PhD Arch. Mihaela Zamfir
- City: Assist. PhD Arch. Laura Popa-Florea, Assist. PhD Arch. Tudor Patapievici
- Education – growing– methods: Assoc. prof. PhD Arch. Françoise Pamfil
- Design – build: Assist. PhD Arch. Andreea Boldojar
- Logo and visual identity:
- Assist. PhD Arch. Andreea Boldojar
- Assist. PhD Arch. Laura Popa-Florea
- Conference brief and narrative:
- Assoc.prof. PhD Arch. Françoise Pamfil & Assoc.