Matei Eugen Stoean

Resarch Projects

• 2024 _ Visiting fellow and research grant for academics in the field of architecture, awarded by the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), at the invitation of Prof. Dr. Ulrich Pfisterer, at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte (Central Institute for Art History) and at the Department of Art History of Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich / Research topic: The Shape and Measure of Space. New applied methods of representing the ecclesiastical space through drawings and models
• 2023 _ "Vasile Pârvan" Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Accademia di Romania in Rome / Research topic: The Shape and Measure of Space. Ecclesiastical Architecture of Rural Communities Separated by Mountains, Typologies and Cultural Routes (1700-1850)
• 2018-2019 _ "Vasile Pârvan" Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Accademia di Romania in Rome / Research topic: Churches of The Mountains. Ecclesiastical Architecture of Rural Communities, Local Typologies and Artistic Routes (1700-1850)
• 2018 _ Coordinating architect in the research project Catalog București - Inventory of the 98 Protected Built-up Areas in Bucharest, initiated by ARCEN, in partnership with the National Heritage Institute, the Romanian Order of Architects and Re:Rise (https://catalogbucuresti.info/cb/)
• 2014 _ Research grant for doctoral studies awarded by the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) at the invitation of Prof. Dr. Albrecht Berger, at the Institut für Byzantinistik, Byzantinische Kunstgeschichte und Neogräzistik - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München / Research topic: The Architecture of the Borderlands. Orthodox Churches of Southern Transylvania and Northern Wallachia (1700-1850)

Conferences

• 2023 _ Guest speaker at the OAR Internship Conference
• 2023 _ Session of scientific communications Italicum e la Romanità Orientale, tra ieri e oggi la Accademia di Romania in Roma / Communication with the title The form and measure of space. New studies on the ecclesiastical architecture of free communities
• 2022 _ Special guest participation and lecture in the Architecture Section of the National Conference on Ecclesiastic Painting organized by the Commission for Church Painting
• 2021 _ Book Launch of the publication Churches built by the freemen. Masonry ecclesiastical architecture of Romanians in the borderlands of Oltenia, Muntenia and Transylvania (1700-1850) / Hanna Derer, Prof.Dr.arh. Horia Moldovan, arch. Șerban Sturdza and restorer Anca Dină (moderator)
• 2019 _ Session of scientific communications Italicum e la Romanità Orientale, tra ieri e oggi la Accademia di Romania in Roma / Communication with the title Churches in the mountains. Ecclesiastical architecture of rural communities, local typologies and cultural routes
• 2015 _ Participation as special guest and lecture on the project 60 wooden churches of Pro Patrimonio Foundation at the Days of Architecture 2015 - Building Roots, event organized by AStA Cluj
• 2014 _ International Conference Brâncoveanu 300: The Brâncoveanu Era at the Horizon of Romanian Modernity organized by the University of Bucharest/ Conference entitled Elements of Brâncoveanu's Art - Models for the Founders of the Villages on the Border between Transylvania and Wallachia in the First Half of the 18th Century
• 2014 _ Conference at the Institute of Byzantine Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich / Conference entitled Orthodox Church Architecture in Borderlands
• 2013 _ National Congress on the Protection, Rehabilitation and Enhancement of Architectural, Urban and Landscape Heritage with the title: From Architecture to Built Heritage and Beyond organized by UAR and UAUIM / Communication with the title Good Practices for the Rescue and Revival of Old Wooden Churches.

Publications and articles

PHD THESIS:

• Architecture of borderlands. Churches of the Romanians in northern Oltenia, Muntenia and southern Transylvania (1700-1850)
  University of Architecture and Urbanism "Ion Mincu", Bucharest
  scientific coordination of Prof. dr. arh. Anca Brătuleanu
  Public defense on 15.11.2017, UAUIM - Excellent - Summa cum Laude

PUBLICATIONS:

• STOEAN, Matei Eugen, Churches built by the freemen. Masonry ecclesiastical architecture of Romanians in the borderlands of Oltenia, Muntenia and Transylvania (1700-1850) / preface prof.dr.habil.arh. Hanna Derer, ed. ACS, Bucharest, 2021 (ISBN:978-606-8922-14-0)
• STOEAN, Matei Eugen (ed.), ELIAN, Tudor (ed.), Good Building Practices Booklets, ARCEN, Bucharest, 2017, 2019, 2022 (https://catalogbucuresti.info/cb/caiete-de-bune-practici) / Co-author and editor of the good practices booklets (carried out in three phases between 2018-2022) for 88 protected built areas within the Bucharest Catalogue, a project that contributed to the inventory of the urban heritage of the 98 ZCP of the Capital, offering possible alternatives for conservation and intervention on buildings, by preserving the character of the place and exploiting the historical, architectural and urban potential.

ARTICLES (selection):

• STOEAN, Matei Eugen, Materializing the model in a contemporary key. Romanian Orthodox Ecclesiastic Centre in Munich
• , in Igloo magazine, no. 219/ 2024, pp. 86-93
• STOEAN, Matei Eugen, Churches of The Mountains. Ecclesiastical Architecture of Rural Communities, Local Typologies and Artistic Routes (1700-1850), in Ephemeris Dacoromana XXI 2019: Annuario della Scuola Romena di Roma, pp. 199-251, Romanian Cultural Institute Publishing House - Romanian Academy Publishing House, Rome, 2020 (ISSN 1582-1854)
• STOEAN, Matei Eugen, Storck House. Space and light, in Arhitectura magazine, no. 4/ 2013
• STOEAN, Matei Eugen, ELIAN, Tudor, "I think the restoration gave me much more fulfillment than a new house"- interview with arh. Iulia Stanciu, in Arhitectura magazine, nr. 3/2013
• STOEAN, Matei Eugen, ELIAN, Tudor, Good practices for the rescue and reuse of old wooden churches. Boz, Târnăvița, Cervicești, in Arhitectura magazine, nr. 2/ 2013

Competitions, workshops, exhibitions

COMPETITIONS

• 2024 _ Nomination in the "General Category" section of the "European Prize for Urban Public Space 2024" for hypóstȳlos - The Hall of Crosses in Munich / lead author / Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona
• 2022 _ Prize in the "Public Architecture" section for the Romanian Orthodox Ecclesiastic Centre in Munich / co-authors: arch. Șerban Sturdza, arh. Matei Eugen Stoean, arh. Tudor Elian / Bucharest Architecture Annual
• 2022 _ Nominated in the section "Built Architecture / Architecture and Public Space" for hypóstȳlos - The Hall of Crosses / lead author / Bucharest Architecture Annual
• 2021 _ Prize in the section " Research through architecture / architecture book" for the volume Churches built by the freemen. Masonry ecclesiastical architecture of Romanians in the borderlands of Oltenia, Muntenia and Transylvania (1700-1850) / author / Bucharest Architecture Annual
• 2021 _ Nominated in the section "Architecture Publications" for the volume Churches built by the freemen. Masonry ecclesiastical architecture of Romanians in the borderlands of Oltenia, Muntenia and Transylvania (1700-1850) / author / National Biennial of Architecture
• 2016 _ Honorable mention at the International Memory Competition organized by Arch Out Loud / co-author with arch. Andreea Calma
• 2014 _ Nomination in the "Design / Object design" section for the Toolbox / team: arh. Alex Axinte, arh. Cristi Borcan, arh. Pavel Ulicny, arh. George Marinescu, arh. Dan Cioclu, arh. Tudor Elian, arh. Maria Oancea, arh. Matei Eugen Stoean, arh. Ioana Tilicea / Bucharest Architecture Annual
• 2012 _ Special mention at the International Open Design Competition for Open Spaces of the Bernardine Monastery Complex, Lviv, Ukraine / team: arh. Tudor Elian, arh. Maria Daria Oancea, arh. Alina Gabriela Panait (Dragomir), arh. Ioana Tilicea, arh. Matei Eugen Stoean
• 2011 _ Second prize at the National Competition of solutions Rehabilitation of the public space around the statue of Ciprian Porumbescu, Brasov / participation with SYAA as co-author

PARTICIPATION IN AND ORGANISATION OF WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITIONS (selection)

• 2024 _ Romanian Design Week
  Selection for the Romanian Design Week 2024 exhibition / Physical exhibition of the original projects Cathedral Doors and Kreuzsaal | chair + bench (main author) and presentation of the project Romanian Orthodox Ecclesiastical Center in Munich (co-author) / Community Vote Selection and online publication of the projects hypóstȳlos - Hall of the Crosses (main author), Candleholder (main author) and Booklets of good construction practices (co-editor and co-author graphic design)
• 2023 _ the Shape and Measure of Space
  Organization, concept and execution of the layout of the studio 1 of the Accademia di Romania in Rome, including models, drawings, graphic representations and texts resulting from the "Vasile Pârvan" postdoctoral research and training fellowship, within the international event SPAZI APERTI - Mostra collettiva degli artisti in residenza presso gli Istituti e le Accademie straniere di Roma / main author / Organizers: ARR, with the support of ICR and under the patronage of the Romanian Embassy in Italy
• 2019 and 2020 _ Graphic Days Torino & Romanian Design Week
  The first copies of the series of 88 Constructive Best Practice Booklets were selected and exhibited in Torino (2019) and Bucharest (2019 and 2020) in the Graphic Design sections - publications created with Maria Pascu and arh. Tudor Elian in the framework of the project Bucharest Catalogue of ARCEN, with the support of OAR
• 2019 _ STUP
  Participation with the installation STUP in the international exhibition SPAZI APERTI - Mostra collettiva degli artisti in residenza presso gli Istituti e le Accademie straniere di Roma / co-author with arh. Andreea Mihela Chircă / Organizers: Accademia di Romania in Roma, with the support of ICR and under the patronage of the Romanian Embassy in Italy
• 2018 _ Exhibition "Housing +/- Neighbourhood: 100 years of housing in Romania"
  Curators: Irina Calotă-Popescu, Ana-Maria Elian, Bogdan Suditu
  Exhibition organized by the Art in Dialogue Association in the framework of the Centenary events (financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Identity) / Exhibited at the French Institute in Bucharest, UAUIM Bucharest and Cinema Arta Cluj / Co-author of the scenography with architect Tudor Elian and lead author of the graphic design
• 2018 _ Urban Intervention Workshop OAR Bucharest_Calea Călărașilor
  Organizer and coordinator of the workshop that brought together specialists from related fields (architects, urban planners, anthropologists, sociologists, traffic engineers, etc.) as a professional reaction to the announcement of the feasibility study for the Călărașilor road extension foreseen in the 2018 PMB budget.
• 2016-2018 _ Annual Competition of Student Architects (CASA)                                                                                                                      Organizer, within UAUIM, of the Annual Competition of Student Architects - site visits, formulation of themes, coordination of joint corrections etc., together with lect.dr.arh. Cristina Constantin
• 2014 _ Street Delivery, Bucharest
  Festival of urban art and culture / Co-organizer and curator of the architecture section with Tudor Elian, Andreea Machidon and Maria Daria Oancea
• 2012-2014 _ Pro Patrimonio Foundation's 60 wooden churches project                                                                                                              Documentation and site supervision under the coordination of arch. Șerban Sturdza - replacement and repair works of the roofs of the two historical monument churches in Boz and Târnăvița, Hunedoara County. The project continued in Bucharest with exhibitions, conferences, film evenings and carpentry workshops.
• 2013 _ Visits to restoration sites of monuments and sites in Pescara, L'Aquila, Fossa, Castelli (Abruzzo Region) and Rome & Restoration Workshop held at the Cantacuzino Palace, Floresti                                                                                                                        Carrying out surveys, studies, analyses and restoration proposals, guided visits to restoration sites, restoration techniques under the coordination of Romanian and Italian specialists/ Collaboration between UAUIM - Bucharest and G. D'Annunzio - Pescara

Academic background

• Postgraduate studies with "Vasile Pârvan" grant at Accademia di Romania, Rome (2018-2019 and 2023)
• PhD in Architecture with grant and scholarship at the SITT Doctoral School of UAUIM, Bucharest (2012-2017)
  Scientific coordinator: prof.dr.arh. Anca Brătuleanu
  Qualification: Excellent - Summa cum laude
• Level I and Level II certification diploma - postgraduate studies in psycho-pedagogical training at UTM, Bucharest (2015-2016)
• DAAD doctoral research scholarship at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich (2014)
• Diploma in Architecture and Master in Architecture at UAUIM, Bucharest (2006-2012)

Selected Architecture Projects

• 2024 _ Baptisterium Monacensis / architect of the Munich Baptistery project, in collaboration with artist Ștefan Câlția / author
• 2020-present _ Interior and exterior design, design of furniture and objects for the Church, Hall of Crosses and the courtyard of the ensemble of the Romanian Orthodox Ecclesiastic Center in Munich / lead author
• 2023 _ International competition for solutions for the Victory Square in Timișoara / lead author / co-authors: arh. Raluca Maria Trifa, stud. arh. Ema Irina Hîncu, stud. arh. Mara Misosniky, stud. arh. Lucian Andrei Faraon, landscape architects Alexandru Gheorghe and Dragoș Grama
• 2023 _ Concept and execution of the design of the exhibition pavilion entitled the Shape and Measure of Space within the international exhibition Spazi Aperti - Collective exhibition of resident artists of foreign academies and institutes in Rome / author
• 2023 _ Re-use and conversion concept of the building (main space and annexes) in Schwabach, Germany into an Orthodox church / author
• 2021-2022 _ Monument in the courtyard of the "Sf. Vineri" church in Drumul Taberei district, Bucharest / lead author
  2014-2022 _ Romanian Orthodox Ecclesiastic Center in Munich, Germany / co-author with arh. Șerban Sturdza and arh. Tudor Elian
• 2018 _ Design of the exhibition Housing +/- Neighbourhood: 100 years of housing in Romania, Bucharest & Cluj / Co-author of the scenography with arh. Tudor Elian
• 2013 _ Competition Landscaping the public space in the centre of Sibiel / Team: arh. Raluca Munteanu, arh. Dan Cioclu, arh. Maria Daria Oancea, arh. Alina Panait, arh. Matei Eugen Stoean, arh. Ioana Tilicea, landscape architect Nicolas Triboi
• 2013 _ International Open Design Competition for Open Spaces of the Bernardine Monastery Complex, Lviv, Ukraine / Team: arh. Tudor Elian, arh. Maria Daria Oancea, arh. Alina Gabriela Panait, arh. Matei Eugen Stoean, arh. Ioana Tilicea
• 2013 _ International competition Hans Christian Andersen House of Fairytales / Team: arh. Maria D. Oancea, arh. Alina Panait, arh. Cristina Bălțoi, arh. Maria Oprescu, arh. Flavia Radu, arh. Tudor Elian, arh. Matei Eugen Stoean