Professor of Architectural Construction and Building Rehabilitation.
Tutor for doctoral studies in Architecture at UAUIM.
Former Vice-Rector of Ion Mincu University (2008-2012 and 2020-2024)
Former Head of Department of Technical Sciences (2002-2008)
PhD at Ion Mincu University (1998) with the thesis: Rehabilitation of the traditional urban habitation. An integrative method of evaluation. The research contributes to the development of the knowledge on the potential of the minor architectural heritage for contemporary valorization at the same time as ‘reusable resource’ and testimony of local cultural identity, proposing a method of evaluation from both points of view based on the concept of “performance”.
Research interest focused on historic masonry construction and pathology, theory of building rehabilitation, historic minor residential architecture and traditional urban housing in Romania.
Current teaching:
- Reuse of Built Resources – elective module within the Doctoral School in Architecture advanced studies program: https://www.uauim.ro/en/doctoral-studies/sda/curricula/sda-11/
- The Impact of Technology in Architecture – elective module within the Doctoral School in Architecture advanced studies program: https://www.uauim.ro/en/doctoral-studies/sda/curricula/sda-10/
- Architectural Construction in Masonry and Concrete – compulsory module for the 2nd year of the 6 years Architecture course: https://www.uauim.ro/en/faculties/architecture/architecture/compulsory-courses/st-8/
- Rehabilitation of Built Stock – elective module including lectures https://www.uauim.ro/en/faculties/architecture/architecture/optional-courses/s1/st-54/ and design studio https://www.uauim.ro/en/faculties/architecture/architecture/optional-courses/st-81/ for the 5th year of the 6 years Architecture course.
Thematic areas of doctoral research guidance:
- Rehabilitation of the built stock as part of sustainable development
- Contemporary problems and trends in the field of historical constructions preservation (the old-new relationship; the problem of the ruins; reconstructions; redundant constructions and adaptive reuse)
- Contributions to the knowledge development in the field of the history of construction techniques: uninvestigated issues; comparative studies; new interpretations
- Paradigm shifts in the evolution of architecture based on technological progress