Research projects
1. contr. no. 38 CCPEC, “Researching the quality of life by rehabilitating large housing estates in Romania”, CNCSIS Consortium, co-author, 2004-2007
2. contr. no.10, “Analysis of Victoriei Square - architectural competition, government building extension”, CCPEC-UAUIM, co-author, 2005
3. contr. no. 10, “Theoretical substantiation - URBAN PUBLIC MARKETS”, CCPEC-UAUIM, co-author, 2006
Conference participation
1. Scientific communication entitled “Particularities of the use of the community public space within the large residential complexes in Romania”, speaker, REA network, Marseille, 2006
2. Conference on "Photography as a methodical tool in the study of the city", speaker, "Photography Week", UAP-OAR Nord, Baia Mare, 2013
3. Conference on "The Poetics of Architectural Photography", speaker, TIFF, Igloo, Cluj, 2020
4. Conference on "Methodical study in the field of urban image", speaker, Luxembourg Street Photo Festival, 2020
5. Presentation at the international conference "Erasmus+ Study Program" organized under the patronage of the EU, speaker, Bucharest, 2020
Publications and articles
1. “Photography as a means of investigation in terms of urban image, an instrument of operation in the conception-design process”, doctoral thesis, sole author, ISBN 978-606-638-041-6, Ed. UAUIM, 2010
2. "The role of photography in the study of architecture and urbanism", sole author, ISBN 978-606-638-218-2, Ed. UAUIM, 2020
3. "Bucharest, reinvented spaces" - chapter "Method of investigation in terms of urban image through photography", coord. C. Hostiuc, UAUIM-CSAU, ISBN 978-606-638-181-9, 2018
4. "Emotional connections with the city", in the volume of the conference "Psycho-architecture", vol.2, coord. Codruta Iana, ISBN 978-606-13-4800-8, 2019
5. "Carol Park, artistic, architectural and natural heritage", chapter "A possible initiatory path of the inner hero", coord. C. Hostiuc, UAUIM-CSAU, ISBN 978-606-638-8, 2019
Workshops, competitions
1. International competition for the rehabilitation of Borda high school, Dax, France, 1st prize, co-author, winner, 2005
2. "Project for a space of nomadic arts", Montpellier, nomination, author, 2005
3. Sony World Photo Awards, cat. Open Low Light, London, award, author, 2014
4. "Evaluation of the built heritage through photography", coordinator, French Institute, Bucharest, 2017
5. Architecture photography workshop, coordinator, International Photo Festival, Cluj, 2015
6. Initiation, coordination and support of a series of workshops and master-classes in visual aesthetics and urban photography / architecture in Bucharest, Constanta, Cluj, Baia Mare, 2009-2019
7. Award at the Sony World Photo Awards, winner of the "Low Light" category, London, 2014
8. Prize in the international urban photography competition, "CBRE Urban Photographer of the Year", 2011
9. Nomination within the Bucharest Architecture Annual in the “Architecture Photography” section, 2008
Graduated studies
- "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest, 1997-2003, Architecture graduate
- Graduate of the Franco-Romanian Master of Integrated Urban Development, UAUIM-INSA Lyon, 2004-2005
- National University of Arts in Bucharest, department for teacher training - training modules and pedagogical improvement, 2009-2011
- Graduation of the course module Trainers code COR 242401, accredited CNFPA, ASEBUSS, 2013
Academic background
"2003-2005, Preparator, UAUIM, Dep. Basics of Design, architectural design
2005-2010, University Assistant, UAUIM, dep. Synthesis of Design, architectural design
2010 - defense of the doctoral thesis entitled “Photography as a means of investigation in terms of urban image, an instrument of operation within the conception-design process”, UAUIM
2010-present, Head of Works, UAUIM, dep. Synthesis of Design, architectural design
2010-present, holder of the optional course "" Photography, methodological tool for study in architecture and urbanism ""
Architectural projects
"1. Project for a Commercial Ensemble Unirea Shopping Center, realized, Brasov, 2006, in the Baumarc Proiect collective, author for: - elaboration of the project of the facade of the shopping center - elaboration of the main access device - canopy and access - the project of the dome of the central atrium - the project for the external structural subassembly for displaying advertising materials, "Wing"
2. Feasibility study and intervention premises for an integrated urban development-pole with municipal vocation in the Grivita-Buzesti area, PUZ elaboration, objective realization documentation, project realized, in the Baumarc Proiect collective, Bucharest, 2009-2019
3. #BestPhotoSpot - an interactive project to capitalize on the architectural and urban heritage of Bucharest, author, www.vladeftenie.ro
4. Project for the single-family home - “Călin” house, realized, Corbeanca, 2010, co-author
5. Project / competition for the extension of Borda high school, Dax, France - winning project, realized, 2005, author in international collective
6. Study and elaboration of intervention premises for “Rehabilitation of the facade and urban pedestrian space of Unirea Shopping Center”, Bucharest, 2006, author
7. office building rehabilitation project str. Gh. Manu no. 3, Bucharest, made, Bucharest, 2006, author of a study on the functional integration and architectural design of the façade, in the Baumarc Proiect collective
8. Project for a “Cultural Space of the Nomadic Arts”, EALR-GAIA, France - nominated project, 2004, author
Other information
1. Chairman of the judging commission of the "Photography" section within BNA, 2018
2. "Being now. Upside-down and inside-out - amplified realities of a known world", conference and article in the "International Conference on Architectural Research - ICAR PROCEEDINGS BOOK", ISSN 2393 - 4425 ISSN-L 2393 - 4425, 2015
3. Co-author of the study at macro-territorial level "Integrated Urban Development Strategy of Bucharest, Strategic Concept 2035", 2013
4. Guest of the show "The city speaks", having as theme the architectural-urban culture, Radio Romania Cultural, 2018-2020
5. Workshops and lectures on architectural and urban culture with the aim of disseminating professional information in the social environment, 2010-2021