Ioana Mihaela Agachi, Octav S. Olanescu, Anamaria C. Popa and Vlad S. Rusu shared with us their first prize entry for the Transylvania Cultural Center. The competition was initiated by the Cluj-Napoca’s city administration to determine the best solution for the design theme for a new Cultural Center which is based on the city’s Cultural Developement Strategy. The new Cultural Center was designed to host a new Philharmonic Hall, offices, restaurants, spaces for performing artists, a building for restoration facilities and different exhibition spaces. More images and their description after the break.
The new Transylvania Cultural Center is located to the east of the city, close to the historical center. The area of 13,923 sqm is located to the southern front of the 21 December 1989 Ave. and is limited by an historical building to the north. To the west, there are government buildings and a tall business building. To the east, there is state-owned land occupied by small residential buildings, offices and shops. To the south is Navodari street. Some of the coordinates leading to the proposal were the establishment of appropriate public space and the creation of representative new buildings.
