Urban Spaces Badea Cârțan 13

CUMULUS ARCHITECTURE
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Multi-Unit Residential
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Romania
Company Name
CUMULUS ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURAL CREDITS

Andrei Șerbescu, Adrian Untaru, Bogdan Brădățeanu, Valentina Ţigâră, Petra Bodea, Elena Zară, Mihail Filipenco, Adrian Bratu, Traian Iacob, Chan-Woo Park, Diana Buța, Ana Băbuș, Radu Constantin

Project Team

Structure: Incona
BPI: Alma Instal Pro
Landscape Architects: Senzui Atelier de Peisagistică
Project Managment: Vision Property Partners

CLIENT/OWNER NAME:
Urban Spaces
Project Name:
Urban Spaces Badea Cârțan 13
Company Country:
Romania
Project Country:
Romania
Project City:
Bucharest
Project Category:
Multi-Unit Residential
Project Area:
2.359 sqm
Completion Date:
20200316
Project overview
Budget: ttt1.9 million euroWe imagined the community life of this building centered around two urban, yet private courtyards. BC 13 unfolds around these two defining spaces, ensuring organic connections to its neighboring buildings. The brick paved and planted courtyards offer opportunities of interaction. Both access staircases as well as all the apartments benefit from a visual link with these courtyards, provided by large loggias and sill-less windows.
Project history
There are two iconic finishes that define this construction namely the brick cladding and the steel elements. The apparent brick is the dominant finish that integrates the development into the neighborhood’s tradition. BC 13 Residence is located amongst one of the city’s old neighborhoods, which was a nucleus of craftmanship activities back in the day. This area combined housing and crafts, and private spaces facing shared courtyards. The neighborhood also had an industrial area mainly composed of small brick factories. One of them, Tonola, was located on the current site of the Circus Park only 500 meters away. Starting with the year 1871, the first depot for horse drawn trams functioned on the adjacent site, on Teilor Street – currently Vasile Lascar.The apartments vary in terms of dimension and layout – studios, 2 room apartments, 3 room apartments on a single level, duplex apartments and 4 room apartments with a large garden. The common feature is a generous well-lit living room with direct access to a terrace or loggia, a semi-private space where one can set a table and gather friends. Almost all apartments are built along two façades, ensuring good light conditions all day long and optimal ventilation. On the ground floor level there are 3 office spaces, or why not, artist ateliers.