Graduation projects
Hamam | Public bath | Constanța | Ethnical diversity, cultural specificity
Project description
The theme of the project appears as a need that accentuates and strengthens the necesity to preserve the ethnic diversity of the city of Constanța and also intends to point regarding the significant decrease of the minority population in our country;The various functions put together participate to consolidate the community but also in anchoring in a specific situation and tissue. The choice of the site in the proximity of the Carol I Mosque but also the connection between the port and the historical center represented an important point of the approach;The proposal consists of a functional cumulus that is divided into two major parts, one that addresses and connects the city and the port, and is represented in concrete terms by the functions symbolically called -secondary - namely: medress, spice tower, museum, tea pavilion) and of the main one - the central point of the intervention - the Turkish bath;
Author's presentation text
Passionate about ethnic diversity with a direct inclination towards the Islamic space, Diana tried to enrich her knowledge through individual trips to cities such as Leiden, Genoa, Istanbul, but also through study and practice visits in Brussels and Delft. Currently she is exploring light and atmosphere through photography, keeping as much as possible a travelling record.
