JURY
This edition brings an important change related to the jury. In order to achieve more objectivity and an international perspective, the president of the jury was at the previous editions a Romanian architect from abroad. At this edition, the president of the jury is a well-known architect from a European country.
The unique jury for all the BAB sections is composed by 7 architects, from which one is the the President. In the jury take part nominees authors and winners from the previous editions and also well-known professionals.
The jury is helped by a Secretary that has no right to vote, but is in charge with the filling of the records to be signed by the members of the jury.
Members
Arch. Manuel Bailo, Spain (President of the jury)
Manages together with Rosa Rull Beltran the office Bailo + Rull. ADD + Architecture from Barcelona. Together they won a lot of prizes and nominations at the Spanish Architecture Biennial, FAD prizes and others. Their work has been presented in 2006 at MoMa, New York and published in Detail, Arquitectura Viva, A+U, ACTAR publications etc. Manuel Bailo is teaching at Urbanism Department of Architecture School in Barcelona (ETSAB-UPC).
www.addarquitectura.net
Arch. Hrjove Njiric, Croatia
He worked between 1990 and 2001 within the office njiric + njiric architekti together with Helena Njiric (Zagreb/Graz) and founded in 2002 njiric +architekti in Zagreb. Among the contests that he won we mention Europan 3. His projects were exhibited and also presented within some articles and files in El Croquis, Domus, Werk, Bauen + Wohnen, Quaderns, Architektur aktuell, The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture etc
www.njiric.com
Arch. Adrian Florin Ionaşiu, Timişoara
He manages together with Erica Gabriela Dudas and Carla Marian Dudas the office Arhitekt Studio A and “de arhitectura” magazine, both in Timisoara. The magazine was nominated at Publications section within 2004 edition of BAB. Adrian Florin Ionaşiu is the President of the Timis branch of the Romanian Architecture Order.
www.de-arhitectura.ro
Arch. Ildiko Mitru, Baia-Mare
Together with Ştefan Pascucz, she is Managing Partner of the 9Optiune office. They won a lot of prizes, among which the big prize at the contest of ideas for revitalizing the historic centre of Baia Mare – 1999, the big trophy of Ministry of Culture for Millenium Affairs Centre III Baia Mare, “Arhitext design 2005” award for Libertăţii Square rehabilitation.
Arch. Gabriel Roşca, Sibiu
He won together with Laura Iordache (Cooplan office) the medal of the section Restoration-Rehabilitation within 2004 edition of BAB for the work Mihail Eminescu’s Trust Foundation Office. Gabriel Roşca is also the President of Sibiu-Vâlcea branch of the Romanian Architecture Order.
Arch. Szolt Tovvisi, Miercurea Ciuc
He established his independent practice in Miercurea Ciuc. His works were presented at international exhibitions and the work “Gheorghieni, Tower Bells” was nominated within Arhitectura < 1000 sqm section at the 2006 edition of BAB. In 2007, the project was published in the Dutch magazine A10.
Arch. Ştefan Ghenciulescu, Bucharest
His activity is based on architecture design, design and urbanism research, teaching. Since 2001 he is Editor-in-Chief at Arhitectura magazine. He is co-author and the winner of the contest organized for the Romanian Pavilion within the Venice Biennale (2006), the winner of the Publications section (2004 and 2007) and projects (2008) within the Architecture Annual, being also nominated at the Publications section within 2002 BAB edition.
Deputy member
Arch. Andrei Şerbescu, Bucharest
He runs together with Adrian Untaru the AND_BA office. Together with Bogdan Săuleanu they gained a nomination at the 2004 edition of BAB, design architecture and design section with the work Mediterraneo Restaurant from Neptun. His dissertation work from Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism was rewarded within the RIBA international contest.
