Catalina Ionita

UAUIM, Faculty of Urban Planning, Faculty Member

UPC- ETSAB, DUOT, Staff of International Relations Service, Student Mobility Unit

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Qualifications:
DipArh, MUrb, OAR, PhD in planning
• Architect, member of Romanian Order of Architects (http://www.oar.org.ro/) since 2008
• Master in Integrated Urban Development (UAUIM, Bucharest, 2009)
• Architect Diploma (6 years‐360ECTS, UAUIM, Bucharest, 2007)
PhD Thesis: The Urban Void as a Conceptual Tool for Investigating the Organicity of the Postindustrial City
Research interest: temporary uses, local inovations, spatial situations, urban voids, post industrial city,DIY

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Planning Capital Cities: Belgrade, Bucharest, Sofia

by Catalina Ionita, Mihai Alexandru, Miruna Stroe, andreea udrea, and Monica Sebestyen

The aim of the publication is to detect some uniform ideas in the urbanism of Belgrade, Bucharest... more The aim of the publication is to detect some uniform ideas in the urbanism of Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia and to point out equal ideas as marks of the uniformity. The assumption that the urbanism of the three capitals shows semantic links is based on some frame conditions, offering arguments for a cultural unification: The primary factor for the similarity is the regional neighborhood as a factor for co-existence and interferences. The secondary factor is the comparable urban history. Both factors are a precondition for a similar urban shape organization and a cultural heritage in its broad sense. Some historical facts offer convincing arguments for the analogy and, respectively, their differentiation from the Central and Western European capitals and examination as related objects of research: the Ottoman rule as the pre-modern period, the delayed infiltration of the capitalist economy and nation building, the European cultural influences, dominating since the 19th century and finally the unstable geopolitical order of the region, which reflects on the principles of urbanism. The review is carried on chronologically and points out the approximation and dissociation of the ideas in the urbanism of the capitals phase-wise.

The authors/editors in alphabetic order:
Alexandru, Mihai/Djukic, Aleksandra/Doytchinov, Grigor/Duda, Maria/Ganchev, Hristo/Heppner, Harald/Ionita, Catalina/Lazarevic, Eva Vanista/Roter-Blagojevic, Mirjana/Samardzic, Nikola/Sebestyen, Monica/Stan, Angelica/Stroe, Miruna/Swoboda, Hannes/Udrea, Andrea/Valkanov, Yani/Vukmirovic, Milena

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