Social housing and its impact on the development of local communities
A talk with historian and researcher Andrei Răzvan Voinea from Studio Zona
Vlad Palcu, 22.05.2024, 13:12
Today’s feature explores the endeavors of Studio Zona, an NGO bringing together historians, researchers and architects who tackle the various housing estates of Bucharest in a multi-disciplinary approach designed to higlights their cultural and urban history throughout the 20th century. Find out more in this excerpt from a talk with historian and researcher Andrei Răzvan Voinea.
The full interview is available in the link below.
About Andrei Răzvan Voinea
Andrei Răzvan Voinea (b.1985, Câmpina) is a historian, a graduate of the Faculty of History (2008), of the Master of British Cultural Studies (Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, 2010), both at the University of Bucharest and of the Master of Central European History at the Central European University (Budapest, 2012).
He holds a PhD in the history of architecture (“Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism, 2017). He was a Scholar of the Romanian Academy (2014-2015) and a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh (Department of History of Art and Architecture) between 2016-2017. He pursued postdoctoral studies in Bucharest (New Europe College – 2020, Research Institute of the University of Bucharest – 2022) and Neuchatel (International Center for Sport Studies 2021).
He worked as an archivist at “Open Society Archives” (2012) and as general editorial secretary of the Arhitext magazine (2014-2015). He authored the volumes “The ideal of living in Bucharest: the family with house and garden. The housing estates of the Communal Society for Cheap Housing – Bucharest (1908-1948)”, “Housing for workers and officials: The Construction House and the Vatra Luminoasă housing estate (1930-1949)” and “Incomplete Ferentari: volume 1 – Urban policies at the edge of the city (1846-2011)”. He is currently chairman of the Studio Zona Association and teaches academic writing.
About Studio Zona
Studio Zona is a research and public history project initiated in 2016 by researchers in the History Department of the University of Bucharest and the Ion Mincu Architecture and Urban Planning University in Bucharest.
