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Parasite Studio

Profile of Parasite Studio, headquartered in Romania. Five projects submitted by Parasite Studio have been published on Architecture News Plus (ANP).

: [L-R] Claudiu Toma, Maja Baldea and Attila Wenczel – © Parasite Studio

Principals

Maja Baldea
Claudiu Toma
Attila Wenczel

Brief description

The concept of para-site signifies for us a change of attitude. It means to refer to the project from "above". We are interested in the conflict between old and new and not in the integration of the design through materials and details.

We believe that exactly this conflict could generate a different type of spatiality. We are not interested in the forms of "correct architecture" because we want to make a further leap.

Architecture has to start to shape space in a different way. Details must be seen in a contemporary fashion, they have to complete space instead of being the generators for architecture and theme. The lack of details of the contemporary buildings must be understood as a change of architectural attitude.

Architecture has not grown poorer but has become something different.

Published projects

: Romchrono by Parasite Studio Ceasornicarul meu (My Watchmaker) is not a horologer business in the usual sense, but a brand that follows the perpetuation of the traditional craft of watch...

: Blackbox by Parasite Studio Blackbox - Bowling, Billiards and Darts Club The brief of the project asked for the design of a games club located in one of the most significant spaces of the...

: Mode Caffè by Parasite Studio The coffee shop is located at the ground floor of a building located on the western side of Unirii Square in Timisoara, and the interior space opens towards...

: Urban Implant by Parasite Studio This project is an answer to the national competition of urban planning and design - URBAN IMPLANT - regarding the remodeling of the Socola Blv. in Iasi,...

: White Apartment by Parasite Studio The apartment is located on the first floor of a building raised in the last century in the central area of Timisoara, within an area of protected buildings...

Key projects

2006 - TRANSFORM HOUSE, private residence, Timisoara, Romania
2006 - SAN PAOLO IMI BANK, Baia Mare, Romania (collaboration with Balthasarh)
2007 - national architecture competition URBAN IMPLANT, Iasi, Romania - 2nd prize
2007 - COLLAGE, interior design project, Timisoara, Romania
2007 - CAFÉ MODE, interior design project, Timisoara, Romania
2008 - WHITE APPARTMENT, interior design project, Timisoara, Romania - award for best interior design in the annual design competition a_ta held by OAR Timis (Order of Romanian Architects)
2009 - up to 35 international architecture competition for STUDENT HOUSING held by olarios, in athens, greece - nominated top 10 project
2009 - architecture competition for TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT on three sites in resita, held by the city hall of resita, in resita, romania - winner
2009 - Black & White, interior design project, Timisoara, Romania - award for best interior design in the annual design competition a_ta held by OAR Timis (Order of Romanian Architects)