Writing

“I’m not a nice girl. I’m a photographer”

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Berenice Abbott: the woman who documented the birth of modern New York - FT.com/Magazine, August 31/ 1 September, 2019, pp. 24 - 31, available on https://arts.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Berenice-Abbott.pdf

Work

  • EIT Ecosystem

    since 2023

    evaluation and rapporteur services across the EIT ecosystem, for open calls such as the Short Innovation Projects 2025 and the NEB Booster Programme 2.0.

  • Culture Moves Europe

    2023 - 2024

    assessment of applications for the Residency Action calls - sectors of expertise: Architecture, Cultural Heritage // funded by the Creative Europe programme - managed by the Goethe-Institut.

  • Eyes Hearts Hands - Urban Revolution : Catalogue of Best Practice Solutions and Integrated Selection Method [D4.1]

    2022 - 2024

    technical expertise for Living Future Europe in coordinating the delivery of D4.1 for Eyes Hearts Hands – Urban Revolution [EHHUR] - a Horizon Europe NEB Lighthouse demonstrator. The catalogue provides technical guidance to seven lighthouse cities, linking systemic, regenerative approaches with validated, site-specific solutions aligned with NEB values.

Foundational Projects

  • Bucharest, the little Paris?

    2017

    an experimental, transdisciplinary essay proposing a four-dimensional framework—Scale, Time, Emotion, and Human imprint—to explore urban identity through comparative analysis. Blending urban structure, architecture, history, environmental economics, anthropology, and visual arts, the study uses Bucharest and Paris as case studies to question the limits of cultural transfer and the role of local particularities in the context of globalisation. Published in REHAB 2017 – Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Preservation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Historical Buildings and Structures, Green Lines Institute, Portugal - Awarded for the topic “Authenticity and Built Heritage.”

  • Building Stories

    2015

    an illustrated story, accessible for kids, about the sustainable approach in Architecture.

  • The RePAD Guide. Rehabilitation_Patrimony Architecture Development

    2013

    a trilingual concept book exploring economic development through architectural heritage. Structured as a documentation diary, it combines printed content with video interviews [DVD], guiding readers through legal, economic, technical, and strategic dimensions in accessible language. Each language section brings a distinct focus: awareness [Romanian], history and detail [French], and business and management [English]. Like the heritage it examines, the book unfolds gradually—inviting reflection, curiosity, and engagement.