Archinect
Ileana Cristina Balan

Ileana Cristina Balan

Bucharest, RO

 

About 

“Nature gives everyone, (...) occasionally, the chance to feel strong (...) I know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong, to measure yourself at least once, to find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions, facing blind death stone alone, with nothing to help you but your own hands and head ... But, excuse me, that’s another story. The one I told you ends like this...”- Primo Levi , Bear Meat. 


As Primo Levi put it I am not interested in fairytale endings painted with strokes of burning exhaust as me and the bad boy turned good fade out into the sunset. To me, what is important are the steps that you take on your road, the decisions you have to make once you are at a crossroad, the last drops of water that you give to that dying old stranger you meet on your road. Those are the problems, the challenges I want to tackle. I fell in love, deeply and irrevocably with a profession that only blesses a lucky few, and my road as I see it now is at that crossing, that necessary crossing, that comes with a life changing decision. The paths that arise before me are two: a straight one, that is familiar and filled with flowers of immense beauty, and a curved one. The latter reveals itself only by walking on it, being at times foggy, and filled with magical adventures only a true hero hopes for. Even though the known path hits home I am choosing the other path, the curved one. I believe, that such a path has much more to teach a traveler. Such a path is my idea of a journey, one sort of path that is not necessarily familiar but that gives any traveler the pride of thought to say that they have truly lived.

Employment 

Bre., Bucharest, RO, Co-founder / Lead Graphic Designer

- Concept development
- Branding strategies
- Illustration and graphic design

Bre. achievements in 2014 :
- National Winner at Junior Achievement Start-Up of the Year
- Participation at Romanian Design Week- Graphic, Design and Branding

Oct 2014 - current
 

Salon Architects, Istanbul, TR, Architecture Intern

-research regarding alternative technologies
-analysis and diagram making
-concept development with the team
-post-production refinement
- Work done in Rhino / AutoCAD / Adobe Creative Suite for 3 architecture projects

Nov 2014 - Jan 2015
 

Studio di Architettura Paolo Emilio Zoagli, Alghero, IT, Architecture Intern

- AutoCAD / Sketch-Up / Photoshop work for 3 architecture projects
- Aquatic Navigation Center in Asinara, Italy
- Wine Tasting Center, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy
- Restoration and extension of a residential building in Alghero, Sardinia, Italy

Mar 2012 - Jun 2012
 

Education 

Spiru Haret University, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Bucharest, RO, MArch, Architecture and Urban Planning

- Founding Member/ President / Vice President at Architecture Student Association Spiru Haret
- Graphic Design work for different school projects ( ZA- USH )
- Both architecture and photographic work shown in public exhibitions inside the faculty
- Erasmus Scholarship for 9 months at Facolta di Architettura di Alghero,, Italy
- Erasmus Plus Internships for 3 months at Salon Architects, Istanbul, Turkey
- Participation at different architecture related workshops

Oct 2013 - Jun 2015
 

Spiru Haret University, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Bucharest, RO, BArch, Architecture and Urban Planning

Oct 2009 - Jun 2013
 

Awards 

Erasmus Plus Scholarship, Scholarship

Internship at Salon Architects, Istanbul, Turkey

2014
 

Erasmus Scholarship, Scholarship

1 year Erasmus Scholarship at Facolta di Architettura di Alghero, Italy

2014
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills