Archinect - News2024-05-15T19:57:54-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150412200/oana-st-nescu-named-curator-for-the-beta-2024-timi-oara-architecture-biennial
Oana Stănescu named curator for the Beta 2024 Timișoara Architecture Biennial Niall Patrick Walsh2024-01-11T13:00:00-05:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d8/d8db9093cfc1fbec4fc5d0b891c6abcf.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Romanian architect <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/134901/oana-stanescu" target="_blank">Oana Stănescu</a> has been named as the curator for the <a href="https://betacity.eu/en/#:~:text=Beta%202024%20is%20the%20fifth,neighbouring%20countries%20%2D%20Serbia%20and%20Hungary." target="_blank">Beta 2024 Timișoara Architecture Biennial</a>. In a career spanning two decades, the architect, designer, writer, and educator has offered a “profound reading of contemporary architecture and design,” according to the biennial organizers.</p>
<p>“I am deeply honored, excited and nervous, thrilled and moved all at the same time,” Stănescu said about the appointment. “We live our lives within the confines of architecture, which makes it the perfect excuse for urgent socio-cultural conversations, especially in Romania’s unique position, with its simultaneous proximity and distance to the West.”</p>
<p>Having completed her architectural studies at FAUT (The Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism from Timișoara), Stănescu ultimately established her studio in New York and Berlin, with notable projects including retail designs for <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1293183/virgil-abloh" target="_blank">Virgil Abloh’s</a> Off White stores, large-scale installations at <a href="https://archinect.com/moma" target="_blank">MoMA</a> and <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/689320/coachella-music-and-arts-festival" target="_blank">Coachella</a>, and a co-founding of the col...</p>