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Silviu Medeșan (b. 1984) is an architect, researcher and a (r)urban activist working and living in Cluj, Oradea and Petrinzel. He is a member of National Order of Architects - Transylvanian Branch, Registry of Romanian Urbanists , and alumni of Actors of Urban Change Program by Robert Bosch Foundation (Stuttgart). Currently he is teaching as lecturer at University of Oradea, Faculty of Construction, Cadaster and Architecture, department of architecture.

He holds a PhD at Technical University of Cluj-Napoca with the title Form follows Situation - Contemporary city as foreseen by the Situationists. He continues to conduct practice-based research on civic participation in urban regeneration. His approach is focused on the creation of urban ‘situations’ and the role of architect in processes of co-production of space and rural and urban resilience. This approach is enhanced by his activism engagement in community activation projects using cultural means, participatory methods of co-designing public spaces and campaigns for a resilient and nature-friendly built environment.

He worked in Romania, Hungary, Russia (Krasnoyarsk) and presented his work and academic research in Germany, The Netherlands, Bulgaria, Moldova and universities from Romania (Cluj, Bucharest) and the UK (Sheffield, Edinburgh, Dundee, Nottingham). He published cARTier. Peripheral Interventions (2016) and Form follows situation (2020).

He is currently working in architectural projects and urban planning at his own practice, and he is teaching and doing research at the University of Oradea.

silviu.medesan * gmail.com/ +40 748 26 86 24

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Silviu Medeșan (n. 1984) este arhitect, cercetător și activist r-urban care lucrează și locuiește în Cluj, Oradea și Petrinzel. Este membru al Ordinului Arhitecților din România - Filiala Transilvania, Registrul Urbaniștilor din România și alumni al programului Actors of Urban Change al Fundației Robert Bosch (Stuttgart). Este autorul cărții Forma urmează situației (Ozalid, 2020) și co-editor al antologiei CARTier. Intervenții periferice (Idea, 2016). În prezent predă ca șef lucrări la Universitatea din Oradea, Facultatea de Construcții, Cadastru și Arhitectură, departamentul arhitectură.