PRACTICE
MANOPERA is an architecture and structural engineering office established in Cluj-Napoca committed to a research-based approach. The office opened in 2017 and started off with the participation to the 16th Venice Biennale of Architecture, by curating and designing the Romanian Pavilion. Our main focus is to rethink and rephrase the brief for each commission and to understand the cultural, social and built context followed by an intensive search for questions. The interest for immersion in the holistic exploration becomes a tool for reflection, so the journey leads to sensitive answers that matter. We challenge the concept of a project by interrogating the binomial architecture - structure, initiating an interesting dialogue between harmony and contrast, encouraging us to experiment. The process is a mixture of ingredients that includes the reconsideration of the ordinary and the pragmatic approach close to the worksite reality as it seeks to have a concern for simplicity, rational use of resources, structural logic, honest materiality, optimized technology, expressiveness and emotion that architecture is capable of transmitting. The goal is to create meaningful architecture that improves the built environment and offers added value to its users engaging the social factor.
TEAM
This is the list of present and former team members who contributed to the multitude of projects and helped defining the office practice. We encourage spontaneous applications, since we are always looking to extend our team with highly creative colleagues who think and work similar to us.
Technical University of Civil Engineering BUCHAREST
Faculty of Civil, Industrial and Agricultural Buildings
Bachelor in Civil Engineering 2006 - 2010
University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu” BUCHAREST
Faculty of Architecture
Bachelor in Architecture 2009 - 2013
Université Libre de BRUXELLES, BELGIUM
Faculty of Architecture “La Cambre Horta”
Master in Architecture 2013 - 2016
Technical University of CLUJ - NAPOCA
Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design
PhD student in Architecture since 2018
Associated teacher at 3rd year studio since 2019
Romeo CUC
architect & civil engineer
Technical University of CLUJ - NAPOCA
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Bachelor in Civil Engineering 2007 - 2011
Technical University of CLUJ - NAPOCA
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Master in Geotechnical Engineering 2011 - 2013
Gina LENGYEL
civil engineer
University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu” BUCHAREST
Faculty of Architecture
Bachelor + Master in Architecture 2005 - 2012
University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu” BUCHAREST
Faculty of Urban Planning
Bachelor + Master in Urban Planning 2006 - 2015
ENSA Versailles School of Architecture PARIS, FRANCE
Erasmus exchange 2008 - 2009
Mara SESCIOREANU
architect & urbanist
ENSAVT Marne-la-Vallée School of Architecture FRANCE
Bachelor in Architecture 2014 - 2017
ENSAVT École des Ponts ParisTech FRANCE
Master in Architecture + Civil Engineering 2017 - 2019
Andrei CORBET-NITS
architect & civil engineer
University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu” BUCHAREST
Faculty of Architecture
Bachelor + Master in Architecture 2012 - 2018
Polytechnic University of CATALONIA, SPAIN
ETSAB Barcelona School of Architecture
Erasmus exchange 2016 - 2017
Raluca SABĂU
architect
Technical University of CLUJ - NAPOCA
Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning
Bachelor + Master in Architecture 2013 - 2019
Andreea MUREȘANU
architect
University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu” BUCHAREST
Faculty of Architecture
Bachelor + Master in Architecture 2013 - 2019
University of ALICANTE, SPAIN
EPSA Polytechnic University College
Erasmus exchange 2017
Ștefan SĂLĂVĂSTRU
architect
University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu” BUCHAREST
Faculty of Architecture
Bachelor + Master in Architecture 2012 - 2018
Polytechnic University of MADRID, SPAIN
ETSAM Madrid School of Architecture
Erasmus exchange 2016 - 2017
Rareș URZICĂ
architect
Technical University of CLUJ - NAPOCA
Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning
Bachelor + Master in Architecture 2009 - 2015
ENSA Clermont Ferrand School of Architecture, FRANCE
Erasmus exchange 2015
Roxana POP
architect
Technical University of CLUJ - NAPOCA
Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning
Bachelor + Master in Architecture 2016 - ...
David MUTNEAN
st. architect
University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu” BUCHAREST
Faculty of Architecture
Bachelor + Master in Architecture 2013 - 2019
George STĂNESCU
architect
University of Architecture and Urbanism "Ion Mincu" BUCHAREST
Faculty of Interior Architecture
Bachelor in Design 2017 - ...