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: . celebraiting 10years of Apartamentul Deschis/Flat Space . 10 years after it was installed in the Bucharest str. 68/1 square, Flat Space hosted dozens of events organized by artists, independent local and foreign initiatives and organizations. As an independent cultural space, functioning as an alternative office for arts and culture, it became an element of the cultural infrastructure of Chisinau, facilitating new interactions of the audience with contemporary art / socially engaged art, emphasizing topics pertaining to the public space and urban neoliberal transformations in post-soviet cities. Called (ironically) by bureaucracy defenders “The Balcony of the Culture Direction”, it became an important element, contributing to the democratic infrastructure of the city (due to the absence of inclusive spaces, Flat Space gathers together the members of the independent cultural community, including artists, architects, musicians, and film-makers; the cyclists / environmental activists’ community; feminist / LGBT communities, and others), curator: Vladimir Us. . Flat Space project: http://chiosc.oberliht.org/apartament . Apartamentul Deschis/Flat Space was installed next to APO Victoria with laboratory complex, expo section and exhibition hall, currently hosting cultural department of Chisinau municipality, designed by architects: Yu.Tumanyan, O.Vronskii, built in late 80s. . #stefanrusu #stefanrusuprojects #openflat_apartamentuldeschis #modularstructures #socialistarchitecture #flatspace_apartamentuldeschis #openflat #publicspace_chisinau #68bucurestistreet #oberliht #chisinau #publicspaces_chisinau #transformationofpublicspace #publicspace . #socialhousing #socialistbloc #socialistcity . ©stefanrusu (at Kishinef, Chişinău, Moldova) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3pX5pUpEiy/?utm_medium=tumblr

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social housing block, Victoria city (Ucea), built in 60s
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In 1939, the Romanian state signed a contract with the German company Ferrostaal of Essen to build a factory (called “Ucea”) on the site of what is now Victoria. The contract was canceled after Romania declared war on Germany in 1944, during World War II. The building of the town began in 1949 and it had the provisional names of “Colonia Ucea” and “Ucea Roșie” (Red Ucea), only to be changed in November 1954 to Victoria.
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#socialistarchitecture #socialistcityandurbanism 
#socialistcity #socialist_victoria
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#utopiancities #utopiancitiesprogrammedsocieties
#summerschoolvictoria #victoria #romania
#stefanrusuprojects #stefanrusu (at Victoria, Romania)
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: . “Romashka” community center- a project and urban intervention by Tatiana Fiodorova, part of a series of research based projects conducted by invited artists in Chisinau dealing with post socialist urban context, precarious state of conservation of modernist architecture and its social environment. . . CHISINAU-Art, Research in Public Sphere . The publication is an invitation to a virtual tour through a number of historical periods and political regimes that have shaped the city and the society and includes the contributions of theorists and the artists’ projects. While the theoretical contributions present the results of historical research and case studies concerning the various stages in the evolution of the city of Chisinau, the artists’ projects have followed to a great extent the logic of subverting and challenging the order established in the urban space by the state institutions in cooperation with the private sector. . The book includes comprehensive survey of major periods in Chisinau development including colonial (Russian Empire), post-colonial (re-colonization during Romanian Kingdom), soviet and post-soviet periods with texts by researchers and theoreticians Sava Lucia(MD), Octavian Tacu(MD), Tamara Nesterov(MD), Igor Casu(MD) and Virgil Paslariuc(MD) amongst many other contributions. . A project curated by Stefan Rusu, organised by Center for Contemporary Art-[KSA:K], print run:1000 copies, printed in Chisinau at “Bons OfficesSRL” . ISBN 978-9975-80-534-6 . Preorder your copy via: [email protected] and get it via mail or pickup directly from KSAK Center in Chisinau (Banulescu Bodoni Street 5/2, Chisinau). . #ksak #ksakcenterforcontrmporaryart #urbanism_chisinau #modernismtour_moldova #modernismtour_chisinau #modernism #stefanrusuprojects #stefanrusu #socialistcity #socialistcity_chisinau #chișinău #chisinaucity #chisinau #architectura #architecture #modernismtour #moldovanmodernism . . Romashka building’s images: Max Kuzmenko (at Romashka Tower) https://www.instagram.com/p/BhYNVsJH2I4/?igshid=1b9b3c23yhzjm

: . . . #insularmodernities #socialistcityandurbanism #socialistcity #socialistarchitecture #stefanrusuprojects #stefanrusu #belarus #minsk (at Minsk, Belarus) https://www.instagram.com/p/B34D4IbFZnK/?igshid=1d7on4agub6si

: . VIROMET main office, built in the 50s . . VIROMET factory ( Ucea), developed in between 1948-1955 part of Victoria city ( Red Ucea) . In 1939, the Romanian state signed a contract with the German company Ferrostaal of Essen to build a factory (called "Ucea") on the site of what is now Victoria. The contract was canceled after Romania declared war on Germany in 1944, during World War II. The building of the town began in 1949 and it had the provisional names of "Colonia Ucea" and "Ucea Roșie" (Red Ucea), only to be changed in November 1954 to Victoria. . #socialistarchitecture #socialistcity #socialist_victoria . #utopiancities #utopiancitiesprogrammedsocieties #summerschoolvictoria #victoria #romania #stefanrusuprojects #stefanrusu (at Victoria, Romania) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0p9TFEJCjY/?igshid=169t4gej8l11k

: . "This visual essay was assembled out of partly spontaneous and short, and other carefully planned and longer trips through Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. The images swing between urban “archaeology” and documentary photography in order to build a comprehensive archive and understanding of post-Soviet road infrastructure, including post-industrial urban transformations in remote and high-altitude cities and villages in mountains or desert areas." -- Ştefan Rusu, "Knots, Stones, and Passes," e-flux Architecture, "New Silk Roads," February 2020. . e-flux.com/architecture/new-silk-roads/313105/knots-stones-and-passes/ . . #eflux #efluxarchitecture . #insularmodernities #nationalmodernism #decolonisingmodernity #socialistarchitecture_uzbekistan #socialistarchitecture #modernismtour_uzbekistan #modernismtour #modernism #khiva #bukhara #kyzylkumdesert #kyzylkumuzbekistan #socialistcity #architecture #architects . #stefanrusuprojects #stefanrusu . ©stefanrusu . (at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B91_tcpJMbU/?igshid=1jhy9131ydp9

: a human next to the sign of algorithm, designed in 70 . In 1939, the Romanian state signed a contract with the German company Ferrostaal of Essen to build a factory (called "Ucea") on the site of what is now Victoria. The contract was canceled after Romania declared war on Germany in 1944, during World War II. The building of the town began in 1949 and it had the provisional names of "Colonia Ucea" and "Ucea Roșie" (Red Ucea), only to be changed in November 1954 to Victoria. . . #utopiancities #programmedsocieties #utopiancitiesprogrammedsocieties #summerschoolvictoria #victoria #romania #stefanrusuprojects #stefanrusu . http://www.primariavictoria.ro/ANUNT/2019/UTOPIC.jpg (at Victoria, Romania) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzSHfXtl5tI/?igshid=1cnr65wyzof8l

: . celebraiting 10years of Apartamentul Deschis/Flat Space . 10 years after it was installed in the Bucharest str. 68/1 square, Flat Space hosted dozens of events organized by artists, independent local and foreign initiatives and organizations. As an independent cultural space, functioning as an alternative office for arts and culture, it became an element of the cultural infrastructure of Chisinau, facilitating new interactions of the audience with contemporary art / socially engaged art, emphasizing topics pertaining to the public space and urban neoliberal transformations in post-soviet cities. Called (ironically) by bureaucracy defenders “The Balcony of the Culture Direction”, it became an important element, contributing to the democratic infrastructure of the city (due to the absence of inclusive spaces, Flat Space gathers together the members of the independent cultural community, including artists, architects, musicians, and film-makers; the cyclists / environmental activists’ community; feminist / LGBT communities, and others), curator: Vladimir Us. . Flat Space project: http://chiosc.oberliht.org/apartament . Apartamentul Deschis/Flat Space was installed next to APO Victoria with laboratory complex, expo section and exhibition hall, currently hosting cultural department of Chisinau municipality, designed by architects: Yu.Tumanyan, O.Vronskii, built in late 80s. . #stefanrusu #stefanrusuprojects #openflat_apartamentuldeschis #modularstructures #socialistarchitecture #flatspace_apartamentuldeschis #openflat #publicspace_chisinau #68bucurestistreet #oberliht #chisinau #publicspaces_chisinau #transformationofpublicspace #publicspace . #socialhousing #socialistbloc #socialistcity . ©stefanrusu (at Apartamentul Deschis / Flat Space) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4MhC8PJQz6/?igshid=ztzbtizr5lyk