Previous Bucharest Triennale East Centric Architecture nominees and winners of the Critical Discourses contest include professors, students, art critics, curators:
2013 – Trans(ap)parenncies – Tomislav Pavelić – Croatia / Luigi Pintacuda – Italy / Armina Pilav – Bosnia Herzegovina / Alina Hughes – Great Britain / Hans Ibelings – Holland / Katalin Tánczos – Romania / Dániel Vass – Romania / Andreea Movilă – Romania / Ramona Novicov – Romania
2016 – Drifting – Silvia Cazacu – Romania / Ștefania Grădinaru – Romania / Ruxandra Grigoraș – Romania / Tincuța Heinzel / Dana Julean – Romania / Andreea Movilă – Romania and Monika Pietrosian – Poland / Petra Maria Pfaff – Romania / Tomislav Pavelić – Croatia / Ștefan Cristian Popa – UK / Simina Anamaria Purcaru – Romania / Gabriela Tabacu – Romania
The jury of the contest consists of:
President of the jury: architect and theoretician Sarah Robinson (USA/Italy)
Jury members:
architect Ștefan Cristian Popa – Romania/UK – (winner of the previous edition)
architect Ștefana Grădinariu – Romania/UK – (winner of the previous edition)
composer and philosopher Caterina di Cecca – Italy
architect Marko Sančanin – Croatia
architect Arpad Zachi – Romania (director of the Triennale)
architect and researcher Vladimir Vinea – Romania
architect Doru O. Comșa – Romania/Switzerland
art expert Mădălina Mirea – Romania
5 nominees for each of the two sections of the Critical Discourses Contest will be awarded prizes in the total amount of 3000 euros. The two winners of the contest will also receive 1000 euros in cash. All selected essays will be published in the Triennale’s book.
Assessment criteria:
• Adequacy of language to the theme approached
• Coherence and clarity of discourse
• Quality of arguments and degree of originality
• Topicality and relevance of the approached theme
• Overall deliverance quality