Public Choice Award

For ten years, Beta has been awarding quality architectural initiatives and projects in Romania, Hungary and Serbia. The international jury for each edition is made up of renowned architects, and the awards reflect our determination to promote authors and projects with a beneficial impact on the built environment.

For the first time in this competition, we have introduced the People's Award, through which we aim to improve the connection between architects and the general public, emphasizing the importance of architecture that directly addresses the values and needs of society.

We all live in and use the city and the spaces that architects design, so we want the Beta Awards to recognize the preferences of the general public. The Public Award is our way of bringing quality architecture closer to the general public and promoting those architectural projects that make us proud of the cities we live in. Each person can vote for one project in the categories of Built Space, Interior Space, Public Space, Graduate Projects and Research.

The public vote will be open together with the awards exhibition and will run until the end of the competition, when the project with the most votes will be awarded at the Beta 2024 Awards Gala.

Interior Space

Interior Design

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Laura Covaci

Author(s) / Team representatives

Laura Covaci

Profession

Arhitect

Collective/office

atelier dePlano

Co-authors/team members

arh. Radu-Tudor Ponta, arh. Emil Burbea-Milescu, arh. Amanda Bușe

External collaborators

Atalian Global Services, Paval Holding Properties, Worklab, Hunter Douglas

Project location

București, România

Budget în euros

nedeclarat

Usable area

270 mp

Project start date

februarie 2023

Construction completion date

mai 2023

Client

Wirtek, Promark

Builder

Amis Telecom

Website

See Website

Photo credits

Bogdan Mosorescu

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Text presentation of the author/office in English

de Plano is an architectural studio that weaves creative passion into design services. They believe that architecture is primarily a cultural activity that channels and challenges established values. de Plano seeks balances between tradition and innovation, material and spatial qualities, construction and architectural narratives, while maintaining an openness to the opportunities and challenges that each project presents. Since 2024 de Plano articulates the new partnership between Emil Burbea, Laura Covaci and Radu Ponta.

Project description in English

The project consisted of designing an office space for two software companies in Opera Center 1, taking into account the wish of the clients to enhance the raw qualities of the building, on the one hand and maintaining a very tight execution schedule, on the other. The space is divided into two main areas: the work area on the northern side, including the open office and the meeting rooms, and the lounge with cafeteria by the entrance, on the southern side. The refurbishment is centered around the ceiling infrastructure – all of the HVAC equipment and piping particular to an office building. Usually overlooked and hidden behind a regular ceiling, this infrastructure, once exposed, enhances the depth of the space. In a lower plane, several groups of suspended soundproofing fins project onto this raw background and become the chromatic accent of the design. The floor and wall finishes maintain a neutral palette and further enhance the dynamics of the ceiling, without adding any heaviness to the space.

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