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Liliana - Mihaela Petrovici is an architect, senior lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture in Iași, and creator of architectural education projects for children and young people: "THE CITY AS ATMOSPHERE", ”UN.SEEN, IASI. Stories. Architecture", "THE CITY WITH COLORFUL WINDOWS" and "BLUE HOUSES". Starting with 2017, she organized numerous guided tours, creative workshops, photography contests, and exhibitions to promote architecture and the less-known heritage of Iași city, co-financed by MeD and OAR, from the stamp duty for architecture. In 2017-2018 she was a volunteer architect in the "De-a arhitectura" program. In 2019, she won the MOLDOVA RAM REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE PRIZE in Section 5 - Studies, projects, and participatory architecture for the "UN.SEEN, IASI" cultural project. Liliana Petrovici is the author of 24 articles on interdisciplinary topics in national and international scientific publications; co-author in the collective volumes "Cultural landscape, architecture, trends" from 2012" and Architectural Space. Urban Space" from 2013. In 2021 she published the book "ARCHITECTURE & COMMUNICATION" at the ”Ion Mincu” Publishing House in Bucharest.

For students in architecture, a day spent outside the usual learning environment, in an old building materials factory, is a revealing experience enhanced with many sensory details. In the industrial building with tall halls and bright windows, time seems to have stood still. The hot air is charged with the smell of fresh concrete, dust, and the sounds of machinery. The factory emanates a distinct beauty, bearing the imprint of the pioneering era from the beginnings of industrialization, recalling the audacious spirit of those times. Structural elements for new and exquisite constructions are produced in this precast concrete plant built 70 years ago and recently revitalized in the local economy, The students' visit is documented through black and white photographs that capture the essence of these learning moments and revive an old story from technical and architectural history. The outside construction lesson becomes a spatial and sensory experience about transformation and innovation, about evolution and change.