Author(s) / Team representatives
Moise Alina, Iustin Băisan
Profession
Architect
Collective/office
Project Para
Co-authors/team members
Alina Moise, Iustin Băisan
Project location
Bucharest, Romania
Project start date
March 2022
Project completion date
ongoing
Website
Photo credits
Alina Moise, Iustin Băisan
Text presentation of the author/office in English
Alina Moise is a licensed architect, 3D artist and award-winning product designer at the Bucharest Architecture Annual and has exhibited at Romanian Design Week, Berlin Design Week, Milan Design Week, Roma Art Week and the International Center of Photography in New York. With a passion for travelling and exploring, Alina gained five years of professional experience in Denmark, Finland and Romania.
As co-founder and designer of Project PARA, Alina Moise has created a platform for channeling creative energy and artistic vision, creating objects that reflect inspiration from modernist, brutalist and post-modernist movements in architecture and sculpture.
Iustin Baisan – Co-founder
Project description in English
Project Para is a design studio dedicated to sustainability, with the aim of creating sculptural objects that are mindful of the planet and our resources. Occupying the liminal space between physical and digital, we seek to combine technological advances with sensual qualities to create visual forms at the intersection of design and art, old and new, light and shadow. Believing that good design should be simple and sustainable, we focus on balance, symmetry and harmony to create classic, timeless pieces.
We create objects inspired by modernist, brutalist and post-modernist movements in architecture and sculpture. We embrace the simplicity and functionality of Modernism, the bold forms of Brutalism, and the eclectic and playful sensibility of Postmodernism. Our design process begins with in-depth research into these movements, distilling their essence into unique, high-quality pieces.
Our commitment to sustainability drives us to use 3D printing technology to localise production, minimise material waste and reduce energy consumption. We use filaments made from recycled materials such as PET and PLA.PET is recycled from medical packaging, while PLA, a bioplastic made from corn starch, is recycled from food packaging waste like fruit boxes and straws. This approach transforms trivial waste products into functional design objects like lamps, vases, and fruit bowls. To enhance sustainability, our designs avoid post-processing and use only one material, eliminating the need for glue, metal joints, paint, or coatings. This makes our objects fully recyclable and easy to transform into new items, reducing the environmental impact and simplifying the recycling process. Our sustainable practices ensure that each piece is not only aesthetically pleasing but also environmentally responsible.