Show me all your layers

Miruna Moldovan is a licensed architect from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She is a founding partner of viewcatchers, a company specialised in architecture photography, has her own individual architecture office and is a teaching associate at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, within the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca. She completed her doctoral studies in 2022, with the thesis called “Emergency housing in Romania: the social and legislative dimension of the necessity housing”. Her articles have been published in scientific journals such as sITA (Studies in the History and Theory of Architecture) and Argument Magazine. In 2024 she became co-founder of COTAA - Collections of Texts About Architecture Journal. Regarding the professional activity of her office, she tries to stay connected to current social issues and problematics, while designing relevant, human-centred and dignified architecture. In recent years, she has won several international architecture competitions such as Kiosk Design Sector 6 Bucharest (2021, First Prize), Mamaia Seaside Design Competition (2023, Mention II) and DN3C Park Constanța Design Competition (2022, Mention II).

This photo series is all about uncovering layers. A medieval building has been transformed, dressed or simply covered over time with countless coats, fabrics and layers, some violent and intrusive, others careful and minimal. In recent years or decades, attempts have been made to save and restore it. Currently, the building has been undressed or stripped of some of the mentioned layers, revealing a sincerity of the architectural interventions. Is it good or not? We don't know, it's still a work in progress.