The rehabilitation and extension of the Știrbei Palace. Relocation of the National Museum of Contemporary Art

Beldiman Dragoș Dragoș studied at the University of Architecture and Urbanism "Ion Mincu", Architecture Department. He is currently a PhD student at the same university, in the Department of History and Theory of Architecture. He has taken part in numerous international competitions and his interests include the conservation and restoration of built heritage. He aims to study the area of experimental restorations in Romania in view of the new cycle of interventions on heritage buildings.

The diploma project proposes a revitalization of the Stirbei Palace on Calea Victoriei in Bucharest. This is achieved by restoring and converting the historic monument, but also by extending the ensemble to allow the relocation of the National Museum of Contemporary Art. The location of the project, , contributes both to the accessibility of the museum to the general public and to the creation of new opportunities for development and urban regeneration. The proposal aims at a non-invasive approach and a volumetric conforming in order to fulfill the symbolic, contextual, social but also functional needs of the ensemble. By means of the proposed solution, an attempt is made to capitalize on a destructured built background, and to realize a landmark in the community in order to give coherence to the public space. The intervention aims at adapting the space of the Stirbei Palace to the institution's representational functions, while the new body defines the exhibition space for permanent and temporary collections.