Shaping Space within Nature — Crowdfunding on wemakeit

Built around a water well in a Transylvanian garden, this small rural retreat is a collaboration with my mother, a wish to create a new act of culture in an agrarian, traditional landscape.

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Digital postcard
You will receive a digital postcard from the project and a personal thank you message for being part of this journey.
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Newsletter+Black Sea Booklet
Receive the Construction Newsletter about Garden House in Bărdești by mail, offering behind-the-scenes updates, photos, sketches, construction details and reflections from the building site and process. You will also receive a printed booklet documenting House at the Black Sea, one of our previous experimental projects, located in Corbu, Romania (nearing completion), and designed in collaboration with Swiss architect Raphael Zuber. It includes plans, details, photographs from the construction site, offering an insight into the design and building process. Printed in a limited edition, exclusively for supporters of Garden House in Bărdești.
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Architecture Workshop
Join a 3-4 day architecture workshop with our international architects team at the Garden House in Bărdești. Limited to 10 participants, with camping in the garden or self-arranged accommodation in the village/city nearby. During the day we will debate architectural or landscape themes, followed by evening talks at the fireplace. Dates to be announced (weekends Thursday-Sunday, estimated summer 2027). Travel and accommodation not included.
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Enjoy a Two Night Stay
Spend two nights in the garden house once it’s ready. Enjoy a basket filled with locally produced treats such as cheese, jam and fresh vegetables while relaxing in nature and exploring the village life. A quiet retreat and a chance to connect with the story behind the project. Dates will be arranged after completion (spring to autumn, from autumn 2027). The price is per house, maximum 4 persons (2 double beds, one bathroom). Travel not included.
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About the Initiators

Laura Cristea

Bucharest

Hi! I am Laura Cristea, an architect currently based in Romania. The experience of working and teaching in Switzerland has deeply influenced my architectural understanding. Through the office I have co-founded, Pelinu Projects, but also through personal initiatives like this, my focus is on developing creative architecture offering qualitative, yet unexpected spaces.

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Madalina Dobre

Bucharest

I am Madalina Dobre, a final-year architecture student at the «Ion Mincu» University in Bucharest, currently collaborating with Pelinu Projects team on design and competition work. As an architect in progress, my focus is on refining my approach and understanding of how ideas become built spaces.

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Ana Brebeanu

Bucharest

My name is Ana Brebeanu and I’m in my last year of studies at the Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning in Bucharest. I’m currently collaborating with Laura Cristea at Pelinu Projects.

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