While attending the 2022 edition of ICFF New-York, Paul and Anamaria met Dorian Branea and Luisa Tuntuc from the Romanian Cultural Institute of New York and set the basis for a very special project titled “RCI under open skies”. With major renovations going on for the past three years, the Institute has strived to reinvent itself as a modern, welcoming, multipurpose cultural centre in the heart of Manhattan. The job is by no means finished and, to make the most of their available space, the need to reimagine the outdoor wing of the Institute in the most ingenious and eco-friendly way arose as an obvious consequence. The project was studied within Interior Architecture and Special project - interior disciplines at Cluj-Napoca’s own school of architecture in the first semester of 2022/23 academic year.

Competitively selected, 25 projects will be presented in the exhibition ‘RCI under Open Skies’ which will be on view at RCI NY’s ‘Brancusi’ Gallery beginning March 2, from 6-8 pm. Moreover this exhibition will be set up and opened by a group of 6 students and 2 tutors that will travel to New York for this purpose.