We have written a couple of times about Romanian traditional houses and we will, most probably, deal with this topic again. This time though we spoke to two of the main and also few promoters of this architectural style which exudes so much natural beauty, architects Liliana Chiaburu and Adrian Paun, about these houses featuring wood porches or framed by open aches and columns, who are those ordering them, what building them consists in and, more important, why choose such a home in times when we\u2019re under the siege of modernism.<\/p>\n
Liliana Chiaburu drew the first plan of such a home about 15 years ago, after almost as many years since she had graduated from the Faculty of Architecture. Currently, she signs about 4-5 such plans every year, while also actively participating in the construction stage by assisting the handymen. She says the story of such an authentic home starts first of all with a thorough discussion with the client, followed by a detailed examination of the place where the home to be will stand. \u201cI only do customized projects, personalized projects, do not have anything ready-made that I can offer the customer. All my projects are perfectly adapted to the beneficiaries\u2019 requirements and the terrain where they\u2019ll be built. This is why I talk to the customer a lot, I examine the land plot, its environment and surroundings, assess the exposure to natural light because all these help me trace a final architectural solution\u201d, she told us.<\/p>\n
The client then picks his own construction team, for reasons which relate to economic efficiency. But the architects spends a lot of time on the building site, giving the workers advice, offering them drawings and correcting possible details as work unfolds so that the final structure matches the customer\u2019s initial desire. In general, she says, her customers are \u201cyoung people who have this strong sense of self identity\u201d and who understand thus the importance and role of a personalized home.<\/p>\n