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B A R O T A

PORTFOLIO
Adress:
Calea
Bucuresti
street,
no.83,
postal
code
500326,
Brasov,
Roumanie
Tlphone:0040-723544928
E-mail: radu.barota@gmail.com

Radu BAROTA
urban planner, architect
Member of the URBAN PLANNERS REGISTRY OF ROMANIA
Member of the ARCHITECTS ORDER OF ROMANIA
Nationality: romanian Date of birth: 5 mai 1982 Place of birth: Brasov,
Address: Calea Bucharest no. 83, sc. B, ap. 9. Brasov, Romania
Telephone: 0040-723544928;
Email: radu.barota@gmail.com

Proffesional experience
YEAR: 2005-2007; Employer: M.Cornic Arh. S.R.L.; POSITION: Draftsman

I belive that the best architecture comes from a synthesis of all the elements that separately comprise a building: the structure that holds it up;
the services that allow it to work; the ecology of the buildingwhether
it is naturally ventilated, whether you can open the windows, the quality
of light; the materials used, their mass or their lightness; the character
of the spaces; the symbolism of the form; the relationship of the building to the skyline or the streetscape; and the way in which the building
signals its presence in the city or the countryside. I think that holds true
whether you are creating a landmark or deferring to a historic setting.
Successful architecture addresses all these things and many more.
Sir Norman FOSTER
(THE BIOGRAPHY PRESENTED FOR THE PRITZKER ARCHITECTURE PRIZE)

YEAR:2007- 2011; Employer: Too Architects; POSITION: Senior urban planner, senior architect
YEAR:2008- 2011; SUBCONTRACTOR FOR: Prefcon SRL, Terra XX Design, Dusard POSITION: senior

urban planner, senior architect

YEAR: 2012 Employer: OZE Architecture; POSITION: architect (intership)
YEAR: 2011- Present; PARTNERSHIP WITH Bastion SRL AND BIA George Bisran ; POSITION: urban
planner, senior architect

Studies

YEAR: 2011-2013; STUDIES: Master of Architecture; ORGANISATION: Ecole Nationale Superieure

dArchitecture de Strasbourg
YEAR: 2007-2009; STUDIES: Master Program THE European Structural Founds Management;
ORGANISATION: THE Academy of Economical Studies of Bucharest
YEAR: from 2001 to 2003 and from 2004 to 2007; STUDIES: Urban Planning and Architecture;
ORGANISATION: Ion Mincu University of Architecture ans Urban Planning
YEAR: 2003-2004; STUDIES: Urban Planning (Erasmus Scolarship); ORGANISATION: Paris 8 University,
French Institut of Urban Planning

OTHER INFORMATIONS
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Romanian (Native language); English: Advanced; French: Advanced;
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Advanced (daily usage): Autocad; 3ds Max+ Vray; Photoshop; Indesign
Intermediate (weekly usage): Archicad,Word, Excel
Beginner (occasionaly usage): Illustrator, Corel Draw, Rhino+Grasshopper
PASSIONS: Sport, Audiobooks

Proffesional experience list of projects

2005-2007

2009

ARCHITECTURE

ARCHITECTURE

1. REHABILITATION OF AN ANCIANT TOWER, Brasov, author M. Cornic Arh.

2. HOUSING AND OFFICES BUILDING, Brasov author M. Cornic Arh.
3. INDIVIDUAL HOUSE CIMPOIERU, Mogosoaia, author Too Architects
4. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL, Bucsani, author Too Architects
5. LEE COOPER OFFICE BUILDING, Bucharest, author Too Architects
6 .HOUSING BLOCK SOCOTEANU, Bucharest author -Too Architects
7 .BNS HOTEL AND HEALTH CENTER, Bucharest, author Too Architects

18. INDIVIDUAL HOUSE MAXIMEASA, Mogosoaia- author Too Architects

19. INDIVIDUAL HOUSE BECALI, Pipera- author Too Architects
20. INDIVIDUAL HOUSE EUGEN, Sacele 2009-individual project
21. INDIVIDUAL HOUSE FLORESCU, Targu Mures- author Too Architects
22. INDIVIDUAL HOUSE Otopeni- author Too Architects

URBAN PLANNING
8. GENERAL URBAN PLAN Fratesti- author Too Architects
9. DETAILED URBAN PLAN Orzarilor Streeet, Bucharest- author Too Architects

INTERIOR AND RETALI DESIGN

10. LEE COOPER SHOPS - author Too Architects

URBAN PLANNING
23. FIZICIENILOR MASTER AND ZONING PLAN, Bucharest- author Too Architects
24. SOSEAUA NORDULUI MASTER AND ZONING PLAN, Bucharest- author Too Architects
25. CUZAPLAC GENERAL MASTER AND ZONING PLAN- Colaborare cu S.C. Dusard SRL
26. OLYMPIC SWIMMINGPOOL MASTER AND ZONING PLAN Zalau- colaborare cu Terra

INTERIOR AND RETALI DESIGN

27. LEE COOPER SHOPS - author Too Architects

2008
ARCHITECTURE
11. COLLECTIVE HOUSING BUILDING REHABILITATION, Giurgiu -author Too Architects
12. VASILE LASCAR BUILDING REHABILITATION Bucharest- author Too Architects
13. COUPLED HOUSES, Bucharest-author Too Architects
14. ICC HOUSING BLOCK, Bucharest- author Too Architects

URBAN PLANNING

2010
ARCHITECTURE
28. WALACHIAN THEATRE REHABILITATION, Giurgiu, author Too Architects
29. HOTEL IN THE DANUBE DELTA- proiect individual
30. BUTTONS CLUB, Giurgiu- author Too Architects
31. HOTEL GOVORA REHABILITATION, Govora- author Too Architects

15. GENERAL URBAN PLAN Chiesd- in collaboration with S.C. Prefcon S.R.L.

URBAN PLANNING

INTERIOR AND RETALI DESIGN

33. DETAILED URBAN PLAN PLUS SUPERMARKET, Motru- author Too Architects
34. I.L. Caragiale STREET MASTER AND ZONING PLAN, Galati- author Too Architects
35. SATURN STREET MASTER AND ZONING PLAN Galati- author Too Architects
36. ALTIMETRY STUDY GIURGIU- author Too Architects, UAUIM
37. GENERAL MASTER AND ZONING PLAN CRASNA- author Dusard
38. HOUSING STUDY Galati- author Too Architects

16. LEE COOPER SHOPS- author Too Architects

17. BLUE BIRD SHOPS- author Too Architects

Proffesional experience list of projects

2010

2013

INTERIOR AND RETALI DESIGN

ARCHITECTURE

39. Divan RESTAURANT, Bucharest, author Too Architects

40. Big Shop, Bucharest- author Too Architects

2011
ARCHITECTURE
41. Ozone buildings, Bucharest - author Too Architects
42. ETNOGRAPHICAL MUSEUM Comana- author Too Architects
43. COLLECTIVE HOUSING BUILDINGS Mihai Bravu STREET, Bucharest , Author Too Architects
44. AVALON RESIDENTIAL BUILDING- author Too Architects
45. Parramatta CONTEST- author Too Architects
46. WOOD STRUCTURE BUILDINGS, STRASBOURG -Individual project

INTERIOR AND RETALI DESIGN

47. Santa Barbara, author Too Architects
48. Office space in an old building, author Too Architects
49. Calif fast food, author Too Architects
50. DENTAL CLINIC NO. 1 Strasbourg, individual project
51. DENTAL CLINIC NO. 2 Strasbourg, individual project

56. COLLECTIVE HOUSING BLOCK S+P+12, Brasov- partner with George Birsan
57. INDIVIDUAL HOUSE BRADET, Brasov- partener with George Birsan
58. Reabilitare Cinematograf Astra, Brasov- partner with George Birsan
59. INDIVIDUAL HOUSE Pascal, Brasov- partener with George Birsan
60. PUROLITE CAFFETERIA AND LOKERS ROOM- Brasov- partner with George Birsan
61. SWIMMING POOL MIXED WITH LIBRARY- school project
62. PHYLARMONIC HALL PROJECT- diploma project

URBAN PLANNING
63. BASEL PORT RECONVERTION- school project
64. MASTER PLAN- BUCHAREST 2000- diploma project

INTERIOR AND RETALI DESIGN

65. INTERIOR DESIGN OF STANCII HOUSE, Brasov- partner with George Birsan

2014
ARCHITECTURE

2012

66. EXTENSION OF AN INDIVIDUAL HOUSE, Brasov- partner with George Birsan

67. EXTENSION OF AN VETERINARY CLINIC, Brasov- partner with George Birsan
68. CONCEPT FOR A 7 FLOOR HOUSING BLOCK, Brasov- partner with George Birsan
69. INDIVIDUAL HOUSE GHIMBAV, Brasov- partner with George Birsan
70. CONCEPT FOR A HOUSING COMPOUND STUPINI, Brasov- partner with George Birsan

ARCHITECTURE

URBAN PLANNING

52. LES VILLAS SUD RESIDENTILA COMPOUND, Hagenbiten- author OZE Architecture
53. INDIVIDUAL HOUSE Bisecheim, author OZE Architecture
54. SUMMER HOUSE Bordeaux, author OZE Architecture
55. TRADITIONAL HOUSE EXTENSION, Brasov- individual project

71. DETAILED URBAN PLAN FOR 7 FLOOR HOUSING BLOCK, Brasov- partner with George Birsan

INTERIOR AND RETAIL DESIGN

72. INTERIOR DESIGN FOR A HOUSE IN SACELE Brasov- partner with George Birsan
73. INTERSPORT MALL VITAN, Brasov- partner with George Birsan and Black Pen

BNS HOTEL AND HEALTH CENTRE

Project: hotel, offices and health centre Location: Bucharest
Year: 2007-2008 Author: Too
Architects Total built area: 10 140m2 Phase: urban zoning project, concept, building permit
The team: Senior architect, junior architect Position: senior architect My tasks: detailed urban zoning

plan, building permit plans and section, technical plans and sections, 3D illustration

The client demanded a project for luxury hotel on a narrow terrain near the Lia Manoliu Stadium, known
also as the Romanian National Stadium. The hotel was intended to be managed by an international hotel
chains like Sheraton. The sport vocation of the zone offers also an opportunity for a Heath Care Centre.
The terrain has only one car entrance from park that cannot be enlarged or modified due to local urban
regulations. The scheme of circulations inside the lot became very strict. The hotel building had to be
positioned above the pedestrian and auto circulation. Therefor one side of the building has only two
supporting points. This structural detail determines the form of the building and its exterior appearance.

SITE PLAN

ARCHITECTURE CONCEPT AND URBAN ZONING PLAN

LEE COOPER OFFICES

Project: Office and storage building Location: Bucharest Year: 2007-2008 Author: Too Architects
Total built area:
6700 m2 Phase: Urban planning project, Concept, building permit, technical
project The team: Senior architect, junior architect Position: junior architect My tasks: detailed

urban plan drafting, building permit plans and section, technical plans and sections, 3D illustration

The building was designed to have 6 levels and a basement for parking. This project had two major
challenges: the site, passed by electrical, water and gas networks and the mixed function of the building.
The terrain is narrow and two accesses are required: one for the parking and one for the storage
facilities. Because the basement was designed for 49 parking places hosted in Klaus Systems, it is
unusually high. The ground floor is also risen as a consequence of its storage function. The next four
levels were intended to be rented. The 5th floor had to host the Lee Cooper Offices. All these were
cornered in the backside of the lot not to affect the public utilities networks. The intended project proved
to be an architectural challenge not from the aesthetically point of view, but mainly from the functional
one. The last solution had no room for errors and exchanges.

ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN ZONING PLAN

ICC HOUSING BLOCK

Project: housing Location: Bucharest Year: 2008-2009 Author: Too Architects Total built area:
6700 m2 Phase: concept, building permit, technical project The team: Senior architect, junior
architect Position: senior architect My tasks: designing the concept, the building permit plans and

section, technical plans and sections

This block of flats was developed by ICC Construction and Development Company and has 13th floors.
The main issue of the project was the site. After we sketch the first concept, we found out that the lot
will be reduced in half due to local public circulation development plans. The challenges of the project
became clear, because the developer had to follow the initial time planning and financial estimations
were messed up by this new information.
Because the underground water level was high, two basements of parking spaces were financially
justified. The proposal was changed and negotiated several times with the local authorities because of
the insufficient number of needed parking spaces. In the end we manage to achieve a balance between
the clients high demands and the inflexible requirements of the authorities.

ARCHITECTURE

GENERAL MASTER AND ZONING PLANS

Projects: master plans and zoning plans Location: Fratesti (Giurgiu Region), Chiesd, Cuzaplac and
Crasna (Salaj Region) Year: 2007-2011 Author: Too Architects, Prefcon, Dusard The teams: 15

people from different fields (urban planners, architects, historians, archeologists, topographical engineers
etc.) Position: from junior urban planner to urban planner in charge of the project

This block of flats was developed by ICC Construction and Development Company and has 13th floors.
The main issue of the project was also the site. After we sketch the first concept, we found out that the
lot will be reduced in half due to local public circulation development plans. The challenges of the project
became clear, because the developer had to follow the initial time planning and financial estimations
were messed up by this new information.
Because the underground water level was high, two basements of parking spaces were financially
justified. The proposal was changed and negotiated several times with the local authorities because of
the insufficient number of needed parking spaces. In the end we manage to achieve a balance between
the clients high demands and the inflexible requirements of the authorities.

URBAN PLANNING

physicianS STREET MASTER AND ZONING PLAN

Project: urban plan and zoning plan for offices, houses and commerce Location: Bucharest Year:
2009 Author: Too Architects Total built area: 180.000 m2 Phase: concept, urban planning
and zoning permit The team: Senior architect, junior architect Position: senior architect My tasks:

concept, 3d illustration, negotiation with authorities

The terrain (private propriety) has around 7 hectares and is situated 5 km away from the central zone
of Bucharest. Today it is occupied by an industrial zone. Most of the buildings are built for industrial
production and have no value, so they will be demolished. The program is mix: residential, offices and
commerce. At that stage the client wasnt sure about the proportion of every function. The mission
of the office was to conceive a master plan for the zone which was the starting point of a financial
evaluation and also which will establish the building regulations of the area. The residential zone will
have approximately 30.000 sqm, the offices, services and commerce around 100.000 sqm. .The
function of the third zone (around 60.000 sqm.) will be determined at the future. The intervention is
also scheduled in 3 stages.
The spatial idea of the project is to give to every zone its own identity. The residential zone will be
organized around a green public space and every building will have its own private green space. The
main building of the office zone, conceived as the main vertical accent of the zone will be a tower of
25 floors. The commercial area is organized around a commercial centre of five stories. Because the
project will be realized in 15 years, the last zone must be adaptable to an uncertain market.

URBAN PLANNING

ALTIMETRY STUDY
Project: urban planning study Location: Galati Year: 2010 Author: Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning, CCPEC and Too Architects The team: cheif of project, 2 seniors urban
planners, 4 junior urban planners Position: senior urban planner My tasks: analysis preparation, 3d

illustration, concept and plans

Galati is one of the greatest economical centers of Romania because of his positioning near the water
pathways of the country and of Europe. During the communist period some heavy industries were
developed here and they function also nowadays. The present study is a part of the urban strategy and
local regulatory plan of the city. The objective of the study was to establish possible scenarios of spatial
development of the city by taking into consideration the physical and socio-economical indicators. The
study was divided into 3 parts: a classical analyses, a DELPHI analyses and a proposal. The first part
highlighted some neglected aspects of the physical space of the city: the poor state of some zones,
the image discontinuity of different types of tissue, the sites with potential and buildings opportunities,
the lack of identity of the tissues, the different attractiveness of some zones etc. The DELPHI analyses
was applied for the first time in Romania and it consisted on some surveys with questions posed to the
most influential urban planners of the country to establish the development priorities. All the conclusions
of those analyses were implemented into the spatial strategy of development of the city.

URBAN PLANNING STUDY

I.L. CARAGIALE MASTER AND ZONING PLAN

Project: urban plan and zoning plan for offices, houses and commerce Location: Galati Year: 2010
Author: Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning, CCPEC and Too Architects Total built
area: 83.000 m2 Phase: concept, urban planning and zoning permit The team: chief of project, 2
seniors urban planner, 1 junior urban planner Position: senior urban planner My tasks: concept, 3d

illustration, negotiation with authorities

Galati is one of the largest economical centers of Romania and one of the biggest port cities on the
Danube. The site is situated in the center of the city. The Spanish client wanted to build a mix zone
of offices, commerce and housing consisting of 83.025 sqm. With a maximal high of 25 stories the
buildings will be the tallest in Galati. The initial idea was to build a single tower. After the consulation
with the local authorities and by taking into consideration the urban rules of the zone we crystalized the
idea of building in three stages.
Together with the construction of the towers we have reconsidered the whole structure of the zone. We
have reorganized the circulation of the zone, we had planned new public services and we had reshaped
the green areas. The nowadays spatial organization of the zone doesnt correspond to its importance.
So, we have conceived a flexible and encouraging mechanism of regulation which will generate, from
our point of view, the necessary transformation of the zone.

URBAN PLANNING

HOUSING STUDY
Project: urban planning study Location: Galati Year: 2010 Author: Ion Mincu University of Architecture
and Urban Planning, CCPEC and Too Architects The team: cheif of project, 2 seniors urban planners,
4 junior urban planners, sociolgue, economist Position: senior urban planner My tasks: analysis

preparation, conclusions
The global objective of that study was to identify some levels of intervention to ameliorate the quality
of housing in Galati based on an integrated method of diagnostic. The first part of the study treats the
typology of housing. The second part is about the housing production related to the socio-economical
context of the city. The third part treats the quality of living related to the proximity of public services.
To analyses all these aspects we have used various types of sources (visits and observation on the
terrain, gross statistical information, interpreted statistical information etc.). The conclusions of the study
were that there is an urgent need to rehabilitate the smaller units, there is a need to create quality urban
spaces. These measures have to be complemented with some programs which will facilitate the access
to funds for the acquisition of the proprieties and to their rehabilitation. For the new neighbourhoods we
emphasizes the need to make them more coherent.

URBAN PLANNING STUDY

PARRAMATTA IDEEA CONTEST

Project: architectural contest Location: Parramatta, Australia
Year: 2011 Author: Too Architects Position: senior architect
My tasks: concept, plans, sections, 3d

The competition Ideas on Edge was looking to find an idea

for the development of a site situated in Parramatta, one of
the most dynamic suburbia of Sidney. The hopes of the local
authorities, translated into the documents of the competition,
the isolation of the site and the lack of identity of the site
guided us to propose a landmark for the zone. The shape of
the building is inspired by the usage of aboriginal shells. At the
lower levels we proposed the public functions (commercial
spaces, services, art galleries etc.). At the higher levels we
proposed housing and recreational spaces related to them.
We also imagined that the building is self-sustaining by the
usage of high-tech devices (photovoltaic panels, exterior
convectors used to guide the winds etc.).

ARCHITECTURE CONTEST

LES VILLAS SUD RESIDENTIAL COMPOUND

Project: housing developpement Location: Hangenbitten, Strasbourg, France Year: 2012 Author:
OZE Architecture Position: junior architecture My tasks: plans, sections, facades

The project is situated 10 km. away from Strasbourg, near the international airport of Entzheim. The
project is composed of 67 apartments in buildings of a typology called in France intermediate housing:
apartments in medium density residential developments which are somewhere in between the collective
modernist housing and the individual houses. The ground floor apartments have a little garden and the
apartments situated on the first levels have big terraces. The whole neighborhood is organized around
a common green space.
From the stylistic point of view, the image is not very contemporary because of the historical regulations
that have to be respected in the area. Anyway, the image was carefully study to give the impression of
diversity and unity at the same time.

ARCHITECTURE

FAGET RESIDENTIAL BLOCK

Project: housing and commerce Location: Brasov, Romania Year: 2013- 2014 Author: George
Birsan and Radu Barota Total built area: 6548 m2 Position: architect in charge of the project Phase:

Concept
The building is situated near Brasov main train station. The neighborhood is very lively, mainly because
of the attractions nearby (a shopping mall, a park, a swimming pool, the rink of the city etc.) The project
is composed of 71 apartments with commercial spaces at the ground floor. The apartments are small
because they need to be financed from a governmental program for the youth. The form of the building
was dictated by the orientation of the site. The north-oust faade is not perpendicular to the axes of the
building because it tries to capture as much sun as possible. From the image point of view, we tried to
avoid any kind of monotony of the facades.

ARCHITECTURE

Lee Cooper, Blue Bird, Santa Barbara, Denis, Big shop, intersport

RETAIL DESIGN

Project: shops design Location: Romania Year: from 2007 to 2014 Author: in collaboration with Too
Architects and with George Birsan Position: from drafting person to architect in charge of the project
Phase: from concept to execution

From 2007 I had the opportunity to work at more than 60 shops and other retail projects. For the
majority of these projects I was the architect responsible for the design. The first retail brand with whom
I collaborated was Lee Cooper. The design of the Lee Cooper shops implied many aspects: measuring
the site, designing and redesigning the concepts, adapting the concepts to the spaces, managing the
construction etc. The design evolved from 2007 to 2010. The first shops had a very limited budget. As
the brand became more important we could play a little more with the details and with the image of the
brand. Paradoxically, the shop and the concept which I like most was not made for Lee Cooper Romania,
but for Lee Cooper Ukraine. The concept was made as a case study for a transformation of a Lee Cooper
shop in Kiev and it took into consideration various aspects of the brand characteristics such as the tradition
of the brand and the link between the brand and the musical culture of Great Britain. Also, we had tried to
communicate these characteristics to the public with an almost direct instore communication.
Some others chains of shops with whom I collaborate were: Blue Bird, Denis, Anna Cory and Santa
Barbara. All these shops had a small scale, up to 150 sqm. I also designed more complex shops such
as Big Shop. Situated in the Unirea Shopping Center, the most well-known and visited shopping mall of
Romania, it had a surface of 2200 sqm. The main idea was to make it as much as a department store,
with affordable goods.
The latest collaboration in the retail design is with Intersport. On one hand the design is more elaborated,
but due to the existence of a brand book there also more restrictions. But luckily the client is opened and
even demands innovation and the Intersport team is very involved into the creation stages.

MAP OF LEE COOPER SHOPS FOR WICH I COLABORATED

LEE COOPER BUCAREST, DOAMNEI 2008

CONCEPT FOR LEE COOPER KIEV, 2011

LEE COOPER TIMISOARA 2009

MISS LEE COOPER, BUCAREST, UNIREA SHOPPING CENTER 2009

CONCEPT FOR LEE COOPER KIEV, 2011