Beros Abdul
Ensamble of ecological buildings
Chilia veche, Romania
Date: 2014-2015
Stage: Completed
Client: Asociația Ivan Patzaichin – Mila 23, in partnership with Administrația Națională a Penitenciarelor România, South Regional Office – Bastoy Prison Norvegia and Asociația RomanoButiQ, funded by a Norwegian grant through the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009 - 2014
Team: Esenghiul Abdul, Claudia Trufas, Nicu Ilfoveanu (Photography)
Location: Tătaru- Chilia Veche, Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve.
Chilia veche, Romania
Date: 2014-2015
Stage: Completed
Client: Asociația Ivan Patzaichin – Mila 23, in partnership with Administrația Națională a Penitenciarelor România, South Regional Office – Bastoy Prison Norvegia and Asociația RomanoButiQ, funded by a Norwegian grant through the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009 - 2014
Team: Esenghiul Abdul, Claudia Trufas, Nicu Ilfoveanu (Photography)
Location: Tătaru- Chilia Veche, Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve.
The ensamble of ecological buildings is part of the
project "Setting-up an
eco-reintegration mechanism for inmates" that addresses the inmates
who are coming from a disadvantaged environment and with a low level of
education and aims to facilitate their access to rehabilitation programs and
further their reintegration in society, providing them with new skills in niche
crafts such as ecological construction, carpentry, wooden boats building,
wickery and pottery.
The first stage of this project was the construction of the workshops on Grindul Tataru that belongs to Tulcea Prison – the outer section Chilia, which will host the qualification courses later on.
The buildings were realised using as much as possible local materials, with a low impact on the environment, and construction techniques inspired from the traditional ones, this being also the only financially viable option, reducing material aquisition and transportation costs. Also, given the fact that all the workforce was provided by unqualified workers, the complexity of the detailes had to be controled.
This exercise aimed to be a model for the local constructions and cover a wide spread of techniques and materials, therefore each one of the buildings used a different composition of materials to enclose the timber frames, in order to ensure the adequate living conditions: a mixt system of adobe bricks sat in two layers with reed bundles in between, or wood batten enclosures filled with sheep wool or reed, the roofs being all traditionally made in reed.
Environmentally friendly solutions were also thought for the provision of electricity, heating, water and sewerage.
The first stage of this project was the construction of the workshops on Grindul Tataru that belongs to Tulcea Prison – the outer section Chilia, which will host the qualification courses later on.
The buildings were realised using as much as possible local materials, with a low impact on the environment, and construction techniques inspired from the traditional ones, this being also the only financially viable option, reducing material aquisition and transportation costs. Also, given the fact that all the workforce was provided by unqualified workers, the complexity of the detailes had to be controled.
This exercise aimed to be a model for the local constructions and cover a wide spread of techniques and materials, therefore each one of the buildings used a different composition of materials to enclose the timber frames, in order to ensure the adequate living conditions: a mixt system of adobe bricks sat in two layers with reed bundles in between, or wood batten enclosures filled with sheep wool or reed, the roofs being all traditionally made in reed.
Environmentally friendly solutions were also thought for the provision of electricity, heating, water and sewerage.