BORO Communication

Building Education Bucharest International Forum

2018 | 2017 | 2016

Interprofessional communication project, the first Romanian meeting of the education’s professions with the professions of space building, approaching in a new way the quality of the educational environment, in relation with the quality of the educational activities.

Our Speakers & Partners

Șerban Țigănaș

Chairman / The Secretary General of The International Union of Architects (UIA) and The President of the Order of the Architects of Romania (OAR)

Ligia Deca

State Advisor for Higher Education and Research in the Romanian Presidential Administration

Wendy Pullan

Head of Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge

David Green

Principal and Higher Education Leader, Perkins+Will

Phil Baty

Editor, Times Higher Education World University Rankings

Jan Schellhoff

Senior Architect / Associate, UNStudio

Carsten Primdahl

Founder, CEBRA Architects, Smart School

Mark Sartan

CEO, Smart School, Rusia

Alеna Zhmurova

Senior consultant, Arhitect, Smart School, Rusia

Helen Dorfman

Director, Burntwood School, Great Britain

Lukas Ochendal

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Burntwood School, Great Britain

Väinö Nikkilä

Founder Partner, Verstas Architects, Saunalahti School, Finland

Joanne Puddy-Wells

Principal, The British School of Bucharest

Viorel Niculae

Partner / Coordinator of the MENATWORK Lighting and Electrical Division

Ela Moraru

Industry Manager, Large Customer Sales, Google Romania

Robert Brindley

Director, The American International School of Bucharest

Simona Baciu

President & Founder, Transylvania College

Susan Eriksson

Head of The International School for Primary Education, Bucharest

Bogdan Zaha

Architectural Assistant, Zaha Hadid Architects

Lucian Căprărin

Partner / Acoustic Systems Specialist, Saint-Gobain Construction Products Romania – Rigips Business Unit

Paul Mihai Moldovan

Founding Partner, ateliercetrei

Vasile Corpodean

Manager of the School of Arts in Cluj-Napoca

Projects

Smart School

📍 Russia

The vision for the Smart School project is to create a new type of school – a “School Park” – that unites architecture and landscape into a unique learning environment and gathering point for the local community. The design of the project is based on a both unifying and expanding concept that bridges between school complex, nature and modern society.

Sleuk Rith Institute

📍 Cambodia

The Sleuk Rith Institute, a new institution and genocide memorial in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, brings together a museum, research
centre, graduate school,
document archives and research library. The Sleuk Rith Institute was founded as a focus for reflection, healing and reconciliation as well as an enlightening educational and research facility.

Future Campus, University

📍 Ireland

As part of the Future Campus masterplan, a new Centre for Creative Design building was designed as a kick-starter for connectedness; it acts as a flexible platform that fosters serendipitous knowledge sharing and engenders a culture of engagement within UCD’s community

Lushan Primary
School

📍 China

Lushan Primary School will be
an educational institute for 120
children located 160km northwest of Nanchang, the capital of
Jiangxi Province, and serve 12
local villages with a total
population of about 1,800
people.

Saunalahti School

📍 Finland

Saunalahti school is the focal point of the new residential area of Saunalahti, an active and open platform for learning, culture and communality. The heart of the building is the multi-purpose dining hall, the meeting place for all users. Massive concrete walls and the smoothly curving oak ceiling characterize the space.

Almazov National Research Centre

📍 Russia

UNStudio’s design proposal for the Almazov National Research Centre is focused, first and foremost on creating, curating and cultivating a community. As such, every design featured across the campus was chosen and tailored with this communal future in mind, for researchers, students and staff.

Business School for the Creative Industries

📍 UK

Designed to encourage interaction and collaboration, as well as blur the hierarchical boundaries between faculty and students, the main inspiration for the project is modelled on the concept of the historical ‘salon’: a place where everyone can gather to debate, share opinions.

Aalto University

📍 Finland

The new Aalto University Väre Building is the focal point of Aalto Campus in Otaniemi. The campus was planned originally for Helsinki University of Technology by architect Alvar Aalto and is internationally known for the 20th century functionalist architecture.