Architecture & Urban Design

Andreea
Oara

Student of Architecture & Urban Planning
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

An architectural project cannot truly be called architecture unless it is grounded in a concept — an idea that transcends form and gives it meaning.

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Selected Work

Cooperative Housing
01 Housing 2024

Cooperative
Housing

Mărăști, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Bird Observatory
02 Detail 2024

Bird
Observatory

Danube Delta, Romania

Urban HUB
03 Urban 2024

Urban
HUB

Mănăștur, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Mycelium Pavilion
04 Prototype 2024–25

Mycelium
Pavilion

Venice Biennale / HafenCity University Hamburg

Contemporary Art Museum
05 Cultural 2025

Contemporary
Art Museum

Cluj-Napoca, Piața Mărăști

Hand Drawings
06 Sketches 2017–2021

Hand
Drawings

High School of Arts "Romulus Ladea"

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About

Andreea Oara
"An architectural project cannot truly be called architecture unless it is grounded in a concept."

My passion for architecture began in childhood, copying my father's topography drawings — fascinated by the ability of playfulness. That early curiosity gradually evolved into a deeper search of mine for art, especially during my studies at the High School of Arts, where I specialised in architecture.

It was there that I first began to truly understand architecture. Towards the end of high school, I discovered architectural theory, and I was struck by how much depth lay beneath the surface of built form. Since then, I have come to believe that an architectural project cannot truly be called architecture unless it is grounded in a concept — an idea that transcends form and gives it meaning.

Currently studying Bachelor and Master Architecture at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning. Erasmus mobility at HafenCity University, Hamburg (2024–2025) and currently at the Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Sardinia (2026–present).

Design

  • Concept Development
  • Sketching
  • Digital Drawing
  • Rendering
  • Interior Design (concept & technical)
  • Prototyping
  • 3D Printing

Software

  • Archicad
  • Rhino
  • D5 Render
  • Procreate
  • Lumion
  • SketchUp

Languages

  • Romanian — native
  • English — C1
  • German — B2

Education

  • TU Cluj-Napoca — Architecture & Urban Planning, 2021–present
  • Erasmus — HafenCity University, Hamburg, 2024–2025
  • Internship — ARHIMAR SRV, Cluj, 2025
  • Erasmus — Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 2026–present
  • High School of Arts "Romulus Ladea", 2017–2021

Recognition

  • Hans Fackelmann Prize — 2nd Place
  • CASA Competition — 13th Ed.
  • Potaissa Street Competition
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Contact

Open to collaborations, internships, and architectural conversations.

Phone
(+40) 757 506 157
Based in
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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