The Transformations Workshop invites architecture students to rethink the potential of existing buildings in the context of today’s environmental and social challenges. Led by Betty Drăgan (Senior Project Leader, MVRDV), Miruna Dunu (Senior Visual Communications Designer), and Ciprian Buzdugan (Architect & 3D Specialist), this hands-on program explores circular design, adaptive reuse, and carbon awareness in architecture.
The process begins with an online preparatory session for installing and testing CarbonScape, MVRDV’s interactive tool for visualising embodied carbon, followed by two in-person days (4–5 November) at Baia Turcească. Students will attend presentations, conduct site visits, and work in teams to develop transformation concepts for selected locations in Iași.
On 6 November, their proposals will be exhibited as part of the Transformations Exhibition, presented alongside MVRDV’s curatorial materials Carbon Confessions and ABC of Sustainability.
The workshop is open to architecture students in their third year or higher, with up to 20 available places. Applicants must submit a short motivation text and a visual portfolio fragment relevant to the theme.
Applications are open until 20 October via the online form.
