{"id":3183,"date":"2025-11-14T19:28:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/home\/?p=3183"},"modified":"2026-05-19T10:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:19:10","slug":"the-architects-tram-sets-iasi-in-motion-at-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/the-architects-tram-sets-iasi-in-motion-at-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"The Architects\u2019 Tram sets\u00a0Ia\u0219i\u00a0in Motion at FAST\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 4 November 2025, the second day of FAST 2025 (3rd edition), held in Ia\u0219i, the FAST community gathered in T\u00e2rgu Cucu for a landmark moment: the unveiling of the FAST tram, titled The Architects\u2019 Tram. Students, professors, practitioners, and curious passers-by came together around it, turning public transport into a shared framework for urban discovery and a conversation starter about the city.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The project was created by students, coordinated by the Tramclub Ia\u0219i Association, and supported by the Ia\u0219i Public Transport Company, the \u201cG.M. Cantacuzino\u201d Faculty of Architecture in Ia\u0219i, the Ia\u0219i Architecture Students Association, and the Romanian Order of Architects. Presented as a collective work, The Architects\u2019 Tram took shape through collaboration, hands-on workshop practice, and careful attention to detail, bringing together graphic design, craftsmanship, and spatial thinking in a piece visible at city scale.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Developed as part of the cultural program Ia\u0219i \u2013 the city of painted trams, the concept revolves around the window as a symbol of openness, communication, possibility, collaboration, transparency, and trust. The tram\u2019s exterior became a fa\u00e7ade made of many windows, inviting the public to read architecture through small and large gestures alike, through objects, forms, moments, and symbols. The \u201cwindow\u201d also became a way of seeing the city: from inside out, while moving, with attention constantly shifting between the close-up and the big picture.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The opening carried the distinctive energy of an event where process and outcome meet. Scenes from the depot captured last-minute adjustments, surface work, and the students\u2019 precise, methodical gestures, while in the city the tram quickly turned into a gathering point. Cold November light, fallen leaves, and the crowd clustered around the tram created a natural stage set, where the graphic intervention sat effortlessly within the everyday urban landscape. Inside, the windows framed faces, conversations, phones lifted for photos, and spontaneous reactions, blurring the line between daily routine and special occasion.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The unveiling was accompanied by two guided tours. The tram ride\u00a0followed\u00a0Str. Cuza\u00a0Vod\u0103\u00a0–\u00a0Pia\u021ba\u00a0Unirii\u00a0–\u00a0Bulevardul\u00a0Carol I – Rond\u00a0Agronomie, ending on Str.\u00a0Musicescu, near\u00a0R\u00e2pa\u00a0Galben\u0103. Three trams ran for the tour: The Architects\u2019 Tram (created for FAST 2025), The Freedom Tram signed by Dan\u00a0Perjovschi, and the Tourist\/Caf\u00e9 Tram. Seats were\u00a0limited\u00a0and participation followed the order of arrival, reinforcing the feeling of a moment happening in real time.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After the ride, participants continued on foot, walking from R\u00e2pa Galben\u0103 to Palace Square, extending the city reading into street-level pace. Moving from rails to walking shifted the scale of perception, from a city observed in motion to the textures of fa\u00e7ades, the rhythm of streets, and the relationships between spaces.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To close the day, two students from the Faculty of Architecture in Oradea, host city of FAST 2026 (4th edition), shared their impressions of the ride and their first-hand encounter with Ia\u0219i. They described it as \u201ca boom of architectural models and styles.\u201d While Oradea is largely defined by Art Deco, Ia\u0219i felt like an explosion of architecture visible both from the street and from the tram. They also highlighted the city\u2019s layered terrain: climbing uphill, descending into valleys, and constantly discovering new viewpoints, which made Ia\u0219i feel vividly alive.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Once the tours ended, the tram remained more than a graphic object. It became an instrument of urban memory: a moving piece that continues to circulate and tell a story about collaboration, education, and how architecture can step off the page and into everyday life.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo credit: Tiberiu Ifrim, Iuliana Marcu, Carpiuc Cosmin, Chifan Yolanda, Berescu Ana Maria<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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