ESUA European School of Urbanism and Architecture

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ESUAEuropean School of Urbanism and Architecture

• ATELIER DE URBANISM PENTRU BRAN

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About ESUAEuropean School of Urbanism and
Architecture

• International project to establish a new
  curriculum for architectural education based on
  traditional crafts and urbanism
• 13 partners from 6 European countries
• Funded 62 by the EU Leonardo da Vinci Lifelong
  Learning programme, 38 partner contribution
• Bran is one of five practical workshops

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ESUA partner representatives

• Sorted alphabetically
• Joanna Alimanestianu JFA Architects,
  Belgium/USA
• Christian Bildariu Faculty of Architecture
  Timisoara, Romania
• Audun Engh - Norwegian Association for Adult
  Learning, Norway
• Per Halvorsen Norwegian Association for Adult
  Learning, Norway
• Kip Katich - JFA Architects, USA
• Mioara Lujanschi Pro Patrimonio, Romania
• Michael Mehaffy Michael Mehaffy, UK
• Irina Prodan Pro Patrimonio, Romania
• Jerker Söderlind Royal Institute of Technology,
  Sweden
• Arne Sødal Arne Sødal architects, Norway
• Sandy Sørlien - JFA Architects, USA
• Claus Zapffe Moderno AS, Norway

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Bran Planning Workshop

• Beautiful landscape
• Historic place Bran castle
• Dynamic growth 100 permit building applications
  annually
• 2005 INTBAU protected areas workshop
• 2006 INTBAU Bran development workshop
• Final 2007 ESUA Urban planning workshop

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Bran planning workshop
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Problems of Bran

• Sprawl
• Traffic parking
• Visual chaos

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Solution against sprawl Regional Zoning

• Establish five zones
• T1 natural landscape
• T2 farmland
• T3 village outskirts
• T4 village centre / town outskirts
• T5 town centre

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T-1 Special Protection Area Balaban

• Balaban is the largest Special Protection Area
  (SPA). Each SPA provides specific protection of
  cultural landscapes and rare flora and fauna.
  New building of structures and roads is
  prohibited in most cases.
• In addition, the SPA also specifies requirements
  for the management of the cultural landscape.
  

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Bran existing traffic situation
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Two long term traffic solutions

• 1. Bypass as proposed in the PUG
• 2. Tunnel under the hill behind the castle as
  proposed in our 2006 workshop
• In the mean time, 3 alternative short term
  solutions

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Short term traffic solution A
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Short term traffic solution B
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Short term traffic solution C
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Recommended traffic solution
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Proposed regulating plan for Bran
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Architectural codes
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Sohodol
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Sohodol existing situation

• Village with scattered houses
• Development potential

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Sohodol master plan

• Proposed long term future development for Sohodol
• 100 existing houses, 150 new houses
• Example that can be applied to other villages

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Sohodol zoning plan

• Proposed zoning of Sohodol according to desired
  density and housing typologies

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Sohodol building types

• Building type examples
• New buildings should be based on traditional
  models

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Visualisation of Sohodol


Proposed densification is located in the valley
New roads are proposed established parallel with
the existing valley road
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Visualisation of Sohodol
Proposed low density green village
Proposed new village centre
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Bran centre
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Bran existing situation
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Proposed new street network
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Bran master plan

• Proposed long term future development for Bran
  centre

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Proposed Bran master plan

• Proposed zoning of Bran centre according to
  desired density and housing typologies

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Computer model studies of Bran centre
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Visualisation of Bran centre
Proposed new entry street from existing bridge
Proposed new town square
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Visualisation of Bran centre
Proposed new school
Proposed new castle square
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