Firefly Architecture / Silvia Diaconu
architecture / landscape / concept design / design process / research / teaching / modeling / architecture illustration / physical modeling / graphic design
Silvia was born in Bucharest, and she spent her early childhood in the countryside, where she remembers having seen a firefly once.
Aside from this particular recollection, most of her other memories revolve around drawing and making. She studied in Bucharest, where she earned her Master's Degree in Architecture in 2015. During her studies, she participated in an Erasmus exchange in Belgium, and she did a couple of internships in renowned international offices, such as Barcode Architects in the Netherlands, or Schmidt Hammer Lassen in Denmark. Right after graduation, she completed a project for a coffee shop together with a friend, she joined the studio of her former teacher, Mihaela Pelteacu, at UAUIM, and she got a position as an assistant art director in a foreign movie. In the fall of 2015, when the movie ended, she started to work as an architect at nEAT.
In the fall of 2016, she got accepted by the Oslo School of Architecture and Design to pursue another Master in Architecture. In order to support her studies, she worked part-time for almost two years at Grape Architects, assisting mostly with model making.
Since her second graduation, after a few trials and errors, she decided to take charge and she founded Firefly Architecture.
At the moment, she is working on competitions and self-initiated research projects. Recently, she also started teaching again at prof. Mihaela Pelteacu's 3rd-year studio at UAUIM.
Achievements
2021
2021
2020
2020
2020
2018
2020
2019
2018
2017
New forms and methods
Invitation from LOF Arkitekter to showcase our work in a short presentation
Invitation to talk about our practice, together with 7 other new Norwegian offices
Beta Competition 2020, Timisoara
Nomination in Innovation, Visions, Experiments - "The Enchanted Gardens of Ada Kaleh"
Barcelona Landscape Architecture Biennale 2021
AHO Participation in the Schools Competitions - "The Enchanted Gardens of Ada Kaleh"
Venice Biennale of Architecture
Contribution to Kuwait's Pavilion - "Space Wars"
Commissioned and lead by LCLA Office
Marghera-City of Making
Excellence Award - AHO Team for “Fabbrica della Biennale”
Exhibited at Padiglione Venezia
Multiplexity, Center for Arts, Technology, and Experiment - Timisoara
7th place in the architecture competition
with Firefly Architecture, MDMA Studio, Andrei Musetescu, Vlad Zangor, Raluca Constantin
AHO Works
RIBA Silver Medal Nomination - Diploma Project "The Enchanted Gardens of Ada Kaleh"
Best Exhibition Design - Diploma Project "The Enchanted Gardens of Ada Kaleh"
project advisors: Luis Callejas, Janike Kampevold Larsen, Tuva Maire Øvsthus
Excellence in Professionalism - Studio Project "Clay grounds" with Alisha Baker
Best Exhibition Design - Studio Exhibition "Objects as Grounds"
studio tutors: Luis Callejas, Janike Kampevold Larsen, Christiana Pitsillidou
RIBA Silver Medal Nomination - Studio Project "Knowledge of Eden"
Best Exhibition Design - Studio Exhibition "Islands. Images of Many Natures"
Best Digital Graphics - Studio "Islands. Images of Many Natures"
studio tutors: Luis Callejas, Mattias Josefsson, Kai Reaver
Experience
2019
ongoing
2020
3 m
2016-2018
1,5 y/ 6 m
2015-2016
1 y
2014
4 m
2013
6 m
2020
2020
2021
2020-ong.
2015-2016
2016
2015
2021
2021
2021
Architecture/ Landscape/ Design
Firefly Architecture @ Fly-Collective
Founder/ Architect
Blakstad Haffner Architects, Oslo
Architect/ Project Based Collaboration
Grape Architects, Oslo
Part-time Architect / Internship
nEAT Office, Bucharest
3D Architect/ Project Based Collaboration
Barcode Architects, Rotterdam
Intern Architect
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, Aarhus
Intern Architect
Teaching
LTU CoAD, 2nd-year Landscape, Michigan, USA - guest critic at A. Vasile Hoxha's Studio
UAUIM, Bucharest- guest critic at prof. Mihaela Pelteacu's Studio
AHO, Oslo - visiting tutor, studio The Desert 60529, with Luis Callejas and Gro Bonesmo
UAUIM, Bucharest - teaching assistant at prof. Mihaela Pelteacu's 3rd year Studio
UAUIM, Bucharest - teaching assistant at prof. Mihaela Pelteacu's 2nd year Studio
Art Direction & Scenography
Abis Studio & Mitra Film - commercials
Image Nation Abu Dhabi & Mitra Film - film “The Worthy”
Publications
Under Under / Gunther Vogt & Julius von Bismarck, directed by Luis Callejas - guest editor
Under Under / Andrea Branzi & Luis Callejas, directed by Luis Callejas - guest editor
The Desert (studio publication) - book designer & co-editor
Website design
https://www.ateliermihaelapelteacu.ro/
