Sportul Studențesc Palaestra Part 2 Project 2024 Tudor-Ștefan Stănilă Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism | Romania The intervention includes a masterplan project that aims to 'work' at the city scale. In addition to sports facilities and park landscaping, the project seeks to restore some urban connections, successfully integrate the intervention into the disrupted urban fabric and position the future construction to appropriately relate to its surroundings. The palaestra identifies a specific typology, a formal archetype for its spaces and plastic expression, and a distinct way of interacting with the natural territory. In this sense, the surprising reappearance of a palaestra today can be achieved with a form that is both gestural and abstract. A clear, forceful form that can bring the same elemental and primal calmness. By focusing on a single, clear, sculptural volume that integrates the sports hall, exhibition spaces, an auditorium, piazzas, public squares and sun-shaded areas, the palaestra, with its architectural expression and multifunctionality, becomes a 'permanent' building in a way that this architectural object does not immediately and unequivocally reveal its purpose and meaning. The palaestra engages in direct dialogue with the natural territory. With elements that articulate key areas, the palaestra can be perceived differently from the sports complex park. The palaestra is more than a sports hall. Tudor-Ștefan Stănilă Tutor(s) Iulia Maria Stanciu