PART III PROJECTS
10 EXPERIMENTAL ARCHITECTURE 10.1 LANDMARK ARCHITECTURES IN BUCHAREST
10.1 LANDMARK ARCHITECTURES IN BUCHAREST 'Heroes of Democracy' Towers
buildings which represent the war heroes. The location of these towers, at the crossroads of the two most e mblematic urban t horoughfares of Bucharest, with the best possible urban accessibility, on a t opographic highpoint provides the towers w ith a p articular u rban p rominence.
The experimental projects created by the Design LAAB of the Fundacion Metropoli for the city of Bucharest in Rumania we re designed a s new architectural symbols for the city.They are accompanied by cite-wide context analyses. Since the accession of Rumania to the European Union in January 2007 the country has been undergoing a d ifficult p eriod of t ransition f rom communism to a market economy, under precarious e conomic c onditions. The p roject o f t he 'Heroes of Democracy' towers originated as a homage of the city of Bucharest to the three million emigrants who are working abroad. They are considered the 'heroes of democracy' as their efforts are making a significant contribution to the societal, economic and political transformations of Rumania. The 'Heroes of Democracy' towers symbolise the image of a new, more modern and more transparent Rumania, contrasting t he e xisting s tocky Bucharest green network and ring road
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