Proiectarea inadecvată şi execuţia precară a construcţiilor, care încalcă prevederile legale privind standardele locuinţelor (Anexa 1, Legea 114/1996), a generat o situaţie de supraaglomerare, igrasie, izolare proastă a acoperişului şi ventilaţie improprie a încăperilor, care, cumulativ, afectează puternic sănătatea oamenilor. Stigmatizarea oamenilor prin plasarea lor lângă groapa de gunoi, marginalizarea comunităţii anterior integrate în oraş, îngreunarea accesului la şcoală, la locuri de muncă şi la participarea activă în viaţa urbei, încalcă drepturile lor umane fundamentale.

///

On the 17th of December 2010, approximately 300 persons were evicted from their homes from Coastei street, a central area of Cluj. Notified by the Mayor’s office to apply for social houses, their request was approved in two days. All were moved into a marginal location: Pata Rat, the vicinity of the municipal garbage dump and a chemical waste station, at 5 kilometers from the closest bus station. They were thrown away from the space of the multicultural city. Into undignified spaces of living. 190 persons were included on the contracts of the new “social houses”: 10 modular buildings composed of 4 rooms each (of 15 or 18 square meters) and a bathroom under 6 square meters. Circa 60 persons remained without homes as a result of their eviction under heavy winter time, are hosted by their relatives with contracts.

The improper projection and execution of the constructions do not respect the Romanian legal provisions regarding housing standards (Annex 1, Law 114/ 1996). They generated over-crowedness, dampness, bad insulation and inappropriate ventilation. Cumulated, all these affect negatively the tenant’s health condition. People’s stigmatization through their placement near the landfill, together with the marginalization of a community formerly integrated into the city, and the hindered access to schools, jobs and active participation in the city’s social life, violates their fundamental human rights.

“Ești în Pata Rât!” – Teodora Dănilă, Iepure Vlad
machetă apartament/ apartment maquette

Pentru a vizualiza celelalte proiecte vizitati site-ul Protokoll // To see the other projects visit Protokoll website

So this is a teaser for my diploma in arts, full work coming soon…