Self-Edification or Building on Black Ice?

Is a practicing architect and researcher, associate professor at the Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning. Together with Petre Guran, a researcher at the Romanian Academy’s Institute of South-East European Studies and Doctor in the history of civilizations at EHESS Paris, she co-founded 17 years ago the School of Buneşti, a college of architecture and liberal arts, where they apply principles of green architecture and sustainable development aligned with the rural cultural landscape. She also cofounded Arheia (2020), a project offering classical education to pupils aged 6 to 18. Ana Maria has published scientific articles in national and international journals and co-authored the book Acasă. Şcoala de la Buneşti. Oameni, cărţi, case (Home. The School of Buneşti. People, Books, Houses), published in 2017 by UAUIM. She holds a PhD in Church Architecture (2011, UAUIM).