Ștefania Boca

Arch. PhD. Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, TUCN

stefania.boca@arch.utcluj.ro

Graduated in 2020 (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, TUCN). She is a teaching assistant in the Architectural Design Studio 5, 6 for 3^rd year students since 2020. Her research primarily centers around architectural history, with a specific focus on Socialist architecture in Europe and Romania. She completed her doctoral studies in 2026 with the thesis “Secondary centralities. Systematization and unfinished projects in Cluj(-Napoca) between 1958 and 1989” and is actively contributing to the European Middle-Class Mass Housing research group, established by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology, she is also a member of DOCOMOMORO.

Silviu Borș

Arch. PhD. Teaching Associate, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, TUCN

silviu.bors@arch.utcluj.ro

Graduated in 2016 (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, TUCN). Being a teaching associate since 2017, Silviu teaches Architectural Design Studio 1,2 for 1^st year students and History in Architecture for 4^th year students, while being responsible for the study program development at the faculty. Beyond architectural design, his interests include cultural heritage and education in architecture, achieving a PhD in 2020 with the thesis “Singeorz-Bai – between imaginary and disappearance” revolving around the evolution of the spa phenomenon in Singeorz-Bai (his hometown) and Transilvania. 

Miruna Moldovan

Arch. PhD. Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, TUCN

miruna.moldovan@arch.utcluj.ro

Graduated in 2018 (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, TUCN). Since 2020, she is a teaching assistant in the Architectural Design Studio 3,4 for 2^nd year students, Perspective, for the 1^st year students and Interior Architecture for the 4^th year students. She completed her doctoral studies in 2022, with the thesis “Emergency housing in Romania: the social and legislative dimension of the necessity housing”. Beyond architectural design, she has a major interest in architectural photography, being a founding partner of viewcatchers.

Guest Editor

For each issue of the journal, a guest editor is invited, who, together with the core group, proposes the theme of the respective issue and the call for papers:

Arch. Phd. Professor Dana Vais (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, TUCN) – COTAA 1/2024

Arch. Phd. Student Daniel Tudor Munteanu (Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism, ofHouses) – COTAA 2/2025

Arch. Phd. Professor Adria Daraban (University of Kaiserslautern) – COTAA 3/2026