"I think that, for example, those who are born, spend their childhood, live and then go through their terminal diseases in a neighborhood such as Militari or Balta Alba represent other kind of monsters, other creatures than those who live in a house like this. Without the intention to discriminate in a politically incorrect manner, I don’t say that they are not complete human beings or that they don’t have the rights or qualities of other people, but they represent different creatures. They are creatures who have lesser memories. You cannot have memories in such neighborhoods. There is a stereotypy which amputates any private relation with the respective space.
The environment we live in represents, inevitably a secretion of ours. Thus, normally it has to correspond to our world’s events. I always invoke the image of a German writer from the 19th century, who used to say: "the world’s zoology, respectively the animal forms around the world are tightly connected to the spiritual form of the inhabitants within the same territory". For example, in the areas where above the ground live giraffes, tigers, lions and so on, morphologic and energetic elements of giraffe, lion, and tiger type may be also found on the interior. Those who live among tigers have something from the tiger as being, taking another shape, in their interior structure. Also, those who live among deer, bears and wolfs have roes, bears and wolfs on the inside?"

Correct and coherent from the point of view of the moment and the initial purpose for which it was made up, the present usage of the apartment demanded several modifications, first of all spatial and then technical, normal for any older space. As this apartment no longer needed to protect forbidden love affairs, with a taste of misalliance, it required, mainly, the opening of the space and the modification of the relation between the rooms which was, at that time, in favor of the bedroom.
Then I thought of an assembly that should integrate and solve several issues, from the above mentioned visual issue to the accomplishment of a minimum separation between bedroom and living room. At he same time, the assembly should also, constitute a support for the furniture and ambient items. Upon formal, quick but profound studies, I chose a functional volumetric sculpture, which should joint around the sliding door walls and which should contain low storage spaces on the bedroom side, spaces designated for the audio devices towards the living-room, as well as shelves for books and decorative objects. The final shape of this assembly-object is both the result of esthetical considerations, connected to the general shape of the surrounding material space (right angles, the familiar stairs, narrow openings to the exterior), as well as of the dimensions demanded by actual objects which the space should shelter (built-in closets towards the bedroom, the back of the sofa towards the living room, books, tape recorder and lighted candles).
PROIECT: FAB GROUP ASSOCIATES
TEXT: BRUNO ANDRESOIU

Habitat: Dear Mr. Florescu, for the beginning I would like you to provide us a short biography, both personal as well as of your ancestors.
Ion Florescu: The Florescu family has its origins in Oltenia, and we have documents that certify the existence of this family since the beginning of the 14th century. The first Florescu was named Vintila. I will try to enumerate several names having a higher historical resonance. Maria Florescu was married to Radu the Beautiful, lord of the Walachia; during the 19th century, the general Ion Florescu was prime-minister and war minister, unifying the Romanian army during Alexandru Ioan Cuza’s reign. My grandfather was the last Romanian ambassador in England, before the beginning of the Second World War. In 1941 he resigned because he disagreed with the decision of the Antonescu regime regarding the alliance with Germany. Actually, this is the reason why a part of the family remained in England. After the war, he intended to return to Romania, but historical events determined him to remain in exile for the rest of his life.
I modernized the entire house. I tried to keep what it once had, for example the art-nouveau crystal doors, but I restyled the entire house, namely the electrical, heating sanitary installations, and I equipped the bathroom and the kitchen in order to improve the comfort. The kitchen is located within an adjacent annex building and is directly connected to the dinning place from the living room, providing as well access to the garden where we usually dine with our friends in the summer time.
This house is very eclectic; it is not specific for a certain period. The stoves were manufactured by Meissen, during the 20’s and, as a matter of fact, I found out that in Bucharest lives a gentleman of Austrian origins, having 105 years, Emil Wagner, who was brought in Romania by the Bratianu family, at that time, in order to install and maintain these stoves, which may also be found in several old houses in Bucharest. The stoves are wonderful, true jewels conferring a very pleasant atmosphere to the rooms they are in, respectively to the living and to one of the bedrooms. Their color is very beautiful, with interesting hues of grey, green and beige.