The general objective of the project is represented by the improvement of the urban environment and the conservation, protection and sustainable valorization of the cultural heritage in the municipality of Iași, aspects quantified by creating an expected flow of at least 7,000 visitors annually, through the rehabilitation, restoration, consolidation, refunctionalization and intense promotion of a heritage site, in this case the former Municipal Bath (Turkish Bath).

Total value of the project: 21,862,177.67 lei

Implementation period: 44 months

RESULTS:
The building will be re-compartmentalized, so as to meet the needs of the proposed functions. The emphasis will be on the interaction of artists with the public through spaces in which they will be able to perform or exhibit. Each of these two main categories of artistic manifestations will be given a major area of ​​the ground floor plan. The former locker rooms of the Turkish bath, which also serve as steam baths, will become buffer spaces and will allow the public’s first contact with the interior events through media presentations of the history of visual and performing arts.

From here, access will be provided to exhibition spaces – photography, painting, sculpture, drawing, film or to the contemporary theater area, an area that will also host music or contemporary dance performances. There will also be ancillary facilities, such as a foyer, wardrobe, actors’ cabins, and circulation (including an elevator for people with disabilities).

In the semi-basement, a socializing area between artists and the public, artistic meetings, will be organized, which will also extend outside the building, into the inner courtyard. Spaces for video projections, cinema, experimental theater, and an exhibition area are also proposed. Also at the semi-basement level, technical spaces and public annexes (sanitary groups) will be located.