Anca Timofticiuc

Anca Timofticiuc is Professor for Building Theory and Design at the Department of Architecture, Peter Behrens School of Arts, Hochschule Düsseldorf (University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf), appointed for the winter semester 2021/2022. She co-founded the architectural practice Mensing Timofticiuc in Berlin with Marius Mensing, developing projects that explore autonomous architectural expression and innovative spatial concepts.

Her educational background includes:

• Studied architecture in Bucharest and Hannover (2000-2006)
• Diploma from Leibniz University Hannover (2007)

Professor Timofticiuc's research focuses on liberating autonomous teaching methods with students to search for independent statements about contemporary architecture. Her work explores new workspaces and the expression of new technologies in architecture. She approaches architecture as a transformative experience that turns ordinary elements into something unusual, creating buildings with independent, radical expressions that generate spatial qualities through their autonomy. Her design philosophy emphasizes coherence beginning with artificiality awareness, where buildings should possess radiant power that triggers responses in their surroundings and observers. The firm's projects often feature elemental forms, innovative spatial organization, and distinctive material expression, as seen in works like H-See House and the Hafven makerspace.

Her architectural practice has received significant recognition:

• Deutscher Architekturpreis 2017 for Hafven, Coworking und Makerspace
• Niedersächsischer Staatspreis für Architektur 2018 for Hafven project

Professor Timofticiuc maintains an active presence through numerous lectures, publications, and architectural projects. Her collaborative work with Mensing Timofticiuc includes over 60 projects ranging from residential buildings to educational facilities and public spaces across Germany, Austria, Romania, and Finland. The firm's work has been featured in prestigious publications and photographed by renowned architectural photographer Hélène Binet. Their book 'Small Portfolio' (2021) and the monograph 'H-See House' (2024) document their architectural philosophy and built works.

Mensing Timofticiuc operates as a collaborative practice with a diverse team of architects and designers who contribute to projects that challenge conventional architectural thinking while maintaining strong connections to spatial experience and material presence. Their approach emphasizes creating buildings that deal with artificiality by forming coherent wholes from thought and material, resulting in works that are both magical and conceptually rigorous.