MURO MURO STUDIO
MURO MURO STUDIO

MUROMURO STUDIO, FOUNDED BY IOANA CHIFU AND ONAR STĂNESCU, IS AN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN PRACTICE SPANNING A WIDE RANGE OF TYPOLOGIES, INCLUDING PUBLIC SPACES, PRIVATE RESIDENCES, RETAIL STORES, PRODUCT DESIGN, EXHIBITION DESIGN, AND ORGANIZING CULTURAL EVENTS. BOTH FOUNDERS ARE TRAINED ARCHITECTS WHO STUDIED AT ION MINCU ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM UNIVERSITY. 

IN 2022, THEY EXPANDED THEIR ACTIVITY WITH THE OPENING OF GROTTO GALLERY, A CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN GALLERY. THIS INITIATIVE ALLOWED THEM TO FOCUS ON EXHIBITION DESIGN AND CURATORIAL WORK, FURTHER EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN ART AND DESIGN. IN ADDITION TO THEIR ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE, MUROMURO STUDIO IS DEEPLY ENGAGED IN FURNITURE DESIGN. THEIR COLLECTIONS EXPERIMENT WITH BOLD GEOMETRIC FORMS, RAW MATERIALS, AND REFINED DETAILS, CREATING PIECES THAT BALANCE FUNCTIONALITY WITH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION. 

THEIR COMMITMENT TO DESIGN AND CURATORIAL PRACTICE HAS LED THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT EXHIBITIONS ACROSS ROMANIA. NOTABLY, THEY SHOWCASED THEIR WORK IN TIMISOARA AS PART OF THE NATIONAL PROGRAMME TIMISOARA 2023 – EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE, IN IAȘI DURING THE ROMANIAN CREATIVE WEEK, AND IN CONSTANȚA, WHERE THEY TOOK ON A CURATORIAL ROLE FOR AN EVENT HELD IN THE REMARKABLE SUȚU VILLA. THEIR PROJECTS HAVE ALSO BEEN RECOGNIZED WITHIN THE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN COMMUNITY, HAVING BEEN NOMINATED TWICE AT THE BUCHAREST ARCHITECTURE ANNUAL AND SELECTED FOR VARIOUS CULTURAL EVENTS SUCH AS ROMANIAN DESIGN WEEK. IN 2025, MUROMURO STUDIO REPRESENTS ROMANIA AT THE VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE, PARTICIPATING IN THE ROMANIAN PAVILION WITH THE EXHIBITION HUMAN SCALE—A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT DEVELOPED TOGETHER WITH ARTIST VLAD NANCĂ AND CURATOR COSMINA GOAGEA. 

BOTH ARCHITECTS ARE CURRENTLY BASED IN BUCHAREST, ROMANIA, WHERE THEY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THEIR PRACTICE. THROUGH MUROMURO STUDIO AND GROTTO GALLERY, THEY REMAIN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, AND ART SCENES, CONSTANTLY PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION.

MURO MURO STUDIO
MURO MURO STUDIO

MUROMURO STUDIO, FOUNDED BY IOANA CHIFU AND ONAR STĂNESCU, IS AN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN PRACTICE SPANNING A WIDE RANGE OF TYPOLOGIES, INCLUDING PUBLIC SPACES, PRIVATE RESIDENCES, RETAIL STORES, PRODUCT DESIGN, EXHIBITION DESIGN, AND ORGANIZING CULTURAL EVENTS. BOTH FOUNDERS ARE TRAINED ARCHITECTS WHO STUDIED AT ION MINCU ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM UNIVERSITY. 

IN 2022, THEY EXPANDED THEIR ACTIVITY WITH THE OPENING OF GROTTO GALLERY, A CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN GALLERY. THIS INITIATIVE ALLOWED THEM TO FOCUS ON EXHIBITION DESIGN AND CURATORIAL WORK, FURTHER EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN ART AND DESIGN. IN ADDITION TO THEIR ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE, MUROMURO STUDIO IS DEEPLY ENGAGED IN FURNITURE DESIGN. THEIR COLLECTIONS EXPERIMENT WITH BOLD GEOMETRIC FORMS, RAW MATERIALS, AND REFINED DETAILS, CREATING PIECES THAT BALANCE FUNCTIONALITY WITH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION. 

THEIR COMMITMENT TO DESIGN AND CURATORIAL PRACTICE HAS LED THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT EXHIBITIONS ACROSS ROMANIA. NOTABLY, THEY SHOWCASED THEIR WORK IN TIMISOARA AS PART OF THE NATIONAL PROGRAMME TIMISOARA 2023 – EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE, IN IAȘI DURING THE ROMANIAN CREATIVE WEEK, AND IN CONSTANȚA, WHERE THEY TOOK ON A CURATORIAL ROLE FOR AN EVENT HELD IN THE REMARKABLE SUȚU VILLA. THEIR PROJECTS HAVE ALSO BEEN RECOGNIZED WITHIN THE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN COMMUNITY, HAVING BEEN NOMINATED TWICE AT THE BUCHAREST ARCHITECTURE ANNUAL AND SELECTED FOR VARIOUS CULTURAL EVENTS SUCH AS ROMANIAN DESIGN WEEK. IN 2025, MUROMURO STUDIO REPRESENTS ROMANIA AT THE VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE, PARTICIPATING IN THE ROMANIAN PAVILION WITH THE EXHIBITION HUMAN SCALE—A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT DEVELOPED TOGETHER WITH ARTIST VLAD NANCĂ AND CURATOR COSMINA GOAGEA. 

BOTH ARCHITECTS ARE CURRENTLY BASED IN BUCHAREST, ROMANIA, WHERE THEY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THEIR PRACTICE. THROUGH MUROMURO STUDIO AND GROTTO GALLERY, THEY REMAIN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, AND ART SCENES, CONSTANTLY PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION.