• Since 10/2018 |  Tenured Assistant Professor in the Architectural Design Studio, Basics of Architectural Design Department, "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest (https://www.uauim.ro/en/university/faculty/matei-eugen-stoean/)
• 03/2023 – 07/2023 | "Vasile Pârvan" Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Grant and Residency in Rome, Romanian Academy in Rome, Italy, Research topic: The Shape and Measure of Space. Ecclesiastical Architecture of Rural Communities Separated by Mountains, Typologies and Cultural Routes (1700-1850)
• 10/2018 – 07/2019 | "Vasile Pârvan" Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Grant and Residency in Rome, Romanian Academy in Rome, Italy, Subject: Churches of the Mountains. Ecclesiastical Architecture of Rural Communities, Local Typologies and Artistic Routes (1700-1850)
• 2012 – 2018 | Graduate Teaching Fellow in the Architectural Design Studio, Basics of Architectural Design Department, "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest
• 10/2012 – 11/2017 | PhD in Architecture, "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest, Research topic: The Architecture of the Borderlands. Masonry Churches of the Romanians from Northern Oltenia and Muntenia and Southern Transylvania (1700-1850) // Scientific coordinator: Prof. Dr. Arch. Anca Brătuleanu, Distinction: Summa cum laude
• 02/2014 – 04/2014 | DAAD PhD Research Grant at LMU München, Institute for Byzantine Studies, Byzantine Art History and Neo-Greek Studies- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Scientific coordinator: Prof. Dr. Albrecht Berger
• 10/200 6– 07/2012 | Architect Diploma and Master in Architecture (M. Arch.), "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest, Diploma Project: Bucharest Music House – Stirbey Palace Extension, Research thesis/ dissertation title: Harmony of Sounds | Harmony of Forms – the relationship between the musical instrument and the audition space
• 09/2002 – 07/2006 | High School Baccalaureate Diploma, "Spiru Haret" National College, Bucharest

Professional Information

• Since 02/2023 | Founder and Associate Architect at SPAZIO A+A: architecture, design and research studio based in Bucharest
• 2014 – 2022 | Intern and collaborating architect with PRODID architecture studio, Bucharest 
• 2012 – 2014 | Volunteer architect at PRO PATRIMONIO Foundation

Selected Architectural Projects

• Since 01/2024 | Baptisterium Monacensis - the project of an Orthodox Baptistery in Munich, in collaboration with the artist Ștefan Câlția // Munich, Germany / Lead author
• Since 02/2023 | Conversion of an existing audience hall into an Orthodox church and the interior design of the spaces // Schwabach-Roth, Germany / Lead author
• Since 04/2020 | Public space and interior design architect, furniture and liturgical objects design for the Church, the Hall of Crosses and the courtyard of the "Romanian Orthodox Ecclesiastical Center in Munich" // Munich, Germany / Lead author
• 05/2014 – 11/2022 | Lead architect, project manager, concept and multidisciplinary team coordinator of the "Romanian Orthodox Ecclesiastical Center in Munich": Church, Monastery, Episcopal Seat, Community Center and Accommodation // Munich, Germany / Co-author

Awards and Distinctions (Selection)

• 02/2024  | Nomination for the project “hypóstȳlos - The Hall of Crosses in Munich” / Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona // European Prize for Urban Public Space 2024
• 12/2022 | First prize of the Public Architecture section for the project: "Romanian Orthodox Ecclesiastical Center in Munich"// Bucharest Architecture Annual
• 12/2022 | Nomination for the Architecture and Public Space section for the project: „hypóstȳlos – The Hall of Crosses in Munich”// Bucharest Architecture Annual
• 12/2021 | First prize of the Architecture Research section for the volume “Churches built by the freemen. Masonry ecclesiastical architecture of Romanians in the borderlands of Oltenia, Muntenia and Transylvania” // Bucharest Architecture Annual
• 10/2021 | Nomination at the Architecture Publications section for the volume mentioned above // National Architecture Biennale
• 2014 | Nomination for the "Toolbox" (“Cutia cu scule”) in the Design/ Object Design section // co-author of the project // Bucharest Architecture Annual
• 2012 | 4th place at the International Open Design Competition for Open Spaces of the Bernardine Monastery Complex // co-author of the project // Lviv, Ukraine
• 2011 | 2nd place at the National Competition for designing the public space around the statue of Ciprian Porumbescu // co-author of the project // Brașov, Romania
• 2002-2019 | Several national and international awards for painting, drawing & photography

Publications (Selection)

• Stoean, Matei Eugen: Materialization of the model in a contemporary key. Ecclesiastical Centre in Munich, in: Igloo magazine, Nr. 219/ 2013
• Stoean, Matei Eugen (Ed.)/ Elian, Tudor (Ed.) et al.: Caiete de bune practici constructive (Booklets for good constructive practices), ARCEN, Bucharest, 2017-2022 // separate publications for each of the the 88 historical built-up protected areas in Bucharest
• Stoean, Matei Eugen: Churches built by the freemen. Masonry ecclesiastical architecture of Romanians in the borderlands of Oltenia, Muntenia and Transylvania (1700-1850), preface by Prof. Dr. Arch. Hanna Derer, ACS publishing house, Bucharest, 2021 (ISBN 978-606-8922-14-0)
• Stoean, Matei Eugen: Churches of The Mountains. Ecclesiastical Architecture of Rural Communities, Local Typologies and Artistic Routes (1700-1850), in: Ephemeris Dacoromana XXI 2019: Annuario della Scuola Romena di Roma, pp. 199-251, Publishing House of the Romanian Cultural Institute & Publishing House of the Romanian Academy, Rome, 2020 (ISSN 1582-1854)
• Stoean, Matei Eugen/ Elian, Tudor: Good practices for saving and appropriating old wooden churches. Boz, Târnaviţa, Cerviceşti, in Arhitectura magazine, Nr. 2/ 2013