is an architect, researcher and educator who lives and works in Bucharest. Alex graduated from the University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest (2004), obtained a Master of Social Science at Sheffield Methods Institute (2018) and was awarded a PhD at the Sheffield School of Architecture, University of Sheffield (2024). Since 2025, he has been a lecturer at the Landscape Design department, Horticulture Faculty, USAMV Bucharest. He investigates and supports informal practices of commoning in the context of collective housing in the post-socialist city. Alex is involved in action research projects, applied education, participatory design and cultural and civic activation. In the context of his PhD research, he initiated the OPEN Garage (2020-2025) space-project for research, mutual learning and community activation and developed the Bucharest Map of Neighbourhood Libraries (2022) engaged research.