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XXXIII European Architecture Students Assembly


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CONTENT

05 THE NETWORK07 THE THEME08 WORKSHOPS

19 SITES REVEALED23 CONTACT


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XXXIII European Architecture Students Assembly


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It is very hard to define what EASA is.

Technically it is a Network, the big-

gest architecture students network

in Europe. The European Architec-

ture Students Assembly has more

than a three-decade-long tradition.It was established in 1981 in Liver-

pool with the purpose of connecting

with students from other European

countries. Attendees exchange experi-

ences and cultural knowledge, ideas

and thoughts. The main activities

are various practical and theoreti-cal workshops held by skilled tutors,

accompanied by lectures by local and

international architects.The Network

moves to a new venue every year,

providing fresh views and challenges

in practical spatial design and theory.

For two weeks the EASA commu-

nity becomes self-sufficient. It brings

a unique creative spirit among the

participants, also known as the EASA

< Cloud workshop at EASA011 Cadiz

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THE ASSEMBLY

Spirit which is difficult to describe but

easy to feel.

Working and living together for two

weeks

During the two-week-long workshopsstudents will use their academic

knowledge in practice, make analyses

and concepts, develop their ideas,

debate, socialize, solve issues within

work groups, exchange ideas and

experience etc. They will interact with

the surroundings, learn how to usetools for material treatment, work with

the locals and be introduced to local

crafts. Within two weeks the work-

shops, which might be only at the

stage of an idea or conceptual design,

will be brought to a realization. They

will be concluded with an evaluationand presented at an exhibition.

The EASA network stimulates in-

tercultural dialogue. It encourages

the collaboration among students

of different schools of architecture,

nationalities, backgrounds, opinions,which benefits the development of an

individuals thinking process. There is

no hierarchy in workshops and activi-

ties so everyone can contribute to the

projects evolution.

There are different attendees at

EASA. Organizers provide accom-

modation and food, coordinate

workshops and sponsors, organize

lectures and different collateral events

and activities during the assembly.

Helpers are usually old easians, help-

ing at the infodesk, lending tools and

working in the bar. The backbone of

the assembly are the tutors, who runvarious workshops selected among all

the received proposals. They coor-

dinate and lead participants in their

work and oversee the results.

Last but not least are the participants,

the biggest group of people at EASA,which represent almost 50 countries

around Europe and abroad. They

live, work and have fun together for

two weeks. Their day starts at about

9am with breakfast and is followed

by workshops through the day. After

dinner lectures and parties fill up thenight activities. Excursions, sports

activities and pop-up workshops are

arranged in between to keep the spirit

of interaction alive.

Along with the obvious - vigorously at-

tending workshops - participants mustoccasionally help with some easy

tasks. Being an almost self-sufficient

community, for example participants

of each country take the role of cooks

for one day. Also for the purposes of

meeting new people, each country

serves dinner and/or breakfast once

per assembly. These tasks have to

be taken seriously and carried out me-

ticulously.

THE NETWORK


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THE THEME< use the frame! react!

Reaction

The EASA theme works as a frame;

on its basis students think, research

and create. It can be oriented very

architecturally or simply socially. Re-action as such refers to the people, to

villagers, to the response to the state

of society. Nowadays active involve-

ment into processes that change our

environment is very important. The

theme Reaction explores the possibil-

ity and the importance of the publicsparticipation in shaping the space

through researching the past, the

cultural and social background.

On the one hand Reaction is very lo-

cally oriented, on the other it explores

similar issues in other parts of the

world. How to properly react to the

current situation with the world crisis

and consumer society? What is actu-

ally the architects primary job and the

job of architecture? How can we help

the community when designing public

space, even when the architects

direct influence is not present? How

to preserve the knowledge, skills andqualities of construction and design

from the past? The theme Reaction

is a very wide notion, one that can be

interpreted differently by each partici-

pant. It is only important that everyone

asks themselves how an individual

can contribute to a higher quality ofcoexistence.

The theme Reaction is divided into

three practical sub-themes, linked

to location, tradition and craftsman-

ship. The three subthemes were not

chosen randomly, but follow the clas-sical division of EASA workshops into

theoretical, practical and workshops

which combine the two.

Below are presented the selected

workshops through the workshop

proposals call. The organizing teamreceived 61 applications, from which

27 workshops were selected and will

be carried out during the XXXIII. Euro-

pean Architecture Students Assembly

in uemberk.

Note: Due to the coordination process

with the tutors the final selection of

proposals may change by the start of

the event.


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Make me think Ludwig Wittgenstein

In this workshop ideas of modern phi-

losophy are taken for granted and are

developed to their very limits, structur-

ing an entire designing system around

them, in the form of a powerful logical

argument. On the basis of an unhin-

dered transition between the level of

concepts and that of experiences, an

experiment is set, hypothesizing on

whether or not functional space, that

can cause the physical and psycho-

logical tension of an art installation, is

possible. Theory shall fuel design and

construction. Can you actually handle

that, Easian?

Tutors:

Manos Chatzinikolaou,, Greece

Myrsini Alexandridi, Greece

...city is my playground!

The idea of City is my playground

workshop is to introduce different

types of street art interventions to the

participants and share the know how

with them. In the first phase, trough

the series of short lectures, sketch-

ing sessions, drawing exercises etc.

participants will learn how to make 5

different types of interventions sten-

cils, paste-ups, stickers, graffiti and

murals. Second phase is reserved for

the reaction - participants will try to

find a surface or a place where they

can make a site specific intervention!

There will also be some sketching bat-

tles, movie projections, and few more

interesting things

Tutors:Andrej iki, Serbia

Chrisa Gkolemi, Greece

Etienne Godfrin, France

Towards a Topology of Black Fire

There will be smaller scale technical

and learning exercises followed by the

construction of a small pavilion build-

ing by using deconstructive processes

as a method of physical and psycho-

logical construction. The outcomes

will be a repository/archive of the

psychological ideas that the partici-

pants go through over the course of

the two weeks. This will support the

construction of a small pavilion, using

in-situ cast concrete. At the end of the

workshop the formwork will be burnt,

leaving an area where one can take

refuge from thoughts, excesses, work

etc. amongst the embers. It will be

a nexus for the four elements of the

world (earth, water, air, fire).

Tutor:

Alex Maxwell, UK


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U UP

U UP workshop is a combina-

tion of theoretical and practical

types. Theory observes the basics

of animation, various examples and

the analysis of Slovenian tales. The

second part is the interpretation of the

stories and through documentation in-

teracting with the local landscape and

creating a movie for the interpreted

Slovenian tales. U UP workshop

is strongly connected with Slovenian

written background as the analysis

of local tales will we included. Myths

and legends will be interpreted today

with its unique surroundings and local

spirit. Reaction of the past and its

interaction with the present is brought

to life when these stories are revealed

in very well-known surroundings.

Tutors:Milda Kulviit, Lithuania

Evelina Vasiliauskait, Lithuania

Joris ykovas, Lithuania

EASA TV

EASA TV is about EASA partici-

pants, tutors, helpers, organizers,

friends, family and guests. EASA TV

is about the context, the theme and

the country. EASA TV is about EASA.

EASA TV tries to cover as much of the

assembly as possible and the material

is then edited, screened on site at the

assembly and uploaded to YouTube.

About 3 groups of 3 participants work

in teams and create movies about

EASA. Tutors are to give information

and help participants to create their

own movies.

Tutors:Alexandra Kononchenko, Belarus

Olga Dolinina, Belarus

Arian Lehner, Austria

What makes this city yours?

The workshop will have both a practi-

cal and a theoretical output. The

theoretical part of mapping the village

uemberk and its surrounding area

in various ways is combined with a

direct exploration on site. The analy-

sis and information collected is then

put onto diverse maps, which will be

the base to create interactive games

used as a communication tool with the

locals and inhabitants.

Tutors:

Julia Hutzler, Germany

Thurid Andressen, Germany


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Light parasite

The workshop Light paraSITE is

about enlightening different zones

of uemberk which are now aban-

doned, but have a great potential.

With our workshop we would like to

highlight these sites and the nature

of uemberk, to become more

exposed and activated. The most

noticeable symbol of the city is its

castle, because of which other areas

have become overlooked. With that

in mind we would first like to deal with

the river, old tannery, mill and the

round path. These four light installa-tions would serve as the first part of

the workshop, where we would get

to know the new environment and

people.

Tutors:

Brina Vizjak, Slovenia

Sara Badovinac, Slovenia

://Diffr_action

://Diffr_action is the exploration of

light through different mediums. The

workshop shall begin with theoretical

discussions and an investigation, the

result will be multiple small installa-

tions including lasers, mirrors and

string art, leading to one large interac-

tive space. The constructive side of

://Diffr_Action will in no means be a

build, however a formal location for

the final output would eventually be

required. This can be a reaction to on

site spaces formed within the EASA

camp.

Tutors:

Bhavika Mistry, UK

Tess Moroney, UK

Floatptures

Floatptures is a constructive workshop

about designing floating sculptures

from polystyrene which are laminated

into a solid shape. Every participant

will have the option to make his own

individual floating device and after

completion enjoy drifting down the

river Krka.

Tutors:Anna Podroukov, Czech Republic

Libor Mldek, Czech Republic

Jan Vybral, Czech Republic10


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Illumidentity

Shaping new identity through light

projection / mapping - interweaving

and multilayering of traditional lo-

cal craftsmanship and new digital

media. The process will consist of

tracing the past, local identity, history

and tradition, mapping the present,

perception-shift & deconstruction of

reality, interconnection and response

and lastly facing future, dreams and

reaction. The workshop consists of

two main tasks performed by two

work-groups. The construction group

focuses on the building of the surfaceand/or structure on which it will be

projected. Meanwhile the mapping

group will focus on programming the

visuals and thus enhance the theme

with a theoretical background.

Tutor:

Christof Mathes, Austria

Trap for a monster

The exploration the concept of trap-

ping: good public space ensnares

citizens by providing an opportunity

by social interaction. Making trap

structures will be framed by discus-

sions about different types of trap-

ping: physical and social ones. Some

traps will be made to catch food and

one to catch local population and

share experiences through cooking

and dining. The market spot will be

upgraded as main attraction of locals.

Participants will design a market

pavilion/shelter, which framework willbe covered with feathers and squama.

Caught fish can be sold and eaten

inside.

Tutors:Inesa Kovalova, Ukraine

Kseniia Pundyk, Ukraine

Alan Thompson, UK

EASA FM

EASA_fm is a workshop combining

the technical with the creative. As we

want to react as well as interact, a

radio station offers us the best pos-

sibilities to do so. Learning how to

collect whats going on around us, and

cutting it in a way to be able to com-

municate it, we can work with the idea

of letting the global world get in touch

with the local one.

Tutors:

Cansu Pelin Isbilen, TurkeyMiles Reay-Palmer, UK

Agnesa Vavrinova, Slovakia

Thomas Klein, Austria


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Tapaland 2.0

The international quest for the most

delicious medieval snack. Each day

another European country is welcome

to cook with us their delicious native

deli! At the end of the day we can sell

the food to all the participant after all

the hours of hard work on all the work-

shops!

Tutors:Willem Barendregt, Netherlands

Sophie van Dorsten, Netherlands

Joost Harteveld, Netherlands

Soundscape

The sound as a semantic break

point and a parameter, creates a

new dimension of understanding the

surroundings. The free adaption of

sound in various environments, or

vice versa, enables the unexpected to

happen. The word experimental is the

best description for our workshop. Its

a workshop that involves an individual

and architectural space and poetical

relation in between them.

Tutors:Dominykas Daunys, Lithuanian

Andrius Laurinaitis, Lithuanian

Tomas Milkamanaviius, Lithuanian

Light me up

Experimenting with light, using optical

fibers, creating interactive installa-

tions, looking for new ways to be play-

ful and create a project that consists

of individual reactions to the theme,

set up and frame of mind of EASA

participants in Slovenia. Using exist-

ing, organic elements of nature and

converting them into light installations,

trying to accentuate the positive voids

and nooks, reactivating and activating

through simple injections of life/light.

We are expecting full interest from the

participants and freedom while creat-ing the whole project, with minimal

input and guidelines from the tutors

during the creation period.

Tutors:Lana Lonar, Serbia

Ljubica Arsi, Serbia

Aleksandra Stepanovi, Serbia


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Set theory workshop

As uemberks population is divided

into different groups and used to be

divided in its history (communists and

anticommunists, Catholics and Prot-

estants, city folk and farmers, liberals

and clericalists, etc.), we would like

to take these groups as mathemati-

cal sets and through the workshops

participatory nature find their intersec-

tions (a population which will be a

member of both sets). Hopefully the

intersection will grow in the future with

its ultimate point being the blending of

the two sets into one.

Tutor:

Tamara Rijavec, Slovenia

Natalija Zanoki, Slovenia

Tales of uemberk

Tales of uemberk is a workshop

about expressing oneself visually

and verbally in the format of a pic-

ture book. It is about experiencing

your surroundings and reflecting on

them through your own stories. In this

workshop we will get to know how to

deliver your architectural thoughts

through texts and illustrations. Every-

one can come up with their own story

and put their own book together. Most

of all, we want you to experience,

think, write, paint, sketch, draw, make

collages, be poetic and creative.

Tutors:

Roland Reemaa, Estonia

Laura Linsi, Estonia

Holy moley

As uzemberk and the river krka

have a big history with water mills, we

want to take this part of its history and

reinterpret the use of water mills. We

will build a typical water mill wheel out

of wood, connected to a well designed

balk to produce electricity that enables

the lighting of the balk with romantic

kitschy fairy lights. This way we show

how the moving water of the river can

be used in a historical and effective

way - but for a modern kind of absurd

easa-style use.

Tutors:Lena Kohlmayr, Austria

Kerstin Pluch, Austria

Jakob Braun, Germany


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Accordion

The aim of our workshop is to develop

one or two 1:1 installations. The struc-

tures will have a resolved component

system that explores the performance

of the thin wooden slates as well as a

joining system. The structures will be

developed from their sites, responding

to the location through questions of

light, wind, and behaviour. We expect

for the final exhibit to have one or two

different installations in different sites,

depending if we, together with the par-

ticipants, find it appropriate.

Still, we find it most important in ourworkshop to focus on the process, to

inspire the participants through practi-

cal experiments where they get the

chance to explore and experience the

materials possibilities and limitations

with their own hands.

Tutors:

Elias Lindhoff, Denmark

Sebastian Mardi, Denmark

Small Interventions

Small Interventions is one of the long-

est running workshops throughout

EASA history. The scale of the inter-

ventions often integrates more eas-

ily in its environment as it is always

intended to address directly tangible

issues within the assembly surround-

ings. First, participants will wander

around, searching for a site and/or

an issue they want to focus on. Then

they will design a small intervention

that will solve, improve or brighten

the particular site condition. Through

theoretical work, models and detailplans they will also define a generic

description and a construction manual

of their intervention.

Tutors:

Hugo Pointallart, FranceLucia Brandoli, Italy

Romea Muryn, Poland

Janine Tuechsen, Germany

Analogue Adventures

This CREATIVE FILM PHOTOGRA-

PHY workshop is about exploring,

documenting and revealing the rela-

tionship that exists between man and

architecture. Images isolate truth;

expose realities, influence, and bear

witness to time.

Participants will be encouraged to-

seek out and expose the hidden

architecture within familiar and every-

day situations, capturing moments in

a unique and fairly unpredictable way

and present images that are more an

interpretation of reality than a correctrepresentation of it.

The Analogue Adventures participants

should bring their own old-school

analog cameras and if your analog

camera happens to have a digital

friend then let it tag along too.

Tutors:

Helena Mouton, South Africa

Lisa Henderson, South Africa


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City BotWe think that the time of new cyber-

netic personalities is coming; it is

currently working on the internet as

different apps, gadgets and internet

bots. These new personalities are

playing the role of interdisciplinary and

intercultural translators. With the help

of them people more freely under-

stand each other. And architecture

should REACT to that challenge of

contemporaneity. The aim is to make

an experimental installation with an

object of a new type into the urban en-

vironment - City Bot. We will analyzethe information layer of local tradition-

al culture with the help of local crafts-

men. Then we will design and build

the interactive installation City Bot.

Tutors:Nataly Nemkova, Belarus

Alexander Hodyakov, Belarus

Artem Atrashevsky, Belarus

OursoftrefugeThe aim is to generate interactions

between the users and make social,

spatial experiences in that elastic

woven space. During the research

and construction part we would like

to work with locals and participants

as well. Our goal is for everybody to

learn some specific woven techniques

and construct a space where they

can float - meanwhile experiencing

another kind of architecture. The end

result will be an elastic woven space

and everybody will be invited to try the

floating experience using the struc-ture. We would like for the space to be

permanent so that locals may use it

after EASA has left the area.

Tutors:

Roland Nemeth, Hungary

Ildiko Valicsek, Hungary

Rekukivate!In aesthetical theory the body is used

to be seen as the instrument which

is used by the mind to perceive the

world and to get the sensual input to

be processed and reflected by our

mentality. According to the relatively

young aesthetical discipline Somaes-

thetics, the body with all its abilities is

way more important for experiencing

and reflecting the world - its not just a

machine but in fact cannot be sepa-

rated from the mind. The dualism of

body and mind is now being doubted.

Somaesthetics provides new methodsof generating awareness of physical

existence as well as interactions. With

these techniques we are able to listen

to the whispering of built objects.

Tutors:Patrick Jaritz, Austria

Zsofia Paczolay, Hungary

Zsofia Szoke, Hungary


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Onion

The ambition of our workshop is to

touch the very roots of it. Any form

of reaction / interaction or the sum

of those causing any kind of human

interrelation of various levels starts

from the simplest form of coexistence

sharing a mutual space. If we tried

to imagine the very primitive form of

coexistence of human beings, there

would be no cultural or historical back-

grounds, no language, no symbolic

values and no other means of com-

munication but the pure presence or

the sum of presences being droppedtogether. The workshop suggests

one to experience such kind of pure

relation, isolated from the rest of the

system, making the natural - human-

senses based - reaction so compli-

cated in the environment we outlive.

Tutors:Justinas Jakstonis, Lithuania

Elbieta Bortkevi, Lithuania

Viktorija Rimkute, Lithuania

UmbrellaUmbrella is the longest existing

workshop at EASA, being there every

summer and producing newspapers

with fresh news, experiences, insights

every day. Umbrella is a specific

workshop where people learn how to

work together, to get to the point of

every workshop in a very short period

of time, how to interest and attract

people, how to speak without SAY-

ING a word and mainly how to make

and support the easa spirit. We write

about easians and watch their reac-

tion.

Tutors:

Hanna Varanets, BelarusLizzie Daly, UK

Maria Virshich, Belarus

Cheryl Ann Bonello, Malta

llustration/illuminationuemberk is a canvas, waiting to be

exhibited. The source of our mate-

rial will be the local folklore, history,

our personal reactions and we want

to illustrate this with projections,

colour, shade and reflections, which

will always be in confrontation with

their environment. We are inspired by

simple, site-specific interventions that

have a beauty in todays saturated

and generic surroundings and think

uemberk is the perfect place to

explore and display this approach.

Tutors:

Karolina Przybya, Poland

Michal Switalsk, Poland


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EndorTree houses and tree cities have been

a huge fantasy of our generation and

mayor dream scenarios or locations

both in movies and in most peoples

dreams. Endor is a workshop that

attempts to build one of those tree

cities in the woods of uemberk, butwith the aesthetics and techniques of

modern architecture rather than those

of fantasy or sci-fimovies. The project

consist of several 20m2 modules

supported by the trees at heights

that vary from 2 to 6 metres from the

ground interconnected by footbridgesand walkways. Built with wood and

steel we hope to leave behind a differ-

ent and structurally sound leisure area

for the people of uemberk to enjoy.

Tutors:Emilio Roldan, Spain

Javier Diaz Garrido, Spain

Alvaro Paya Piqueras, Spain

Competition: The pavilion on thesquare in uemberk

An international pavilion competi-

tion is a sort of catalyst of the EASA

event between the organizers, the

participants and the sponsors. It

starts already prior to the meeting,

connects the participants during the

meeting and remains at the location

after the meeting to commemorate

the event and in honour of the hosting

venue. Construction of a permanent

pavilion or installation is an idea that

has been implemented since 2003.

The workshop is linked to a specificsite for which students offer possible

solutions. The proposals are then

reviewed and evaluated by a compe-

tition committee, convened for that

purpose.

Tutors:

Jack Richards, Great Britain

Will Burgess, Great Britain


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accommodation site

IT lab

municipality

store competition site

eventscentralspace

old tannery ruins

loka

sports

sports

restaurant


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The idea of this years EASA is to

make uemberk and EASA one

thing; a community within a communi-

ty. Common life of the locals mixed up

with the craziness and positive energy

of EASA participants.

Accommodation si te

The level of comfort at EASA is usu-

ally at a minimum. Throughout the

years attendees have experienced

almost everything: campsites, old

buildings turned into living spaces,

schools, gyms, old factories, etc. Theidea of EASA is not an ideal holiday

in an all-inclusive hotel; it is a two-

week community bonding experi-

ence, where the main purpose of the

gathering is interaction, working and

living together, helping each other and

helping the community itself. In this

spirit the comfort at EASA is replacedby quality workshops and activities

that change your perspective of life.

Organizers of the easa013 event are

setting up the accommodation area

in the building of uemberks pri-

mary school and partly outside in theL-shaped school playground. Half of

the participants will be sleeping in the

gym and the other half in a tent-type

building standing on the paved foot-

ball pitch. Accommodation for tutors,

helpers and participants will be mixed

and/or visually divided. The level of in-

teraction will reach its peak :) The site

will be equipped with a 24h Info desk,

sanitation for 500 attendees, a serving

and eating area as well as other items

for obvious necessities.

Other sites for workshops and

activities

Certain other sites are planned for

purposes of some workshops and

sports activities. There will be a

multipurpose hall arranged espe-

cially for computer based workshops

and the camping site along the river

bank, called loka, will be available forswimming and sunbathing as well as

football and volleyball tournaments.

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SITES REVEALED< all the sites are within 5 minutes

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toilets

entrance

bararea

outer trench

workshopstower 1

workshopstower 2

tool box

projections

area

innertrench

lounge

office

ruins

inaccessible

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