helper packeasa013 reaction - Žužember - 04/08 - 18/08/13XXXIII European Architecture Students Assembly

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05 THE SPIRIT 07 INTRO TO THE NETWORK09 ASSEMBLY12 PROGRAMME15 THE VENUE17 THE THEME19 SITES REVEALED 23 GETTING THERE25 CALL FOR HELPERS29 CONTACT

helper packeasa013 reaction - Žužember - 04/08 - 18/08/13XXXIII European Architecture Students Assembly

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ImpressionsBelow are some selected memories from past EASA events.

“Utopia that has unbelievably become reality.” // Pekka Ijäs, Finland

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< EASA012 Helsinki group photo THE SPIRIT

“EASA is the place where architecture is redefi ned by the differences and similarities of the participants’ cul-tural backgrounds. EASA is a social experiment on an architectural level.” // George Kapraras, Greece

“EASA is a chance to live a social experiment of 2 weeks in a European country. 400 students organise a collective life together, it becomes an ephemeral society which allows cul-tural exchanges through workshops, lectures, parties.” // Elsa Deconchat, France

“Easa is a unique experience where I learned to push my limits. It gives me the possibility to travel and meet wonderful people from all over Eu-rope. It changed my life and made me a better person!”// Kuba Ulb, Germany

“The best young architects’ network! Discussion, ideas exchange and friendship!”// Adam Myczkowski, Poland

And we fi nish with a common expres-sion that will most probably remain in the heart of each easian: “Hard to defi ne, easy to feel!”_Impressions are courtesy of Zsofi a Vanscura who questioned the NCs present at the INCM012 in Vienna.

baku

lisbon

reykjavik

valletta

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< EASA attracts students from nearly 250 faculties around Europe

THE NETWORK

It is very hard to defi ne what EASA is. Technically it is a Network, the big-gest architecture students network in Europe. The European Architecture Students Assembly has more than a three-decade-long tradition. It was established in 1981 in Liverpool with the purpose of connecting with stu-dents from other European countries. Attendees exchange experiences and cultural knowledge, ideas and thoughts, through which they study the hosting place, make proposals for development issues, include the local community and interact with the sur-roundings. The Assembly itself gath-ers half a thousand students of archi-tecture each summer from more than 200 schools of architecture. The main activities are various practical and theoretical 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. The organizing process is run by volunteers, who make the core of the assembly by combining the location and theme, fi nding partners and sponsors. The Network and its events always happen at a certain location for a specifi c reason. This can arise from the desire to socialize, create, learn, change, draw attention to problems, civil initiative etc. The success of the assembly depends on everyone’s personal involvement, i.e. ‘the more you put in it, the more you get out of it’. For two weeks the EASA community becomes self-suffi cient. It brings a unique creative spirit among the participants, also known as the EASA Spirit which is diffi cult to de-scribe but easy to feel.

HistoryIn 1981 about three hundred students gathered to work on the theme ‘start-ing up the EASA experience’. Since then there have been assemblies in different countries with 400 to 500 participants each year:

1981 LIVERPOOL (UK) Starting up the EASA Experience 1982 DELFT (NL) Architecture of an Uncertain

Future 1983 LISBOA (PT) Social Spaces 1984 AARHUS (DK) Turning point in Architecture 1985 ATHENS (GR) Interpretation and Action in the City 1986 TORINO (IT) Architecturi Latenti 1987 HELSINKI (FI) Architec-ture and Nature 1988 BERLIN (DE) The Dimension Between 1989 MAR-SEILLE (FR) Heritage et Creativé 1990 KARLSKRON (SE) Exploration 1991 KOLOMNA (USSR) Regenera-tion 1992 ÜRGÜP (TR) Vision 2000 Environment 1993 SANDWICK (UK, Scotland) The Isle 1994 LIEGE (BE) Consommer l’Inconsumable 1995 ZAMOSC (PL) Beyond the Borders 1996 CLERMONT L’HERAULT (FR) Dream Builders! 1997 THE TRAIN (Scandinavia) Advancing Architecture 1998 VALETTA (MT) Living on the Edge 1999 KAVALA (GR) Osmosis 2000 ANTWERP/ROTTERDAM (BE/NL) Dis-Similarities 2001 GÖKÇEADA (TR) Sustainability 2002 VIS (HR) Senses 2003 FRILAND (DK) Sustain-able Living 2004 ROUBAIX (FR) Met-ropolitain - Micropolitain 2005 BER-GUN (CH) Tran, Trans, Transit 2006 BUDAPEST (HU) Common Place 2007 ELEFSINA (GR) city_index 2008 LETTERFRACK (IE) Adaptation 2009 DARFO (IT) superm[ARCH]et 2010 MANCHESTER (UK) ID 2011 CADIZ (ES) deCOASTruction 2012 HELSIN-KI (FI) wastelands 2013 ŽUŽEMBERK (SI) Reaction 2014 VELIKO TARNO-VO (BG) Symbioza.

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Working and living together for two weeksDuring the two-week-long workshops students 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 use tools 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 evaluation and 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 benefi ts the development of an individual’s thinking process. There is no hierarchy in workshops and activi-ties so everyone can contribute to the project’s evolution.

There are different attendees at EASA. Organizers provide accom-modation and food, coordinate workshops and sponsors, organize

< Cloud workshop at EASA011 Cadiz

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THE ASSEMBLY

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 run various 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 fi ll up the night 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 must occasionally help with some easy tasks. Being an almost self-suffi cient 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.

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08.00-10.00

programme Saturday

3rd of August

Wednesday7th of August

Monday5th of August

Friday9th of August

Sunday4th of August

Thursday8th of August

Tuesday6th of August

Saturday10th of August

10.00-12.00

12.00-14.00

16.00-18.00

19.00-21.00

14.00-16.00

18.00-19.00

21.00-24.00pre-

welcome party

EASA welcome

party

tutor meeting

opening

dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner

workshops +

sportsqualifica-

tions

workshops +

sportsqualifica-

tions

workshops +

sportsqualifica-

tions

concertBalkanparty mash-up

party

firebrigadeparty latin

party

nationalevening

lecture

nationaleveningsetup

lecture

workshop presentations

check infor tutors check in

workshopfair

breakfastbreakfast breakfast breakfastbreakfast

workshops workshops workshops

workshops

workshops

breakfast breakfast

workshopselection

sportsselection

workshopbrief

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Wednesday14th of August

Monday12th of August

Friday16th of August

Sunday11th of August

Thursday15th of August

Tuesday13th of August

Saturday17th of August

Sunday18th of August

see you in Bulgaria

dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner closing

final presenta-

tions

workshops +

sportsquarter

final

workshops +

sportssemifinal

workshops +

sportsfinal

easa night farewell

partydominoparty

loveparty

body paintparty

foamparty

salamanderparty

sangriaflamenco

party

lecture lecture lecture lecture

breakfast breakfast breakfast breakfast

excursionday

workshops workshops workshops

workshops workshops

workshopsfinish-offexhibition

check out

breakfast breakfast breakfast breakfast

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Sandy ground above green river,On its top a castle stays,History spread all over,Growth, Bloom, and Decay.

/Tone Pavcek, Žužemberk/

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THE VENUE

< Tone Pavcek outlines the place and its history in four lines

exposed to different regimes and ide-ologies, changes in the intended use etc. Issues of regional and local devel-opment appeared, of micro urbanism with a clear consideration of history and heritage.

Žužemberk is situated on both banks of the river Krka and is the capital of Suha Krajina (Dry land), a part of Lower Carniola region in the south-east of Slovenia. The town was and still is dominated by a medieval castle surrounded by strong castle walls. The castle is uniquely placed in the very center of the town, being a vital part of the central square.

Historically the development of the Dry valley was affected by its inhabit-ants, fi rst the Illyrians and Celts, and later the Romans who built an impor-tant road through it. From the village a medieval market town Žužemberk evolved. The present day site devel-oped around the castle, from which the name Žužemberk originates. Since iron was excavated in the nearby courtyard, called Einsenberg (today’s Zafara), the castle was given the name Seinsenberg, which the lo-cal people changed to Žužemberk.

The river Krka has one of the most picturesque tufa waterfalls or barriers right under the castle. This geographi-cal characteristic was very useful for

building mills, which were once an es-sential infrastructure for local farmers.Krka used to be full of well known crabs, which were regarded as one of the most delicious dishes at the impe-rial court in Vienna. In the summer, the river offers different possibilities for sports and activities such as raft-ing, bathing and fi shing.

In a way Žužemberk is a miniature Slovenia with its natural beauties, forests and a clean river as well as problems of division among people; this division showed its cruelest form during World War II when both sides took up arms. After the war the town was reconstructed, the church re-moved and a swift industrialization occurred. New settlements sprung up next to existing ones; shock work-ers came, who did not get along with the old inhabitants. Thus immigra-tion started decreasing in the 1970s, people moved away to bigger cities and returned to Žužemberk only dur-ing the weekends. Mid 1990s the slow awakening of national consciousness stimulated the revitalization of the castle ruins and the parish church on the hill. After Slovenia’s emancipation divisions among people and attempts to appropriate community property re-appeared. Nowadays Žužemberk and Slovenia are in a recession, people are moving away, a new development strategy is wanted.

Forests, river and a castleThe criteria for the selection of the venue arose from the natural condi-tions of the Slovene land, which is green and blue; vast forests and a rich and clean water system. By focusing on nature and the countryside, it be-came clear that the theme will function very locally with a touch of the global. The castle became the icing on the cake – as a symbol of cultural herit-age, the token of history, the object

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When we established the Board for renovation in 1996, we realized that communities which do not respect their history are not worth a future. We were aware of the fi nancial diffi culty of this project, but also of Krek’s motto:“It has to be started, that’s the whole secret.”

Slavko Glihapresident of the Board for renovation of the Žužemberk castle

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THE THEME < use the frame! react!

ReactionThe 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 public’s participation 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 architect’s primary job and the job of architecture? How can we help the community when designing public space, even when the architect’s direct infl uence is not present? How to preserve the knowledge, skills and qualities 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 of coexistence.

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 team received 61 applications, from which 28 workshops were selected and will be carried out during the XXXIII. Euro-pean Architecture Students Assembly in Žužemberk.

Note: Due to the coordination process with the tutors the fi nal selection of proposals may change by the start of the event.

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accommodation site

IT lab

municipality

store competition site

event’s central space

old tannery ruins

loka

sports

sports

restaurant

The idea of this year’s EASA is to make Žužemberk 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 siteThe 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. The idea 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 replaced by 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 Žužemberk’s pri-mary school and partly outside in the L-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 activitiesCertain 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 for swimming and sunbathing as well as football and volleyball tournaments.

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SITES REVEALED < all the sites are within 5 minutes’ walk

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entrance

bararea

outer trench

workshopstower 1

workshopstower 2

tool box

projectionsarea

innertrench

lounge

office

ruins

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competition sitestore

a decade later. During World War II the castle was attacked several times and it received the most destructive blow in February 1945 when the allies bombarded Žužemberk. As a conse-quence the tower collapsed in 1948 and the castle as well as the town lost their vertical accent. In 1957 renova-tion of the castle began and in 1996 the Board for renovation was estab-lished.

Nowadays Žužemberk’s summer cultural events take place in the castle courtyard and the former wine cellar, some of them even on the square in front of the castle.

The positioning of the central site of all the happenings is crucial if you want your event to have an impact on the community. The organizers in collaboration with the local mu-nicipality decided that the site should be the core space of the town, the castle walls and the main square. This important public space, being the center of this community, is going to be the ideal place for all the activities during easa013. The castle walls will host all the lectures, presentations, formal inaugurations, exhibitions, day activities, one-day workshops and other smaller workshops and night activities, such as parties, concerts and more. You can see it on the map on the left.

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< The castle and main square as the event’s central space

The event’s central spaceIt is diffi cult to say when the castle was built. The year 1000 seems the most likely since it was engraved above the entrance into the rectan-gular Romanic tower, along with the castle chapel of St. Ulrich, built in 1046. Several buildings were added around the tower many times in its history; however the main extension to the castle was enabled by the so called Turk tax, by means of which the prince bishop Krištof Raubar fortifi ed the castle with seven defence towers or bastilles between the years 1526 and 1533. The castle became an unconquerable fortress.

After being abandoned in 1825, the castle started to show its age. The roof above the northern part col-lapsed, as did the courtyard façade

trieste airport

ljubljana airport

budapest airport

bologna airport

zagreb airport

bratislava airport

graz airport

munich airport vienna airport

žužemberk

venice airport

treviso airport

50km 100km 150km 200km 300km

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250 km from Graz.

Ljubljana has its own airport, named Jože Pučnik, near Brnik. Transfers with a bus and/or shuttle are arranged every hour from 8am to 8pm, during the week from 5am.

A small research about the cost of fl ight tickets revealed that most of you will be traveling to Venice’s Marco Polo airport or Treviso, to Zagreb and maybe some of you to Graz or Trieste (Ronchi). The organizers will arrange a special transfer option in col-laboration with a local airport transfer company named GoOpti. It will be the cheapest option for you to get directly from the airport to Ljubljana’s city center.

More information about this option will be available after the selection of participants. By carWe are expecting that the attendees from the bordering countries and other countries close to slovenia will be traveling by car. Please, note that for traveling on the slovenian highways likewise for the austrian, a Vignette is required. We suggest a monthly Vignette for 30,00€, which is available on every petrol station around the state. Parking spaces will be arranged for EASA attendees.

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By planeSlovenia, by bordering Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia, has great con-nections with some of the busiest airports in Central Europe. The venue, Žužemberk, is 50 km away from the capital, Ljubljana, 100 km from the capital of Croatia, Zagreb, 150 km from Trieste, 300 km from Venice and

GETTING THERE

< Venice airport will be full of easians this year

Public transportAlthough Slovene public transport may not be the most effi cient, there are reasonably cheap connections by train to Zagreb, Vienna, Salzburg, Venice, Budapest, Prague, Munich, Frankfurt, Belgrade, Vaduz and Zürich if you book early. For example, you can travel to Zürich for 30€ with a night train, one way ticket. For more information please visit Slovenia rail-ways or Eurolines for buses.

Modern carpoolingFor traveling through Slovenia we suggest visiting a carpooling web page prevozi.org, something like the well known mitfahrgelegenheit.de in Germany. People, mostly students, upload information of their departure time and location so others can join them and this way help each other fi nancially. Arriving to ŽužemberkThere are four buses (at 7am, 3pm, 4pm and 7pm) going from Ljubljana to Žužemberk every day during the week but only one (8am) during the week-end. As most of you will arrive right before the start of the event, meaning during the weekend, we’ll arrange a special transfer for EASA attendees. The bus ride takes about an hour, whereas a direct transfer only takes half an hour. The tickets can usually be bought directly on the buses.

call release18/02/2013

call deadline25/03/2012

second round call release01/04/2013

second round call dealine08/04/2013

payment deadline22/04/2013

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call deadline25/03/2012

The call for helpers is out. Please bear in mind that the selection of help-ers is done exclusively through the offi cial Helpers application form. You

CALL FOR HELPERS < Important dates

can access it here. Before completing it, please read the following para-graphs.

TeamThere is going to be a team of about 25 helpers divided into three main groups, depending on their wishes and experience. The info point team will have the job to welcome the participants, coordinate the check in and check out, share information and stay there 24/7. Helpers working at the toolbox will be checking the tools, going out and coming in from the workshops. Hopefully there is no need for an explanation of the work in the bar. Helpers are expected to fulfi ll their assignments for at least 6 hours a day. It is also expected that they join the organizers a couple of days before the start of the event (2-3) days to help with the preparations and to get used to their assignments. Expenses concerning food are not included for extra days, only accommodation is. There is no fee for extra days.

FeeThis year’s fee for helpers is 80 € or 5 € per day. It should be a symbolic fee that covers all the expenses regard-ing food and accommodation. Fees are paid directly to the organizers. More information about the payment process will follow after the application deadline.

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Team easa013Aljoša Merljak, project managerTadej Pavlič, NC, sponsors coordina-tor and logisticsAleš Kobe, competition and work-shops coordinatorMatic Brdnik, lecturers coordinator and mediaAndraž Lečnik, program coordinator and promotionMarta Vrankar, design and logisticsPia Mikolič, helpers coordinator and logisticsMatic Kašnik, NC, logisticsTabita Jerant, participants coordinatorJure Henigsman, web page design

Helpers, National Contacts, friends, families and more.

For any information regarding partici-pation at the easa013 event, please contact your representatives. The NC list is in the previous section.For any other questions related to workshops, the pavilion competition or the event itself feel free to contact us at: info(at)easa013.si

The AssociationThe Association of students of archi-tecture EASA Slovenia was estab-lished back in 1997 in Ljubljana after students organized two SESAMs, one in Škofja Loka in 1996 and the other in Sinji Vrh near Ajdovščina in 1997. Prior to those there was an INCM hosted in Ljubljana in 1993 and again ten years later in 2003.

The team of students who run the as-sociation and take part in the assem-blies has always been pretty strong. There are still connections with Slovenian ex-easians, some of which are even professors at the Faculty of Architecture in Ljubljana and the Fac-ulty of Civil Engineering in Maribor.

Društvo študentov arhitekture EASA SlovenijaKersnikova 4, SI-1000 Ljubljana

www.easa013.sieasa.si(at)gmail.comwww.fa.uni.lj.si/easa.

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