THE PARTY REVIEWSo we put on all our winter clothes and headed up to the mountain! We took a bus for climbing up half way and as soon as we got off the bus burst into a snowball fight , and it went on as we climbed. Oh snowball fights are so much fun! When we got to our desti-nation, there was a surprise waiting for us. Our wonderful organizers gave out some delicious snaps and gave us the chance to make your own postcards with Thomas and Franziska in their tra-ditional clothes with a beautiful view of the Alps behind. Then there was a great band playing giant “horns” completing the feeling of being in the Alps.Right after, group by group people went inside of the wooden house and get the party started with some “après skii” music playing along. After we all jumped, danced, sang and had some drinks the fondue feast started. Hot cheese with wine was just the perfect combination and it was unbelievably good! No doubt everybody had a great time sharing the cosy atmosphere with the other EASAiens.Coming back tot the hostel was anoth-er story to tell, we had torches in our hands and we tried to manage walking in the light of the torch and watching the beautiful sky with the shining stars at the same time. The last surprise of the day was Franziska waiting for us on the half way with hot wine! I guess it was one of the main topics for everyone how amazing the organisers are. They made it defiantly a ay to remember for all of us!

So after a fun filled traditional evening we managed to shrug off the cabin fe-ver of the previous nights that lead to some questionable behaviour. So with a fantastic walk along the side of a snow covered mountain we find ourselves back to business. The good news is that Yvonne is okay and was last seen re-laxing and smiling in a bed with Joe Frame and Ruth Hynes. Would you? With so many presentations and bids going on we endeavour to keep everything simple and up to date so here goes…..

RÄGASCHIARM ISSUE NINE21.10.2009INCM009.li

Q: What happens when you stick a load of Architects in a barn on a mountain?A: Intense fun.Q: Does altitude affect people’s ability to hold their booze? A: So it would seem.Q. Can Joseph throw a snowball?A. No he cant.Q: Does Franziska look hot in an Aus-trian dress?A: Oh yes!Q:How many people blew on a Swiss horn?A: A lotQ: How many people were actually any good?A: A coupleQ: What should you never give to chris-toph?A: An accordianQ: How long does it take without Jeanna before christoph starts to ques-tion his sexuality?A: 1 dayQ: How much fondue is too much?A: There is never too muchQ: Does Ville have an amazing ability to rap?A: Yes he does.Q: If Will McKeel, (uk) shits in the woods and no one is around, does it still smell?A: Ask willQ: How much gluehwein is too much?A: There is never too much.Q: Did everyone think that tthe walk back was amazing?A: Yes they did, Q: Was the walk back slightly like we were going to hunt down a vampire in his castle?A: Yes it was.Q: Was an amzing new drink invented yesterday?A: Yes it was, the Margate BomberQ: Did the bar being shut reduce the size of the hangovers?A: No it didnt.Q: Is everyone ready to have another great night?A: Yes they are!

Traditional Evening:everbody say CHEESE!

With the sounds of La da da da daaah still ringing in our ears many of us awoke this morning with Mar-mite and shame all over our faces. The night brought up many ques-tions and answers, which i have endeavoured to document here.

INCM BIDDING

More bidding yesterday ‘cause we loved sticking together in the same room !Not as long as the first one (ouf !), this one was tough but quick (thanks to the moderators Neal and Léo) sexy and inspiring, and the last but not least the consen-sus was a consensus YES !

No questions came up, the 3 proposals were really good and clear, making our job even more difficult.We all split up to find out what an INCM should be, what an INCM should provide etc…we all agreed on the key points : ORGANISA-TION + DISCUSSIONS, as a Scot-man said « an INCM is a meeting not an event ».The travel issues popped over again but im not going to bother you with that as there ain’t no so-lutions, just keep telling yourself that you are as exotic as anybody else.Berlin, the Tempelhof airport proposal which was obviously the best accommodation ever, was the first out due to the ‘IF part’, not 100% sure to get the hangar.So the choice was to be made be-tween Macedonia and Denmark. Tough !To quote paddy, its like choosing between vanilla and chocolate ice cream, hard job as we all love ice creams.But we did after 4 and half hours (EASARecord there, the quick-est easa bid in easa history), and what seemed really important to us was the potential of the discus-sions highlighted in the Copenha-gen one. EASA is a community, we want to explore it , improve it more and this INCM will pro-vide us good lectures+good examples+good discussions on this topic.The announcement made in the cosy barn was original and as ex-pected people went wild (after

Javier (ESP)–interaction between the

people, interaction

with the city and

adaption to a new

scale.

Julie Bart (FR) – kick out the form

maker

Pavle (Serbia) -Architects should

continue to

respond to the

problems of the

day

Matilde (ESP)Kata (Hungary/

Austria- the empire)

-Being able to create something good from something shit

Dimitra (GRE)-Decentralisation

Pekka (Fin) -fresh and juicy

In an attempt to balance out the questions of the day today’s question was intentionally dif-ficult and rather big it required thought and was relevent to what we are all about unlike yester-day’s equally fantastic question. Which was a little sexist, a little bit humiliating but also FUCK-ING FUNNY. Tomorrows ques-tion ... Who knows.

few schnaps shots).

Congratulations to the Danish la-dies !

QUESTION OF THE DAY?

What is the most important con-sideration in the future of archi-tecture??

Yvonne (CH) -more time

Paul (UK)- see my essay

Aljoša (Slovenia)- environment

Marko (Serbia)- human resources

Mesho (Slovakia) – personal responsibility

John (IRL)- appropriatness

SESAM GOES EAST!

S.E.S.A.M. : Small European Stu-dents of Architecture Meeting, in other words, a small EASA.

Since EASA didn’t make it to Ro-mania this year, SESAM takes the challenge.With Hungary being the most west-ern organizer, sesam010 seems to be a matter of eastern Europe!People, this is your chance for ex-otic!The room seemed to be rather emp-ty this morning, so for those of you who just couldn’t get out of bed, this is a preview of the presentations:

Istanbul010Dates: 05-12.05.09Theme: com.pli.cityDescription: The sesam will take place in the city centre of Istanbul, European Capital of Culture 2010, trying to unfold and designate some forgotten parts of the city, through the workshops. Hamam nights, gipsy festivals and oriental dancing will complete your eastern experi-ence.Presentation: no oriental dancing on the tables…Number of participants: 100 - also students from CLEA and maybe Asia!

Kaliningrad010Dates: end of August-first week of September (right after EASA)Theme: no themeDescription: It takes place in a city that has been under much cultural fermentation through the years. You are going to work in city centre and examine how a new building can adapt in a historical environ-ment.Presentation: Russian windows nervous break-down!Number of participants: unknown

Book your flights from London!

Transilvania010Dates: 05-12.05.09 (same as Tur-key-there’s gonna be a fight here!)Theme: no themeDescription: A big construction workshop using natural materials, plans are already made, everything is ready! Just go and start building up!Presentation: fancy

LECTURE REVIEW

Xavier Calderon

And so it falls to me to write a rather belated lecture review after the one Yvonne wrote was essentially a love letter to her former tutor. It seems she is also not the only one to have fallen for his latino charachter, as there were strong mumblings of ap-preciation coming from the female audience. It seems this INCM is awash with male lecture candy.

Those who could tear their eyes from his chiseled features would have heard a review of his studio here at the University in Liechsten-stein. With the starting point of FL being the most unsustainable coun-try in the world he then preceded to present a response that mirrored projects by SuperStudio and early Rem, maybe not suprising as he did a three year sentance under War-den Rem. Replacing the perfectly proportioned Swiss boxes that line Vaduz’s main road, its black institu-tional palaces to a land where there is no local word for ‘reccession’, with Barcelona-style Hausmann Highways lined with five storey residential blocks was seen as an alternative to building three storey mega-basements with no purpose.

The redensification of FL is per-haps the only way it will be saved from impolding in on itself under the weight of their own wealth and well-being. Perhaps not. It certainly struck a chord with a few people who sparked a livley debate after-wards, which was unfortunately cut short for the start of the walk-ing tours. This reviewer can only hope that the next lecture provides just as much interesting work for debate, and the the speaker is as dreamy as Xavier. Swoon.

Number of participants: 50-70 – also people from ELASA (European Landscape Architecture Students Assembly)

Well…isn’t Transylvania in Roma-nia??