E A S A W O R K S H O P S
The European Architecture Students’ Assembly (EASA) is a network of architecture students from all over the continent. Every summer this event takes place in a different country whereby 500 design students, graduates and tutors live together in a self-sustaining, community-like setting. The Assembly takes place over two weeks and includes lectures, building and theoretical workshops, as well as other cultural and architectural endeavors. EASA acts as a platform for the exchange of social, architectural and cultural experiences.
The main focus of the summer assembly is the workshops, where around 30 groups of students work on a small project for 2 weeks. The workshops are always linked to the main theme of each summer assembly but they can range from discussing hypotheses and concepts to photography of local people to cooking of food and to the construction of small houses. At the end the 2 weeks everyone is able to present what they have developed and produced throughout the assembly. The workshops allow the participants to broaden their thinking, share knowledge and learn new skills.
EASA 013
Žužemberk / Slovenia
Make Me Think Like Ludwig Wittgenstein
Tutors : Manos Chatzinikolaou, Myrsini Alexandridi
#modern #philosophy #body #senses #construction
EASA 014
Veliko Tarnovo / Bulgaria
Symbioza
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Press Play
Tutors : William Bondin, Stefanie Wuschitz
#robotics #arduino #game #design
EASA 015
Valetta / Malta
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The Great Pretender
Tutors : Yazgı Demirbaş, Peter O Brien
#kinetic #architecture #strandbeest
In this workshop ideas of modern philosophy are taken for granted and are developed to their very limits, structuring an entire designing system around them, in the form of a powerful logical argument. On the basis of an unhindered 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 psychological tension of an art installation, is possible. Theory shall fuel design and construction.
The act of playing, whether considered as an art or a sport, similarly to architecture is a socio-cultural manifestation of an epoch. This workshop seeks to animate public spaces, both metaphorically and literally, through the creation of interactive installations and architectural performances which embody the spiritof play. If games connect people, encourage dialogue and stimulate co-operation, then why shouldn’t architecture? This workshop introduces the world of interactive design from a practical perspective. In order to build interactive systems we will learn physical programming using the Arduino open-source platform. After a brief introduction to world of physical computing, we will develop and fabricate a number of installations which respond to particular sites, within the scope of EASA 2014.
For the past twenty or so years, new life forms called Strandbeests have been roaming the coasts of the Netherlands. Powered by wing-like sails, they harmoniously traverse the soft ground with numerous spindly legs. The Strandbeests majestically transform mundane materials such as PVC tubes, zip-ties and soda bottles into complex and stunningly elegant movement. What makes these kinetic sculptures so noteworthy are their clarity and disregard for presumed boundaries between art, engineering and biology. Their persistent occupation of liminal spaces that seamlessly link the foggy area between objects, organisms and between things that are real and things that are sometimes indescribable. This summer a new animal will be born. Valletta will see the birth of a new EASAian Strandbeest. The Great Pretender workshop will build on the work of the great progenitor Theo Jansen to create this new kinetic sculpture.
