Hola! Next Jan-Feb there´s a really interesting course about Participative Design in Lima and the southern earthquake damaged areas of Peru. I would really like to go, but am a bit afraid of going alone with my zero knowledge in spanish. Maybe one of you or someone you know would also like to study in Peru next spring?

Just email me and I´d be happy to forward all the info I´ve recieved from the organisers! inari.virkkala(a)hut.fi

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL PERU SUMMER COURSE

Relational Processes for a social and physical occupation: Participative Design

Department Architecture Faculty Interdisciplinary course: Faculty of Arts, Media Studies Faculty, Psychology Faculty Curso interdisciplinario: Facultad Arte, Faculty of Anthropology. Academia Semester: Summer 2008 Credits: 4 Requirements: 45 passed credits Course duration: 6 1/2 weeks Teachers Architect Claudia Amico (39 hours) Architect Maria Paz Ballen (39 hours) Architect Mariana Leguia (20 hours)

The idea of participation is basically understood as the user’s intervention in the design process. In communities in need such as El Carmen, this process has the potential of creating an inexistent cohesion amongst its members, which could help in the development of future processes and efficient overcoming of the disaster. Detaching participation as a patronised form of social help, and rather proposing a new responsibility and commitment on behalf of the user; it is important to acquire at university the necessary skills and notions in order to proceed in processes of this nature.
Participation in architecture has a long history; however there are few experiences which have theorised over this process. This is an experimental course which explores architectural tools and participative methods in order to generate contemporary knowledge on this practice.

Ciao darlings!

Looking for some specific x'mas presents for some special ppl..any good tips for some especially great books on green architecture? Much appreciated, thanks! *a

Ok, the web is finally under programmin. So, here for everyone to see is the structure of the site the Archive group made on the INCM007 in Motovun, so if anyone has some suggestions or comments feel free.. It's better to discuss this now then after the programming is done and then we'll have to redo stuff. And people, please be precise and offer solutions if you think something should be different. Thanx, Dijana

hi, i'm julianna and i study architecture in rome. me and some friends we are going to come to berlin on 9 december; not going to stay enough :( , only 4 days for explore the city and get all the information that we need for the berlin urban planning project that we work on now...but we would also like to meet some easa people, so, if any of you will be in berlin in that period let us know... ciao!

Ahhhh u guys have had an amazing time, wasn't surprised at all... of course you did. Me very very sad couldn't come to Denmark.Need a serious easa weekend or easa people around me...:( but think happy thoughts, there are photos to look at so add add dear people so we can enjoy!!! V

ACHTUNG

We will be releasing Tutorpacks on Saturday 1 December 2007 on www.easa008.ie

There will be three versions: S, M, L [nothing to do with OMA, more to do with colour-dy fruits]

S is an A5 18 page [6MB] peach.

M is an A4 28 page [15.5MB] orange.

L is an A4 92 page [34.3MB] watermelon.

We would like you to read them. We would like you to think about them. We would like you to dream about them. We would like you to enjoy them.

We would like them to inform you. We would like them to educate you. We would like them to excite you. We would like them to inspire you.

ACHTUNG

Thanks to all the Danish team who put together the SESAM. We have been very underground, very high up, very hot, very cold, very awake, very asleep [me] and very happy.

Thank you and good night.

hugonaut

final report, minutes and guide are all finished, 6 DVD's with copies of it are already in copenhagen with our hero marko (who is gonna be the ONLY croatian participant in sesam). so cph, aarhus, sweden, alki and ireland you have a copy for yourselves, you other guys are just gonna have to fight over the last one or burn it.

we'll upolad it somewhere cause the file is 19 MB and to big to send.

expect it soon!

hugs, ivan (finally done with incm stuff moving towards milions of other obligations...)