Hello to mainly the Danes. New York is good to me, but its time to go home and get on with that education they all talk about. Ill move to Copenhagen on February 1st. If anyone knows about an empty appartment during next semester, Ill be very interested. Sorry for using this wonderful forum for such selfish matters. Sigurd

calling all computer wizards! im having serious problems with my sketch-up program: all of a sudden when i try to zoom or move closer and around in the model, lines and objects that are closer to the "camera", e.i me, become half, or disappear and the picture is incomlete. And they dont show up in a render either. any ideas on what im doing wrong? would be increeeeedibly thankful, have a job-deadline...! love to y´all alexandra

at the moment im working on redesigning a pedestrianstreet in istanbul in coorporation with the city municipality. istanbul is in urgent need of some breathing space for its inhabitants. starting in the very historical center this is meant to be a katalysator for further humanscaled development of a "greener" network of public spaces in this car-oriented metropole. if you have any favorite projects on the subject of pedestrianspaces, id like to ask you to post your inspirational links/pics from any place, here.

Gratefully,

Fre_be

Hi, both Matt and I study at the University of Manchester. We have just found out that we are to be doing a kind of exchange programme with the Barcelona school of architecture. We are due out in sunny Spain for a week, beginning 6th February (but will undoubtedly get there a few days in advance, as the 5th is my Birthday, and I don't fancy spending it travelling), with the return leg in the first week of May. Just to be clear, this really isn't officially anything to do with EASA, but we thought if there were any NCs or representatives at the Barcelona school it would be a rather nice opportunity to meet up, and maybe we could pick your brains on good sites to visit over a coffee(and bars for because although I don't want to be travelling I would like to celebrate my 24th!)

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i've received an email today from company that i registered easa-uk.org domain with in regard to .eu domains. it is also related to 'structure' issue, as it requires organisations to be registered and have offices in EU.

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Hi guys, The official web site for SESAM006 in Macedonia is currently being under construction. Just be patient and you will get the address soon. Buy for now Stefan

Hi everybody:) Me is back! (I mean, I came back:))

S(uper-small)ESAM in Belarus is coming next year!

Name of the project: Architecture of Degradation Against Degradation of Architecture (Project ADDA)

Place: Minsk, Belarus - Kossovo, Belarus

Time: April 2006

Introduction For The last few decades (or even longer) Big Architecture has been quoting itself, getting inspired by itself, feeding by itself. It may be telling you stories, may be full of allusions and collisions, it may be ecological, technological and incredibly plastic. But it can no longer touch your heart, so it’s not real art anymore.

It is Degradation of Architecture.

But even in a modern city there is a place for a beauty that is natural and spontaneous. Many people are more impressed by buildings, which have been abandoned by human and now are being swallowed by time, factories that were built without any consideration of aesthetics, than by commercially successful masterpieces of modern architecture.

Degradation, chaotic destruction makes visible strains in the construction of the building, which were hidden by the cover of communications, just like a talented sculptor makes visible a form that was hidden in a piece of marble.

This is the Architecture of Degradation.

Can we oppose architecture of degradation to degradation of architecture? This is the question I want to rise on the workshop of ADDA.

Number of participants: up to 30

Foreigners among them: 60%

Number of tutors: 5 persons

I propose to have minimal requirements for the sponsor’s support, especially on the room and special equipment, and that’s why the involvement of Belarusian participants would increase enormously. For example, one of the requirements for a Belarusian would be providing two foreign participants with the accommodation and helping them with adaptation to Belarusian way of life.

Intended result: The participants would arrange temporary exhibitions in certain spots (locuses) that have the spontaneous beauty of degradation. The exhibitions would contain projects of architectural intervention on these locuses. This virtual intervention must provide the inclusion of locuses into the cultural space of the city or town (a simplified example: one may turn an abandoned train into a picture gallery, a bar, a shower room and a reception of empty bottles for successive acquaintance of the homeless with the beauty). These exhibitions, covered by required advertisement, would let us:

• make the success of the action noticeable
• show the beauty of the locuses to the interested citizens
• turn the attention of the government and the architectural community to the possibility of reconstruction of industrial buildings and territories without destruction of their specific beauty.

Attention! ADDA action doesn’t propose to build anything in 1:1 scale, only to make a research, project and present projects.

Here the main intended stages of an action are mentioned:

Stage one – Introduction Place: Minsk Length: 3-4 days Content: Excursions, lections, discussions and other means of informational and emotional rise. Participants’ job: get some understanding of the problem; get to know each other and the tutors; have a look at the locuses, which are proposed for the workshops.

Stage two – Emotional immersion Place: Kossovo. Length: 2-3 days. Content: not identified. Participants’ job: see the last of the proposed locuses, define the structure of the workshops and principles of their work.

Stage three – Projecting Place: Minsk. Length: 6-7 days. Content: workshops. Participants’ job: work out and prepare for the presentation of the projects of architectural intervention, which allow inclusion of decaying architectural surroundings into the cultural space of the city. Each workshop works over one locus.

Presentation of the results: Presentation of the results of the workshops (which would be images, models, projections) would take place in the locuses directly, with the attraction of all the interested public and the representatives of the architectural community.

Some of the possible locuses: -Concrete channel in Minsk water-green semicircle. Abandoned train -Ventilation chamber of the 15-th building of BNTU -DOT in front of the building of Belarusian State Project Institute -Palace in Kossovo

Attention for all the foreign participants! Although I hope to get the official support of ADDA, it still remains an semi-informal action. In Belarus it means a not-so-high level of comfort, particularly – the use of public transport, specific toilets (in the country) etc.

Organisers: Concept - Gosha Zaborski NC - Ura Hetman Local organisation - Zmitser Savel'ev and BASA

Full presrentation is in process. Waiting for your interest & comments!