Tag: Summer School

Performance Architecture Summer School in Athens | July 27-31, 2023

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The Athens school takes place in the summer. It runs daily, during 5 days in a week. Participants are expected to produce work individually and in collaboration.

The rich cultural, social and political background of Athens and the history of performance of the city provides endless inspiration, ground for study and opportunities for creativity. The museums, archaeological spaces, art institutions, avantgarde groups and vibrant public spaces form a key part of the school’s programme and inform the learning experience. Participants will benefit by creating works that truly engage with the complex and rich city resources combining both intelligence and inter-disciplinary thinking.

At the end of the course  the participants showcase their collaborative & individual work and present to the class and to external Critics. This helps the participants to understand the outcome of their experience during the course and identify ways of developing and enhancing their personal practice.

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Performance Architecture: Body, Movement, Space | Online Summer School | Deadline for applications: June 22, 2022

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Course dates: 2nd, 3rd, 9th and 10th of July

Deadline for applications: 22nd of June 2022

Free webinar: 18th of June 2022 at 10am

Performance Architecture Online Summer School is an exciting learning journey designed to inspire, broaden, and challenge the possibilities of spatial representation and design.

Participants are invited to work on ways of designing that use the body as an instrument of thinking, sensing, drawing and sculpting space. It is designed to give an alternative, critical view to the study, use and production of space on both urban and architectural scales.

Architecture has for long been considered a static discipline. This course focuses on applying the toolbox of performance in architectural thinking, to the production of spatial actions and bodily geometries in space.

For more details and to apply please go here.

ClimateDemonstrator 2022 – Live Build Summer School | From 23rd of May to 24th of June 2022

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Julian Williams, Principal Lecturer at the School of Architecture + Cities, University of Westminster is pleased to invite you to join ClimateDemonstrator 2022: A free live-build summer school involving students from across the School of Architecture and Cities, other Schools in the University and primary school pupils in Camden and Westminster.

The brief is to design and build interactive instruments or installations to demonstrate the science of buildings and their interaction with climate and biodiversity. The project will run from 23rd May to 24th June. You will be working in teams supported by mentors from design and architectural practices, presenting your ideas to 9-10 year olds, then fabricating the works for installation in the partner primary schools.

All the details including dates and how to sign-up are on the website: climatedemonstrator.org.uk

Call for Applications: “Architecture for Peace” Summer School in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina [18th – 29th of July 2022] | Deadline for Submission of Applications: Tuesday, March 15, 2022

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Amidst political instability in Europe, this is a call for architecture students to come together in solidarity and across borders to show the world that sustainable architecture can be a framework for reconciliation! 

This summer school will centre around a 2-week on-site residency (July 18th-29th) in the war-torn Prijedor region in B&H, led by peacebuilding Charity Most Mira and Projekt V Arhitektura in collaboration with the Global Free Unit (GFU) and Umeå School of Architecture (UMA). This will run alongside the international award-winning Most Mira Peace Centre development and build on ten Most Mira architecture workshops, as well as past and current UMA and GFU courses in Russia, Lesvos, Colombia and Izmir. EU and International students will work closely with students from B&H to design and prototype innovative building components, materials and furniture for the Peace Centre. We will also work on a wider reconciliation strategy of small-scale architectural interventions throughout the disjointed rural landscape. 

Please see the attached pdf. or web link for full details about the summer school, eligibility and how to apply: http://projectv-arch.com/news-1#/architecture-for-peace-summer-school-2022-applications-now-open/

There are 10 places for students applying through Umea University, which must be filled. EU citizens tuition for this course is fully funded by the EU, while non-EU citizens pay tuition fees. These applicants must apply directly through Umea University as described in their application link: https://www.arch.umu.se/en/education/summer-course-architecture,-exploration-and-reflection/application-and-eligibility/ 

In addition to this, there are a limited number of subsidised places for independent non-EU citizens sponsored by our collaborators, who apply directly to Vernes Čaušević and Lucy Dinnen via this e-mail address: info@projectv-arch.com 

This includes: 

  • 2 x independent subsidised spaces for non-EU citizens – they will be partly subsidised and pay a lower tuition fee. 
  • 5 x independent subsidised spaces for B&H citizens – they will not pay tuition fees. 

The deadline and submission requirements are the same for all applicants – 15th March! – non-EU applicants please contact us directly. Please note – the independent subsidised spaces will be extremely competitive as we have had lots of enquiries. 

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Featured image: Architecture students from B&H, EU and the UK building rammed earth prototypes on the Most Mira Peace Centre site in Prijedor at a summer residency led by Project V Architecture and international rammed earth experts Lehm Ton Erde from Austria. Photo credit: Adriana Keast / Most Mira.

Performance Architecture Online Summer School 2020, from 20/06 to 11/07

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3-hour classes every Saturday from 10:00 to 13:00 (BST)

4 weeks in total

Independent pop-in participations are also welcomed.

Run by StudioSyn, VIPA and RIPS

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FREE WEBINAR with Q&A

Sat 23/05 at 10:00am – 10:45am (BST)

Register Now! for a small taster of the course

Discover the interconnections of architecture

Performance Architecture Online Summer School is an exciting learning journey designed to inspire, broaden and challenge the possibilities of spatial representation and design. Architecture is combined with other disciplines including art, cinematography and performance. 

Architecture is a dynamic discipline

The course is applying the toolbox of performance in architectural thinking, towards the production of spatial actions and bodily geometries in space. It is taught by a team of London-based interdisciplinary and international architects and artists including Ursula Dimitriou (StudioSyn), Aliki Kylika (VIPA) and Eliza Soroga (RIPS).

Play with the city; be curious, be caring, be resourceful

This is an incredible opportunity for students / professionals who want to learn new skills, extend their thinking, emerge to an urban cultural landscape, be part of an interdisciplinary and international team, and diversify their project portfolios.

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Borderline City | Invitation to Summer School in Berlin | Deadline: November 20, 2019

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An opportunity for 4-6 suitable graduate students (and strong undergraduate candidates) from the fields of Architecture, Urban Planning, Urban Design etc. for a Summer School on the topic of  the ‘BORDERLINE City‘ that will take place in Berlin from 8-15 May 2020. Participation is free, and accommodation as well as a stipend to cover travel expenses will be provided. 

The summer school is part of a broader initiative of colleagues at the Technical University Berlin, which aims to generate impulses for the planned update of the so-called Leipzig Charter of 2007 on the occasion of Germany’s upcoming EU Council Presidency in 2020.

The summer school’s theme is deliberately broad in scope. Amongst other things, the event will deal with:

  • the disappearance of existing, and emergence of new, borders and ‘borderscapes’, both material and immaterial;  
  • the way both intentional and immanent spatial development contribute to the emergence, dissolving and change of borders and ‘borderscapes’; 
  • the role cross-border territories (can) play in European integration processes;
  • the qualities and potentials of borders, ‘borderscapes’ etc. (spatial, cultural and otherwise) as well as
  • the question how built environment professionals should deal with the same. 

In short: it promises to be an exciting event! Prerequisite to participate is the willingness to:

  • deal with the topic (or, rather, one of the topics) the summer school revolves around in the context of a dissertation, a ‘final year project’, or a piece of research in relation to a specific module;  
  • present the (preliminary) findings of the (research) project in the form of a paper, poster or other creative medium; an
  • beyond that actively contribute to the discussions in Berlin.

There is a lot of scope in terms of both the content and the methodological approach and the format of the work to be produced/presented and our German colleagues appreciate that MA theses/final year projects will not be completed by the time the summer school takes place. What they are after are original and thought-provoking ideas, interventions and reflections that provide ‘novel and unconventional input on urban development and urban planning.’ 

Should you be interested in participating, please look at the attached document for further information about the project and send an expression of interest of no more than 750 words with an indication of your motivation to apply as well as a description of your project idea to NovyJ@westminster.ac.uk by 20 November. You should also be able to name a member of staff who supports your application and is willing to help you with the project work. Applicants will be informed of the pre-selection results by 25 November and interviews for the final selection will take place shortly after that.

For more information, please feel free to send an email to Johannes Novy. He will also hold two information drop-in sessions on 30 October and 12 November from 13.00 to 14.00 in M222 to provide the students with an opportunity to meet him in person and ask questions.

Last but not least: Especially if you are considering to apply with your thesis/final year project, it is strongly recommend that you discuss your plan with your tutor and/or course director to make sure that they approve of (and are willing to support) it. 

To download additional material please click here.

Summer School: Living With Earthquakes, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Fermo, Italy_12th-21st of July 2019

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The present programme builds on the LIVING WITH EARTHQUAKES conference held in Cambridge in October 2017, which discussed earthquakes that affected the Apennine regions, causing widespread destruction and damage to cultural heritage. This summer school is therefore part of a wider research initiative, involving a dialogue between the SCIENCES (Seismic Engineering, Geotechnics, Construction) and the HUMANITIES (Philosophy, Sociology, Architecture and Urban Studies, History of Art and Architecture).

The new programme is based on the successful experience of the 2018 edition, held in Amandola and takes advantage of the surveys and design proposals produced and presented in the final exhibition on the 1st of August 2018.

Aims and Strategies:

Advanced Master students and PhD candidates in landscape architecture and planning, architecture, engineering, art history and philosophy will be based in Falerone and will make a comparative study of three hill towns in the province of Fermo: Falerone, Amandola and Motefortino.

Field studies and teaching will include:

  • understanding the urban landscape
  • understanding the value of the tangible and intangible heritage
  • principles and problems in the conservation of historic fabric
  • the use of archival material in preparing design appraisals and reports

Students will be given the opportunity to present their research for critical review.

Applications:

Master and Doctoral students from different fields are invited to send their applications, consisting of a motivation letter and a CV to cultureofcity@gmail.com 

Fees:

The summer school fee of 150€ per participants covers essential course materials, including digitalised information, visits to case study sites in the three towns, and a joint dinner. Accommodation (bed and breakfast) has been arranged in Falerone at a cost of 30€ per night.

Key Dates:

20th of May 2019 – Application deadline

1st of June 2019 – Accepted students confirmed

10th of June 2019 – Fee payment to confirm participation

For full programme, teaching staff and participating universities please refer to the poster.

Summer School “Integrated Mobility Challenges in Future Metropolitan Areas” in Delft / Amsterdam, August 2018 _ Deadline 21st June

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When: 21st – 28th August 2018

Where: Delft University of Technology (NL) with fieldwork in Amsterdam (NL)

The Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS), the Delft Deltas, Infrastructures & Mobility Initiative (DIMI), the University of Paris-Est and ARENA Architectural Research Network join Delft University of Technology in the organisation of the interdisciplinary 2018 Summer School: Integrated Mobility Challenges in Future Metropolitan Areas.

‘Integrated Mobility Challenges’ will explore interdisciplinary approaches towards sustainable urban integration of rail/metro stations within urban areas and networks. At the main point of intersection between the railway and the city, stations are key elements of the organisation of the intermodal transport but also catalysts of urban developments. By using Amsterdam (specific case study will be Amsterdam Sloterdijk station area) as test-bed and design location, you will exchange and acquire knowledge on different approaches and strategies.

Target Group: 60 researchers, young professionals and/or master students in Architecture, Urban Design and Planning, Environmental Design and Sciences, Landscape Architecture, Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics, and related disciplines (social sciences are welcome too). 3 ECTS credits will be given to every participant.

How to apply

Application deadline: 21st June 2018

Application should include: full name, email address, cell phone number, university, faculty, study program (incl. field of discipline); CV and a motivation letter (maximum of 100 words).

Please send your application or enquiries to Joran Kuijper J.A.Kuijper@tudelft.nl.

Admission will be based on evaluation or CV and motivation letter. Shortly after the 21st of June you will hear if you are granted to participate. No tuition fee for scholars and/or students affiliated at one of the ARENA network institutions.

More information can be found here: https://www.ams-institute.org/events/event/summer-school-2018-integrated-mobility-challenges-in-future-metropolitan-areas/

To download the programme: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9ml320xygtr8gl3/AACfY2e9nMVc_C78fMEFP2OYa?dl=0 

Featured image: Manifistation Teleport ’86, the new train station Sloterdijk / Foto: Frans Brusselmans / Collectie Amsterdams Stadsblad