update 17|01|2003
Dear NC’s around Europe
Here’s a little update for the curious ones. We have had a few questions on how the organising is progressing, so here we go.
Since the meeting at Bornholm, we have had some discussions about how the Danish team were being perceived by all you visitors. We had the impression that Danes are being perceived as these hard-working, well-organised partykillers, always on time and harassing others for not being equally focused on producing results all the time. Now, honestly, who would want a reputation like that? Surely we decided to do what we could to get rid of it as fast as possible. Since November we in the organising team have been working hard on achieving a certain Latin laziness, we have totally quit being on time and are getting rather good in fucking up agreements with each other. Our apartments are getting seriously messy (we make spontaneous visits every now and again to document the progress) and of course, the EASA project as a whole is totally out of control. Personally I started off by going to Cuba for a month, leaving a shitload of work behind for the others to deal with. Now that I’m back, Kasper is about to get a full-time job for a couple of months, leaving it up to innocent and inexperienced volunteers from Aarhus to get some money and fixing some tents for you guys to sleep in when (if) you and your friends arrive. And of course we have no clue what is happening with the competition. Maybe next year we’ll sent out some stuff. Allright with you, is it?
Well, of course it’s not all that bad. I’ll run through the various things we’ve got going, and continue with a biweekly update to keep you hot, either on Antville or on our own homepage when it gets up and running.
About the competition:
The original deadline by which you should have received the material was around Jan. 1. We didn’t make that deadline, and have decided on a new, which is Jan. 29. By then we are going to find materials, judges and so on. I’ll get back to the details when things are clearer. For now, just be sure that the competition is going to happen as planned, and prepare yourselves and interested students at your schools for making proposals when the material is released.
About the site:
After INCM at Bornholm, we visited Friland, the place Lars Keller mentioned one evening during his lecture. From the perspective of what we intend to achieve with EASA003, in terms of approaching the topic of architecture and sustainability, Friland suits the project very well. We are welcomed by those in charge of the place, and have been given a very good site for the pavillon. The Danish State Broadcasting Company, DR, is having their own broadcasting station at Friland, from where they document the endeavours of the pioneering construction work taking place. We are sure of getting nationwide TV-coverage from EASA, and many other aspects are being negotiated in the coming months. One of them is the future of the pavilion we are building, which may end up as a joint-school project where architects and various technicians are trained in sustainable building techniques. We’ll see.
However, one major problem about Friland is the lack of infrastructure on which EASA is dependent. At the moment, we are looking for alternative housing facilities in the vicinity, which might result in a splitting-up of the EASA participants in two groups, like it happened last summer in Croatia. If you’re curious about Friland, check it out at www.dr.dk/friland
Only in Danish, sorry!
About the quota:
Until we have settled the site and sleeping facilities, we have no clear picture of the exact number of total participation next summer. Hence no exact quota for each country. We’ll let you know as soon as we know!
About workshops:
You are welcome to begin searching for interested – and interesting – tutors. We’ll make a proper tutor pack later in the spring that you can hand out to those interested.
About the website:
It should be a matter of days before it’s working on www.easa003.dk. From here you will be able to keep yourselves informed and download all sorts of interesting stuff.
About the team:
Our intention is to have ten well-defined groups working on each their area of responsibility up to and during the EASA. At the moment, the three most important are in function. And in relation to what I wrote at the top, we decided to give the party group high priority. Among other things, we’re working on having a Cuban orchestra flown in for a special evening. Generally, things are actually going well. Incredible but true.
Finally:
In the midst of the enthusiasm of working for a great EASA, a tragic and unexpected loss happened to us. Toke, our dear friend, fellow student, EASA participant in both Turkey and Croatia and a very competent co-organizer of next summers event, suddenly died from a heart attack in early December. We’ll miss you Toke, your presence impossible to replace.
Ciao for now
Anton and Kasper
organizer@easa003.dk
PS. please leave this topic for our updates only, and confine your good comments to other topics on this site. Thanks!
posted by paradeiser
Fri, 17 Jan 2003 00:22:18 GMT
