28 Nov 2005 by former_easa_blog

a bit of music to relax

www.architectureinhelsinki.com

posted by jerome
Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:11:18 GMT

25 Nov 2005 by former_easa_blog

.eu domain

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.

jovan_uk.

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Dear jovan manic-smetanjuk,

As one of the leading domain registrars in the UK we have been able to offer our customers pre-registration opportunities for the upcoming coming launch of the .eu domain. After what seems like a long wait this is now entering the final countdown, with the launch happening in three stages (which are described for you below).

Phase 1 Sunrise – 7th December 2005 to 6th February 2006

Applications can only be submitted which fit the following criteria

Public Bodies as defined by Member States of the EU

. The full name of a public body
. The acronym by which a public body is commonly known
. If applicable the territory which is governed by a public body
. Registered national trademarks and registered (EU) trademarks

Submission fee 50.00 GBP (non refundable) plus 15.00 GBP registration fee for one year.

Phase 2 Sunrise – 7th February 2006 to 6th April 2006

Applications can only be submitted which fit the following criteria

Public Bodies, Registered national or Community trademarks, Other rights protected under national law

. Company names
. Business identifiers
. Distinctive titles of protected literary and artistic work
. Unregistered trademarks
. Trade names

Submission fee 80.00 GBP (non refundable) plus 15.00 GBP registration fee for one year.

General Availability – 7th April 2006

Post general availability, all registrants must meet one of the following criteria:

. Have a registered office, central administration or principal place of business within the European Community
. Be an established organization within the European Community
. Reside within the European Community.

No Submission fee, registration fee 15.00 GBP for one year.

If you require any further information please check out the FAQs contained in the Guide to Pre-Registration page in your 123-reg control panel.

Best wishes

The 123-reg Team
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All prices quoted do not include VAT.

posted by jovan
Fri, 25 Nov 2005 00:20:23 GMT

23 Nov 2005 by former_easa_blog

SESAM006 Macedonia

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

posted by stefan_mkd
Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:03:22 GMT

22 Nov 2005 by former_easa_blog

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

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!

posted by gosha
Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:25:12 GMT

22 Nov 2005 by former_easa_blog

hello people

the preliminary (+/- second last) website update is ready and on my computer. the problem is that my computer broke down during the backup (… no comment …) and i couldn’t save the data.

the motherboard is broken, and i first need to find someone to save my data from the harddisk. and as i’m leaving for a seminar journey next week, i suppose it’s going to take a about 3 weeks – for future organisers to know when they can tell possible sponsors to check the site and expect some reports :-)

data is being sorted out, and it looks like we do have material of around 50% of the workshops, just not always very condensed. now it’s about contacting the tutors one by one and ask for material. if you could help us by telling them to send us their posters on their own (to workshop(at)easa005.ch), it would be very helpful.

this is only about the posters for the exhibition. more specific requests will come from our side. the best would be to pack the layout file with all the linked files into a zip-folder and send it. i’ll also try to set up an account where whole folders can be uploaded, but i think the deadline will be the same like for the website.

we had a good meeting on sunday for the documentation story. it’s set now that we’ll get credits from christiaanse for several parts of it, and we can also discuss the issues with his assistants, so i guess it’s gonna be good :-)

ciao
flo_ch

posted by schrott
Tue, 22 Nov 2005 08:59:42 GMT

20 Nov 2005 by former_easa_blog

design competition

Hello european students!
i’m working on LIVING BOX – PREFABRICATED LIVING UNIT
international design competition

www.edilportale.com

if u are interested…
deadline 30.11.05

ciao! ;D
paOlo.it

posted by paolo_masa
Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:16:17 GMT

18 Nov 2005 by former_easa_blog

few facts about georgia

As we plan to make a proposal for INCM or SESAM 2007 here are few links u can check out and get at least some Idea about GEORGIA for further information do not hesitate to contact me. :)
caucasustravel.com
www.welcome.ge
www.info-tbilisi.com
www.axis.ge
www.gnb-sukhishvili.ge
www.georgianhouse.ge
www.lonelyplanet.com
gata.ge
www.georgiatoday.ge
www.georgica.caucasus.net
TINA_GEO

posted by tikog
Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:51:51 GMT

18 Nov 2005 by former_easa_blog

few INCM photos

www.flickr.com/photos/tinaa

posted by tikog
Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:18:52 GMT