volume II
#makeyourselfa(t)home
Documentation of the workshop
#makeyourselfa(t)home at easa fredericia 2017 under the topic hospitality – finding the framework
CONCEPT, IMPLEMENTATION & TUTORING Lisa Marie Hafner Angelika Hinterbrandner PARTICIPANTS Marius Măldăianu Thomas Musil Elena Paleckyte Beatriz Porto
#index 00 01 02 03 04
about #makeyourselfa(t)home thinking about observing translating reflecting home.
part 00 — about home.
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#makeyourselfa(t)home. What happens when one merges the potential of 500 different Easian minds with Fredericia and its residents? What makes you a guest, and what makes you at home? Where is the difference between these stages? How do we influence these stages as architects — or better: Is there any chance to influence this social issues in a spatial form? This posed questions are the backdrop of a THEORETIC explorative as well as a performative workshop. A journey to find out how hospitality — home and anything in between relates. Re-think, Re-flect, Re-build.
#explorative—performative #home #theoretical #practical #refugee #spaceproduction #futurearchitecture
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garden homes in fredericia by angelika hinterbrandner
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intention As architects, we shape the built environment; we have a formative influence on social issues. It is our duty to provide a livable environment and equally qualitative space for everyone – no matter what one‘s social background might be. As architects, we also work at the interface of diverse professional fields and conflicting interests. Thus, architecture as a discipline is highly political. It is about navigation, about compromises, about communication and interrelation. With #makeyourselfa(t)home we want to emphasize the given circumstances of EASA Fredericia 2017 running an interrogative workshop, where we, together with our participants, actively encounter and redefine Hospitality. We want to sensibly experience and visualize the process of making oneself at home and evaluate the influencing factors – spatial, as well as socio-cultural – on whether one feels welcome or even at home, or not. The workshop is based on the theory that, once we have understood and illustrated what being at home essentially is about, we get a basis for future considerations on hospitable architecture.
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workshop fair by angelika hinterbrandner
„Living together is only possible if there is always the possibility to be alone.“ – Dogma Studio
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structure & methodology Our workshop was split into two parts: We started with theoretic inputs to introduce basic knowledge from different perspectives on the topic. The personal inputs from the participants and the insights into their different cultural background, then, formed the conceptional basis. The performative laboratory conducted in the second week was an implementation of the diverse approaches to „home“. It was a mix of experiencing, learning and exchanging with others while producing space. In summary, the basic steps were as follows: Create understanding / self-reflect to consciously perceive / connect and implement the new findings into a spatial form.
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monday 24/07/17
tuesday 25/07/17
wednesday 26/07/17
thursday 27/07/17
sunday 30/07/17
references
concept
personal
hello!
input theoretic
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timetable
monday 31/07/17
tuesday 01/08/17
wednesday 02/08/17
thursday 03/08/17
friday 04/08/17
space
exhibition
form
material
installation concept
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— Dogma: A Room of One‘s Own
[informal space] — Mike Davis: Planet of Slum
[private space]
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[home. room]
[home. city]
[politics + space] — Jane Jacobs: The Uses of Sidewalks: Contact — Hannah Arendt: The Public and the Private Realm — Pierre Bourdieu: The Social and the Symbolic Space
personal input [intro]
vol I
[exploring space] — J.B. Jackson: The Stranger‘s Path
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vol I / II You are holding VOLUME II in your hands: it is succeeding the theoretic background provided in the form of VOLUME I — a documentary booklet containing a selection of our theoretic research on texts and contemporary positions of and around the field of architecture towards hospitality and home. VOL II documents the workshop experience during EASA Fredericia 2017, showing the practical implementation, interpretation and outcome of VOL I. Documenting the process of “Making Heimat” as a personal experience was one of the core elements of the workshop. To record our impressions and thoughts, we used photography as well as drawings and sketches, which are collected within this booklet — VOL II. As a collection both book(let)s can serve as a tool for the participants, the tutors and the public to strengthen and understand hospitality, its meaning and its potentials today embedded in the architectural context. Furthermore, the documentary outcome of our workshop may, as well, serve as a basis for further considerations on hospitable architecture.
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Our main objective is creating an awareness for the topic and its wide net of influencing factors – not just for the team that worked with us but for the whole easa community.
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easa context The best way to gain profound knowledge is, on the one hand through practical trial and error, and on the other hand through the exchange of theoretical knowledge with others. EASA enables students and young professionals to broaden their cultural as well as architectonical knowledge. We have the chance to re-think our position as architects within an open liberal community. We as tutors see it as a great chance to inspire people to reflect on the socioeconomic framework we live and work in, to strengthen them in questioning the system and thereby, to help them find their very own way to navigate through today‘s complex intertwinings.
Lisa Marie Hafner Angelika Hinterbrandner
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part 01 — thinking about home.
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stop working ÂŚ| start thinking was a poster series, posing questions to the Easa community during our stay in Fredericia. Most of the questions came up during our first week working together as a team reflecting on the different aspects of home.
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how is your personal process of appropriating space? is it always the same? from what does it depend? stop working Œ| start thinking — because architecture reaches beyond built space. #makeyourselfa(t)home
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screenshots from our introductory presentation
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intro — what we took with us tickets passport chewing gum glasses – sunglasses house keys rucksacks – two rucksacks and a huge piece of luggage fabric bags pencils and pens, to sketch last thoughts on our workshop vaccination certificate – really? right, we’re staying in a hospital laptop plus charger – our constant companion and a camera, too iPhone – yes, I am that cool calendar – organization is crucial sketchbooks earplugs – you never know…snoring bears. eye mask warm socks newspaper – die Zeit, what else? books – books, books, books. building up an image to be well-read what will they expect from us? a theoretic workshop!? plastic money sleeping bags – definitely requiring too much space in our luggages. cosy pillow – comfort is important tampons – not comfortable at all antiseptic plasters aspirin – never trust foreign wine
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intro — what we took with us facial crème and peeling shampoo shower gel toothbrush – toothbrush and toothpaste coconut oil towels – almost forgotten deo hair brush – for the most beautiful hair lipstick – red-hot, orange or violet? black lunch box and cutlery – bringing a standard-ikea box might be risky, but anyway… damn it – no cups sunscreen and rain jacket. shoes, dancing shoes. clothing – I wonder, how all those cool guys will be dressed. will we fit in? all black everything – that always works bikini – optimism is everything red thread – it is, quite literally, gonna follow us everywhere paper – lots of paper: transparent paper, packing paper, newspaper, toilet paper scissors thermal foil pliable wire in 3 colours lots of good music
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how does social interaction influence your sense of feeling at home? is it the (most) essential aspect? stop working Œ| start thinking — because architecture reaches beyond built space. #makeyourselfa(t)home
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exploring fredericia by angelika hinterbrandner
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exploring home If you can #makeyourselfa(t)home at a new place does not just depend on the things you bring, but as well on the things you find. Therefore, we discovered Fredericia and it‘s hidden qualities as well as all the EASA sites on our first day together. The main purpose of the walk was finding a place where we could work at ‒ a space that‘d function as our workshop home.
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on our way to the ugdomen youth house by marius măldăianu
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the vacant baracks — the final site of our workshop by marius măldăianu
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by angelika hinterbrandner
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exploring home We found a place in the Bulows Barracks that we all agreed on using immediately. The abandoned atmosphere was tempting and the existing basic facilities helped us to settle very fast. After a little cleaning session we started reading, discussing and reflecting on our personal backgrounds of living. What makes us feel home: In our city? In our room? Somewhere abroad?
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one night in a slum. what do you bring?
stop working Œ| start thinking — because architecture reaches beyond built space. #makeyourselfa(t)home
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urban scale analysis of home: rio de janeiro by angelika hinterbrandner
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how does the way you design space influence social structures?
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urban scale analysis of home: vienna by angelika hinterbrandner
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discussing universal & personal needs for one‘s home by angelika hinterbrandner
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is your architectural approach a bare reflection of your social background?
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home making process in our workshop space by angelika hinterbrandner
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part 02 — observing home.
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home by langelika hinterbrandner
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how to be at home at easa? We were not just interested in how we ourselves feel about home and all its influencing factors, but also in how the EASA community is practically handling the temporary appropriation of space.  the making of home. — a photo essay.
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home vs. hope by lisa marie hafner
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down to the foodcourt by marius măldăianu
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bathroom affairs by lisa marie hafner
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where is the sleep? by marius măldăianu
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when you design a home, what are the influencing factors and why? are you taking cultural aspects into account? stop working Œ| start thinking — because architecture reaches beyond built space. #makeyourselfa(t)home
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after two weeks by angelika hinterbrandner
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laundry by angelika hinterbrandner
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decorating home by angelika hinterbrandner
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dirty dishes by angelika hinterbrandner
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storage 2.0 by angelika hinterbrandner
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if easa would last for a year, do you think you would feel at home? why & why not?
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danish weather by marius măldăianu
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the hospital by marius măldăianu
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home — out of order by lisa marie hafner
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part 03 — translating home.
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what is home?
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installations of home After one week of theoretical confrontation ‒ looking at home from various aspects ‒ we moved on to the translation of the new impressions into spatial installations. The personal idea of [feeling at] home of each participant was the base for the development of the different concepts. For the final exhibition we occupied a sequence of vacant rooms in which we displayed the diverse ideas in a spatial form accompanied by a duplicate of our workshop space [reading room] that illustrated the atmosphere of the theoretic work we did in the first week. In this way the visitors were invited to experience a range of different ideas of home.
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me at home.
sensory habitat
hide and see[k]
what is home?
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# one installation [the observer] had to be placed outside due to its conceptional relation to the sky. therfore it is not part of this introductional photo series
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architects create space. but what makes it a home?
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the observer
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marius maldaianu / what basic necessities do you pack when you travel? my camera some clothes / what do you have in your room? a bed a wardrobe computer desk books lamp some photo-cameras
/ what is home for you? The only thing that reflects my personality in my home are the big windows. I love how the light plays in my room all day. Home isn‘t necessarily a space for me.
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marius maldaianu As a filmmaker, observing is an essential ability in my life. Watching, analysing and understanding people, places, emotions, the world that surrounds us is the source of my inspiration. By observing, my mind starts creating. The seen transforms into creative output. This installation called „the observer“ is an abstraction of this process. To be aware of what we perceive is substantial for the understanding of our world. On the one hand, the installation enables the user to reflect on what he or she perceives, on the other hand, it opens the possibility of self-reflection. The introspective set-up of the installation leads to a meditative self-concentration process. The spatial concept of the installation is to create a space where one can be alone in space but remains in contact with the world. The semi-transparent walls are an integral part of this situation as they allow the user to be connected yet to be self-focused. Yourself is your home - whatever surrounds you.
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photos by marius măldăianu
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me at home.
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thomas musil / what basic necessities do you pack when you travel? jean, t-shirt, pullover (all black - simple and always fitting) one book (all quiet on the western front) / what do you have in your room? bed table chair wardrobe cloths bookshelf cupboards one picture two lamps paper pencils (a lot) pens (three) books laptop two models / what is home for you? a place with friends around (one) individual private space - a place of retreat and loneliness.
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thomas musil A pitched roof. The FORM symbolizes being at home. A bed. A chair. They are the physical ESSENTIALS for sleeping, reading, eating, working, or doing nothing. RESIDUAL SPACE. The installation is not about minimal living but about having spatial freedom without fixed furniture, which gives room for individual adaptation. The book. Not just any book, my PERSONAL book. All Quiet on the Western Front by E.R. Remarque reminds me of my past and gives me the feeling of being at home wherever I am. SCALE. The [smaller] scale represents the comfortable closeness that my room offers. It is a retreat, in which I can hide from the outside world [if needed]. At the same time, the scaling of the whole sculpture captures, again, my home as a synergy of inseparable aspects.
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photo angelika hinterbrandner
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elena paleckyte / what basic necessities do you pack when you travel? id card money notebook and some pens and pencils clothes, depending on the weather shoes toiletries mobile phone material possessions for me do not matter that much, so the only object that I could not live without, are my glasses. / what do you have in your room? table bed bookshelf wardrobe chair carpet window books paintings and drawings, reproductions drawing and painting equipment an easel architectural board for drawing and lot of smaller odds and ends
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elena paleckyte / what is home for you? Home for me personally is defined by activities. If I spend a certain time in a space, doing something that is interesting or pleasant for me (e.g. drawing, reading, painting), or if I communicate with someone I know, space starts to become increasingly acquainted and familiar to me, more and more home-like. It seems to be a quite natural process for me. Further, putting some quotes of writers I love, some pictures or drawings that I love, creates this described feeling of home as well. Additionally, I call more than just one place my home simultaneously, this is why it is easier for me to adapt to new spaces and maybe that is as well why I am not attached to physical objects – it is simply not an option to move all of my belongings each time.
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elena paleckyte / sensory habitat One afternoon here at EASA I caught myself feeling at home while I was looking at the sea. I got interested in the origins of such a feeling. Reflecting on it, I came to conclusion that one of the reasons is the absence of the roaring of life. The noise varies from town to town but the silence and the silent murmur of water remains the same wherever you go. It is one of the very basic things on which I build the feeling of being at home. It is where I can be with myself – not only with all these people I live with. The sea creates a feeling of having my very personal space. Therefore, I wanted to bring Easians to one of my homes in the purest forms – the sea. Furthermore, I want to separate them from all the noises of life: enabling them to concentrate on the sea and themselves.
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what is privacy? and where do you find it?
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beatriz porto / what basic necessities do you pack when you travel? glasses + sunglasses all of my necessaire [a big one] comfortable shoes pen/pencil + notebook elastic for the hair socks for sleeping an object of protection / what do you have in your room? In my room, you find my bed, the most important thing as a sleeping person, a chair and a table, where I spend the days working or not doing anything. Additionally, there is a little wardrobe where I put all my other belongings. A particularity of my room is the small stairs to access my closet and restroom; it is a singular element that I use very often to sit on and to store whatever I want and need. The object that I love most is a painting of the house in England that I was living in during my first exchange program - and a photo with my grandma. The atmospheric quality of my room is created by the window, with the birds waking me up in the morning and the sun rising. A wonderfull view that I love to see.
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beatriz porto / welcome. On one of the first days of EASA here at Fredericia when I was on my way to the laundry, I ran into a man walking with his dog — a German Shepherd like my three dogs that are awaiting me in Brazil. I couldn’t help but say hello and pet the dog. We exchanged some words and he just ended our conversation with an honest and soft “welcome” in a voice that immediately made me feel at home.
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beatriz porto / hide & seek Privacy has always been a necessity for me, as it probably is for everyone. I am the latest child of my parents and being the ‘little girl’ made everybody want to take care of me. Being under constant observation, I got the feeling that eyes were on me all the time, and the door of my bedroom was always open. But I wanted to have a voice, space, as well as time for me in peace. I wanted privacy. I still want privacy. I argued a lot, I fought for it and I finally got it — my own private space. Privacy is about having the security that nobody will see or disturb you, unless you want them to. It is not about being in your own bedroom by yourself, surrounded by four walls and a celling, but it is about having a comfortable time in peace, as well as about having control over seeing and being seen. Privacy is an initial human longing. Once found, you want to protect it. You want to control, if ever, when and with whom you are sharing it.
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beatriz porto The installation translates these aspects of privacy into a performative experience. It leads you, as performer, into this very private, sealed-off spot in the middle of the spiral where you can hide and indirectly observe the outside through shadow-projections on the fabric. In this sense, you are provided with a subtle degree of control, as the projections inform you when somebody is going to enter your private sphere and enable you to react in time. One easily feels embarrassed if somebody sees what he or she is doing. Even if nobody is watching, but the subconscious uncertainty of the feeling is the worst. To know if somebody is approaching your private sphere in whatever way or not in a conscious manner, is the assurance of privacy.
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how does your social backdrop influence the way you design? did you ever reflect on that?
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part 04 — reflecting home.
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what is your responsibility as an architect? stop working & start thinking.
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what do we want easa to be in the future? this article was published in umbrellas 3rd edition. It questions the current development of easa and its structures.
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stop working ¦| start thinking easa! Another year of Easa has almost come to an end. Last Monday we saw amazing presentations showing what Easa is going to be about in the circle of the next year – inspiring pictures, ambitious topics, a lot of things to look forward to. As we are just as excited as all of you to see the upcoming editions and the future development of Easa and its community we decided to reflect on this years’ edition as well as on the development of the Easa idea: What are our responsibilities? What do we want Easa to be in the future? -EASA is supposed to be a platform to share thoughts, ideas and methods across borders and cultures. Yearly, much effort is spent on the conception and bidding of a decidedly wellreflected theme — or, in fact, various ideas, if you take the entire bidding process into account. In the end, however, not much of the initial glow of the theme is left. It seems to be almost irrelevant, as focus shifts to mere construction
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and the publication of glossy photos of the final projects. Why do we pick a topic, when, in the end, it’s all about random construction? Why is it more important to get your personal project published as a tutor than to push the overall effort of the community? The Croatian proposal for next year’s Easa is aiming high. Starting with Slavoj Zizek in their video it looks as if theoretical discourse is coming back to Easa on a broader level – RE:Think they state. But why don’t they want to change anything about the basic structure of theoretic workshops? If you want to RE:Think [sic!] the building process in a more sustainable way, don’t we need to have as well theoretical discourse integrated into the construction process? Why do we even separate the [theoretical] thinking part from the practical design and building part? Especially in a time of a highly complex global world, it needs more than a little effort to understand things in full circle. In times of global instabilities on a social, economic
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as well as political level it is just not enough to build something without reflecting on how, why, where and what – or better: whether there should be anything built at all. Posing all these questions – some might see them as an affront – we’d like to end with a quote from WAI’s lecture: “If you don’t question things, if you don’t understand the concept of things, you can’t change them.”
lisa marie hafner angelika hinterbrandner
#makeyourselfa(t)home
/ Disclaimer: This is a personal opinion, sharply formulated & exaggerated at some points to initiate and push the discourse [not] taking place in the community – feel free to come by in person to have an ardent fight on the topic with us. We’d be more than happy.
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the other side by marius măldăianu
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closing words With our open workshop concept we had the amazing freedom — as well as the risk — of not knowing where we‘d end up after two weeks of Easa. We are more than happy that we had four amazing participants who were willing and motivated to go this uncertain path together with us. Thanks. The quality and range of the final outcome is beyond our expectations. It was a great pleasure as well as enrichment for us — as we hope it was for our participants. We also would like to thank the organizers for having and supporting us. It would not have been possible without your constant help. Thanks to the Easa community for their inspiration and appreciation.
Keep on questioning, stay curious, don‘t be afraid to push your own and the architectural boundaries.
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what is home for you?
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