are striving to achieve that the built pavilion stays on the square permanently. After meeting with IPCH and the municipality’s officials and the mentors we finally managed to coordinate everything to the extent when we could release the competitionpack. What we were most afraid of was not having the proposal realized and having our efforts that we invested into coordinating and preparing the documentation go to waste. Turns out it hasn’t and we published the competition-pack mid-December. Let’s hope the proposals are as interesting and wacky as possible. Promote the competition and
in focus Be active! Hey boys and girls, the zombies are back! Well at least our Prime minister (PM) sees them in the protesting crowd outside the parliament. Some violence also occurred but this is rather unusual and was most probably ‘directed from above’. Slowly the changes are happening in our country – people are on the street demanding them. They are finally aware that democracy by itself is not a guarantee for prosperity if one is not actively involved in the process of decision making.
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And that’s where we come to our theme and one this plan hopefully the whole city centre will benefit. of the sub-topics - public participation. We encour- And with it the pavilion of course. aged you to address it during the EASA event in Žužemberk. We see it vital for EASA to connect with the local community and address some of the social questions that pop up in society. The latest events in the country confirm that the selection of the theme was a bit visionary as REACTION is exactly what is happening now. You would be right if you said that we can see reaction everywhere but Slovenes usually don’t go to the streets and dea before Christmas love story mand their rights. The last time a self-organized strike happened was in late 1980s when workers It was a cold and foggy Thursday morning, so typijust couldn’t stand the old socialist system anymore. cal for winters in Ljubljana. The holiday spirit had already wrapped its glistening smile around peoThis whole situation reminds us of the lecture at the ple’s faces. On that faithful day our EASA dinner INCM 2009 in Liechtenstein given by the first or- was planned to happen in the evening and I rushed ganizer of EASA (Liverpool 1981) Geoff Haslam to the store to buy the ingredients for the main dish. who said: “Liverpool literally burned when EASA arrived in the city”. The scale of the riots that hap- In a chaos of crashing people doing their last pened back then in England cannot be compared minute shopping, I carefully maneuvered my slento ours but the reasons can. We believe that the der body through the masses and quickly obtained organizers of each EASA see the opportunity that all the components except the turkey. After a quick students of architecture from all over Europe can dash to the cold of the refrigerators, I saw her. It contribute to resolving some of the open questions was love at first sight. A beautiful 3.7kg pale skin in the region. We also recognise this potential and poult, with a little bit of fat on her thighs, just the that is why we are bringing EASA to such a small way I like it. When I looked at her all covered up town as Žužemberk. Expanding the population by in translucent plastic, lying there with her naked 100% will definitely make an impact. friends in the pink freezing light, I couldn’t stop With the preparation of the competition we have already made some progress. The municipality has assured us that the city council will adopt a spatial plan for the entire historic city centre so that the pavilion will be built legally. This plan has been debated for years and the only thing it needed was some pure initiative to make it happen. With
myself from dropping a tear. So unbelievably ravishing she was.
Hours before the dinner I prepared the stuffing which consisted of zucchini, walnuts, almonds, apples, raisins, dried apricots and white wine. A sweet fill for a much more sweeter turkey. Once the stuffing was in place, I sewed her up. Gentle but at the same time firm so that nothing would fall out. Finished, it looked as if she was wearing a delightful red corset with a big ribbon on top. Soon it was time for the oven. Three and a half hours in 200 degrees inferno with occasional turning and bathing in a mix of white wine, oil and spices. In the meantime the company gathered and the dinner started. Our taste buds were greeted with a contrast of crisp and tender canapés with salmon and cheese, complemented by white wine. Our Slovenian drinking nature wanted more and we quickly fell into abuse of mulled wine and apple whiskey punch. Good spirited and already quite intoxicated we proceeded to the main course. My love had been turned into a golden crisp one wants to immediately bite into. For a moment I hes-