MEDS 2012 PARTICIPATION PACK

PARTICIPATION PACK

sensABILITY LJUBLJANA 2012

INDEX

WHAT IS MEDS? MEDS WORKSHOP MEDS HISTORY MENC HISTORY

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MEDS 2012 THEME

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MEDS 2012 SLOVENIA LJUBLJANA HOW TO GET TO LJUBLJANA? ACCOMMODATION

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PARTICIPATION MEDS 2012 POSTER COMPETITION HOW TO SEND YOUR FILES? NATIONAL CONTACTS

WHO IS A TUTOR AND HOW TO BECOME ONE? DEADLINES

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WHAT IS MEDS? MEDS – Meeting of design students – is an international association developed by and for design students from different European countries.

It was founded in 2010 with an aim to bring together European students of architecture, interior architecture, industrial design, graphic design, etc. to work on the same project on an international level and explore practical world of designing.

MEDS WORKSHOP With this idea MEDS organizes an annual event, usually lasting ten days, which takes place each summer in a different European city.

The main goal of MEDS event is to share international experiences, knowledge, to provide new and fresh ideas, to enrich the city in which workshop takes place and as a participant to become a part of something bigger, exciting and dynamic.

Event is co-ordinated by architectural academics and students and is based on activities, more or less related to design.

Event is non-profit and funded by a combination of attendance fees, grants and sponsorships, all arranged by the organizing committee.

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MEDS HISTORY 2010 Alanya, Turkey_Alice in Designland 2011 Istanbul, Turkey_Relationship Between Europe & Asia 2012 Ljubljana, Slovenia_sensABILITY 2013 Lisbon, Portugal_REaction

MENC HISTORY MENC is an annual meeting of MEDS team and all MEDS National Contacts. It is organized each year in a different country to discuss about progress, events, workshops, future work, etc.

All NCs should attend this meeting to represent their country. If NC for some reason can’t participate, he should find his replacement to report about work and progress of his country.

Aim of MENC is to improve MEDS as an organization and to share ideas for forthcoming events.

2010 Famagusta, Cyprus 2011 Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia 2012 Kortrijk, Belgium

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MEDS 2012 THEME Every year organizers choose a theme of workshop that is related to the hosting city. Event’s workshop, exhibition, lectures and social events are based on the theme, so the participants can understand the environment of their projects better.

This year’s theme is called sensABILITY. The five senses are fundamental to our everyday perceptions of the world. Designers strive to stimulate feelings and emotions based on people’s reactions to their senses in a particular environment.

Unfortunately, in contemporary culture, we are sensually biased. We are unfairly driven by visual qualities. sensABILITY aims to free the participant from this visually driven world. Workshops will strive to liberate our sense of touch, sound, smell and potentially even taste, to give us a richer understanding and appreciation of the designed world around us.

There's a lot of accesories that help and guide us through the city without our awareness of the space around us. Because of traffic lights, zebra crossings, pavements, it has almost become unnecessary for traffic participants to observe each other. Let's change this and regenerate our senses!

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MEDS 2012 SLOVENIA State Capital Official language Currency

Democratic parliamentary republic since 25 June 1991 Ljubljana, 280 140 inhabitants (1 January 2011) Slovene, in some nationally mixed border areas also Italian and Hungarian EUR 1 = 100 cents

Size Inhabitants Population density

20 273 km2 2 050 189 (year 2011) 101 inhabitants per square kilometre

Urbanization

Approximately one third of the population live in towns with more than 10 000 inhabitants, the rest live in nearby six thousand smaller towns and villages.

Landscape

Slovenia is the only country in Europe that combines the Alps, the Mediterranean, the Pannonian Plain and the Karst. Distances between places in Slovenia are short, which makes Ljubljana a perfect base for exploring the country's diverse beauty.

The next MEDS event will be held between 5th and 17th of August in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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LJUBLJANA Contrary to Istanbul, one of the largest and most incredible cities in the world, Ljubljana is classified as a midsized European city, but it has preserved its small-town friendliness and relaxed atmosphere while providing all the facilities of a modern capital. It is a very unique city dotted with pleasant picturesque places where you can expect all kinds of nice little surprises.

Ljubljana is characterised by a unique combination of two very different but complementary features: on the one hand the city is famed for its historical heritage and tradition, but on the other it is a relatively young city with a modern lifestyle whose residents' average age is only slightly above 30.

As a MEDS participant you will have the opportunity to become acquainted with the city characterized by its unique historical heritage, cultural creativity, friendliness and relaxed atmosphere.

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airport Klagenfurt Klagenfurt

airport Jože Pučnik Ljubljana I Ljubljana

airport Friuli-Venezia-Giulia

Zagreb airport Zagreb

Trieste

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HOW TO GET TO LJUBLJANA? Nearest airports with the distances from Ljubljana city center: Airport Jože Pučnik Ljubljana (former airport Brnik) = 25 km Airport Klagenfurt (A) = 82 km Airport Friuli-Venezia-Giulia (I) = 121 km Airport Marco Polo Venezia (I) = 245 km Airport Zagreb (CRO) = 137 km Travelling by train Ljubljana is the hub of Slovenia's rail system. Local trains run throughout the country - no place in Slovenia is more than 3 hours away.

Direct international connections include Zagreb (2 hours), Rijeka (3 hours), Graz (3 hours), Salzburg (4 hours), Pula (4 hours), Venice (5 hours), Vienna (6 hours), Munich (6 hours), Budapest (9 hours), Belgrade (9 hours), Frankfurt (10 hours), Zürich (11 hours).

The Ljubljana bus and train stations are located just north of the city center and a short walk from most attractions.

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ACCOMMODATION IN LJUBLJANA DIC Hostel is located 10 minutes of walking from the old city center and has a potential to host up to 600 people in two buildings just a few meters apart.

Our rooms will be for three persons; communal shower and toilet facilities are separate from the rooms.

DIC hostel has classrooms with chalkboards and TVs, other bigger conference halls are in the neighbourhood.

We will be able to use the DIC hostel club Kreatorij with all necessary equipment, loudspeakers, videoprojectors and lightshows.

They also provide breakfasts and dinners.

Ljubljana - DIC Hostel Poljanska cesta 26 1001 Ljubljana Slovenia Tel. +386 147 48 600 Fax. +386 143 20 369 www.dic.si hostel@dic.si

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PARTICIPATION MEDS workshop is available for all students of design across Europe and beyond. MEDS 2012 in Ljubljana is limited to 7 students per country; they will be chosen based on a poster competition before the workshop.

The capacity of MEDS 2012 workshop will be increased to 250 students from 30 European countries. Students will be accommodated in the center of Ljubljana, where workshop will be held.

The cost of the workshop is â‚Ź200 and it includes: - accommodation - breakfast and dinner - construction materials - lectures - trips, entrance fees...

Participants will need to pay the registration fee of â‚Ź50 by June 15th 2012. The rest of the fee has to be paid before the beginning of the workshop.

If for some reason the participant decides not to collaborate on a workshop, registration fee will not be returned!

All information about the process of payment will be announced after the results of poster competition, that is after May 21st 2012.

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MEDS 2012 POSTER COMPETITION If you would like to participate in MEDS 2012 in Ljubljana as a participant representing your country, or as a tutor, we ask you to submit an image reflecting upon the theme of sensABILITY. Through the making of this image you will grasp the essence of MEDS 2012 and become even more excited and impatient about the moment when you will find yourself in Ljubljana, surrounded by hundreds of students of a similar thinking, all itching to begin their workshops and explore new ideas and concepts with you, a fellow participant.

Now, to cover the details. We ask you to create an A3 PDF image, no larger than 5MB. To accompany the submission you have to include your name and faculty (if any).

MEDS will collate a small publication of the best competition entries which will be revealed as part of the event, in August.

MEDS operates in countries all over Europe with a help of National Contacts. They are the ones, who are responsible for every year’s selection of participants. You will send all required files to the National Contact of the country where you study.

National Contacts will also help you with all the information about MEDS workshop that could be useful to you.

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HOW TO SEND YOUR FILES? For participating in competition you have to send to your NC a poster, an application form and your photo.

Application form is accessible on our page www.meds-workshop.com and our blog www.meds-workshop.blogspot.com.

If you don’t have NC for your country (check the list of National Contacts on the following pages), send it to slovenia@meds-workshop.com.

Please name your files as follows: application form: country_name-surname_meds2012applicationform photo: country_name-surname_meds2012photo poster: country_name-surname_meds2012poster The deadline for your competition entry is May 14th 2012. You will be informed of your status in the following week after the deadline.

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NATIONAL CONTACTS COUNTRY

NATIONAL CONTACT

Albania Armenia

EMAIL slovenia@meds-workshop.com

Erebouni Khachik Jirayr Iskenian

Austria

erebouni.khachik@gmail.com ijirayr@gmail.com slovenia@meds-workshop.com

Belgium

Pieter Dauwe

pieter.dauwe@live.be

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Senad Alibegović Irfan Hadžiomerović

meds.bosnia.herzegovina@gmail.com

Bulgaria

Lora Nurkova Iva Yaneva

lora_nurkova@abv.bg iva.yanev@gmail.com

Croatia

Andrej Vuk Lana Petrak

andrej_vuk@yahoo.com lana.petrak@gmail.com

Cyprus

Mehmetcan Baysal

cnbaysal@gmail.com

Czech Republic

slovenia@meds-workshop.com

Denmark

Camilla Siggaard Andersen

meds.denmark@gmail.com

England

Alex McClellan

alex.nc.england@gmail.com

Estonia

slovenia@meds-workshop.com

Finland

slovenia@meds-workshop.com

France

Galloy Blaise Portha Marion

medsfrance@gmail.com

Germany

Janine Tüchsen Joe Murphy

jtuechsen@gmail.com murphy@hbk.bs.de

Greece

Eva Magnisali

eva_magn@hotmail.com

Hungary

Fanny Csernatony Ferth Timi

funfair@gmx.com

Ireland

John Flynn Paul O' Brien

flynners316@yahoo.com paulobrien.architect@gmail.com

Italy

Francesco Piantoni

fpiantoni1@gmail.com

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NATIONAL CONTACTS COUNTRY

NATIONAL CONTACT

EMAIL

Kosovo

Teuta Kelmendi Erzë Dinarama

tkelmendi@gmail.com erzadinarama@gmail.com

Liechtenstein

slovenia@meds-workshop.com

Macedonia

slovenia@meds-workshop.com

Malta

slovenia@meds-workshop.com

Montenegro

slovenia@meds-workshop.com

The Netherlands

slovenia@meds-workshop.com

Norway

slovenia@meds-workshop.com

Poland

Romea Muryn Marcin Szczodry

romea.muryn@gmail.com szczodry.marcin@gmail.com

Portugal

Cláudio Gonçalves

portugal.meds@gmail.com

Russia

slovenia@meds-workshop.com

Romania

Sandra Lup Diana Stoicescu

lup.sandra@gmail.com diastoicescu11@yahoo.com

Scotland

Sarah Beth Riley Esme Brooker

sb.riley@hotmail.com esme@sbrooker.com

Serbia

Marko Naumovic Olivera Lekic

meds.srbija@gmail.com

Slovakia

Beáta Kurajová

bkurajova@gmail.com

Slovenia

Jana Furman Katarina Mravlja

jana.furman@gmail.com katarina.mravlja@gmail.com

Spain

Daniel Guerra Gomez

d.guerragomez@hotmail.com

Sweden

slovenia@meds-workshop.com

Switzerland

slovenia@meds-workshop.com

Turkey

Orçun Mutlu Ülker Aral

orcun.mutlu@hotmail.com ulkeraral@gmail.com

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WHO IS A TUTOR AND HOW TO BECOME ONE? A tutor is an author of one of the projects, that were selected for realization on MEDS workshop.

We have 2 types of tutors: - students of architecture and design - graduated architects or designers - normally they are invited to be the tutors by MEDS team Each student or graduated architect/designer can apply as a tutor.

Tutor has to make a project based on selected theme and send it to slovenia@meds-workshop.com by April 14th 2012.

MEDS team will choose the best ideas and announce them as winning projects.

Tutor’s obligation is to make a presentation of his project and represent it at the conference at the beginning of the workshop. After that other participants will split into groups, on the basis of the project they like the most.

The tutor is the leader of the group, but he also has to be ready to accept other ideas and improvements offered by participants. Main aim of the workshop is team working, improving, redesigning and developing the project.

At the end of the workshop each group has to make a short presentation about their project from a principal idea to final result. They will present it in public, with open debate after the presentation.

The main focus of the workshop is to get to know the materials and construction methods while working side by side with students of different skills, knowledge and experiences.

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MEDS 2012 DEADLINES 14.4.2012 deadline of project competition for becoming a tutor 30.4.2012 announcement of the winning projects and their tutors 14.5.2012 deadline of poster competition for becoming a participant 21.5.2012 announcement of poster competition winners 15.6.2012 participants have to pay registration fee, â‚Ź50 5.8.2012 the beginning of the workshop - the rest of the fee has to be paid

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We look forward to seeing your submissions and meeting you at the MEDS 2012 event in Ljubljana, Slovenia!

CONTACTS email: slovenia@meds-workshop.com website: www.meds-workshop.com blog: www.meds-workshop.blogspot.com