“Volos in the Extremes” is an international Urban Design Master Class open to students towards the end of their studies, recent graduates, and professionals, in architecture, urban design, and related design/project-oriented fields concerned with the study of the city and urban intervention. The master class is organised through the collaboration of an international team of professionals and academics. It is hosted by the Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly, in Volos. The point of departure for this master class is the challenges faced by the city in response to the global economic crisis. As the predominant model of development, in Greece and around the world, is severely challenged, we are presented with a unique opportunity to re-invent it: to shift from growth to sustainability, from market-dependency to self-sufficiency, from individually-motivated consumption to publicly-useful production, a whole new paradigm is longing to emerge. How will the city respond to it? And how can urban design and programming contribute to this very emergence?
Through a 6-day programme of group work, site visits, lectures, and social events, the master class, organised into units, will produce a set of urban design proposals for different areas of Volos. Units focus on different geographies of the city, ranging both in scale and location, from building typology to the structure of the urban grid, and from the city’s water edge to its peripheral ‘strip’ extensions. Seen in its entirety, this set of final projects will constitute an extensive and thorough urban intervention proposal for the whole city.
The 10th International Conference on Semiotics οf the Greek Semiotic Society along with the University of Thessaly (School of Humanities and Department of Architectural Engineering) will be held in Volos (Greece), on the 4th, 5th and 6th of October, 2013.
The conference welcomes papers from a broad interdisciplinary and theoretical spectrum, such as different semiotic paradigms, post-structural and postmodern approaches, social semiotics, theories of culture and communication.
The deadline for abstract submission is 15th of May 2013.
Jointly organised by National Technical University of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and University of Thessaly.
Athens, 18-19 July 2013
Imagine the City: Aegina 2013
Aegina, July 10-18, 2013
The Undergraduate Course Introduction to Architecture II, participates to the Exhibition Imagine the City: Aegina 2013, with student projects under the title By the Sea: Vacation Buildings on the Peninsula of Perdika
and the lecture
Entrez Lentement: Built Manifesti and SeasonalLiving. The house of Aris Konstantinides’ sister in Aegina and the undergraduate course Introduction to Architecture II of the Department of Architecture of the University of Thessaly
The exhibition is an initiative of the team Aegina Rising. The exhibition opens on Wednesday July 10th at 21.00 on Platonow str and the spaces of the Aegina Folklore Museum. A selection of art and architectural projects, in reference with the Island of Aegina, is presented in parallel with 25 activities. The exhibition lasts until Thursday July 18th.
Tutors:
Gianissi Phoebe, Lykourioti Iris, Papakonstantinou Yorgos, Tzirtzilakis Yorgos
With the Collaboration of:
Dr Christina Mitsopoulou, Archaeologist, Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology of the University of Thessaly
Students:
Diamantouli Eliki-Athanassia, Draganoudi Maria, Gaglia Eleni, Gioka Dimitra, Guga Orges, Kalyvis Yorgos, Koukouzelis Yannis, Kostopoulou Christina, Lavranou Eva, Liapikou Panagiota, Litsardaki Michaela-Loukia, Michail Anna-Maria, Michail Marina, Paraskevopoulou Sapho-Irini, Papavasiliou Ageliki, Pappas Serafeim, Philippidi Myrto, Selekou Katerina, Sotiriou Ioanna, Tektonidou Sofia, Tsakona Anastasia, Vachla Theano
Download the Program.
On June 14, a presentation of the “Break-time space” workshop output was held for teachers and parents of the 5th Primary School of Volos.
The design proposal was greeted with enthusiasm and already donations and sponsorships are sought for its implementation.
In the workshop, students of University of Thessaly Architecture Department in conjunction with Assistant Professor Kostas Manolidis elaborated a renovation of open-air facilities at the 5th Primary School of Volos which this year celebrates its 100 year anniversary.
The workshop is part of the REAL-TIME-ARCHITECTURE educational activities supervised by Kostas Manolidis.
The workshop poster is here.
A sample of the design proposal is here.
The Department of Architecture of the University of Thessaly is participating to the design-build workshop "Les Defis du Bois" that will take place in Nancy, France, in may 2013.
This international workshop is gathering fifty senior architecture and civil engineering students every spring, to design and construct full-scale timber constructions within a week's time. The participants are asked to explore the design potential of wood and respond to the various challenges of construction in timber by realizing conceptually original and technically sound designs.
NANCY. may 30 - june 6, 2013
Application to be sent to Maria Vrontissi - omadak@gmail.com
Deadline: 10.2.2013
Organised by:
- École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Nancy - ENSA-Nancy (FRANCE)
- École Nationale Supérieure des Technologies et Industries du Bois - ENTSIB (FRANCE)
Participating schools:
- Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes - Sarrebruck (GERMANY)
- Technische Universität Wien, Institut für Architektur und Entwerfen, Wien (AUSTRIA)
- École d’Architecture de l’Université Laval - Québec (CANADA)
- Universidad Católica de Colombia, Bogotá (COLOMBIA)
- Уральская государственная архитектурно-художественная академия, Ekaterinburg (RUSSIA)
- Mendel University, Faculty of Foresty and Wood Technology (CZECH REPUBLIC)
- École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers de Cluny (FRANCE)
- University of Applied Sciences of Biel/Bienne, Suisse (SWITZERLAND)
- University of Thessaly, Department of Architecture, Volos (GREECE)
An initiative of the [K]-Construction Research Unit of the Department of Architecture of the University of Thessaly.
Exhibition 29/5 - 28/7/2013, Openings 29/5/2013 17:00
Conference 7-9/6/2013
Benaki Museum Piraeus Str, Athens
"SPATIAL SIEVES"
Thanos Economou (Georgia Institute of Technology) and Thomas Grasl (Technical University of Vienna).
28/5/13, 20:30, Dept. of Architecture