COMING SOON : Volos in the Extremes, Urban Design master class 26 - 31 October 2013, Volos, Greece organised by Urban Transcripts “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 desin/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 in these fields. It is hosted by the Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly, in Volos. The point of departure for this master class are 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? How can urban design and programming contribute to this very emergence? Considering this crisis as a trigger for the re-invention of the city itself, we invite participants to use the tools of city-making in proposing radical urban scenarios for an uncompromised future. We aim at nothing less than a pragmatic utopia. Through a 6-day programme of group work, site visits, lectures, and social events, the master class’s final outcome will consist of urban design proposals for different areas of Volos. The units of the master class 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. Thus, beyond the each unit’s final project work, the masterclass as a whole will produce an extensive urban study and intervention proposal for the city as a whole. full programme to be announced by 31 July for further information contact [email protected] urbantranscripts.org/urban-design-masterclass-volos-in-the-extremes-26-31-october-2013/
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