LUNCH: THE SLOVAK APPROACH High RiseFun Club Update

EASA008 /// ireland /// letterfrack /// issue 07 /// wednesday, august 20 2008
APOLOGIES FOR
ALBANIA!
In our review of the second natisgruzdys.com
tional evening, our reporter forgot to mention Albania, country of a thousand pill boxes. We
would like to apologize for this.
The reporter has the following
explanation: "Ah, Albania, yes.
I think I forgot them because
of their drink, which was just
too much. I would like to add
that I did appreciate the hay
and the fake swords you had.
If you find me, you can hit me
with one of those."
LUNCH: THE
SLOVAK
APPROACH
As many of you may have noticed today,The Slovaks, who
have also served breakfast today,
have introduced EASA into a new
level of lunch. It’s not hard at all
– it’s just innovative! And it is a
message for future lunch makers… The concept is quite easy.
There are seven main ingredients
(well, and bread as well), and
they are marked as following:
A – Apple
B – Banana
J - Jam
O – Onion
P – Pepper
H – Ham
C – Cheese
.. and you mix. As a result, you get
sandwitches marked as “C2H”,
that means “double cheese and
ham”, or “CA2”, meaning double
apple and cheese, and “C2J”,
meaning “double cheese and
jam”, or “P”, meaning “simply pepper”. Enjoy your meal!
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MISTAKE ANNOUNCEMENT
The writer of the article about
“horseback riding in Cleggan
beach” firmly apologizes to Ville
for the spelling mistake done
in the 6th umbrella-edition on
Monday, 19th of august. As she
got to know yesterday: VillA in
finnish means “sheeps’ hair” or
wool, which in fact is not such a
nice name for a man.
Nevertheless it fits still a little…
;)
High RiseFun
Update
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WE HOPE TOMORROW
WILL BE AN APOLOGYFREE ISSUE :-)
Club
The second meeting of the High RiseFun
Club was a rather low key event last night.
The tone was set by El Presidente Grande
Thomas arriving at the meeting in a state
of undress, having recently vacated the decididly low-rise sauna. Despite the rather
low turnout we managed to attract some
new members, including our first High Rise
female, and refined the code of conduct
for the club. the normally iron-clad rules of
admittance have been bent slightly so that
the most proficient break dancer in EASA
can become an honary member. If 2 people
Step2. Raise
Step3. Even
claim that they are the superior break danc- Step1. Be tall
your left hand
taller!
er than there must be a danceoff, with final
judgement by El Presidente Grande Thomas. After the initial confusion of the height requirements for those applying to arm rests we have reached a
new accord. The official guidline is that each memeber should have an arm rest who is no taller than their
chin. This Golden Ratio willensure a luxurious resting experience. R uth Hynes (IRL) is the chair person of
the sub-group of Arm Rests due to her stirling work of two nights previous, so direct any questions to her.
On a closing note, we would like to reiterate that The High RiseFun Club is not a democracy, we cannot be
argued or reasoned with, you can either abide by our rules or you will be cruelly and humiliatingly ejected
from the club.
We are expecting a stupendous meeting tonight fueled by lashings of sangria, same place, same time.
Todaystopic is : All door framesshould be a minimum of 3 metres. Dis cuss.
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WORKSHOPS REVIEW (1st part)!
We had a long tour through 11 workshops today, here are the results...
Teleology
FUN
Good Fun more + more, filming a
lecture is not so funny
Complicated in the beginning
Tutors worked on the idea for half
a year, not so free, tv-documentary, so it has to be commercial
HARD WORK
Depends on how much you give
into it
LEARNEFFECT
Learned a lot, will learn more
when the editing goes on = main
learn effect
PEOPLE
12, Italians have to work for the
EASA09 presentation, some are
ill
5-6 show up every day, start at 11
o’clock
TIMING
Hope to do it till Saturday, something will be there to show
Plan = get the documentary into
national tv of Ireland, so tutors will
probably have some more work to
do after EASA
SUMMARY
Go tell stories!
Design the inevitable
FUN
Yes, of course
Everyone is much fun
HARD WORK
Not physically, more fun than
work
You have to use your imagination
LEARNEFFECT
Interesting lectures about traditional weaving
Interesting materials, learn how
to work with them, how to adapt
them
PEOPLE
10
1 left from EASA
1 french girl left workshop
The rest shows up daily, st late (interviewed person late too)
TIMING
Lots to show on Saturday: “house”,
lamp, chair, hammock
Hope to be finished till Saturday,
80% done, no more hard or night
work to do
SUMMARY
Tutors are awesome!
Small interventions
FUN
Powertools and alcohol = much
fun
2cool4stool
FUN
SuperFun
HARD WORK
Relaxed, not hard at all
Physical and mental, but relaxed!
LEARNEFFECT
Learn how to work with wood, do
joints, paint asf
Quite free work,
PEOPLE
Never all there at the same time
No starting time
7-10/15 show up daily
Interviewed person doesn’t really
know, because she’s not there all
the time
TIMING
Many stools have already been
done, created
Keep on working, process, have already things to show, no pressure,
do what u can do within the time
and with your creativity
SUMMARY
Tutors are nice, it’s a fine workshop.
Material Adaptable jouer
FUN
Yes, sure
Enough to drink the whole day,
yesterday it was wine
HARD WORK
1 phase analytic, lot of thinking,
mental work
Now by hand: cutting cardboard
Not so hard so far but there’s going to be a nighttime work, he is
afraid
LEARNEFFECT
Learnt a lot about parametric design which is really interesting
Design not arbitrarily, but comes
out of defined parameters
PEOPLE
8, all daily, but not the whole
time?
Mostly 4?
Start at 11/12
TIMING
Concept done
Started day before yesterday to
plot and to construct, 70% done
SUMMARY
Tutors start to do professional
workshops for parametric skills,
so the EASA is like a test. Very interesting, innovative topic to deal
with architecture. Deals not so
much with the topic of adaptation
Totally stressless, drinking is allowed, easy
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HARD WORK
No-o
Never have to work late
Design was easy / as hard as you
wanted it to be
LEARNEFFECT
Learned more about people, teamwork, different ways of working
and to go on with others
Design + practical work
Good interaction, but not the most
learneffect
PEOPLE
12 / 15
Building, maybe there are some
more doing work somewhere
An hour late is no scandal
People are working
TIMING
3 stage of four
Designed, detailed, in construction now.
Hopefully place it on Thursday, so
Friday will be drinking day!
Krafka
FUN
10/10!
HARD WORK
6-7/10, no so much
Both, mentally and physically:
learn a program on the pc which
works with light and movement
LEARN-EFFECT
Yes. Building improvement and
program improvement
PEOPLE
17/26, maybe 20
TIMING
70% done
Thinks gonna make it
SUMMARY
When it’s done it’s a pavilion for
everybody, very interesting
They make fun of everything in
that workshop, it’s a really good
spirit!
SUMMARY
Never think too small!
KRAFTKA
TELEOLOGY
Zauna
FUN
Lot of
People + work
People are motivated, work st till
11 o’clock in the evening!
HARD WORK
No
A lot of work, but not hard
Mentally hard, because you have
to deal with a lot of things, think
how to solve lots of problems
Nomadic instamatic
FUN
Today too hungover, usually it’s
lots of fun
HARD WORK
Not so hard, physically not, but
hard discussions
LEARNEFFECT
At least something
Learn from mistakes
Nice way, better than reading
books
LEARNEFFECT
Knew it before, experienced, if not
> learn a lot
PEOPLE
Depends a lot on the last night’s
program, 5-12/12
PEOPLE
17/15, 10 really hard working
(girls and boys)
Make your adaptor > moved to
zauna
TIMING
Monday was an efficient day, figured out the mistakes, now they
are fixing them. So now they are in
phase 3 of 4
TIMING
60-70% done
Not afraid of the work that’s left,
gonna do it. Just keep on working.
SUMMARY
They are soo nomadic, work in a
different place each day. Invitation
to join them on their nomadic tour
tomorrow.
Finally they got music.
SUMMARY
He came for workshop and for fun:
you have both in that workshop!!
HUM:ARC
FUN
Interesting, yes
HARD WORK
Relaxed, drink coffee, eat cookies,
discuss, it’s inside
Mental work
LEARNEFFECT
Much things were already known,
everybody should be aware of
these things
Projects and opinions are good inspiration!
PEOPLE
7 coming every day, question is
more what time they show up
Start at 11 o’clock, at 12/1 most
are there
TIMING
Work in progress, no aim to reach
but now the wanted outcome is
defined: bags with words/statements printed on them, stickers,
booklet as documentary, table
SUMMARY
Very interesting, especially the
discussion: yesterday were lots of
people
ZAUNA
Green room
FUN
Yes!! (both together)
HARD WORK
Yes!
Physically and mentally: first part
= designing, now constructing
GREEN ROOM
LEARNEFFECT
Learn a lot about practical building, attaching, asf
PEOPLE
Maybe 15 of 28
TIMING
Middle
Are afraid of the work which has to
be done till Saturday…
SUMMARY
People, show up!! Any participants
of any workshops are welcome to
help.
Flux-culture
FUN
Yeah, a lot
HARD WORK
Fine, mentally tiring, physically
not, only the cycling to clifden was
quite hard.
LEARNEFFECT
Learnt a lot about cultures
Presentation on the first day about
participants country
NOMADIC INSTAMATIC
TIMING
It’s a process, a research with the aim of a presentation on Saturday.
Definitely!
4th part of 4: presentation, discussion, group work is done
Now: preparing for presentation
PEOPLE
25
Almost everyone shows up, some
later
SUMMARY
We are the brave new Europeans.
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HUM:ARC’s 3PM GLOCAL COFFEE BREAK
Under the rare blue sky of Tuesday afternoon, about 30 people came
together to get treated some coffee, cookies and a chit-chat about the
State of Things. Basically, the girls hosting the HUM:ARC workshop
opened up for a relaxed way of discussing how we as architecture students might help to improve the situation for less fortunate people
around. Continuing the issue of international projects in architecture
initiated by the Architects Sans Frontiers who held a lecture in EASA
a couple of days ago, the coffee break started with Julian Grossmann
from Germany telling us about a project he did in Namibia in the south of
Africa last year. A couple of students together with professors from the
university in Berlin were given a EU grant to build an orphanage for 25
children in a small town in Namibia. The idea was to use the traditional
mode of building, with local materials, i.e. clay bricks and grass roofs for
the building. The project was also a kind of social venture, since this is
an old German colony but the people who live there now have never encountered white people or Europeans before. After the two month stay,
the building was still not completed, but Julian says he had recently gotten the message that the roof was just finished. Project still going strong!
Then Elisa Maceratini from Italy shared the story of the thesis she is writing for her degree, which is a project in the favelas in Bogota, Colombia.
The country is home to 8 million people out of which 80% live in the
slum. The population of the city is also growing at the rate of 50 new
people coming in every day, and the rift between classes is massive. Furthermore, estimations say that within 20 years all the favelas will be destroyed due to climate change that bring more earthquakes and heavier
rainfall that will eventually flood the city. The favelas lack running water
and are in desperate need for infrastructural remedies. Also, the typology consists of poor buildings made of only brick and lacking proper
structure, which makes the houses very vulnerable. Since the favelas
are very dense and there is almost no more space for expansion, the
only real solution to the problem is knocking down existing structures
and rebuilding in the same space. But at the moment in Colombia there
are only 50 architects committed to the issue, and the general belief in
highrise housing structure is still very strong as the favorable new typology. Experience from building in Europe in the 60’s and 70’s is lacking.
Alternative cigarette etiquettes
HUM:ARC and Innaari
Favela in Bogota
Julian and Elisa
the chance to improve their living situation. There seems to be hope.
Infrastructural projects connecting the favelas with each other and the
inner city are ongoing, as well as a widespread project where poor areas will have their own libraries, bringing knowledge and pride to residents and hopefully also architectural confidence to the community.
Now, the project that Elisa does is funded by a commission in the UN,
and her work there will come down to helping some families in a favela
to reinforce their houses. Having been there for a month already she
has made extensive research to analyze the typology of the favelas, and
through getting to know the reigning “queen” of the favela she is now
considered something close to a child adopted by the community. (If
you get the chance, ask Elisa about the power hierarchy in the favelas
– they are nothing like what we’re used to!) However, with the help of
an engineer and a few students from the university in Bogota, she will
go back for another two months this fall to complete her work there.
The idea is then to spread the knowledge so that more families have
If you are interested in projects like these or have any thoughts or questions, you should definitely drop by the HUM:ARC workshop. There is
some good reading material available if you’re into studying. Although,
being EASA people you might prefer the more chilled out way of learning
stuff. So come around at 3pm every day for Glocal Coffee break!
Irish phrase of the day. Chaill me mo mhala [kyle may muh wall-ah] I lost my bag.
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What would be your favourite easa-dinner right
now, or what food would you die for today?
Javi Guerra and Miguel
Nacher (Spain)
J: Fried Eggs with Chips! M:
Tortilla!!!
Luis Hilti (Liechtenstein)
A big fat Chicken (Poulet)!
Julie Bart (France)
I would die for a tarte a la
tomate: pie base + onions
+ mashrooms + mastard
out of honey, vinigar and
balsamico + tomatoes+
congette + a little bit of
parmesano on the top
Erhan Oze (Cyprus)
Probably a good Salad with a
pot of Canneloni.
Sandra Gonon (Switzerland)
Cheese Fondue with Kirsch
and looooots of Garlic!
Patrick Jaritz (Austria)
Rice, Noodles, Chili and White
Bread with Salad!
Olga Lazarevic (Serbia) and
Goran Jovanovic (Croatia)
O: I want Lasagna and Garlic
Bread.G: Soup, with fresh
Fish or Shrimps on a special
dressing (called Magic
Sauce) and white wine!
Andrea Bentivegna (Italy)
Fish and Chips
Sam Frankland (UK)
First he said: Lobster with
Patatos and things, then he
changed his mind and sad:
Lancashire HOT POT.
Zsofia Koczka (Hungary)
Spaghetti Carbonara, but I
have to admit, that I loved the
Chickpeas yesterday!
Irish curse of the day. Titim gan éirí ort [Chitim gon eye/ree urt] May you fall without rising.
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Ehhh... Nothing for today,
and it’s a good sign!
MAIL LOSTIES AND FOUNDIES TO
[email protected]
Find the differences, or who’s
the real Conor?
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Email from James Brown’s (IE) Mother (we
warned you!):
sweetpea,
we got kind of worried about you. You haven’t replied any of our calls
or emails, so now we thought using this umbrella newspaper thing
might be the only way to reach you. We’ve heard you hang out a lot
with that Emmet Kenny boy. Don’t do it. He drinks the alcohol and he
kisses the girls. We know you look up to him like an older brother,
but he is nothing but bad news. We hoped that sending you to EASA
boarding school would put you back on track, and finally make you a
good architect, but we feel kind of uncertain now...
Please call us, we miss you! And jimbo the goldfish misses you too....
he’s even stopped swimming in circles.
love,
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FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT SOME EASA COUNTRIES PT.4
FINLAND
10 PPL @ EASA
Capital Helsinki
Official languages
Finnish, Swedish
Demonym Finnish, Finn
Area 338,145 km² (65th)
Population 5,315,572
(111th)
MOLVANIA
2,4 PPL @ EASA
Capital Horst
Official languages
Molvanian
Demonym Molvanian,
Molvanii
Area 128,612 km2
Population 650,000
CYPRUS
10 PPL @ EASA
Capital Nicosia
Official languages
Greek, Turkish
Demonym Greek Cypriots
Turkish Cypriots
Area 9,251 km² (167th)
Population 788,457
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SPAIN
10 PPL @ EASA
Capital Madrid
Official languages
Spanish (Castilian)
Demonym Spanish, Spaniard
Area 504,030 km² (51st)
Population 45,200,737
(28th)