Last night easa009 drew to a close with the final presentations of the workshops and all that remains on site now is a clean up operation.
In the next week I will be putting more images online form the event as well as the easaUK2010 presentation that we delivered here on Wednesday.
easa009 has moved in to week 2. Week 1 saw most workshops working on paper and with small models, but we are starting to see more production of final builds.
Saturday was the famous national evening, with each nation having the chance to showcase delicacies from their country along with a few other surprises, such as the Spanish team hosting a bull run with the animals fashioned out of bin bags and water bottles and driven along on wheels.
Sunday was excursion day, a day of rest from the workshops. This year we headed to a large lake which, being high in the mountains here,held some amazing views.
easa010 is less than 12 months away, and to mark this milestone we have a brand new website packed with all new content, information and functionality.
Have a look around but most importantly bookmark us or add us to your rss feed as new updates in all fields will be coming think and fast right up to, and beyond, the assembly next year.
easaUK2010 would like to extend a huge thank you to easa010 Backer AODL, a young design company specialising in Architecture, for their hard work in producing and running this website.
A colection of photographs from the first few days the of easa009 workshops.
The 28th of July and easa009 is in its 4th day.
All the participants have now arrived and the workshops are well and truly in full flow.
The final preparation for the event was exhausting, to say the least, but it all went swimmingly and there is a huge satisfaction seeing participants having a good time and knowing all the facilities are in place for them.
As helper my duties have now moved to the kitchen. Each day running the same general course:
6:30 get up
7:00 report to the kitchen and explain the duties to the participants that are on for that day
7:00 - 11:30 make about 500 sandwiches
12:00 lay out the lunch
then a break to check out what is going on on campus and lending help where needed
19:00 back to the kitchen for evening meal duty
19:00 - 22:00 serving food and cleaning
and, as in the case of last night
22:00 - 02:00 tending bar - so it seems my usual day job has lent me some transferable skills!
I write this to elucidate some of the behind the scenes work that goes into an event like this, I am just one a small army of dedicated helpers and organisers making easa009 tick over daily. Though it all looks like work for me, I’m sure its hard to feel too sympathetic given the photo attached to this entry.
As ever the bulk of the photos will be uploaded to easaHQ blog.
Chris
easaUK2010 are set to pass through a couple of major milestones, with Saturday bringing the the opening of easa009 Italy and 6 days later moving within, the psychologically significant, 12 month’s to easa010.
I (Chris Maloney) am in Italy all ready, acting as a helper, soaking in as much advice and experience as possible, whilst pitching with some of the less glamorous things that simply need to be done. Today had me moving 400 chairs and 400 tables out of the classrooms that will act as dormitories; far from being 3 1/2 weeks in the sun, this is more like a bus man’s holiday.
Over the course of the preparation, assembly and clean up I will be updating this site with stories, photos and perhaps a video or two - Internet connection permitting. It is well worth keeping an eye on the site as I attempt to guide you through the assembly from an insiders perspective.
Without giving too much away, we are also planning some changes and an announcement or two to mark the torch of EASA host nation being passed to the UK - but all that is in the future, the present is easa009 Italy.
Chris
The latest easaUK2010 newsletter is available for download right now.
Unfortunately, due to logistical complications, [Re-Map]:590 have requested their book launch this Friday be postponed.
The good news is it has been rescheduled for Friday the 9th of October, with more details to follow.
With easa009 due to start on the 25th July all attention has shifted to that. While there will be no more events at easaHQ until after easa009, the coming weeks will see updates and confirmation of events being put in the calender for the next academic year, as well as full coverage of the Italy event.
Urban planner in the making.
Saturday 20th was the day of the Cutting Room Experiment, a day of user generated events to mark the public launch of the Cutting Room Square in Ancotes.
Despite some early light showers the weather held for a pleasant day for both the easaUK2010 volunteers and the participants.
The event was organised by Ear to the Ground, and a huge thank you to them from all of us at easaUK for all the hard work they put in and the giving us the chance to be part of something like this. A big thank you to all the people that came down on the day, as it wouldn’t have been an event without you.
We got loads of photos from the event, these will be going on to our sister blog: http://easahq.tumblr.com/
easaUK have been given a page in the Manchester School of Architecture end of year catalogue.
The catalogue is produced to profile the work being done at in the school that year. the inclusion of easa is a definite indication of the importance that the school has placed on the event, which isn’t due to be held until the summer of 2010, as well as their continued support of all the efforts the team is putting in.
So a big thank you to all the people that made this possible, and a special mention to: head of first year and event month coordinator Helen Aston; and Acting head of school Colin Pugh for their support.
The catalogue premiered at the Schools annual degree show which opened on Friday 19th. The degree show forms part of the Art and Design facultys show. It is a fantastic event and is open to the public for the rest of this week.
