New Farms for Expo

En ocasión del EXPO en Milán, los amigos de New Generations organizan un workshop internacional para estudiantes, sobre el tema de las “Cascine” y de su potencial economico, social, de desarrollo, etc. para la ciudad contemporanea.

Os invitamos a enviar la solicitud y, al mismo tiempo, a difundir la información para que otros puedan llegar a conocer esta oportunidad. En 2015 Milán será uno de los lugares donde habrá que pasar, así ¿porque no hacerlo y además intentar enfocar un tema interesante y además de gran actualidad?

Para major información podeis contactarles con un correo a events@newgenerationsweb.com
Para los estudiantes que participarán al workshop: gracias a un acuerdo con el Politecnico de Milán, eso puede valer 4 cfu de libre configuración.

To foster interdisciplinarity and collaboration during the workshop, the organization has decided to promote (through a 50% reduction of the participation fee) “paired” inscription: each “pair” must be formed by an architect (student of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning or interior design) + a student of another discipline related to “New Farms for Expo” workshop: namely agronomy, economics, urban geography, environmental engineering or the arts.

Participation
The workshop is open to 24 participants, Masters and PhD international students or young practitioners.
Candidate must possess proficiency in both written and spoken English.

Participants selection
To formalize your interest in taking part to the workshop, please send a motivation letter, a personal CV and a brief collection/portfolio of works (preferably concerning the workshop topics and not exceeding 3 Mb) before May 5, 2015 at 12 PM (GMT+1) to the following address: events@newgenerationsweb.com
In the motivation letter, please write which one of the three main topics of the workshop (see workshop structure) you would like to investigate. A list of selected students will be published on May, 11 2015.

Attendance fee
The attendance fee of the workshop is 120€, 80€ in case of early bird registration before April, 26 2015. Payment details will be sent to selected participants. Participants of the workshop will be awarded with 4 ECTS credits. The fee covers attendance costs, meals provided during the workshops, technical costs.

Accomodation
The participants shall be responsible for their own accommodations during the workshop. Nevertheless, the organization will provide a list of recommended accommodations where to be hosted during their stay.

Workshop goals
The “New Farms for Expo” workshop aims to develop a toolbox for the reuse of vacant buildings in industrialized cities. The research will focus on the local context provided by municipal farmhouses, which are now often left vacant or underused: our task is to reimagine and design specific re-activation strategies. NG is inviting architects, planners and policy-makers, together with agronomists, economists and urban scientists to form a multidisciplinary team. This think tank will  address this theme by imagining solutions that redefine the urban role of this vacant buildings, and by providing and prioritizing space for social, cultural and technological experimentations through citizen initiatives or entrepreneurial endeavour.

Workshop structure
The workshop will last a week, during which numerous multidisciplinary confrontations will be paired with a rigorous production schedule. Participants will be divided into three working groups, whose task will be to develop investigative approaches and proposals on three main topics: (1) Building Metabolic Networks through Technologies; (2) New Brand and Storytelling; (3) New Economies.

Collateral events
Participants to the workshop will also have the opportunity to take part in three international symposia focusing on the themes of the workshop, and to participate in guide visits to municipal farms and interesting urban reactivation case studies in the Milanese territory.

Para más información descarba el New Farms for Expo Open Call