UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR L´AQUILA SESSION

In week 1 we will set out from S. Stefano village to a number of DAY TRIPS. Placed inbetween the travel days will be DESIGN STUDIO sessions in different places. Week 2 will be focussed on our projects at the CONSTRUCTION SITE at Bagno. For the evening a LECTURE PROGRAMME is sketched which will introduce the city of l´Aquila, the place and its history, as well as architectural clues for our own projects. Lectureres will be professors and practitioners from from l´Aquila and other places.



One special feature got succesfully be arranged last week: local construction company MOFACO GmbH will transport a small EXHIBITION CONTAINER to l´Aquila. This type of container had been utilised already during the PAO.3 und PAO.4 Sessions. The advantage: we will have a tiny exhibition space from the very beginning (which we do not have to conceive and set up over the course of a few days). Here it should be possible to constantly communicate to the Bagno-community "that something is going on". The container can be altogether changed and modified. Therefore re-thinking the design and exhibition concepts for this container might be one steady task throughout the workshop.

REGISTRATIONS FOR PAO l´AQUILA FINISHED

NOTIFICATION

August 7, 2010 - Please notice, that due to maximum number of participants, registrations for the PAO session in l´Aquila are finished by today, and will not be proceeded furthermore. Registrations for the 2nd session in Potoc / Romania, however, are still possible. For requests or details, please contact the organisers paoproject@gmail.com

ACCOMODATION IN L`AQUILA

Finally the places of accomodation for the l´Aquila session got decided and booked. We are happy to have this settled, as accomodation is still a problematic issue in l´Aquila due to earthquake damages (there are almost no hostels or hotels available in town). - For the two weeks of the workshop there will two different locations, corresponding the overall workshop programme.

WEEK 1
Week 1 is mainly about getting around l´Aquila on daytrips. For this time we will stay in S. Stefano di Sessanio, a fortified village high-up in the mountains approx. 20km from l´Aquila. The place is highly exceptional in terms of architecture, landscape, and atmosphere. We will stay on the Gran Sasso Camping Site (tel. 334 900 2230) which is right beside the village. As participants are expected to arrive perhaps earlier, reservations were made from 28th until September 4th. Participants ought to bring sleeping bags, and if possible, tents. Otherwise tents can be provided which must be shared by two persons. However, if someone owns a tent already, and wants to have more legspace, privacy, and flexibility, then bringing a private tent is a good option.



Name: Gran Sasso Camping
Booked for: Aug 28 - Sept 4
Adress: Camping Gran Sasso, Località Collicello, S.Stefano di Sessanio (AQ)
Mail: info@campinggransasso.it
Web: www.campinggransasso.it
Tel: 334 900 2230



WEEK 2
Week 2 will be dedicated to project work on the Bagno-site. Therefore we will move to a Bed & Breakfast "On the Road" in the village Paganica, close to Bagno and the center of l´Aquila. The hostel consists of bedrooms-containers (4-5 persons) with showers, and a small restaurant. Due to its "highway"-style, this place is less atmospheric than S. Stefano, but certainly more practical in terms of accomodation, eating, and reaching Bagno site. Final overnight stay will be Saturday 11th to Sunday 12th.



Name: On the Roadsite B&B
Adress: Paganica AQ, SR 17
Mail: beb.ontheroad@virgilio.it
Tel: 340 - 2511911
Fax: 0862 - 89381
Booked for: Sept 5 - Sept 12

PROGRAMME UPDATE PAO.6 IN POTOC

Whereas the rehabilitation and transformation of the Potoc school is at the core of the Experimental Architecture Summercamp in Romania, PAO is touching ground this year: Under the guidance of a professional expert we will experiment with earth building techniques (clay/adobe construction). This technique seems especially appropriate as Potoc village is practically set upon a hill of clay.

The Earth building workshop is one item within a program of diverse activities (lectures & discussions, practice & workshop, craft & art). Envisioned is a range of practical architectural interventions which focus on the refurbishment of work-spaces inside the school, as well as on the rehabilitation of the immediate environment of the school (walls, gates, well etc.) Imagine a vital school where people get inspired and grow their mind.