MEETING PLACE: TIMISOARA VILLAGE MUSEUM

Before we move to Potoc Village, the group will meet up at a special place – which will be our accommodation for the two days & nights in Timisoara (August 19th and 20th): The BANAT VILLAGE MUSEUM in Timisoara is a very rustic place with barbecue grill, fire-place, dormitory spaces, dance hall and music studio. Around the corner is a swimming pool and a pub.

From Friday 19th through Sunday 21st, all workshop participants shall come there. Tram stop is 5 min (Tramline 1 from Main station; get off at „Statia meteo“, Adress: Aleea cfr, nr 1). For Saturday morning, a tour is scheduled through the village museum. In the afternoon, traditional crafts can be tested. Evening: Party. Sunday noon: Departure to Potoc.

The website of the BANAT VILLAGE MUSEUM (“Muzeul Satului Banatean”) www.msbtimisoara.ro

PAO.7 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE (TENTATIVE)

Here is the first draft of the workshop schedule for the PAO.7 session in Potoc! Please note that the group is scheduled to meet in Timisoara 19th of August, in order to have a sightseeing in Timisoara on Saturday 20th and an easy transfer to Potoc on Sunday, 21st. The actual workshop activities will begin on Monday 22nd with the first bus tour.

WEEK 1 is made up of extensive fieldtrips through the region, thus giving chance for sketching, painting, photographing etc. on the way. Focus will be on the ethnological and historical richness of the area with its arts and crafts. The tour-days alternate with days of intensive workshop-sessions. Here, a speed-manner concept- and idea-making is the main goal.

WEEK 2 focuses on the real-making of the ideas on the very site of the old school house of Potoc. With the means and materials at hand, the artistic concepts are to be translated into matter of fact. Successfully finished by the end of the week, they will be presented to the public – and celebrated with a finishing party eventually.

During the session, there will be different mini-workshops offered: Adobe building, Mosaique design, Joinery a.o. All this will be paralleled by a children workshop (“KinderPAO”) which has the kids of the village working along with us for a couple of days.

NEW EXHIBITION AT PAO MICROMUSEUM

Since last week, PAO´s MicroMuseum in Schwabhausen village in Central Germany is featuring a new exhibition. The MicroMuseum, which was the main project of the PAO.4 sessions in 2008, presents posters and models of the PAO workshops in Potoc, carried out last year and the year before. The setup of the new exhibition at the Museum went along with a reconstruction of the roof which got demolished in a heavy storm earlier this spring. Additionally, a new access gate was opened - now the museum can be reached directly from the road.

PAO ARCHITECTURE SUMMERSCHOOL 2011

Going by the title UNDER ONE ROOF: A THOUSAND IDEAS finally the concept and programme for our 2011 PAO Summerschool got decided. The workshop will happen - as in the previous years - in the Romanian mountain village of Potoc, near Timisoara city. General idea is to work on the old school building in Potoc, and to set-up a kind of Micro-Bauhaus in this rural setting. The large old school building of Potoc provides a perfect location for a variety of projects on all scales: from artistic work (sculpting, drawing, crafting) to architectural construction (house-in-house).

TIME The workshop will happen in the last two weeks of August and beginning of September, exactly: August 22nd through September 4th. Before the workshop start, a weekend programme in the nearby city of Timisoara is prepared.

REGISTRATION Deadline for registration and payment (see below) will be July 31st. The number of participants is limited to ~20. The first 20 people who register, will be enrolled.

FEES Participation fees will be 150 € for students, and 250 € for professionals, covering the full course of two weeks. The fees include food, field trips, and accomodation (students: tents; professionals: dormitory,or guest house).

CRITERIA There are no specific criteria for participation. Yet, participants shall have high personal motivation, a natural creative drive & some kind of positive craziness. Before all, the ability to be productive in an international teams is essential. As PAO is a genuine "hands-on" workshop, a certain physical robustness is necessary too.

ARRIVAL Meeting place will be Timisoara city on the 21st of August. From Timisoara a pickup trip is organised to Potoc village. If you arrive by airplane, the nearest airport is Timisoara/ Romania, however Belgrade/ Serbia is quite close too (2h Bus to Timisoara). Flying to Budapest / Hungary is also possible (4 hours trainride to Timisoara).

FURTHER INFORMATION Anyone who is interested in the workshop, or wants to receive detailed information, shall email to paoproject@gmail.com.