Workshops

KAF 2020 online workshop by urbanaarchitettura  3 – 13 October There is a chandelier in every room We live in an age of ruins. The ruins of the welfare state in its various ideological and geopolitical embodiments in the form of those institutions that have been carefully choreographed to shape modern territories of top-down, domesticated, collectivised life. From education to hospitality, confinement to mental treatment, their architectures have often been relocated, sent to exile, vacated, forgotten, repudiated, or simply left to their own destiny in a state of controlled decay. Yet they might still be a resource for reinventing modes of…

Lecture + workshop about the climate and biodiverity emergency, architecture’s part in it and how YOU can get involved to make a difference. Register here for the ACAN WORKSHOP on Eventbrite. About the Event ACAN formed in London over the summer of 2019, in this talk we will take you through how ACAN was conceived, founded and is expanding. We will explain the principles and activities fundamental to the network, talk through some of the actions we have taken and explain the changes we are trying to bring about. We will discuss how to build effective campaigns and make an…

EN/ The workshop consists of theoretical and practical knowledge exploring the City of Prishtina (20/80), with a focus on both aesthetic and spatial topics. Each day is divided into two parts: preparing for shooting, with spatial observations, location scouting, shooting tips and photo review. While the second part is the photo shooting itself; which will improve photographic and aesthetic skills, and it will help you formulate an analysis of the built environment. We will explore Prishtina as a playground of viewpoints, taking pictures around artificial lit places. From the center to the overlook site to the City.  We will deal with…

EN/ “The public realm encompasses more than the streets and sidewalks of the city. It entails the complete social and public experience of moving through a city, from the inside of a cafe to the pathways of a park or waterfront, and the shifting vantage points that knit streets, sidewalks, shops, facades, and buildings into the whole urban experience.” “From the pedestrian’s perspective, the scale at which we can best judge the success of urban design, fine grained elements of buildings, streets, sidewalks, plantings, seating, lighting and other details help create an intimate human experience and contribute to the character…

EN/ 1-5 July 2019 Prishtina offers a wide range of public space: The pedestrian friendly area in the city center bordered with shops and cafés; the neighborhoods of the Yugoslavian era with their landscaped surrounding including sport facilities and playgrounds. However, the newer settlements at the edge of town offer a different image. The open spaces of this  “Parallel City” are often subordinated to motorized traffic, oblivious to site specificities or inhabitants needs and relying on mono-functionality. The build environment defines who we are and we, as architects, carry a responsibility in promoting social equity. We will investigate through an…

EN/ Furniture Typology Lab workshop by Rainer Mutsch 4-5 July This workshop aim’s to explore furniture design typologies by predefined abstract target groups. As a result the students will be introduced to industrial design and the creative process used by Rainer Mutsch. All interested participants must send a short cv to media@prishtinaarchitectureweek.com with a subject “Furniture Lab” by the 28th of June.   AL/ Laboratori i Tipologjisë së Mobiljeve punëtori nga Rainer Mutsch 4-5 korrik Kjo punëtori synon të eksplorojë tipologjitë e dizajnit të mobiljeve sipas grupeve të paracaktuara të objektivave abstrakte. Si rezultat, studentët do të prezantohen me dizajnin…

EN/ Architecture for the Age of Austerity CITY MADE BY EVERYONE Workshop tutor: Ivan Kucina 3-4 July This workshop will resume diverse proposals made in the specific participatory process applied to transform urban voids into shared spaces. The aim is to exercise citizens’ engagement in designing interventions in the city that will provide initial condition for everyone to meet, talk, work, relax, play and enjoy together. Workshop participants that will be organized in small groups will create their proposals using smart phones or tablets, and following the process that combines elements of two product design methods such as User Centered…

EN/ Parallel Sprawl / Learning from Pristina Most of the urban discussions that are taking place in Pristina today are around the large scale projects going on in the Lakrïshte district or the construction of a Great Mosque. While both developments are symbolically important, the former placing Kosovo in the map of global capital and later in the cosmology of global Islam, the real needs of Pristina citizens rely most probably in the improvement of the living conditions of its conspicuous suburbs. This workshop addresses the study of urban sprawl and the possibility for its improvement with fresh eyes, retracting from the…

EN/ The spread of digital technology and social network interactions have transformed the recording and accumulation of images in a collective and daily activity. The potential of archiving videos and visual images has seen the emergence of non-institutional practices and as well contemporary discussions related to image, open source, collectivity, and forensics. Publishing architecture has stopped to be the terrain of canonical experts, which hardly react to the current state of the art and the myriad nuances of architectural practices nowadays. The Workshop ‘A Thousand of Fragile Archives’ will reflect on the kind of the information we share, and the…