The UK Architecture Students Self- 31stJuly-15thAugust easa010 Actuated Projects Conference Manchester backed by:
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Conference Since November 2007 a group of students from various universities around the country have been working on the organisation of the 30th European Architecture Students Assembly. The Assembly is to be held in Manchester in the beginning weeks of August, it will be the first time the event has been back to England since its creation in Liverpool in 1981 and the first time since 1993 that it will be held in the UK. On June 24th easaUK2010, the team bringing EASA back to the UK this summer, in association with SCHOSA, are hosting the United Kingdom Architecture Students Self-Actuated Projects Conference at the Manchester School of Architecture. The conference will bring together students of architecture from schools around the UK, the focus will be to underline the value in augmenting university studies with self actuated, realised, projects in order to maximise the overall education experience. Talks will focus on transferring the broad experience the EASA organising team has gained though out the process; while there will be a period dedicated to open debate between the delegates. The conference will bring together over 100 of the more engaged students of various schools of architecture and provide them with an opportunity find out how to organise events of all sizes, as well as the chance to meet students from all over the country with the potential for large scale events to follow. The conference will act as a networking opportunity for students to meet and discuss the state of student run organizations within the UK, it is hoped that the conference will be the starting point for a regular, student initiated, series of meetings.
timetable 9.30
Welcome / Coffee
10.00
Introduction lecture
11.00
Unit One
12.00
Unit Two
13.00
Lunch break (provided)
13.30
Unit Three
14.30
Unit Four
15.30
Discussions, question and answers and networking event at nearby venue
Program The day will include lectures on; the History of EASA, including its roots in the now defunct Winter School; case studies of the various size events we have run including workshops and exhibitions of all scales; and getting started with any venture. There will be workshops on the topics of fundraising, the importance of the team and how to utilise the media. There will also be a Q and A session and group debate.
Lectures
EasaUK2010 Ltd Chairman, Chris Maloney will lead a series of lectures dedicated directly to the experience gained by the EASA organising team. History. The first talk will cover the history of EASA, including its roots in the now defunct winter school meetings. The theme of the talk will be focused on the importance of getting out of the studio. Case studies. Throughout the process of being involved in EASA the team has undertaken a series of events of varying scales: one day public engagement workshops, running competitions, workshops to students at Manchester School of Architecture, 2 week international workshops, securing space for and running a city centre gallery space, bidding to host EASA, as well as the process of preparing for 400 students to arrive for a two week assembly.
Getting Started. Key to any event is initial preparation with the initial work put in to organising shaping the rest of the process.
Workshops
In smaller groups, directors of easauk2010 will run workshop style discussion on the fundamental issues needed to realise a project. Fund-raising. Depending on the scale of the event fund-raising can be a vital component in the success of the event. The workshop will cover everything from identifying sources of funding, through first contact, to the importance of preparation and persistence. Delegates will here from the experiences of organisers who have faced this situation and successfully negotiated sponsorship and also organised fund-raising events. Team. The success of organising an event is totally defined by the quality of the structure of the team working on it, and the appropriateness of the structure. The workshop will cover issues of bringing people together, the importance of communication and managing a team that in most cases is made up of volunteers working around university and work commitments. Media. To convince people to back an event you need two things believability and visibility. This workshop will discuss the various options
available and the relevance to certain scales of event. Delegates will learn the key things strategies to successful self promoting and gaining genuine media attention, and how to convert this in to useful energy for their event. All workshops will provide delegates with real world advice from people that have done it themselves. All delegates will receive a starter’s pack of information. Each session will be focused on interaction between the delegates and the session leader, and will include a question and answer opportunity to help students raise specific issues they may be facing.
Discussions
At the heart of the conference is the opportunity for delegates to interact and discuss their ideas and projects. Each workshop and lecture will include a Question and Answer sessions, as well as this there will be opportunity for the delegates to informally discuss their ideas and meet with members of the EASA organising team in a relaxed environment. EASA grew out of the now defunct winter school. Winter schools were held each year in the UK as an event to promote discussion between students on all areas of architecture, both theoretical and practice. As well as sharing the experiences of the EASA organising team, it is an aim of the conference to instigate and foster connections between students around the UK toward the aim of creating a series of events with similar exchange and debate at their heart.
about us
The process of organising EASA in Manchester started in November 2007 when the decision was made to put a proposal bid to the EASA network. The team worked on the bid for 12 months and in November 2008 in Nicosia successfully held of a strong challenge by a rival bid based in Istanbul to be chosen as the hosts for the 2010 EASA. Since the successful bid the team has secured a 800sqft two storey office space for the organisation of the assembly. This space has been subdivided by the team and now houses a free to use gallery space. In the build up to EASA the team has worked with Ear to the ground to on a workshop, has become part of Future Everything with a public engagement piece of sculptural work, has run 2 workshops with the Manchester School of Architecture, and held a small international workshop of 12 students over 6 days.
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easaHQ has hosted over a dozen exhibitions since it opened in May 2009, including exhibitions as part of the Manchester Architecture and Design Festival. The team has also run two international competitions, one to design the conversion of a floor in Victorian mill to artist studio and one to design the new face of easaHQ.
info address Chris Maloney easaUK2010 Ltd easaHQ - First Street, 43 Hulme Street, Manchester. M15 6AW e-mail conference@easauk.net phone 0161 2350808
fees £150 £130 £110 £100
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by rail Take a train from Piccadilly to Oxford Road station for the All Saints campus. From Victoria station, take the Metrolink tram to St Peter’s Square, from which the All Saints campus is a 10 minute walk. Oxford Road station is a 5 minute walk to the All Saints campus.
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8 - Geoffrey Manton Building (Event Location)