EASA007 by UMBRELLA Newspaper

daily newspaper of easa007 // thursday, august 2nd // #9

TIME FOR SALSA! Dancing is an essential part of EASA, as almost every night is saluted and waved bye-bye by dancing. Do the D.A.N.C.E., tells us this year's anthem by Justice, but do we all really know how to DANCE? Or, being more specific, how to dance SALSA? Probably not. Anyhow, EASA gladly welcomed the representatives of CLEA/ELEA this year, as it does always, but, what a coincidence,

this time it's GIRLS! Girls that know SALSA better than anything in the world (except architecture, of course). So Alejandra and her friends from Latin America decided to share their salsa experience with one of the outdoor workshops, CO:DEC. In the building's gate space (which is in the shadow, thank you Greek gods), every afternoon a salsa workshop begins. The CO:DEC participants leave their brushes,

spraycans, sketches and lines for some time and do the S.A.L.S.A... Just look at it. The tutors of SALSA workshop said they are more than satisfied with their participants, because everyone is very happy to learn some latin moves. We bet. And we are jealous. Jealous for not being so exclusive as CO:DEC!

daily newspaper of easa007 // thursday, august 2nd // #9

ELEFSINA DPI_ Tutors: Xabier barrutieta, Gudiker beaskoa, Spain Participant: Elisa Maceratini, Italy The workshop is initially presented as a framework for research and analysis of the urban reality of Elefsina. The main instrument for capturing this information is digital photography and the transporta-

WORKSHOPS tion tool is the bicycle. This pictures, however, fit into one of the defined data collections: Macropictures -aimed to catch 1 pixel infos-, Joints -pixel to pixel relations-, Thematic - and Atmospheric views. Afterwards, the pictures are indexed by means of a keyword management software. Initially this data collection safari is focused on the coastline running along the Bay of Elefsina with the ambition of fram-

the coastline to shake the minds of the passer-bys when compared with the current situation. One more extensive exercise related to the Titan cement factory has also being carried out. The concept is to regain the coastline strip currently occupied by this factory and to solve the urban connectivity problems it brings about. Therefore a

LOST-FOUND Ailish from Ireland reported a lost phone the night before yesterday. It was a new type of Nokia, square... So you know what to do when you find one. Alex from the German team is missing his wallet. The last time he saw it was on the grass yesterday night during the Lounge session. It is a simple mens wallet, black, with money and documents inside it. Infopoint will gladly receive it from founders and give it to Alex. Thanks in advance!

IF YOU FOUND A WEDDING SERTIFICATE IN THIS UMBRELLA, THIS MEANS YOU CAN GET MARRIED ANY TIME NOW. WITH THE MEMBER OF SAME SEX, OR MAYBE EVEN OPPOSITE. CONTACT ANY DANISH PERSON ON BOARD, BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL PRIESTS AND ARE EAGER TO MARRY AS MANY COUPLES AS POSSIBLE. LOVE LOVE LOVE, REMEMBER?

SPORTS The basketball tournament yesterday was somewhat strange, because everybody was much more interested in volleyball, which was a blast. Anyhow, yesterday’s sports could not be called anything like European championships, because the nations were swapping as crazy, and teams usually consisted at least 3 different countries. In the end, both tournaments (basketball was really short!) ended with the victory of “Otoich village brothers”, and this has something to do with the Balkans...

FOUND!!! Declin from Ireland found some money in the sleeping area, so if it may be yours and you are sure about the amount, just ask him.

TONIGHT Big night tonight! Presentations from future and past EASAs - Ireland and Hungary, past and future INCMs - Moscow and Croatia, our friends from the Latin America - CLEA/ELEA... And then time for THEE DANCE - the dinos invite everyone to the JURRASIC PARTY, with lots of dino DJs, archive pictures and....

ing a catalogue of the different relations that urban and industrial areas have with the water. Practically was pretty difficult to do so, though, due to the fact that the industries build a cluster of restricted areas. The concept shifted then into the mapping of these gated areas in order to obtain a negative picture that shows the actual urban space. At this stage the analysis becomes more intense in the borders of the inhabited urban areas, so as to identify the single elements that build a complex spatial dividing buffer towards the coastline, i.e. walls, wide roads, industry, abandoned and restricted areas etc. The final step is to creatively react against this reality putting forward new visions of Elefsina based on strong architectural and urban ideas that will shake the fundaments of the established Elesfina in the quest of its new identity. These proposals seek to retrieve the urban waterfront and range from conceptual ground use strategies to urban space designs. The exercises will be presented in tridimensional views and installed in specific places of

new off-shore pier and a new spanning conveyor belt is proposed to permit the activity of the factory while regenerations starts. On a second stage, the mine, the site of the factory and the ancient ruins could form a leisure and cultural park cluster that would take over a central position in the city.

EDITORIAL

We hope everyone has seen Athens and been to Acropolis by now, also paid a visit to one of the numerous and oh so tempting islands around. This means, you are ready to put all your love and energy into the last hours of your workshops. As far as we have seen, many of the outcomes will be amazing, some of them will really suit Elefsina! And if you only knew what kind of feast was led yesterday by the FOOD workshop... Just for their private use, but still, impressive. Ask them about snails and matrioshka-melons, maybe they will tell you the story!

daily newspaper of easa007 // thursday, august 2nd // #9

SOMETHING 4 D NUTS Majestically chilled I know a guy who’s cooler than a polar bear sipping ice tea in a freezer. The same could be said for yesterday evening’s program. The so-called ‘surprise party’ turned out to be a magically relaxed candle-lit lounge evening. The bar moved outdoors, the projection workshop showered us with images of Indians and plantations (umm... I think), the pool was wonderfully refreshing and the DJ was chilling the mood to a comfortable 5 degrees beyond cool. But it wasn’t like that all the time. The evening before was full of sweat, blood and perhaps even tears. The opening of the night was an overall sports carnage, which although having a shaky start with no participating teams, soon evolved into a proper championship, complete with trophies, winners, stars and Olympic flame. Although there were two tournaments planned, one of volleyball and another of basketball, only the volleyball got played in the end, mostly due to the fact that most competitors were in both teams. The competition took the form of a pyramid knock-out session and apart from the winners, the team Cmrlji needs to be commended for their valiant efforts, even though they were forced to leave the tournament already in the first round. At some point, though, the two stories merged into one, as the exhausted players cast aside their differences and joined together for a drink and a chat on one of the concrete cushions next to the bar. Final grade:

PEOPLE_INDEX STATISTICS Over the last two days, 125 questionnaires have been collected and processed, and we can reveal some of the interesting facts discovered in the process. We would like to thank everyone who took the time

out to complete our survey. We have a profile match for the most average easian so watch out tomorrow as we come and get you! Check the next page for pie charts of the answers. Interesting!

THE MOST AVERAGE EASIAN: PROFILE 1. .What country are you from? Central Europe 2.Age? 23 3.Male or Female? Male 4.What year of study are you in? 5 5.What mode of travel did to take to come here? Air 6.How many easas have you been to? 2nd easa 7.Are you worried about climate change? y 8.Are you a dreamer or a critic? critic 9.What is your favourite colour? red 10.Favourite alcoholic beverage? Beer 11.Favourite living architect? None, but If I did, it would be Rem 12.Horizontal or Vertical Stripes? Horizontal 13.If you have to eat……… Burger King 14.What is your hair colour? Brown 15.How many languages can you speak? 4

16.Computer choice? PC 17.Do you think you might come back to Elefsina sometime in the future? No 18.Drawing program of choice? AutoCad 19.How many sleepless nights did you spend due to project work in the last year? 9 20.Preferred music genre whilst working? Rock 21.How many units of alcohol do you consume each week? 16 22.Most used architecture buzz words? Space, concept 23.Are you in love? yes 24.Would you marry an architect? yes 25.Font of choice? arial 26.Tea or coffee? coffee 27.Have you or would you like to work abroad? yes REPORT TO UMBRELLA IF IT’S YOU!

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE !

Are you sober enough to tell the difference between these two photos of our lovely coastal Elefsina?