ECOWEEK THE WORKSHOPS (2009-2021) | Edited by Elias Messinas by Ecoweek

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THE WORKSHOPS: 2009-2021 | EDITED BY ELIAS MESSINAS

INTRODUCTION INDEX Introduction 2 ECOWEEK VIP

ECOWEEK SPEAKERS

ECOWEEK ABOUT

ECOWEEK ACTIVITY

ECOWEEK PARTICIPANTS’ FEEDBACK

ECOWEEK WORKSHOPS: 2009-2010 in Athens

2010 in Beersheva, Al-Azaryia

2011 in Thessaloniki, Athens, Milano

2012 in Thessaloniki, Rishon, Holon, Jerusalem, Al-Wallajeh,, Zur Moshe, Tiberias, Rome, Belgrade, Krakow

2013 in Tel Aviv, Al-Azaryia, Copenhagen, Krakow, Istanbul

2014 in London and Prishtina

2015 in Istanbul, Prishtina, Thessaloniki

2016 in Ag. Nikolaos, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Bucharest, Prishtina, Thessaloniki

2017 in Tilburg, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Jerusalem, Givatayim, Hertzlyia

2018 in Tel Aviv, Hertzlyia, Holon

2019 in Holon, Aegina

2020 online

2021 online in Rome, Aegina

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ISSN: 2529-2137 Published by: ECOWEEK P.O.Box 100 Aegina 18010 Greece (www.ecoweek.org) Editor & Production Manager : Elias Messinas

This publication concludes 15+1 years of intense learning and doing. Training and networking. Co-creating and Placemaking around the world. ECOWEEK is an alternative to young and established professionals and students, bringing together academia and the real world. Matching creative and innovative ideas to real issues and challenges in real sites in cities and communities. Combining awareness and problemsolving in the era of climate crisis. One never knows when the call to action comes. For me, the first call came in the summer of 1989. Between undergraduate and graduate studies, I travelled to Egypt to meet Hassan Fathy (1900-1989), an architect who through his work and writings inspired me during my studies. It was not only for reviving old traditional methods, but also by adopting his forms and materials to be more compatible to the local culture and climate. His approach to architecture, was also one of problem-solving: he was committed to solve the problem of housing the poor of Egypt, by creating affordable and easily to construct houses, using traditional methods and local adobe-based materials. I met Fathy at his 17th-century Mamluk house in Cairo on May 13, 1989. That meeting I will never forget, as Fathy’s call to find inspiration from our neighborhoods and communities was the first call to act in communities and public space. The second call came several years later, in 2007, when the film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ was released with former US VP Al Gore presenting the facts on Climate Change. That call triggered a whole chain reaction of calls to action, starting from ECOWEEK initiating more than one hundred screenings of the film with discussions on Climate Change with students, professionals and the general public in Greece, Cyprus, Italy and Israel, and with an invitation to Mr. Gore himself to give his slide show in Athens, Greece in June 2007. The call to action prompted me to screen also the second film ‘An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power’ when it was released in 2017, and finally, in 2021, to join the training of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps, and tens of thousands climate crisis leaders around the world, in raising our voice and taking action to avert the worse consequences of doing nothing. I hope that ECOWEEK will continue serving as a creative platform, that brings together creative and innovative professionals and students, towards finding the solutions needed to tackle the climate crisis, while also making a positive contribution to the local communities. Personally, I am inspired by the creative and dedicated professionals and students from the ECOWEEK workshops, the works of whom are presented in this publication. I hope they will inspire you too, to make a difference in your community, your city, and your country! Elias Messinas, M.Arch., Ph.D., MSc. Environment and Development Architect, Urban Planner, Public Participation and Sustainability Consultant Creator of ECOWEEK

1. Connie Hedegaard former European Commissioner for Climate Action of the European Commission at ECOWEEK in Copenhagen, Denmark (2013). 2. Nir Barkat Mayor of Jerusalem (Israel) and George Kaminis Mayor of Athens (Greece) at ECOWEEK in Jerusalem, Israel (2012).

3. Al Gore former US Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate at the press conference at Athens Concer t Hall (Greece) invited by ECOWEEK to lecture on Global Warming (2007). 4. Yiannis Boutaris Mayor of Thessaloniki (Greece) at ECOWEEK in Thessaloniki, Greece (2011).

5. Yiannis Maniatis former Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (Greece) at ECOWEEK in Athens, Greece (2011). 6. Press Conference with City of Thessaloniki, Goethe Institute and French Institute, hosting special guest architect Diebedo Francis Kere in Thessaloniki, Greece (2011). 7. Ayfer Bakal former Mayor of Technical and Environmental Affairs of Copenhagen at ECOWEEK, in Copenhagen Denmark (2013). 8. Jacek Majchrowski, President of Kraków (Poland), visits the ECOWEEK exhibition at the City Hall (2012). Images ECOWEEK Designed by: Ori Perez of Toolbox Digital Media, Israel and Ar temis Petropoulou, Greece. Reproduction in par t or as a whole is forbidden without written permission. © 2021 Elias Messinas & ECOWEEK. All rights reser ved.

Robert Swan

Diebedo Francis Kéré

David Orr

Shigeru Ban

Françoise Jourda

Michael Sorkin

Bjarke Ingels

Marta Pozo, MVRDV

Alexandros Tombazis

Ken Yeang

Julie Bargmann

Kengo Kuma

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prominent professionals, architects, landscape architects, designers, environmental experts, entrepreneurs, and thinkers, to speak and lead design workshops at the ECOWEEK international conferences around the world. At ECOWEEK events young professionals and students meet the experts at keynote lectures, design workshops, panel discussions, site visits, and informal talks. They learn from their work, and are inspired and motivated to explore their own approach to sustainable design.

Alessio Battistella

Michael Braungart

Thomas Doxiadis

Benjamin Gill

Daniel Pearl

Prodromos Nikiforidis

Nicola Delon

Daniel Wicke,Rural Studio

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ECOWEEK ABOUT About ECOWEEK ECOWEEK was created in Aegina, Greece in 2005 and in Israel in 2007 with the mission to raise environmental awareness and to promote through public participation the principles of environmental and social sustainability through design. In the past 15 years, ECOWEEK has initiated more than 200 sustainable design workshops in 30 cities in 17 countries, engaging more than 4500 students and young professionals in architecture, design, landscape architecture, and engineering from 56 countries, affecting the lives of thousands of people in the local communities and cities.

Milano

Prishtina

Bucharest

Thessaloniki

Sarajevo

Istanbul

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Athens

Rome

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ECOWEEK activity has also included exhibitions, lectures, panel discussions, eco-festivals, formal and informal educational activity, film screenings, young designers’ competitions, podcasts, and publications. ECOWEEK is a creative platform to educate, train, network, and empower young professionals. In 2021, ECOWEEK hosted the first group of 14 ECOWEEK Interns from China. Their internship tasks included bringing the ECOWEEK message for sustainability to their friends and peers throughout China. ECOWEEK programs and workshops are valuable to universities, municipalities, and institutions around the world, enriching education, promoting co-operation and implementing sustainable design, while engaging the local communities in placemaking and interventions in the public realm. ECOWEEK workshops are distinguished by their direct, hands-on design-build approach, which, in addition to their educational and professional training value, they leave a positive impact on the ground. ECOWEEK programs inspire and empower young students and professionals to become catalysts for change. Why ECOWEEK? ECOWEEK was created because although we have the means, the technology, and a very good reason to design and build differently – the Climate Crisis is already a reality! - yet, we stick to our old habits and ignore the potential of bringing positive change to our cities, our communities and how we design and built our homes. We are proud that ECOWEEK has often been described as ‘a platform that tackles the un-tackled potential of new ideas’, designing and doing things differently. We welcome new ECOWEEK teams of young professionals.

ECOWEEK ACTIVITY ECOWEEK GREENHOUSE

The GREENHOUSE was created in 2011. It is a platform for entrepreneurship for young professionals for society and the environment, and the framework to pursue ECOWEEK projects after the one-week workshops, and to develop them towards implementation. GREENHOUSE teams are young architects and landscape architects, led by professionals and experts in the practice of architecture, landscape architecture and design. GREENHOUSE teams are active in Greece, Israel, and other locations.

ECOWEEK 92Y GENIUS ECOWEEK is collaborating since 2016 with 92Y in New York in the 7 DAYS OF GENIUS project. Taking place on March 5-12, it is a major week-long inquiry into the idea of genius: what it is, how it impacts, why it matters and how it can be for public good. The festival includes stage events at 92Y in New York City and satellite events organized with partner organizations, including MIT, and Skirball Center. ECOWEEK Genius events take place from England to India and from Germany to Israel.

ECOWEEK Workshops ECOWEEK is a unique event. It is not like other conferences where people sit in a room and listen to other people. ECOWEEK speakers provide inspiration and practical examples that trigger action. ECOWEEK workshops are also different from workshops organized by academic programs. ECOWEEK gives a taste of the real world: how design ideas can be generated through cooperation among various team members and how they can be implemented. ECOWEEK workshops engage participants in real projects. They work with communities on real sites, and often do hands-on construction of full-scale prototypes, installations or interventions. ECOWEEK workshops put the environmental and social agenda at top priority, and give the opportunity to learn through practice and experience. The workshop projects presented here are inspiring examples of ECOWEEK activity completed in the last decade. These projects tackle the un-tackled potential in real sites through innovative ideas generated by teams of professionals, students and young professionals. The teams are guided by city planners and community leaders and are provided with background and documentation to understand the site and context. The teams then experiment, and through innovation change our way of looking at public spaces. They use alternative materials in new ways, and come up with solutions to old social and environmental problems in creative new ways.

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‘ECOWEEK is one of the best programs for students in Europe.’

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(ECOWEEK 2011 participant)

ECOWEEK PARTICIPANTS’ FEEDBACK ‘I thought we would design a building just like in school. But, the workshop was different, we designed, we built it and then the community came! It was a real surprise and quite amazing how it all came together!’ ‘I am still overwhelmed with the amazing challenging week. It was refreshing and educating for me as much as hard and exhausting... thanks to ECOWEEK it is proven again and again that changes can be made. Step by step.’ ‘ECOWEEK is like a laboratory of design, where students can get an actual idea of practice of what is the reality of Architecture. ECOWEEK should be known to all architectural university programs!’ ‘I’m sincerely grateful to ECOWEEK for my path of development how much it can do to enrich, to inspire, to educate and to direct each

‘What attracted me to ECOWEEK was the opportunity to design out of the usual university courses and environmental issues.’

person. I sincerely hope that all participants will have the same wonderful experience through their own path!’ ‘ ‘Thanks to ECOWEEK my life went into a really great path! You helped me get an internship at MVRDV, then I moved to Munich to work for Henning Larsen Architects, and now I am in Basel working for Herzog & de Meuron! :) ‘It has been a pleasure to enter the ECOWEEK world! I really hope we will go on sharing ideas and building opportunities together!’ ‘ECOWEEK thank you for the amazing Chinese group internship! I learned new skills, to work with a team, learned about sustainability, and felt confident to share my opinion!’

‘We really learned that with very few resources we can add value to the city!’

‘I wish to thank you, on behalf of my team, for an educational and creative week.’

ECOWEEK 2009-2010 Projects in Athens, Greece

Former International Airport Site in Hellinikon

program, and how students and experts, addressed these complex issues during ECOWEEK 2009, in a very short time span of 3 workshop days.

WORKSHOP Assignment: The workshop dealt with the site of the former international airport of Athens in the Hellinikon area, a site of approx. 5,000,000 sq.m. The site is located between the Hymitos mountain ridge to the east and the sea of Saronikos to the west. The site was once remote, but with the urban sprawl of Athens, the site has been surrounded from all sides by residential neighborhoods.

WORKSHOP Teams included the following participants: Alkistis Mavroeidi, Andriani Souzou, Katerina Ofranou, Eleana Myriouni, Katerina Synodinou, Ino-Eleni Theodorou, Evgenia Mavraki, Alkyoni-Sofia Kralli, Katerina Galaktiou, Aliki Nikolaou, Dimitra Katsadourou, Alexis Varnavides, Evangelia Hatzipegiou, Elissavet Hatzipegiou, Elissavet Dritsa, Zafeira Kabouri, Michael Burton, Richard Cosgrove, Bresheena Davis, Juliana Fulton, Kevin Gurtowsky, Emily Hsiung, Cody Hunter, Monica Jun, David Mangum, Bernard Peng, Atiqur Rahman, Jinmu Staddon, Amanda Winn, Andrew Zyrowski, Georgios Raftopoulos, Areti Leventi, Annezina Dampolia, Eftychia Spentzou, Maria Spstri, Dimitra Prapa, Vassiliki Chatzitsaousi, Ioanna Kastanioti, Matthaios Petropoulos, Nikolaos Iakovidis, Theodora-Maria Pyrogianni, Magdalena Melon, Androniki Manavi, Andreas Ventourakis, Maria Papavasileiou, Athanasios Baskinis, Aristodimos Komninos, Eleni Katrini, Eleni Pyrpyri, Kyriaki Toumanidou, Themis Toumanidou, Stergios Chatzichristos, Charalampos Krekoukiotis, Dimitra Kanavoura, Alexandra Koza, Artemis Aggeliki Sfyri, Panagiota Samioti, Sofia Kremmyda, Kyriaki Metaxa, Eleni Alexandrou, Alexios Vandoros, Kalliopi Chalkidou, Anna Kougiami, Leonidas Anastasopoulos, Charikleia Sapountzi, Elissavet Pefani, Eleni Laloumi, Panagiota Georgakopoulou, Eleni Karaiskou, Sotiris Davanas, Emmanouil Psalidas, Anna Gkouma, Eleanna Horiti, and Maria Peitnaki.

WORKSHOP Leaders: The ECOWEEK 2009 workshops were led by architects, engineers and environmental experts, among them: Ivan Harbour (Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, UK), Agnes Couvelas (Couvelas Architects, Greece), Nataly Gattegno, (Future Lab Cities, USA), Byron Stigge (Buro Happold, USA), Olympia Kazi (Institute for Urban Design, USA), Benjamin Gill (BioRegional, UK), Uffe Bay-Smidt (aart a/s - Architects maa, Denmark), Andres Lonka (ADEPT Architects, Denmark), Marina Topouzi (Architect, UK), Thomas Doxiadis (doxiadis+, Greece), Petros Babasikas (Drifting City, Greece, USA), and Constantine Vakiris (Architect, UK). The workshop groups addressed a variety of issues, ranging from water, to energy, to urban farms, to education. We are presenting here some general images of the workshop proposals, giving a general overview on a complex project, with a very complex 10

Design a Passive Solar House of Zero Emissions in Athens WORKSHOP Assignment: The ECOWEEK 2010 workshops were assigned with the task to design a passive solar house of zero-emissions. The ECOWEEK 2010 workshops dealt with a smaller scale more tangible project, that would give both students and workshop leaders practical experience and tools in passive solar design, and the application of passive and active renewable energy technologies. WORKSHOP Leaders: The ECOWEEK 2010 workshops were led by experts from Greece and abroad, including environmental engineer Brian Mark (Mott McDonald Fulcrum, UK), architect Daniel Wicke of the Rural Studio (USA), greek architecture and landscape architecture firms, among them Meletitiki-A. Tombazis, doxiadis+, Kostas Tsipiras Architect, AREA, PLIAS-D. Diamantopoulos, PAAN, Agnes Couvelas, Kotionis and Tsagrasoulis, N. Smyrlis, N. Rousseas, Zerefos Tessas, TEAM4, deltArCHI-Dragonas Christopoulou,

Anamorphosis, Drifting City-P. Babasikas, Angelidakis, and two workshop groups hosted by the Hellenic Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (YPEKA) with the participation of the following architects and engineers: Konstantinos Moraitis, Vassilis Papandreou, Menelaos Xenakis, Myrto Koliri, Apostolos Efthimiadis, Dimitrios Mantas, Grigoris Maltezos, Yiannis Gyllis, Konstantinos Papachristopoulos, Sofia Markopoulou, Loren Alexander, Andreas Andreadakis, Fouli Kosmoglou, Elias Barkouras, Katerina Momtsiou, Magda Naoum, Marika Papadopoulou, and Kalliopi Papadaki. Workshop led by AREA Architects, and workshop team: Olivera Ilic, Eleni Iliopoulou, Giorgos Ritsakis, and Sanja Stevanovic: ‘The purpose of our proposal was to improve the existing external conditions, in order to reduce the required energy of the building and to increase the green areas around it. It is not only the design of a passive solar house but also an effort to try to change the microclimate of the entire block. We examined the orientation of the plot and the adjacent buildings and placed the house in the southwest side of the plot, to take advantage of the direct southern sunlight. We covered just a small piece of land and left a big planted backyard to connect with the future park next to it.’ 11

ECOWEEK 2010 Projects in Israel

The Energy Line

considering the idea of giving the Old City center a new breath, such as by turning KK”L street into a ‘green’ street.

WORKSHOP Assignment: ECOWEEK 2010 Workshop group W5 dealt with the ‘greening’ of Keren Kayement Le-Israel (KK”L) street in the Old City of Beersheva, a project that was carried out in cooperation and with the feedback and guidance of the Municipality of Beersheva.

This street is used half for pedestrian and half for vehicular traffic. The group decided first to turn the street into a pedestrian path only. The design approach of the project included different ideas. The concept of the ‘Energy Line’ refers, in its design, to Rothschild street in Tel Aviv, which involves a bike road and pedestrian street in the middle of the road (similar to the Ramblas in Barcelona), surrounded by lawns and trees. The idea of the ‘Energy Line’ is an analogy with Nature, using the symbol of the tree. This symbol represents Nature, health, growth, it’s environmentally-friendly and at the same time, it’s also the symbol of the city of Beersheva.

WORKSHOP Leaders: Michael Sorkin (Architect, USA), Omar Yousef (Architect, Palestinian Authority), and Mati Kones (Architect, Israel). Consultant: Oren Yiftachel (Geography Department, Ben Gurion University). WORKSHOP Team: Haran Adi, Yerofeev Orit, Sahar Qawasmi, Caroline Charvier, Leef Michael, Zelda Elalouf, Wasim Abu El Hija, Mahammud N. H. Jaber, Abdelhamid Qneibie, Mohammad Suleumiyya, and Ofir Etgar. The Energy Line During the Ecoweek 2010 session, the group studied the Karen Kayemet Le-Israel (KK”L) street, located in the old city of Beersheva. The group met the City Architect of the Municipality of Beersheva, who emphasized that the Municipality was seriously 12

The group conveyed these ideas by designing the ‘Energy Line’ as a line of trees, each tree with a specific function such as collecting rainwater, shading the street, generating energy and lighting (with solar panels and led), recycling, etc. The project also suggests different ways in generating energy, turning mechanical energy into electricity, such as by using a park with sportive activities, and also providing the infrastructure for the recycling of cooking oil to be collected and processed into bio-fuel. The ‘Energy Line’ can also serve as a connector between the Old City and the new city, by connecting the ‘Energy Line’ to urban points of history, community, etc.

Shorouq Charitable Society for Women WORKSHOP Assignment: The remodeling of the Shorouq Center in Al-Azariya (Bethany) in the West Bank. The project included the re-design of the interior, the design of an addition and the re-design of the roof to become a useful element in terms of social activity, tourism, small enterprise, and to shade and passively cool the Center. WORKSHOP Leaders: Mai Haseba (Architect, Palestinian Authority), Dan Price (Architect, Israel), and Ziad Jallad (Architect, Palestinian Authority). Consultant: Gilad Rosezweig (Architect, Israel). WORKSHOP Team: Irina Listovskaya, Polyxeni (Polina) Prentou,Yael Yacoby, Laura Zevi, Ranad Shqeirat, Irene Valitutto, Michael Rozio, and Tal BlumbergMandel. The Shorouq Charitable Society for Women is a Palestinian nonprofit organization, officially established in 2002 to improve the status and empower women and allow them to play an active role in society. The center seeds and cultivates independent, women owned small businesses. The center is located near the historic center of Al-Azariya, west of Abu Dis and Jerusalem. Al-Azariya is of historic significance to Christians as the location of the miracle of Lazarus. The Center is housed in a small rented building. The building has very poor insulation, inadequate ventilation and does not meet the Center’s basic needs. A small grant from the Embassy of Belgium allowed the Center to renovate and expand its facilities. An abandoned property adjacent to the Center, comprising of an old stone building built around an open courtyard with two large vaulted rooms in excellent condition and a small attached dilapidated building. Shorouq is considering leasing this property and adjoining it to the existing Center. The ECOWEEK Workshop team considered this possibility in its design proposals.

The Workshop team developed two phases: the first included the existing property, and the second a possible extension to the adjacent property. This implied moving the formal entrance to the Center, thus allowing handicap access and parking for tour buses. The Workshop team developed three alternative floor plans. In consultation with Shorouq, the best plan was chosen and further developed towards implementation. The Workshop group also developed strategies to improve the environmental performance of the Center: Alternative A introduced a clearstory for better ventilation, light and insulation. Alternative B introduced a shading pergola over the existing building which would shade the building and offer useful outdoor space on the roof. The selected, alternative B, proposed covering the building with a pergola and vine, shading the building during the summer and exposing it to the sunlight during the winter. The roof vine is a familiar element of traditional Palestinian Architecture and would offer the Center additional outdoor space on the roof. The vine would also support the local women economy providing abundant quantities of grape leaves for cooking and catering. The Workshop team considered the use of local materials, local building skills, the extreme climate and the limited budget. Most importantly, the team made every effort to express the ideals inherent in the Shorouq Center: the respect, independence and empowerment of Palestinian women, hoping that the design for the Center would address core issues of functionality, dramatically improve the environmental and comfort conditions and create a building which will become a source of pride to the Palestinian women. Following the completion of the ECOWEEK 2010 Workshops, the project was carried out by a Palestinian architect, issuing permits and preparing structural and working drawings, in consultation with the ECOWEEK group. The project was built and inaugurated - except for the roof pergola - in 2011 with the support of the Embassy of Belgium. 13

ECOWEEK 2011 Projects in Thessaloniki, Greece

W1: An emerging eco-corridor WORKSHOP Assignment: The project dealt with the transformation of the site of International Fair of Thessaloniki into an urban park, when the exposition moves to a new site. This project was one of the projects that the city of Thessaloniki was interested in developing (a real project). WORKSHOP Leaders: George Hargreaves (Architect, Landscape Architect, Hargreaves Associates, UK & USA), Io Karydi (Architect, Hargreaves Associates, UK). Consultant: Vasilis Maroulas (Engineer, ARUP, UK). WORKSHOP Team: Gauri Avasak, Asini Chatzivasileiou, Charalampos Kazas, Myrto Lambrou, Petros Lazaridis, Stefanie Leontiadis, Maria Pachi, Anna Papadopoulou, Despina Pippa, Milica Stojanovic, Ourania Tzalla. DESIGN APPROACH The aim was to facilitate a set of short term transformationscenarios that aim towards the requalification of the open space of the International Thessaloniki Fair (ITF) grounds and at the emergence of a sustainable landscape.The first goal was to address 14

a “Green Engine” for the city of Thessaloniki. The second goal was the formation of the missing link - an “Ecological Corridor”- a functional and operative green link - which, together with the adjacent green spaces, could deliver the connection between city and sea, offering recreation activities and a network of pedestrian, bicycle and water paths. METHODOLOGY The design approach was based on the concept that a contemporary park could deliver and activate change through an innovative design that challenges convention, proposes invention and embraces experimentation. The methodology focused on the requalification of the urban space and promoted the emergence of a Sustainable Landscape. DESIGN SOLUTIONS The design focused on the four interconnected systems that would deliver integrated sustainability: water / vegetation / energy production / food production.The phasing would progress in three stages: coexistence, transformation and adaptation, allowing for a combination of programmatic uses that include a diversity of fields that maintain and promote a high-level of ecological performance.

W4: “Adding Zero” Bioclimatic refurbishment of two school buildings WORKSHOP Assignment: The proposal refers to the bioclimatic and functional refurbishment of the 1st High School and the 31st Secondary School at the new seafront of Thessaloniki. WORKSHOP Leaders: Stelios Zerefos (Architect, Greece), Christos Tessas (Architect, Greece). WORKSHOP Team: Derizioti Stamatina, Karagianni Sofia, Kladopoulos Yiotis, Kyritsi Olympiada, Liokas Giorgos, Neroutsou Dora, and Petrous Diana. The school buildings were constructed after the devastating earthquake of 1978 to temporarily accommodate the schools. The location of the plot is in proximity to the sea front separated by M. Alexandrou Avenue on the west. On the east the schools are adjacent to the new Municipality of Thessaloniki building. The plot is shaded on the south during the winter by tall buildings, whereas a small park is attached to its northern side. Due to the urgent conditions after the earthquake, these buildings were created to temporarily house teaching uses for only five years. However, in their 32 year lifetime they have not been refurbished or replaced. Upon consulting with the Director of the school, the proposed design tried to accommodate the needs of the school, such as new teaching spaces, a multi-use space, a gym and a library.

The general concept of the design was based on the creation of a light-weight roofing system, which unified the two schools, thus creating an atrium in the free space between them. At the same time the steel structure is used to accommodation and additional level above the existing buildings to house new functions. These would be independently accessed through the atrium. The new open areas created would be planted, thus creating green roofs that would increase the roof insulation. Concerning the environmental upgrade of the existing buildings, it was achieved through the addition of external insulation and the replacement of existing opening. The new atrium that connects the existing buildings plays the role of a climatic buffer zone, which adjusts heating or ventilation depending on the external weather conditions. In the summer, the atrium openings remain open to provide cross ventilation, while in the winter, the polycarbonate panels that enclose the atrium, make the atrium behave like a passive greenhouse. Strategically placed openings in the atrium, transfer heat throughout the entire school complex, drastically reducing energy loads and provide for a healthier interior environment.To compensate for additional lighting energy needed – in addition to daylight – the roof is covered by photovoltaic panels providing clean energy throughout the year. Regarding the outdoor spaces, they are partly paved, and partly used as a garden. The planting of trees at the perimeter of the site visually unifies the space with the park in the north and reduce the level of vehicular noise around the school. Finally, regarding the economics of the proposed solution, it is not only economical due to the choice of materials, but also in terms of construction method: the modular form of the design, enables for construction to be completed in an extremely short period, ensuring that the two schools will continue operating without interruption.

ECOWEEK 2011 Projects in Milano, Italy

W16: Interior Landscape WORKSHOP Assignment: The workshop aimed to create a fragment related to the public imaginary, a symbolic object in the Boscoincitta Urban Park, using reclaimed/recycled wood salvaged from the dismantling of an earlier structure. WORKSHOP Leaders: Prof. Paolo Mestriner (Architect, Italy), and Massimiliano Spadoni (Architect, Italy). Tutor: Erica Rodolfi (Italy), Guglielmo Comini (Italy), and Michele Corno (Italy). WORKSHOP Team: Stefano Zagni, Giuseppe Vilardi, Stefan Andelkovic, Bogdan Stojanovic, Marco Carbonai, Matteo Pietrogrande,Valentina Longo, and Aleksa, Korolija. The workshop set out to achieve the realization of a fragment related to the public imaginary, a symbolic object able to recall the terms pointed out in the title ‘Landscape Interior’. The site chosen for the symbolic object was the urban public park Boscoincitta, built in Milano in 1974 as a first experience of urban forest in Italy. 16

The park was born of an area of 30 hectares and today covers over 120. The workshop chose to place the object in one of the entrances to the park. The team used reclaimed/recycled wood originating from the dismantling of an older structure, and later put to storage for future use. The team also based the design on the principle of self-construction, meaning that the team had to both design, detail and construct the object within the time-span of the ECOWEEK workshop. The organization of the workshop was based on the following structure: Day 1: The Workshops Leaders explained the main theme/ concept, and lectured about similar experiences done by the workshop leaders in the last years. The first day also included dimensioning of the project and detailed drawings. The team then visited the storage and evaluated the materials at their disposal – the reclaimed wood in storage. Day 2, 3 , 4 were spent by the team building in the object at the site. Day 5: presentation of the work. The ‘Interior Landscape’ pavilion can be visited at the Boscoincitta park in Milano.

ECOWEEK 2011 Projects in Athens, Greece

W11: Pezopolis WORKSHOP Assignment: This workshop was the manifestation of a close collaboration between the City of Athens and ECOWEEK towards making ECOWEEK a platform for the generation of design ideas that can benefit the city, the neighborhood and the local community in Athens. This project was based in one of five sites suggested by the City, and one of the sites that the City chose to develop further towards final design, towards securing EU funding, and finally towards implementation. The W11 project assignment was the reorganization of the circulation and public spaces at the Panormou street Refugee Housing Blocks in Athens. WORKSHOP Leaders: Pani Stathopoulou (Sculptor & educator, Greece), Eleni Polychronatou, (Artist & educator, Greece), Louisa Stathopoulou (Industrial designer, Greece), Nikos Detsis (Civil engineer, Greece), and Vivian Karavia (Organizational and architectural psychologist, Greece). Consultatnts on the photovoltaic installation: A. Kontadakis, and K. Ordumpozanis (Greece). The group was also consulted by Yiannis Evmolpidis (Planner, Consultant to the City of Athens, Greece). WORKSHOP Team: Simoni Devetzi, Angeliki Lymperopoulou, Christos Agnousiotis, and Chrysi Perdiki. The workshop proposal concerns a “green” design, which aims to organize the movement of pedestrians and vehicles, among buildings of different morphology and use, in order to improve the quality of life in the area.

During the design process the team took into consideration the area characteristics: the history of the area and the new uses of the former refugee tenement; the co-existence of conflicting uses in the same area (bars, residential and abandoned buildings); the landmarks and points of concentration (metro station, avenue, square, shops); issues of status quo: small or nonexistent sidewalks, the domination parked cars, the lack of parking and traffic congestion. Based on these characteristics, the proposed design proposed a pedestrian net that unites the points of concentration, connecting the metro station, embracing the recreational zone, crossing Panormou street and ending up in the triangular square; and the increase of vegetation in the area. Sidewalks were widened, streets turned into pedestrian routes (based on the approved study by the City of Athens). New parking was designed on Riankour street, and inside the open space of the NE housing block. The re-organization of pedestrian movement and the creation of spaces for rest, will improve the quality of life in the neighborhood and reduce the air and noise pollution. In the proposal all existing trees and green spaces were preserved, while new green spaces were added and new trees planted. Regarding sustainability and aesthetics, two interventions were designed: the addition of a pergola in the main pedestrian streets, for the enhancement of passive shading and ventilation during the summer months, and the construction of a photovoltaic installation on the building facade, that could produce enough energy to cover the energy needs for public lighting in the area, combined with a vertical garden.

ECOWEEK 2012 Projects in Thessaloniki, Greece Urban Innovation & Green Design

WORKSHOP Assignment: In April 2012 in Thessaloniki, ECOWEEK experimented with an innovative new idea: what if the workshops produced design ideas for open public spaces and public schools in the city, that would not only be designed, but also implemented? There were several limitations to overcome, primarily time (one week), and budget (due to the financial crisis there were no funds available). However, the City of Thessaloniki was very willing to go along this idea and to help with logistics, permissions, truck delivery of materials, tools, plants, and materials in storage that are not in use. So, the ECOWEEK 2012 workshops, in cooperation and coordination with the City, and with the participation of the young volunteer group Thessalonistas, proposed two levels of design interventions: (a) Small scale interventions that are easy to implement within a few days, using recycled and reclaimed materials, and readily available plants at no cost, and (b) Large scale interventions that require further development, permits and substantial funding. Out of 9 workshops, 5 workshops managed within the ECOWEEK timeframe, to not only design their project, but also to implement it. One of the implemented projects was guided by German architect Gernot Minke, and included a vertical garden at the Goethe Institute in Thessaloniki. The other 4 realized projects are presented below.

W2: doxiadis+ Team WORKSHOP Leaders: The team of doxiadis+ (Greece): Thomas Doxiadis (Architect, Landscape Architect), Despoina Gkirti (Architect, Landscape Architect), and Angeliki Mathioudaki (Architect, Landscape Architect). WORKSHOP Team: Paraskevi Bampou, Eleanna Breza, Dimitra Gkougkoudi, Maria Golsouzidou, Anastasia Ioannidi, Evangelia Iordanidou, Maro Kanelli, Stamatia Kapsali, Maria Karagianni, Paraskevi Karamitrou, Michaela Kretsi, Stefania Orfanidou, and Efi Tsocha.

W2: PAOK PARK Open spaces are scarce in Thessaloniki. Many of them are overcome by irregular and often illegal vehicular parking. The team chose to intervene at the VIP parking lot adjacent to the PAOK soccer stadium on Kleanthous street in Toumba.The challenge was on one hand not to obstruct the use of the lot as parking, but on the other to both make the site a more user-friendly place for children who play there anyway, and also to visually connect it to Kleanthous park across the street, attempting to create a conceptual continuity of open (green) spaces. The team used paint and used tires to intervene on the site, limiting the intervention to a minimum, thus enabling the fine balance between creating a green open space, and still using the same space as a parking lot. Upon completion of the intervention, the team was surprised to see children entering the space and playing by relating to the new design.

W6: KARD Architects Team WORKSHOP Leaders: The team of KARD Architects (Greece): Dimitris Raidis (Architect), and Alexandros Kouloukouris (Architect). WORKSHOP Team: Eleni Beza, Dionysia Dedousi, Zoi Eleftheriadi, Antonia Gerogianni, Anna Gkiata, Vasileios Giouveznalis, Thaleia Kakolyri, Polyxeni Instantsou, Elli Nikolaidou, Athina Papadopoulou, Evangelia Papadopoulou, Sonia Theodosiadi, Sofia Topi, and Dimitra Valavanidou. W6: PAPANASTASIOU PARK The team studied the bioclimatic characteristics of the park, the different zones – including an ancient Macedonian tomb – and the functions around the park – including three schools, one metro station and several residential blocks. The aim of the proposal was to design a sustainable park, and the main objective to suggest a more functional organization of the public space. From the energy studies (wind and shading) new areas for comfortable sitting were identified and new uses were proposed, in relationship to schools in the periphery of the park, proposing the park as an experiential

space for environmental education and fun. The team designed and constructed out of reclaimed and recycled materials outdoor games for children (chess and lame), recycling bins, an information stand for environmental issues, created seating for an outdoor performance and history teaching area, and created an exhibition area for the art work of school children. The existing vegetation was enriched with plants, and an aromatic and healing garden, to be maintained by the local community. Following the completion of the intervention, a community event took place at the park, and children engaged in playing chess under the trees.

W7: ark4, Ecoist & Vitaverde Team WORKSHOP Leaders: The team of ark4, Ecoist & Vitaverde (Serbia/Greece): Evdokia Voudouri (Architect), Slobodan Spasic (Educator), and Andreas Nassos (Landscape Architect). WORKSHOP Team: Eirini Dimou, Maria Tallarou, Iro Koutsioumpa, Emmanouil Prinianakis, Nikoleta-Maria Christopoulou, Zoi Tsatiri, Lemonia Karagianni, Michail Andrianakis, Ioannis Linos, Aikaterini Karadima, Kiriaki Papadopoulou, Theologos Xenakis, Susan de la Fondeijine, and Marlen Ringhofer. W7: FLOW OF KNOWLEDGE – 30th HIGH SCHOOL AT HARILAOU In the city of Thessaloniki there used to be linear eco-systems, vertical to the sea, that included beautiful life spreading torrents. Only a small trail of this wild life of these green corridors is surviving today. The team focused on the reconstruction and the renovation of the schooolyard, and of the surrounding green spaces that connect to the school. The aim of the tean was not only to create a model for the operation of the school, but to positively influence the whole neighbourhood, as well. In addition, by encouraging the participation of the local community and the students in a variety of activities through the installation built of recycled and reclaimed materials, an interactive park might emerge at the core of the neighbourhood. The design concept was born at the site:

the school having been built on top of the old torrent, was like a suppressive factor against nature; the team intended to create a pathway that crosses the schoolyard, as a revival of the memory of the torrent, creating a new flow of knowledge from the school, into the neighborhood, suggesting a more sustainable way of living, based on sustainability - ecological, economical and social.

W8: Dogus University Istanbul Team WORKSHOP Leaders: Senem Doyduk (Architect, Turkey). With the assistance of Thomas Pelioglou (Associate, ECOWEEK Greece). WORKSHOP Team: Merve Akinciturk, Emel Altuncu, Umit Arafal, Yeliz Atabey, Elif Atar, Ezgi Celebi, Emre Degirmenci, Damla Dolar, Alize Erkutoglu, Seher Guney, Ece Muti, Cihad Mert, Giray Ozdemir, Busra Topalan, Deniz Topalan, Serap Yilmaz, and Cihan Yolcu. W8: 23rd NURSERY SCHOOL The site consisted of a concrete playground and two unused gardens: one was completely covered with demolition debris, and the second was full of deep holes. Both gardens were covered with wild plants. The team decided to bring the two gardens back to use, by removing earth, reshaping the topography, and with the use of reclaimed wood and plastic materials and tires, provided by the City. The team spent most of the time on site, designing and implementing at the same time. The project included cleaning up the two gardens, using debris and rocks to fill the holes, and making both gardens accessible and usable by the children. Two out of three hills were flattened, creating a play hill out of the third. The gardens were remodeled to include: sitting/playing units from the tires, playing hill which can be climbed by holding plastic pipes, pots on the tree bird-food, a playing corridor from irrigation pipes, and painted games on the concrete floor. The project was implemented thanks to the participation of the children, parents and neighbors. 19

ECOWEEK 2012 Projects in Israel

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Ramat Eliyahu Neighborhood, Rishon LeZion

W1: From Inside Out

The site of the project is Ramat Eliyahu, a neighbourhood located in Rishon Lezion, with diverse urban fabric, composed of private houses, residential low and mid rises, commercial buildings, educational and industrial buildings. Over the years, it has developed as a relatively poor working class neighbourhood, serving the various waves of immigration into the country – with a majority Ethiopian immigrant community. After meeting with the city Architect, Urban Planners, and local activists, and after having visited the neighbourhood the challenge became clear: How to strengthen a neighbourhood? How to lift up a community? How to take an urban fabric in decay, one that is fundamentally unsustainable, and reinforce it without tearing it apart? The challenge was clear, but not easy.

The team proposed to maintain the uniqueness of the existing urban fabric, using the existing DNA of Ramat Eliyahu, and all of its potential. The intervention begins with the identification of two existing spines. 1. The boulevard; an existing two-lane road, linking cultural, community, and commercial centers. 2. The green bend, a neglected sand dune with an incredible natural topography, serving now, only as a buffer between the residential and industrial zones. Onto these two spines the team proposes to superimpose new program: a campus for two Faculties of the University of Tel Aviv, and Urban Farming facilities.

WORKSHOP Leaders: Elena Barthel (Architect Rural Studio, Alabama, USA) and Ohad Yehieli (Architect, OYA, Tel Aviv University, Israel).

WORKSHOP Team: Fanny Gil, Rachel Syn Hershko, Livnat Bar, Nahalit Nahmias, Ian Nataf, Hadas Peer, Lily Stanger, Ronit Izraeli, Shiri Sason, Anna Maiello, and Elena Ferrari. Workshop Consultants: Avner Ackerman City Architect and Haim Leshem Director for City Planning, Municipality of Rishon LeTzion.

The Boulevard The team proposed to transform the main street of the neighborhood to a boulevard that will serve both the commercial and cultural spine of Ramat Eliyahu. It will include the Tel Aviv University Campus branch, a commercial center which will combine a large square, and a cultural center that will host a variety of social activities: a Gym, a swimming pool, basketball and football courts, a library, a dancing school and a meeting place for local youth. The Boulevard will also be connected to the green bend and the Menashe Park. The Green Bend The green bend, a neglected sand dune with an incredible natural topography would be turned into an urban park containing an agriculture zone, walking promenade, bicycle lane following the natural topography, a playground that will connect the park to the residential area to the north, and will connect to the Campus, Menashe Park and the main boulevard. By strategically fragmenting and placing these new functions, we believe that new life will start to emerge between the two spines, and eventually beyond.

ECOWEEK 2012 Projects in Israel A Bicycle Route in Holon

W2: Riding to the Beat of the City

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WHAT: We have recognized that bike routes must respond to various needs fora variety of users: • Local working residents interested in leaving their car behind and commuting by train, dedicated bus routes and light transit, will require direct routes of efficiency and mixed-use program: Nodes will combine bike storage, rental, cafes, daycare centers, showers and gyms. • Local residents will be able to visit the local institutions (schools, libraries, community centers) and daily activities (local food markets, daycares, cafes) for leisure. • Visitors and tourists will be able to follow a dedicated green path connecting all of Holon’s galleries and museums. • Everyone will be able to enjoy and understand the history of Holon’s development as Sokolov street, it’s early northern commercial axis is revitalized and interconnected, via two parallel bike paths, with a new institutional axis to the south. HOW: Through a series of proposed sectional modifications, via ‘access by proximity’ as a key concept in envisioning healthy mixed-use settlement patterns - quote by Richard Register, from a United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) paper on: ‘21 issues for the 21st Century’. UNEP Foresight Process on Emerging Environmental Issues lists ‘Boosting Urban Sustainability and Resilience’ as a top global priority.

WORKSHOP Leaders: Daniel Pearl (Architect, L’OEUF, Canada), Suzanne Deschamps (Vice President, Groupe Pacific, Canada), Bracha Kunda (Architect, Interior Design, HIT, Israel), and Eitan Bartal (Designer, Communications Department, HIT, Israel). WORKSHOP Team: Sivan Gal, Sharon Rosenzaig, David ben David, Alon Michaeli, Naama Dagan, Batel Yossef, Matan Eshel, Sapir Tsach, Hila Kitrey Bar-Nof, Adi Levi-Eitan, Ravit Gal, Adi Gov, Lior Molcho, Ayelet Rozio, Yoav Zaidel, Ilia Feldshtein, Kim Rasoumoff, Noa Salpeter, Masha Machlinovsky, and Danielle Ventura.

VISION: Bike routes throughout Holon can create a myriad of threads, connecting the various layers of Holon’s identity, weaving its diverse fabric into a rich, urban tapestry. Bike routes can empower Holon’s numerous communities and connect its people while creating healthier environmental conditions. An integrated active transport planning strategy can mediate between top down vision ‫ ־‬and bottom up community needs. It can form a bridge between identity and branding. WHY: Holon, like many municipalities worldwide, was planned in an era where Urban Planning was overseen by traffic engineers. The team is proposing urban acupuncture with a series of strategies that will provide the lungs, hopes and aspirations for Holon’s future: ‘Greening and Densifying’ balanced with ‘Cultural Diversity’ and ‘Socio-Economic Revitilization’. Through a series of interwoven bike routes, Holon can become accessible to all.

ECOWEEK 2012 Projects in Israel Two projects in Jerusalem

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W3: Reinventing Katamonim

The neighborhood of Katamon (in Greek ‘Kata Monas’) in south-central Jerusalem was established before World War I. After 1948 it housed refugees from the Jewish Quarter of the Old City, and immigrants starting in the 1960s. The lack of municipal investments on the public spaces along with the poor maintenance and neglection from both public and private side degraded the neighborhood status and image into becoming one of Jerusalem poorest region. W3 WORKSHOP Leaders: Ulf Meyer (Architect, Ingenhoven Architects, Germany), Uli Molter (Geographer, Universities of Chemnitz and Dresden, Germany), Yael Hammerman-Solar (Architect, Municipality of Jerusalem, Israel), Barak Pelman (Architect, Israel), and Guy Teomi (Architect, Israel). W3 WORKSHOP Team: Walaa Abu Assab, Shani Vaknin, Zuriel Ozeri, Nir Zarfaty, Ayelet Levy, Hilla Gordon, Nitzan Gabay, Gilad Gar tziany, and Ihab Alkateeb.

The workshop team identified two areas of possible Improvement interventions both on urban scale and architecture. On the urban design level the team proposed to create a green valley perpendicular to the main urban roads, connecting the neighborhood to the Gazelle Valley in the North and the Sports Park in the South. A strip of vegetation will help buffer the noise from the nearby roads. The architectural focus was on a typical social housing block. The team proposed a steel skeleton around the building that tenants could ‘fill’ over time, providing flexible apartment types and sizes within the same structure, allowing the shape to evolve in a controlled manner, and create a new image to the ‘Shikunim’: a more personal and human face, as an expression of their tenants.

W5: The New Nature Museum in Jerusalem

W5 WORKSHOP Leaders: Jan Johansson (Architect MAA, Denmark), Erez Ella (Architect, HQ Architects, Israel) with Consultant: Michael Levy (Architect, Environmental Consultant, France & Israel). W5 WORKSHOP Team: Moshe Ben David, Ariel Pila, Oded Wieder, Noa Pilosof, Nahalal Serok, Elad Amir, Zalman Nemoy, Sasha Shiniakin, Ron Hadar, Maisa Bello, Jakub Tyc, Alaa Shaher Syaj, Lily Sapir, and Yehuda Barki.

The building site is along the main axis of the government buildings of Jerusalem, an urban axis that combines prominent civic buildings and open green space. The team was given a complex program, which the team organized in 5 main areas: Astrophysics, Evolution, Man & Environment, Ecology and Earth Studies. The team considered the climatic aspects of the site and run climatic simulations to review the winds, temperatures and sun path.The team decided to integrate the building in the site, preserving the existing trees and increasing the natural surfaces in the site by incorporating a green roof. The roof of the proposed design is a green roof, which functions as a terrace and exhibition space. Wind turbines are mounted on top producing electricity and serving as an exhibit that educates users about sustainable technologies and renewable energy.The ‘green’ roof also integrates the design of the proposed building into the landscape, and minimizes the building’s impact on the environment.

ECOWEEK 2012 Projects in Israel Al-Wallajeh, West Bank

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W8: Al-Wallajeh Village Park

WORKSHOP Leaders: Alberto Alcalde (Architect, ARCo Group Architects & Engineers, Italy), Alessio Battistella (Architect, ARCo Group Architects & Engineers, Italy), and Dan Price (Architect, Tel Aviv University Azrieli School of Architecture, Israel). WORKSHOP Team: Magdalena Malska, Polina Prentou, Jeremy Aranoff, Nadav Gan, Tal Regev, Kati Bolle, Diya Al-Rajabi, Elvire Thouvenot-Nitzan, Alad Meirom, Michael Rosio, and Diego Selesner.

Al-Wallajeh is an Arab village in the West Bank located SW of Jerusalem along the ‘wall’ separating Israel from the West Bank. Certain members of the community are taking steps to build a park in a land belonging legally to the Cremisan’s Compound (the Church). The team proposed to build an identity of “Place” and to integrate the park functions with the existing and new-planned surroundings, including to maintain the existing natural terraces thereby highlighting the landscape; organizing the public space and adapting it for public functions (play areas, vegetable gardens, trash collecting, and energy production); and creating a landmark for the park and the village. Vines of memory: The proposed design honors the local memory by planting along the ‘wall’ vines. The ‘Wall’: The team proposed to utilize the existing structure and surface of the ‘wall’ to transform it into an art gallery, aiming to educate and also raise awareness for the current political situation. A landmark of environmental ecology: The team proposed, as a means of producing methane gas and fertilizer for garden space, to transform the park entrance into an iconic Center for Environmental Ecology, including a recycling facility and an organic waste fuel production unit – addressing thus the vital issue of waste collection and proper disposal. 23

ECOWEEK 2012 Projects in Israel

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Zur Moshe (The Greek Moshav of Israel)

W9: Zur Moshe

Zur Moshe is known to be the largest “Moshav” (co-operative settlement) in Israel, with almost 3,000 members. Zur Moshe was established in the 1930s by young pioneers from Thessaloniki, Greece. The team proceeded with the design of two abandoned Buildings, suggesting new uses, upgrading them and improving their environmental behavior. The proposed design follows the principles of passive solar design and ecological buildings. The Cultural Center The team proposed a new cultural center for the Zur Moshe community and for local visitors. The planning took into consideration the elimination of an existing road, in order to unify two fragmented open spaces into a new central main square for Zur Moshe. This new center, would have an open terraced amphitheater, and connections to local historic and cultural landmarks.The main square would also be surrounded by educational facilities (made of recycled and reclaimed materials) and community gardens that would generate small scale agriculture.

WORKSHOP Leaders: Mati Kones (Architect, Ecotectura, Israel), Nirit Amir-Melli (Architect, Israel) with consultant: Assaf Shtein (Architect, Israel). WORKSHOP Team: Talia Davidi, Miri Marciano - Michles, Guy Nir, Maya Shkedi, Maya Assif – Ashkenazi, Nimrod Olinsky, Yael Korach - Yoash, Shimrit Rokach – Cohen, Ori Nahum, Ruth Tam, Viki Kossenko, Udi Shemesh, Ziv Waks, and Shani Zohar – Cohen.

The Documentation Center The ‘Clemantina’ (Citrus) House located on a hill near the entrance, was originally used as a bakery and later as a packaging facility for citrus produce. Today the building stands abandoned. The team decided to focus on this building, with historic value to the local community, and to give it a new use: a Documentation Center that will also incorporate ecological values. The proposed design is based on a continuous walk through the building, with documents, objects, archival materials placed and presented along along the path, connecting the historical material to the experience in the present. At the main entrance, also included in the new master plan, would be an exhibit of large scale equipment and machinery, directly related and extending the exhibition inside the building. Silo Factory Art Gallery The silo factory is a classic example of industrial architecture, used to store food. The silo factory is built of reinforced concrete, with drum shaped structures with intake at the top and emptying opening at the bottom. The team decided to locate in the building an Art Gallery and a café, offering a space for temporary exhibitions, that would attract local visitors. The design took into consideration natural daylight through existing openings, and maintaining the exterior building form, while replacing some of the exterior walls with transparent glass surfaces. They would serve both to increase daylight in the building, but also to increase passive solar heat gain in the winter. To increase natural ventilation in the building, the team proposed to increase existing openings and to add a wind chimney.

ECOWEEK 2012 Projects in Israel

Tiberias: Peace and Reconciliation Center

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W10: Church of Scotland Compound: Making Peace with Communities, Buildings and Landscapes The Challenge: This project was initiated by the Church of Scotland with the aim of creating an active and meaningful site for promoting peace and reconciliation among communities in and around the Holy Land. The Sites: The top site, sloping towards the east and adjacent to the Scotts Hotel and old city walls, has unobstructed views of the Sea of Galilee. The bottom site, adjacent to the waterfront and promenade, includes an existing protected historic building, used as a church and school. The Design Concept:The team focused on both sites, connecting with and enhancing existing buildings and landscapes. The Peace and Community Garden proposed at the upper site includes a recycling center, a communal vegetable garden, an outdoor gathering & seating area , a lower landscaped public garden with, rain water collection, a biodiversity garden - enhancing local species of plants and insects.The Peace and Reconciliation Center proposed at the lower site, includes the existing building with lobby, administration,catering facility, and dormitory, and a new building to house the assembly hall, flexible seminar rooms, an inner courtyard, an entrance lobby, all surrounded by a garden for recreation and activity. The project was challenging at many levels, including the challenge of the team to overcome cultural and language differences, and create new understanding and friendships in a very short period of time. In effect, the design process of this project, captured the true essence of the proposed Peace and Reconciliation Center.

WORKSHOP Leaders: Thomas Doxiadis (Architect, landscape architect, doxiadis+, Greece) and Gil Peled (Architect, ecochallenges, Israel).

WORKSHOP Team: Luay Bader, Shmaya Shalev, Daniel D.Shorer, Mehtap Leyla Turanalp, Omri Ben Chitrit, Keren M.Relevy, Osher Frank, Abdullah Muhammed Dandees, Mariam A.Nammoura, Hazal Gümüs, Adi Cohen, Hanin Shavıc, Deniz Öztürk, Massala Jahrah, and Ala Alabed.

Sustainability Strategy: Land use: reclaiming disturbed area, maximizing uses of plots. Water: retaining, collecting rainwater and dew for irrigation. Waste: reduction of construction waste, reuse of materials on site, recycling facilities. Energy: Natural ventilation and lighting, shading, passive heating, cooling, heat recovery, solar lighting, use of thermal mass. Transportation: pedestrian and disabled access, bicycle storage, proximity to bus / boat services. Biodiversity: retaining local plant species, for birds, butterflies, small reptiles and animals. Community: a community-orientated development use for gatherings and events, promoting peace and reconciliation processes at local and international levels. Materials: use of reclaimed materials, on site, use of low embodied green sourced, recycled and recyclable materials. Well-being: creating healthy & harmonious, accessible recreation areas. Culture and Heritage: enhancing old city walls, existing listed building, prompting cultural dialogue. 25

ECOWEEK 2012 Projects in Rome, Italy Urban Footprint + Affordable Communities + Green Design

In September 24-30, 2012 ECOWEEK took place for the first time in Rome, Italy. One would think that Rome, an historic location with great urban history and remarkable urban public spaces, would be the last place for young groups to innovate and propose innovative urban interventions. As a matter of fact, the experience in Rome taught us that, regardless what the history is in a city, every city has challenges to meet. Especially challenges with regard to sustainability, sustainable design and planning, transportation, public and community spaces, immigration, and the relationship of the city to the river. It was thanks to the local architects who led the workshops and the cooperation developed with Provincia di Roma, Roma Capitale and Risorse Per Roma – thanks to the efforts of ECOWEEK Associate Giorgio Scavino - these issues came forward, and each workshop group was assigned a challenging assignment. Working in Rome was an unforgettable experience for the participating students – many from foreign countries, such as Albania, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Israel, Kuwait, Mexico, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, and USA. The workshops were hosted in remarkable historic Palaces – such as Palazzo Taverna - within the historic center of Rome, thanks to the hospitality offered by Arkansas University Rome Center, ACCENT, and University of Washington Rome Center, Rome University of Fine Arts, and offices of Modostudio, 2tr architettura, and AKA. ECOWEEK participants also had the opportunity to meet and be inspired by the keynote lecture by architect Kengo Kuma, hosted at Roma Tre University. Of the 10 workshops held in Rome, two managed not only 26

to design innovative ideas addressing local issues, but to also implement their design in full scale.

W1: Bicycling in Rome WORKSHOP Leaders: Elena Barthel (Architect, Rural Studio, USA), Dan Price (Architect, Tel Aviv University, Israel), and Paolo Cascone (Architect, COdesign Lab, France & Italy). WORKSHOP Team: Gulendam Kalkan, Anna Bonvini, Sara Zinni, Flavia Salvati, Katharina Bolle, Thomas Burghart, Tristan Emig, Bradford Hoerth, Mehtap Leyla Turanalp, Lidia Angelini, Angela Porfilio, Andrea Giglio, Elena Ciancio, Immacolata Polito, Giuliano Galluccio, and Mario Leal. The team investigated the possibilities of developing a bicycle route within Rome, and then focused in developing a prototype bike sharing station, which was built out of wood provided by BalzoSelve, in Piazza Sta. Anastasia, on Via di San Teodoro, near Circo Massimo. The construction of the prototype was made possible thanks to the hospitality of the Church of Sta. Anastasia and the collaboration with Cinzia Abbate and ANT+ architectural firm, and the informal collaboration with local carpenters. The wood for the project set the modules and dimensions of the prototype – so that no cutting was needed on site – and the wood that was provided for the project, was returned to be reused after the

prototype was dismantled. The proposed bike sharing station would accommodate 15 bikes, and would include an info point, rest area, a kiosk, wi-fi, and a shading canopy with integrated photovoltaic panels for energy production.

W9+W10: Valle Aurelia in Progress WORKSHOP Leaders: The teams of: Orizzontale (Italy) and OSA Architettura e Paesaggio (Italy): Massimo Acito (Architect), Marco Burrascano (Architect), Luca Catalano (Landscape Architect), Annalisa Metta (Landscape Architect), Luca Reale (Architect), Caterina Rogai (Architect), with Living Urban Scape (Italy). WORKSHOP Team: W9: Selen Kus, Walaa Wael Abu Assab, Kenneth Roposh, Melanie Whedon, Beril Poroy, Ayse Savas, Irem Halis, Seda Sevilay Onat, Gamze Unlu, Berhan Uzel, and Esin Kuney. W10: Jeanne Blanche Le Lievre, Vitaly Entin, Malgorzata Anna Golabek, Giulia Marino, Alessandra Schmid, Edward Joseph Allgood, and Selen Gor.

W9+W10: Activating Public Spaces:Valle Aurelia in Progress The workshop chose the Valle Aurelia area, and focused on the Borghetto, located along Via di Valle Aurelia, right before the Pineto Regional Park. The area is historically called Valle dell’Inferno and due to clay substrates, 8 kilns for the production of brick were located here between c.18 and early c.20. The Borghetto was built around the Torlonia Kiln, to house workers and their families. In the summer of 1981, as part of a roman-slum clearance program, the Borghetto suburb was demolished. Its inhabitants were relocated to a new project. Taking empty spaces as a point of regeneration of the neighborhood, the project transformed urban voids, resulting from demolition, into an opportunity for urban renewal. The group intended to transform empty spaces into spaces for socializing and sharing, playing, meeting, through design and implementation of temporary and/or reversible interventions. The aim was to reveal the potential of underused spaces or residual and make them an active part in the system of socio-spatial relations inside the district. The intervention was selfbuilt, thanks to the help and hospitality of a neighbor to the park – who provided electricity, helped find materials, and treated the team daily with cold refreshments! - and was articulated through: a. Lettering (stencil on the street-path) along Via di Valle Aurelia, from the PdZ to the Borghetto. b. Signs and proposals for transforming specific spaces along via di Valle Aurelia (stencil on wooden formwork), and c. Creating an equipped public space installation in the Giardino del Maresciallo – with new access stairs from the street, seating benches, tables, a children soccer field, and curating a photographic exhibition on the Borghetto neighborhood (courtesy of Roma Amor photographers). 27

ECOWEEK 2012 Projects in Belgrade, Serbia

Green Design Architecture and Urban Innovation

Green Design Architecture and Urban Innovation In November 26-30, 2012 ECOWEEK took place for the first time in Belgrade, Serbia. Thanks to a close collaboration with local NGO ECOIST – led by Jelena Lucic – and local partners such as Vitaverde, Serbian Chamber of Commerce, the Architecture Faculty, the Faculty of Forestry and Center Tesla, the ECOWEEK workshop groups had the opportunity to work with local and international professionals within the site of their assigned project. So, W1 was located at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce; W2 in the Primary School Drinka Pavlovic; W3 at Zvecanska Center for the Protection of Infants, Children and Youth; W4 in the Arka Barka floating hostel; W5 and W9 shared an empty shop inside the USCE shopping center; W6 at the Kulturni Centar Grad; W7 at the Union Nikola Tesla University; and W8 at the office of marketing and design agency Devotion Plus. The experimental – but yet real and actual – projects undertaken by the ECOWEEK workshops in Belgrade, involved real ‘clients’, with actual sites and programmatic requirements, making it extremely challenging for the groups to respond – and still be innovative and creative.The resulting proposals were very inspiring and very promising. Inspiring were also the keynote lecture by French architect Francoise-Helene Jourda, the workshop synchronization and coordination by Dutch organization psychologist Hans Buster, Director of Vitaverde, and Greek marketing and communications expert Nikolaos Dimitriadis. Of the 9 workshops held in Belgrade, two groups worked on innovative ideas which are intended to be further developed and eventually implemented – within the framework of the ECOWEEK GREENHOUSE. They are presented below.

W1: Serbian Chamber of Commerce WORKSHOP Leader: Andreas Nassos (Landscape Designer, Vitaverde, Greece). Workshop Assistant: Sladana Markovic (Vitaverde , Serbia). Workshop Coordinator: Branko Jovovic (ECOIST, Serbia). WORKSHOP Team: Bojana Cojic, Marija Covic, Ivan Dordevic, Durda Durkovic, Jovana Grilihes, Tijana Jablanovic, Vladimir Joksic, Mile Loncar, Nevena Lukic, Tamara Muic, Aleksandra Obradovic, Ofelija Radenkovic, Tijana Savic, Jelena Slovic, Jovana Stankovic, and Katarina Vukoman.

W1: Variety + Minimalism = Varielism > STRIPE The workshop site was located at Serbian Chamber of Commerce building in Resavska Street 13-15 in downtown Belgrade. The assignment was to create a space with green ambience in the atrium of the building to be used by employees and business associates. The aim was to base the design on the principles of sustainability, biodiversity and social interaction, and to create a new green hub in the polluted urban environment of the city center. The atrium of 120 sq.m. is divided in two levels creating two separate zones. The first zone is a corridor that connects two opposite parts of the building and the second zone is the raised roof of the building’s main conference hall, located in the basement. The space is used daily for smoking breaks. The team aimed to create a pleasant and attractive green space for daily use that could also be transformed to an attractive place for occasional business gatherings and cocktail parties. The

concept was to connect the horizontal and vertical surfaces using a multifunctional element - a strip. The simplicity of the form of the strip derives from a minimalistic approach, but it is applied to represent a complex network run by the Chamber: red metal strip changes its form through space, defining vertical surfaces, walking paths, stairs, railings, sitting surfaces, doors, hides air-conditioning units, and, finally, defines a path in the corridor. The space is also activated through natural elements, such as an apple tree - a symbol of growth and productivity, ornamental plants, a lawn, and a vertical garden, and the use of natural materials, such as stone blocks and wood.

W5: - Urban Eco Systems: M*Eco Workshop Leader: Ivan Redi (Director, ORTLOS Space Engineering, Austria & UK). Workshop Coordinator: Danica Marinkovic (ECOIST, Serbia).

attract local residents, passers-by and adolescents who look for a meeting spot. The design of the proposed structure is iconic and aims to establish a new identity and an authentic space. As opposed to consumerism which tends to exclude, the proposed structure involves the visitor and user and promotes inter-connections. The materializing and environmental characteristics of the project also address a value system that involves the community and addresses its long-term needs. M*Eco has solar panels – connected to the USCE electrical grid - and a mechanism to collect rainwater. M*Eco also offers shelter - protection from the sun and rain, making it a pleasant and attractive place to visit. M*Eco will be built of eco-friendly materials – primarily wood, aiming towards reclaimed wood – so that it is easy to produce, construct, dismantle and recycle or reuse the materials. M*Eco protects from the southern sun exposure, but relies on daylight and LED lighting at night. M*Eco also generates a micro-ecosystem: enables the movement of water as it stores rainwater and then pumps it through a channel system to irrigate the integrated plants and gardening.

Workshop Team: Filip Pisaric, Jelena Tasic, Dusan Milanovic, Melpomen Vyzika, Kristina Potkonjak, Branka Majstorovic, Milos Jovanovic, Jelena Mitrovic, Nikola Ristic, Andjela Ristic, Djuro Zmajevic, Jelena Rakovic, Tijana Savic, Jelena Stankovic, Argyrios Skretis, and Thomas Vyzikas. W5: M*Eco at the USCE Shopping Center The proposed M-Eco is an eco-friendly meeting point, located at the entrance to the USCE Shopping Center. It is a multifunctional social space where people gather to relax, play, talk and enjoy the good weather. Given the location of the project, the team addressed questions and issues of the materials culture, the world of commodities and goods and consumerism. Although, consumerism is accepted as an integral part of today’s society, the mall is seen as an opportunity for social space, channeling activity and transforming it into dialogue. M*Eco links activities such as sitting, climbing, leaning, and socializing catering to the visitors of the shopping center, but it also aims to 29

ECOWEEK 2012 Projects in Krakow, Poland Reunion in Green District

Rehabilitate Shooting Range

W6: VOSTOK Team

ECOWEEK took place in Krakow in 2012 for the first time. The event was divided into two parts: the workshops took place before the conference in Poland, Ukraine and Turkey, while the conference took place in Krakow in May 16-18, 2012. ECOWEEK was initiated and its organization was coordinated successfully by young architect and ECOWEEK Associate in Poland Magdalena Malska, with the assistance of Jakob Tyc and a team of enthusiastic young architects from Krakow. The conference was hosted at the Villa Decius. ECOWEEK was also made possible thanks to the cooperation the the City of Krakow, Green District, and Krakow University of Technology.

WORKSHOP Leaders: Wojtek Gawinowski (Architect) and Wojtek Sumlet (Architect), Poland.

The workshop assignment was common for all the workshop groups.The chosen site was the Shooting Range in Wola Justowska in the Green District of Krakow, built in 1887, and today standing abandoned with mixed and debated plans for development. In cooperation with the City of Krakow and the Green District, the ECOWEEK workshops brainstormed and gave preliminary planning ideas for possible re-use of the Shooting Range premises and surrounding open green area. The aim was to propose a balanced solution, offering a resolution to the existing debate between development and preservation, between a for-profit approach and a community and environmentally oriented scheme, yet instilling new life to a historic monument, while maintaining its historic and architectural value and relationship to the surrounding community. The ECOWEEK workshop proposals were developed during one week one month before the conference, and were presented during the conference. The presentations generated discussion among the participating architects, designers and city officials. ECOWEEK worskhops were led by teams NArchitekTURA, medusagroup, Art Gallery, VOSTOK, MOFO and Devebere in Poland, SUNday team at the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas in Ukraine, and GreenAge team at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul, Turkey. From the 9 workshops in Krakow, two are presented here. 30

WORKSHOP Team: Julie Le Baud, Rafal Socha, Malgorzata Golabek, Karolina Popiel, Lukasz Maurer,Tomasz Bojec, Miroslawa Niezgoda,Tomasz Szponar, Marek Zawisza, Anna Malgorzata Lyszczyk, and Myriam Kulik. W6: Slow Point Simple Lifestyle “For many years we hear that life should be quick, intense, squeezed to the last second. That we should take maximum advantage of time, and that we should be self-disciplined, perfectly organized, be in 40 places at once, and dealing with a dozen of different things at once. Slow life says ‘slow down’.” The workshop team offered a place for families with children, something for all age groups. A place that is also ecological, in the wider definition of the term, as learning to eat healthy and to raise awareness on the surrounding environment, is part of the ecological agenda. The proposed eco-market, is the best place to get all one needs to start a new life of quality, based on the concept of slow (and healthy) food.The market with locally grown produce would be located on the right wing of the Shooting Range building. The workshop team also proposed additional uses to be housed inside the Shooting Range, such as: eco-shop, organic restaurant, culinary workshop space, and pavilions to purchase bread, coffee, herbs, spices, milk and cheeses, wine, handicrafts, a spa, and a pavilion for children to touch and hug animals. The team also proposed parking on the site. In addition, the team proposed the open green space to enable local small scale community farming, and give back open public space to the neighboring local community. Finally, the team envisioned a mobile pavilion, called ‘slow point to go’, which can bring the same concepts to other location, urban or suburban.

W8: MOFO Team WORKSHOP Leaders: Krystof Wuzyk (Architect) and Pawel Zielinski (Architect), Poland. WORKSHOP Team: Marcjanna Bien, Kamila Juraszek, Agnieszka Jurczak, Justyna KolarzPiotrowicz, Arleta Nowak, Irena Nowacka, Ewa Sowiniska, and Dawid Zajac. W8: Hiddentity – Hidden Identity “Hiddentity Hidden Identity is a project to create a metaphysical space. To separate from the real world by means of a ‘curtain’ made of little wind turbines which are set in motion by the wind and the movement of people and cars. Our main aim is to create a new CO-mmunity and CO-mmon ground for exchange of local creativity – art, education, environmentally-friendly goods, etc.” The workshop team proposed to transform the Shooting Range into a ‘CO-nnector’ between two realities: the secret world of education hidden in platforms among the trees, is connected by a morphological garden with the Shooting Range building. The path of ‘CO-gnition’ is a reflection of the needs of the ‘CO-mmunity’: first to supply its basic needs (commercial uses), then to higher needs (education), and finally the spiritual path (walk through the green open space).

ECOWEEK 2013 Projects in Israel

Green Design Architecture & Urban Innovation

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W2: The Mobile Forest on Rabin Square The main public city square in front of the City Hall in Tel Aviv, the site of political rallies, parades, and public events. Renamed in 1995 following the assassination of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The workshop team worked closely with the City of Tel Aviv to design an installation to promote the city’s sustainability agenda. WORKSHOP Leaders: Maciej Siuda (Architect, Devebere Project, Poland), Dan Price (Architect, PPY Architects, Israel), Galia Hanoch-Roe (Landscape Architect, Society for Protection of Nature, Israel) Workshop Consultants: Yoav David City Architect and Uriel Babzyk Sustainability exper t, Municipality of Tel Aviv. WORKSHOP Team: Dor Ben Arosh, Dan Bendori, Lir Danan, Rotem Levinson, Lee Machnay, Adi Meyerovitch, Nof Nathansohn, Eliah Rubin, Yasmin Rosa Shvarzglass Krauskopf, and Avinoam Sharon. 32

The Mobile Forest concept is simple: In Tel Aviv, when outdoors, you look for shade. Especially in Rabin Square, where the only shaded areas are the cafes at the edge of the square. What if you can take your shade with you? Go to the square, decide where you want to sit, set up your mobile tree and enjoy outdoors in the shade, reading a book or chatting with your friends.

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W3: Sustainable Pilgrimage in Αl-Azaryia WORKSHOP Leaders: Byron Stigge (Engineer, Level Agency for Infrastructure, USA) and Elias Messinas (Architect, ECOAMA, Greece/Israel). Workshop Consultants: Yoel Siegel (Community Building in a Global Society, Israel), Avner Haramati (Kidron Project, Israel), Philippe Piccapietra (Grand Chancellor and Delegate for the Holy Land, Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem) and Fatima Faroun (Shorouq Association, West Bank). WORKSHOP Team: Muhammad Osama Aburajab, Wala Mahmoud Mohammad Ayad, Luay Monzer Jamil Bader, Amitai Elul, Sirin Amin Hassan, Yishai Lehavi, Eirini Loukou, Inaam Ammar Sharawi, Rana Walid Zaher, and Pinelopi Zoura.

The workshop project took place in Al-Azaryia (Bethany), in the West Bank, next to Jerusalem. Al-Azaryia is a small town of 17,000 residents, mostly Muslims, and home to St. Lazarus’ tomb, an important pilgrimage site.The town suffers today of environmental and urban challenges such as flooding, lack of proper sewage, water supply, waste and construction waste pollution, lack of public open spaces, and the separation wall. There is an urgent need to strengthen the local economy, increase tourist facilities and basic infrastructure, and encourage small scale development. The team focused on the historic pilgrimage route from Jericho which leads through Al-Azaryia to Jerusalem. The proposed project aimed for this historic axis to become the main generator for the future – sustainable – development of the town, improving infrastructure, making important sites accessible, provide services and facilities for tourists, and new opportunities for the local economy. The project was presented at the First International Jerusalem Symposium on Green & Accessible Pilgrimage, held on April 2126, 2013 at the Jerusalem YMCA.

ECOWEEK 2013 Projects in Israel

Green Design Architecture & Urban Innovation

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W5: Rehabilitating Building in Tel Aviv

WORKSHOP Leaders: Uri Gilad (Architect, winhov, Holland & Switzerland) and Mati Kones (Architect, Ecotectura, Israel). Workshop Consultants: Tel Aviv Municipality team. WORKSHOP Team: Arbelle Avi-Guy, Adi Gilad, Yadid Hadad, Simon Ashley Hatherly, Tal Mayo, Shachar Shapira, Yifaat Tabib, Revital Uzan, and Basel Zoabi.

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In coordination with the goals of Tel Aviv Municipality, the workshop focused on the rehabilitation of the historic – and iconic - Sipolux building, a decaying factory building, in East Tel Aviv, to be turned into an urban sustainability center and the headquarters of ‘green’ organizations. The design challenges extended from linking the building back to its residential surroundings, to turning the building into a benefit to the visitors and the local community. The team proposed a center that would engage residents, and visitors, designed based upon the principles of sustainable design. The team chose three ways to achieve it: (a) Offer inspirational experiences based on the themes of green living, recycling and renewable energy, through ecological trail routes through the building, including an auditorium, library, recycling facilities and children learning center. (b) The team took advantage of the visibility of the roof from adjacent taller apartment buildings, and proposed to turn the roof into a green roof garden, to become a new green social space. (c) The team aimed for the building to be a model of sustainable design, minimizing solar heat gain with shading canopies and printed glass sunscreens, and to provide an insulated envelope to minimize use of mechanical heating and cooling.

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W6: Biomimicry on the Edge of South Park in Tel Aviv The site was Begin Park (also known as South Park), a partially developed urban park with green and picnic areas, sports facilities, a lake, and a small zoo.The aim was to attract national scale tourism with leisure and educational activities.

WORKSHOP Leaders: Yael Helfman Cohen (Founder, Biomimicr y, Israel), Dr. Daphne Haim Langford (Founder, Biomimicr y, Israel), and Yair Engel (Designer, Cradle-to-Cradle, Israel). Workshop Consultants: Yoav David City Architect and Uriel Babzyk Sustainability exper t, Municipality of Tel Aviv. WORKSHOP Team: Liah Benarroch, Guy Nir, Tzlil Shai, Orly Shapira, Shir Talor, and Hadar Urkin.

The workshop team proposed an interactive educational park based on the principals of Biomimcry - or that examine nature, its systems and processes with the intention of deriving inspiration for human application. The team proposed a series of interconnected installations activated by the visitors, for example using stationary bicycles, to operate a wheel to guide water to another installation. Activating the installations would teach visitors about ecology, efficient energy, use of bicycle for transportation and more.

ECOWEEK 2013 Projects in Copenhagen, Denmark New Nordic Living

On May 13-19, 2013 ECOWEEK took place for the first time in Copenhagen, Denmark, initiated, organized and hosted at the KEA School of Design and Technology. The workshops studied and proposed ideas in real sites throughout the city, aiming to regenerate and restore public space, especially in areas where immigrant communities live.The diverse group of keynote speakers and workshop leaders guided the 330 students that participated in the conference and workshops, included architect Daniel Pearl (Canada), architect Ulf Meyer (Germany), architects Braha Kunda and Ohad Yehieli (Israel), landscape architects Raffaella Colombo (Italy) and Natalia Pantelidou (Greece), architect Agnieszka Wojcik (Poland), industrial designer Andriano De Luca (Brazil), architects Thomas Ringhof and Michael Angelo Johansen (Denmark). Out of the 23 workshop projects presented, the City of Copenhagen chose 17 projects to be further developed and realized.

W1.5: Μade in Nordvest WORKSHOP Leaders: Talia Dorsey (Architect, Canada) and Søren Parrot (Architect, Denmark) WORKSHOP Team: Jesper Friis Aamand, Peter Beier, Tomasz Giefert, Henrik Peter Hansen, Nicki Falk Hansen, Nima Karimzadeh, Zuzana Krejcirova, Marco Puggaard Norup, Eva Strocholcova, and Ervin Suljadzic. 36

W1.5: Made in Nordvest The workshop focused on the site of Rentemestervej in Copenhagen. Following a creative brainstorming, the team identified problems in the area, primarily that people don’t spend time outdoors because there is a lack of benches, playgrounds and outdoor places to meet and spend time.The local community comes from different countries, cultures, and have a variety of interests. But they don’t have occasions to meet other people and thus are alienated, and feel unsafe.The street is more of a shortcut, where people use alone, riding a bike or jogging, without caring for the surroundings and other people. In terms of physical conditions there are 8 blocks of flats with large badly organized green spaces between them. Many backyards are open, some fenced, unused by people. Urban conditions that do not generate urban use, such as empty plots after demolition, rubbish, courtyards opening to the street, large car parks, empty spaces, wide badly maintained pavements. Despite existing conditions, there is great potential for change. Local business are starting to appear in organized backyards, and local organizations and institutions are making a difference in the neighborhood. The group proposed a variety of small scale interventions, including creating new shops and cafes, initiating a street market, dedicating a site for urban agriculture, painting building facades, improving the sidewalks, creating outdoor pockets for people to spend outdoors, and more.

W1.10: Green Love for Copenhagen WORKSHOP Leaders: Jon Emil Stenz (Development Engineer, Denmark) and Andriano De Luca (Industrial Designer, Brazil). WORKSHOP Team: Mark Andersen, Carlos Ramos Fernandez, Pontus Jakobsson, Pernille Bisgaard Kristensen, Artis Kurps, Filip Lindmark,Tamlyn Yuki Shkabukuro, Lucas Terra, Jon Drejer Tittmann, and Love Wige. W1.10: Green Love for Copenhagen The workshop team focused on the problem of getting people to recycle in public spaces. How to increase accessibility and personal responsibility and how to improve the interaction between the user and the recycling bin. With Copenhagen aiming to become carbon neutral by 2025, waste management is a major issue to be overcome t reach the goal. The team searched for a solution that enhances visibility, userfriendliness, space-efficiency and consistency, and to educate the users. The solution, called Green Love, designed to fit the regural lighting-poles and bicycle-rests, aims to motivate and activate people to recycle, using iconic design, awareness campaigns and informal education.

W2.6: Therapy Garden for Immigrant Women WORKSHOP Leaders: Natalia Pantelidou (Landscape Architect, Greece) WORKSHOP Team: Sander Lund Alexandersen, Mette Nitsche, Adrian Oprea, Awilla Posay, Timea Puskas, Leonardo Nazario Rosa, Wen Wang, and Jing Zhang. W2.6: Therapy Garden for Immigrant Women The site of the garden is Biespbjerg Bakke, an area of Copenhagen with cultural diversity. The purpose of the garden was to assist in the healing process for immigrant women with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) through interaction with nature. The designed folllowed FAKTI Association for Refugee and Immigrant Women guidelines and suggested less demanding environments, plurality of choices, privacy, variety of senses, and acttivities. The design of the garden activated all senses and experience, provided choices by offering private areas for personal therapy and open areas for social activities - painting, music, cooking, fish feedin, and gardening.

ECOWEEK 2013 Projects in Krakow, Poland

Design • Innovation • Expreiment • Life Style

On October 21-27, 2013 ECOWEEK took place in Krakow, Poland as an international seven-day Think-Tank. Bringing together 100 young architects, designers, engineers, landscape architects, industrial designers, from Poland, Holland, Germany, Ukraine, Spain, Iran, and Canada, it addressed challenges in architecture, urbanism, industrial and social design. The workshops worked with the City of Krakow, and produced innovative and experimental concepts for the city to create new public spaces, redesign and revolutionize existing buildings, create new pedestrian promenades and green belts, propose new uses of existing areas and new ways of perceiving urban-living. The international group of keynote speakers and workshop leaders included Chris Doray (Chris Doray Studio, Canada), Bostjan Vuga (Sadar+Vuga, Slovenia), Ado Franchini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), Ivana Pasecna and Peter Pasecny (2ka, Slovakia), Thomas Kauertz (Hildesheim University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany), Emanuele Naboni (The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark), Michiel Smits and Gie Steenput (Avans Hogeschool, Netherlands), Anna Gulińska (Austria). Mihaela Hărmănescu (University of Architecture and Urban Planning Ion Mincu, Romania), and Agata Woźniczka and Mateusz Adamczyk (BudCud, Poland).

W3.1: First Skyscraper for the City of Krakow WORKSHOP Leaders: Chris Doray (Canada), Ewelina Woźniak-Szpakiewicz (Poland), Emanuele Naboni (Denmark). WORKSHOP Team: Michael Blanke, Marc-Andre Dening, Nina van Geffen, Agnieszka Janus, Michał Krawczyński, Hengameh Mazhari, Johanna Neumann, Marta Ożóg, Piotr Pasierbinski, Aleksandra Prawda, Kuba Senkowski, Damian Szyjka, and Nazlee Markowsky. W3.1: First Skyscraper for City of Krakow The workshop focused on the existing tower from the 1960s commonly referred to as The Skeleton, the highest built structure in the City of Krakow, a building that was never completed, yet assumed an iconic presence in the skyline of the city. Today, it is a vacant tower covered in advertisement banners on the façades. The challenge was is to dismantle the psychological notions of a ‘doomed skyscraper’ from the past and re-invent a vertical icon that sustains and promotes longevity rather than termination. What then would be the first Skyscraper in Krakow? The workshop aimed to redesign and redefine it and bringing it back into use. The proposed new vertical parasite behaves like a hybrid between a monumental eco-catalytic converter and a research facility for atmospheric harvesting. The proposed design suggests a re-purposing of the Skeleton Tower into an Eco-Skyscraper that neutralizes airborne dirt particles and reduces the level of air pollution in the city.

W3.2: School at Skwerowa street: re-design, re-define and re-use WORKSHOP Leaders: Thomas Kauertz (Germany), Kinga Racoń-Leja (Poland), and Eliza Szczerek (Austria). WORKSHOP Team: Karolina Batog, Monika Chrapczyńska, Anna Franczyk, and Magdalena Kaczor. W3.2: School at Skwerowa street: re-design, re-define and reuse The goal of this workshop was to develop ideas for the re-design of an existing gymnasium. The program was re-defined to infuse a kindergarten alongside a gymnasium. The new re-use of spaces would be energized with the inclusion of green spaces in and around the existing facility and adapting it to the green belt along the river’s edge. The objective was to reinstate characteristics of the origins of an educational institution where doors were open to experimentation, which would have a positive impact on the final output and performance of the students.

The workshop was inspired by the Rural Studio in Alabama, which he established, and how students learn to design and help local communities by designing and building hands-on. So, the workshop aimed to ‘import’ the Rural Studio spirit of education to Krakow and engage in both a design challenge and a hands-on project for the local community. The chosen site was the backyard of a charity day-center called SALTROM. The group wanted to leave its positive footprint to the community after the end of the workshop. The scope of the proposed workshop project was to divide up the time as 20% in studio brainstorming and draft designing, and 80% in situ interviewing and meeting the community and doing hands-on work. The work will include cleaning walls, repairing existing plaster, re-painting, building street furniture out of wood and salvaged materials, and focusing and responding to the actual needs of the community. The group took into account a small budget for materials and tools, although most came from re-use and recycling.

W3.3: Design Mission WORKSHOP Leaders: Maciej Jagielak (Poland), and Franciszka Jagielak (Poland). WORKSHOP Team: Serap Beynal, Justyna Buczkowska, Oksana Dufeniuk, Agnieszka Jurczak, Konrad Jurek, Johanna Neumann, Mitchel van Ostaijen, Aleksandra Płaczek, Joanna Ryś, and Rick de Vries. W3.3: Design Mission Samuel Mockbee used to say that “Architecture is a social art”. 39

ECOWEEK 2013 Projects in Istanbul, Turkey

Crossing the Bridge Between Tradition and Vision

In November 18-22, 2013 ECOWEEK took place for the first time in Istanbul, Turkey, hosted and organized by the Mimar Sinan University team of faculty and students that included Prof. Sema Ergonul, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Guzin Konuk, Selin Gundes, Selda Karaosman, Imre Ozbek Eren, Inci Olgun, Umit Arpacioglu, Merve Ozyurt, Aylin Ayna, Mehtap Leyla Turanalp and Adem Erdem Erbas. With 25 workshops of diverse themes addressing challenges in the city and the urban space, the event keynote speakers and workshop leaders included Ray Green (Australia), Pippo Ciorra and Paolo Brescia (Italy), Abram de Boer (Holland), Ulf Meyer (Germany), Thomas Doxiadis (Greece), and Duygu Erten (Turkey).

W7: Εcorridors Istanbul WORKSHOP Leaders: Feride Ohal (Turkey), Sinan Izgi (Turkey), Serhat Basdogan (Turkey) and Alexander van der Meer (Holland). WORKSHOP Team: Azat Akmuradov, Eda Aytekin, Begüm Eneren, Simay Ezer, Ayşe Nisa Kılıç, Ayşegül Kutlu, Timuçin Kaan Manço, Canan Oduncu, Özge Tekçe, and Yağmur Tansu Uğurel. W7: Ecorridors Istanbul The workshop group focused on the Kabatas Karakoy areas and identified 3 aspects of urban space: pedistrian paths, traffic roads and green axes. The premise of the workshop was that all the living organisms need adequate space to live in. When cities are planned and develop they also have to consider about how to allow open space for living organisms. In most cases, urban sprawl takes over open green space, fragmenting the continuity of open spaces. İt is not necessary to choose ‘either or’ since it is possible to have ‘both and’ forms living together: the urban fabric of the city and open nature. The workshop proposal is to create eco-bridge with the urban city fabric, which connect the different sides of habitat. 40

W23: Green Model Green Future WORKSHOP Leaders: Umit Arpacioglu (Turkey) and Dogukan Erdogan (Turkey). WORKSHOP Team: Ozlem Altuntas, Aysenur Bas, Muge Baysal, Derya Ciftnamli, Hasan Emre Eken, Umit Can Gok, Sila Kanyar, Hazel Kazkayasi, Tugce Nur Koyuncu, Demet Oksuz, Ezgi Polat, Hilal Sahin, Ceyda Seh, Hulja Seh, and Kevser Yuzuguldu. W23: Green Model Green Future The workshop focused on Tongurlar village of adobe houses, aiming to provide new ideas for protection and renovation projects of traditional villages. It was further developed and turned into the exhibition ‘Central Anatolia Adobe Architecture Research Exhibition’. Traditional architecture in many regions of Turkey face big risks as a result of the present rapidly changing and evolving transportation network. Increasing accessibility to currently inaccessible regions, may lead to the loss of valuable heritage which, due to its inaccessible location, is today on the sidelines.The workshop looked at a specific village aiming to develop principles for possible development that can apply to other similar villages. These principles included: transformation of existing buildings for new uses; addition of new modules providing more spaces, and offering alternatives for ecotourism. The workshop proposal focused on a one-hundred-old adobe vacant house to be reused in two possible scenarios: workshop area and weekend house, providing contemporary living and comfort conditions.

W25: Bridging Polarities in the City of Bridges

W27: Integrating Social Spaces at Beyoglu

WORKSHOP Leaders: Ebru Erbaş Gürler (Turkey) and Thomas Doxiadis (Greece).

WORKSHOP Leaders: Ozlem Unver (Turkey), Simge Ozdal Oktay (Turkey), and Abram de Boer (Holland).

WORKSHOP Team: Selin Arslan, Papatya Bostancı, Julie Brun, Melda Can, Mattia Giandomenici, Dimitra Grigoriou, Irem Karadeniz, Diellza Kolgeci, Antigoni Lampadiari, Julie Lavayssiere, Berk Alp Özdemir, Julian Seyda, Despoina Siamanti, Theodora Spathi, Katharina Süraka, and Doğa Duygu Uslu. W25: Bridging Polarities in the City of Bridges The workshop focused on Goksu area, with historic sites – such as the Anatolian fortress – an old factory, upscale housing and squatters’ housing. The workshop aimed to address antithetical conditions, viewpoints and needs, such as the urban and the rural, the manmade and the natural, the static and the dynamic, where all come together in cities, successfully or unsuccessfully. In Istanbul, in particular, the land and the sea, Europe and Asia come together, making this an eternal city of bridges. How landscapes should be designed to link such polarities in a sustainable way, both practically and symbolically? The workshop focused on ‘bridging between the present and a sustainable future’. By identifying polarities such as social and economic, place and non-place, ecological and safety, the workshop proposed bridging the different social and economic groups, creating eco-corridors to connect between urban and natural, providing eco-awareness, and using existing buildings – for example an existing abandoned factory – into an open market, and proposed storm water control systems based on small-scale economical and more natural systems.

WORKSHOP Team: Muge Akgunes, Emine Atalay, Merve Azgin, Burcu Balci, Seyma Dugan, Aslihan Hasancebi, Hazal Naz Karamanoglu, Duygu Kocer, Demet Kolay, Selen Payli, Sule Tekkol, Cansev Rakipsiz, Dilan Saray, and Elif Tezel. W27: Integrating Social Spaces at Beyoglu The workshop worked on the Beyoğlu, a district located on the European side of İstanbul, separated from the old city by the Golden Horn. The district encompasses other neighborhoods located north of the Golden Horn, including Galata (the medieval Genoese citadel), Tophane, Cihangir, Şişhane, Tepebaşı, Tarlabaşı, Dolapdere and Kasımpaşa, and is connected to the old city center across the Golden Horn through the Galata Bridge, Atatürk Bridge and Golden Horn. Parallel to İstiklal Avenue runs Tarlabaşı Caddesi Boulevard, which carries most of the traffic through the area. The streets on either side of this road contain historic buildings and churches. The once cosmopolitan areas surrounding them have deteriorated. Beyoğlu is the most active art, entertainment and nightlife center of Istanbul, and the site of three big parks. The workshop studied the relationships between green system, traffic systems and the built area, and came up with a ‘master plan’ for the area, proposing new green spaces, new green roofs and facades, a new tram line, ands new trees to line up existing urban axes.

ECOWEEK 2014 Projects in London, UK

On September 14-21, 2014 ECOWEEK took place for the first time in London, UK, hosted by the global consulting firm ARUP at their headquarters on Fitzroy Street and coordinated by ECOWEEK Associate architect Magdalena Malska. The event included 10 workshops of diverse themes addressing challenges within historic buildings, the city and the urban space, and enhanced by keynote lectures and headed by workshop leaders among them Chris Doray (Canada), Thomas Kauertz and Anja Markwart (Germany), Oliver Schneider (UK), Braha Kunda (Israel), Raffaella Colombo (Italy), and Martijn Schildkamp (Holland). The week opened with a sketching session in the city guided by ECOWEEK Chairman architect Elias Messinas.

W1: Urban Street Furniture Made of Newspapers WORKSHOP Leaders: Thomas Kauertz (Germany), Anja Markwart (Germany), and Magdalena Malska (Poland). WORKSHOP Team: Magdalena Bajolek, Antonina Bukowska, Karolina Czekaj, Ece Fettahoglu, Katarzyna Galcak, Katarzyna Misiarz, Katharina Rolfs, Elisa Santinelli, Nazli Sozer, and Marta Szpunar. W1: Urban Street Furniture Made of Newspapers The workshop focused on the design and construction of a small architectural object make of used newspapers. The students explored the possibilities and the limits of using paper for construction, with minimal joints yet with durable characteristics. The workshop proposed and built a street furniture – a street bench - in the public urban space. Workshop leaders Thomas Kauertz and Anja Markwart have extensive experience in similar constructions, having already completed paper bridges and a paper boat competition.The street furniture was built and installed successfully in situ in London, despite heavy rain that make the endeavor even more challenging. 42

W8: Eco Pop-Up WORKSHOP Leaders: Braha Kunda (Israel), and M. Leyla Turanalp (Turkey). WORKSHOP Team: Benjamin Brakspear, Fortuna D’Angelo, Despoina Kouinoglou, Doga Gizem Memis, Vick Carrillo Mullo, Federica Sodano, and Eren Eylul Yapici. W8: Eco Pop-Up This workshop focused on developing a community-based, contextual, human-centered design in Fitzovia Square which was titled ‘eco pop-up’.The group made a mapping of urban conditions and identified the lack of basic amenities in the urban space – such as seating for lunchtime, lack of green spaces, lack of playground areas for children, and traffic in certain areas. The workshop proposed a new structure to support greening the rooftops and creating places for social interaction, pop-up gardens within the city fabric, and living gardens in building corners, that allow for protected seating area and social interaction.

W3: International Lutheran Students Center WORKSHOP Leaders: Oliver Schneider (Architect, UK), Maria Tsemani (Architect, UK), and Olga Koumaditou (Architect, UK). WORKSHOP Team: REDEVELOPMENT: Ifigeneia Dilaveraki, Nadezda Leonova, and Karolina Rachwal. REFERBUSHMENT: Lena Bardusch, Jacqueline Prescher, Katharina Sack, and Simona Tannino. IMPROVEMENT: Yagmur Kaptan, Isabela Meiwa, Berk Ozata, and Bengisu Uygur. W3: International Lutheran Students Center The workshop group split into three sub-groups and worked closely with the International Lutheran Student Center – which also offered hospitality to the groups – and envisioned interventions that would be integrated in the planned renovation of the center. The group envisioned a way to generate income for the center by proposing to open up some rooms, redesign and relocate some existing functions, and make certain areas of the building accessible to the public. The team addressed all floors of the building, including basement, ground floor and first floor, where the dormitories are located, and the open courtyard in the heart of the building.

ECOWEEK 2014 Projects in Prishtina, Kosovo

On October 12-19, 2014 ECOWEEK took place for the first time in Pristhina, Kosovo hosted at the Modelarium of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Prishtina ‘Hasan Prishtina’. It was initiated and organized by architect Argjira Krasniqi (ECOCIETY). With keynote speakers Architect Hélène-Françoise Jourda (France) and Rusty Smith of the Rural Studio (USA), speakers and workshop leaders included Maciej Siuda (Poland), Michiel Smits and Gie Steenput (Holland), Thomas Doxiadis (Greece), Marialuisa Palumbo (Italy) and Gezim Pacarizi (Kosovo). The workshop included work on the relationship between cars and pedestrians, installations in public sites, and experimentation in bamboo. The week opened with a sketching session in the city guided by ECOWEEK Chairman architect Elias Messinas.

on the site.The group identified a ‘void’ in the area, as the National Library divides the campus into two areas.There, in an abandoned paved area the group suggested a small spatial intervention for ‘placemaking’ – an hexagonal bench built of wood and rope - to engage passers-by, break their daily routine and add an element of curiosity and fun.

W5: Dream Chasers WORKSHOP Leaders: Michiel Smits (Architect, Avans University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands) and Gie Steenput (Architect, Avans University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands).

W3: Woodstuck at the National Library Campus

WORKSHOP Team: Shqipdon Arifi, Agon Elezi, Liridona Gashi, Mirlinda Maliqi, Trina Metushi, Yllka Paçarrizi, Arianisa Shehu, and Arbëri Tasholli.

WORKSHOP Leaders: Ardita Byci-Jakupi (Kosovo), Maša Cvetko (Kosovo), Zala Velkavrh (Kosovo), and Besnik Dervishi (Kosovo).

W5: Dream Chasers: The Plato of ‘Kurriz’ The workshop investigated the possibilities of lightweight bamboo structures, based on a course on ‘building with bamboo’ at Avans University of Applied Sciences. The group learned the basics on forming geometric designs using bamboo sticks, and then engaged in full scale construction of bamboo forms for the plateau of Kurriz. During the workshop, the team was joined by students and the local community, who were very excited to be part of the process of constructing something new in their neighborhood. The construction enlivened the existing context, broke its monotony, and – more important - exposed the local residents to potential of re-claiming public domain and how they can develop the skills and capacity to do so on their own.

WORKSHOP Team: Tipp Bongers, Denis Dalladaku, Nina van Geffen, Arta Ibrahimi, Bora Kelmendi, Rina Merovci, Mirjeta Morina, Rina Rama, Mirjeta Simitciu, Albesa Vrellaku, and Art Zymberi. W3: Woodstuck at the National Library Campus The workshop group focused on the site of the National Library, located at the University of Prishtina campus in the heart of Prishtina. As one of the most frequently visited areas in the city, this public space serves as the main communication point between several parts of the city. Even though the site is planned according to the city plan, as a public space it is still not utilized to its full potential. The goal of the workshop was to discover the issues experienced on a daily basis by the visitors in the area and how they can be addressed and fixed.The group studied the movement patterns on the site, the informal paths, seating, lightning, trash bins and - more specifically - the lack of those elements, the buildings 44

Prishtina by Elias Messinas

W7: The Building of Thermokos WORKSHOP Leaders: Ideal Vejsa, Albulena Robelli (Italy), Besjan Kryeziu, Drin Dushi, Genc Buca and Rrezon Sopi (Kosovo). WORKSHOP Team: Lorenc Basho, Egzon Desku, Fiona Driza, Senad Jamini, Elina Manushi, Bernard Nushi, Lisiena Shazivari, and Rina Zogjani. W7: The Building of Thermokos The workshop focused on the Termokos building, an abandoned pre-fabricated concrete building, located in the outskirts of Prishtina, in a developing area, on the intersection between the Dardania neighborhood, Emshir, the bus station and Dardania primary school. The form of the building is almost triangular, next to a highway and a very busy pedestrian path. The adaptation and reuse of the Thermokos building - lacking windows and a roof – required careful evaluation of what the neighborhood needs and what the building can offer. The group decided to propose a temporary – and immediate – use for the building, until a more permanent use has been decided. The proposal consisted of the following solutions: (a) ‘A bird’s nest’ – to provide housing in inhabitable wooden capsules. (b) ‘The Spirit of Solidarity’ – to create a place to enable religious life, with a mosque, church and a meeting place under the same roof. (c) Skate Park – to convert the building into a sports complex, to connect to sports fields nearby, to serve the Dardania school. (d) ‘The Temple of Dardania’ – to use the building as a ‘temple’ and botanic garden that provides a green ‘breathing lung’ for the inhabitants of the neighborhood. The proposals were presented in the form of an exhibition inside the building, to share the ideas with the local community.

ECOWEEK 2015 Projects in Istanbul, Turkey

Hosted for the first time by Yeditepe University, ECOWEEK took place for a second time in Istanbul on April 19-25, 2015, initiated and coordinated by architecture students Doga Gizem Memis and Melih Can Alan. It was hosted at the Yapi-Endustri Merkezi, Yeditepe University and Studio-X in Istanbul. Among the keynote speakers were architect Anna Heringer (Switzerland), architect Marco Navarra (Spain) and designer Elisabetta Terragni (USA), and speakers and workshop leaders included landscape architect Silvia Lupini (Italy), Rusen Aktas (Turkey), PATTU (Turkey), architect Johannes Peter Steidl (Liechtenstein), and architects Arman Akdogan and Alexander Sherdlov (The Netherlands) addressing diverse themes in the historic city of Istanbul.

W7: Re-cycling in Istanbul WORKSHOP Leaders: Emanuele Marcotullio (Architect, Italy) with tutor Emre Alp Sahin (Architect, Turkey). WORKSHOP Team: Chiara Corradetti, Teresa D’Ascenzo, Federica Gattafoni, Safa Hilmi Aktas, Nazli Yilmaz, and Onur Unlu. W7: Re-cycling as a Sophisticated and Uncanny Expressive Research Form Based on Kadikoy Harbour, the workshop departed from the premise of Architecture as a recyclable material. Re-cycling, today, is not just an economically, politically and anthropologically correct, but also one of the most sophisticated and uncanny expressive research forms used by contemporary architects. As the mechanism that transforms a functional reuse into a creative act, a functional device into the genesis of a multi-layered architectural work, the workshop engaged in mapping the site, and then recovered spaces by addressing overtaking city limits, ensuring different activities and experiences and creating minimum spaces for maximum city.

W9: Urban Archaeology WORKSHOP Leaders: Arman Akdogan (Architect, IND,The Netherlands) and Alexander Sherdlov (Architect, SVESMI, The Netherlands). WORKSHOP Team: Funda Akbilek, Gozde Hammaz, Isil Ince, Merve Kirkesoglu, Zeliha Ozgecan Kucuk, and Kardelen Tekci. W9: Urban Archaeology The workshop focused on mapping the center of Goztepe, a place lacking collective plan and collective space, to reveal multiple layers of history colliding together in one space, with a bazaar, a mosque, and an abandoned train station in the center of the area. The challenge was to see urban renewal as an opportunity to produce new unexpected qualities in the urban fabric. The workshop engaged into dialogue with the community, and heard their own opinion about keeping the memories of the place. Their strategy included revealing and bringing into play valuable historical elements, uniting smaller plots to form a more integrated vision of the area, and create new public spaces with public uses around them.

W10: Recycling Blank Façades WORKSHOP Leaders: Akos Hutter (Architect, Hungary) and Zeynep Halu (Architect, Turkey). WORKSHOP Team: Beril Caka, Aslihan Cigerci, Bahar Dikensak, Cansu Inandim, Senem Kartal, Cemal Umut Kilic, and Nilay Ozkan. W10: Recycling Blank Facades for the Vulnerable In the urban environment, one can see some blank façades. Even though there are some attempts to enhance them, these are mostly two dimensional artistic creations. In the urban environment, once will also find vulnerable beings - cats and dogs, children, homeless people. Could these walls inhabit/host a space for these vulnerable beings and function as a shelter? The workshop mapped the blank facades in Yeldegirmeni and identified potential users of these facades. Then proposed solutions using recycled materials.

ECOWEEK 2015 Projects in Prishtina, Kosovo Glocal Architecture

Hosted for the second time in Prishtina, Kosovo, ECOWEEK took place on September 28 to October 3 at the Modelarium of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Prishtina ‘Hasan Prishtina’. It was organized by architect Argjira Kraniqi (ECOCIETY) and a team of dedicated volunteers. With keynote speakers and workshop leaders architect Jean Robert Mazaud (SPACE, France), architect Gezim Pacarizi (Kosovo), architect Nicola Delon (Encore Heureux, France), artist Miran Mohar (Slovenia), architect Artan Raca (Albania), artist Margot Clerc (France), architect Valentina Tahirsylaj (Netherlands), architect Rozafa Basha (Kosovo), architect and artist Jetik Doli (Kosovo), graphic artist Taulant Qerkini (Kosovo), and landscape architect Despoina Kouinoglou (ECOWEEK, Greece). The workshop included a variety of sites and scales, from conceptual projects, to actual proposals for the entrance pavilion to Germia park, to hands-on interventions in the University of Prishtina campus using recycled and reclaimed materials.

W1: Design an Ecological House in Kosovo WORKSHOP Leaders: Gezim Pacarizi (Architect, POLITBYRO, Kosovo), Brixhita Deda (Architect, Kosovo), and Arnisa Kryeziu (Architect, Kosovo). WORKSHOP Team: Art Zymberi, Dren Begolli, Ibrahim Beqiri, Emira Haxhikadrija, Egzon Islami, Fjolla Januzi, Jeton Haxhimustafa, Tauran Kuqi, Korab Mahmuti, Genita Salihaj, Vlerim Sojeva, and Amir Zejnullahu. W1: Design an Ecological House in Kosovo The workshop group was assigned a specific site in Lagja e Muhaxhereve close to the center of Prishtina, Kosovo, exact programmatic requirements for the extended family of 6 and their needs, and were asked to design a house with its own identity, expressed through form and adaptation to the local context, and to take into consideration the local micro-climate and environmental conditions, and to use local materials. 48

The students studied various scenarios, visited environmentallyconsciously designed houses and gained valuable professional experience for their future development as architects in Kosovo.

W2: Prishtina: The Poetic City WORKSHOP Leaders: Fitore Isufi/Koja (Artist, Kosovo), Ajhan Bajmaku (Artist, Turkey), and Miran Mohar (Artist, Slovenia). WORKSHOP Team: Donat Aga, Urate Ahmetaj, Merita Asllani, Drilona Hyseni, Drita Laura Hyseni, Arta Ibrahimi, Nermina Lama, Melisa Syla, Hana Malazogu, Greta Shehu, and Zexhina Shehu. W2: Prishtina: The Poetic City of Impossible Combinations The topic of the workshop was the city of Prishtina, its urban and architectural conditions. Despite numerous problems, the workshop focused on identifying positive aspects of the process of urbanization, where many forces and interests meet in a dramatic crash. The workshop took a pro-active approach, making the students themselves the agents of change. They determined their role through ‘activism’ in the city, by stopping traffic for several minutes in a pedestrian crossing in the center of Prishtina, experiencing an act of re-claiming public space for pedestrians, dominated today by parked cars on sidewalks and any available open space. The workshop documented random valuable proposals, hidden by ‘chaotic ugliness’, and addressed the role of the city residents in determining the informality of architecture and the needs of the city.

W5: UP-Cycling Campus WORKSHOP Leaders: Elias Messinas (Architect, ECOWEEK), Teuta Jashari-Kajtazi (Architect, Kosovo), and Elizabeta Poljoska (Architect, FYROM). WORKSHOP Team: Dren Ahmeti, Dhurata Avdiu, Diellzë Bucaliu, Arbnore Cakaj, Vjosë Cakolli, Art Emini, Anila Ferati, Donika Hajdari, Edison Heta, Valmira Hoxha, Krejonë Kastrati, Mirlinda Maliqi, Agnesa Morina, Artan Morina, Gresa Morina, Rexhie Mushica, Edona Paçarizi, Yllka Pllana, Erza Raskova, Florian Shala, Besart Ymeri, Kaltrinë Ymeri, Blerina Zhitija, Diellzë Zogaj, and Errita Zuna, W5: UP-Cycling Campus: Design and Build Small Structures The workshop focused on interventions within the campus of the Faculty of Architecture, University of Prishtina. On one hand, this was a place students see every day and therefore not so likely to ‘inspire’ them; on the other hand, being a place they saw every day, they knew the place well, and were able to quickly identify its needs and to find solutions. Further, being a place they spend most of their time, they had a vested interest in making the place inviting and comfortable. The group worked together to generate ideas and to find design solutions for each one of the chosen locations in the campus.Then the group split into sub-groups, went out to find materials, and each started constructing a different location: a bicycle parking – made of used tires, a get-together swing - made of empty crates, paths – made of bottles and salvaged wood, and an outdoor seating area made of salvaged wooden pallets, re-used tires and shading – made of chains and string. Upon completion of their separate tasks, the group merged again to enjoy the new installations, as university workers and students from the adjacent public school joined them in sitting and socializing – at last – outdoors on a sunny October day.

ECOWEEK 2015 Projects in Thessaloniki, Greece Sustainability in Public Space

After a long break, ECOWEEK took place again in Thessaloniki, Greece on November 1-7, initiated and coordinated by landscape architecture graduate student Despoina Kouinoglou, and made possible thanks to a team of dedicated volunteers. ECOWEEK was hosted at AKTO Art and Design College and took place under the auspices of the City of Thessaloniki, TEE-TKM and AUTH Architecture Department. Keynote speakers and workshop leaders included architect Einar Jarmund (Norway), architects Michiel Smits and Gie Steenput (Netherlands), architect Thomas Kauertz and engineer Anja Markwart (Germany), award-winning architects Prodromos Nikiforidis and Bernard Cuomo (Greece), architect Johannes Peter Steidl (Lichtenstein/Germany), Martijn Schildkamp (Netherlands), landscape architect Natalia Pantelidou (Greece/Denmark), Urban Soul Project, UbuPlan, KARD, and SPARCH (Greece).The week opened with a sketching session and tour of the city coordinated by ECOWEEK Chairman architect Elias Messinas. The workshops addressed the design upgrade of a public school, urban planning, construction with newspapers and wood, developing a new product based on nanotechnology, hands-on workshops using recycled and reclaimed materials, and addressing the needs of refugee camps and homeless people.

W1: Wood WORKSHOP Leaders: Einar Jarmund (Architect, Norway). WORKSHOP Team: TRANSPARENT VIEWS: Federico Magenes, Mado Milosi, and Kyriakos Papadopoulos; TREE PAVILION: Panagoula Beltsou, Angeliki Chalkia, and Anastasia Papathoma; URBAN CORRIDOR: Margarita Kyanidou and Antonis Sontras; MOVEMENT: Panayiota Kyriakou and Christina Skitsa; and WAVE FRAME: Kai Kattge, Eirini Koutsoumani, and Danae Petrou. W1: Wood: Urban Corridor A small wooden pavilion in Aristotelous square by the sea front, in the form of an urban corridor. The pavilion is a simple gesture that defines movement in the space of the square, and provides 50

three simple qualities: rest, view and protection from the sun. The form is a poetic reminder of motion, change, a reminder of the waves of the sea.

W9: The Art of Upcycling WORKSHOP Leaders: Martijn Schildkamp (Smart Shelter Research, Netherlands) WORKSHOP Team: PAPER TUBES: Manos Bestas, Aristeidis Moutafidis, and Robert Piecha; FISHING NETS: Theodora Papidi, Alexandra Sounidi, and Carola Wageringel; CARDBOARD: Stephanie Franke, Janina von Korff, and Elisavet Parisi; COFEE LIDS: Ioanna Moysidou and Aikaterini Georgia Touska; PLASTIC BAGS: Alexandra Dima and Artemis Kyriakou; BOTTLE CAPS: Eleftheria Porfyriadi and Konstatinos Tzerniadakis; FOOD STICKS: Rafaela Logkari, Christos Trompoukis, and Flora Maria Vletsi. W9: The Art of Upcycling: Making Art, Products and Structures with Waste Materials The workshop explored the possibilities of reusing banal materials which we usually disregard after a brief use. The group split into sub-groups, each one focusing on a different material.The aim was to make a usable product, to build an arch or a tower, but not use any glue and tape.

W11: Discovering the Unknown City WORKSHOP Leaders: Anastasia Papadopoulou and Vanessa Tsakalidou (40.22 Architects, Greece) with the collaboration of Pantelis Petridis (Architect, Greece) and Georgios Vlachodimos (assistant). WORKSHOP Team: Eleni Antoniadou, Athina Athiana, Maria-Eleni Karavioti, Lydia Kontozoglou, Maria Papakostantinou, Georgia Petri, Martha Seitanidou, Areti Tsagkouri, Anastasia Voutsa, and Christina Zafiriou-Hatzikiriakou. W11: Discovering the Unknown City: Akalyptos at Ippodromiou Street Akalyptos in Greek means the space which remains unbuilt in a building plot. It has an irregular shape, has no access to the city or the surrounding properties, and as a result it assumes no particular use. The workshop focused on the historic context of Thessaloniki, at Ippodromiou street, an area of mainly residential buildings, with shops at street level. The akalyptos chosed is a linear space with a central core and two secondary areas on either side. It has two possible entries from Ippodromiou street and two possible access points at two churches, St. Antonios and St. Konstantinos, at the edges. The site lies neglected with garbage and wild vegetation. The proposal was to transform the akalyptos into a small park, with flexible uses, eco-friendly materials, such as wood, gravel, soil for the common spaces, and reclaimed metal meshes, and vegetation - trees, bushes and mosses (ailanthus altissima, cercis siliquastrum, buxus sempervirens, mahonia aquifolium, delphinium ajacis, and portulaca grandiflora).

ECOWEEK 2016 Projects in Ag. Nikolaos, Greece Public Space & Tourism in One Planet

On July 3-10 ECOWEEK took place in the historic island of Crete. In partnership with the Municipality of Ag. Nikolaos, G&A Mamidakis Foundation, BlueGr Hotels and Resorts, Lasithi Prefecture, and LoveGreece.com, and with BioRegional (UK) as the sustainability partner, ECOWEEK organized a one-week festival to engage tourists, businesses and the local community. Keynote speakers and workshop leaders included designer Chris Doray (Canada), environmentalist Benjamin Gill (UK/Greece), Orizzontale (Italy), Jorge Martin (Marko&Placemakers, UK), Galia Hanoch Roe (Society for Protection of Nature, Israel), EUZEN Architects (Greece), architect Thanos Stasinopoulos (Turkey), lighting designer Eleftheria Deko (Greece), architect Panos Parthenios (Technical University of Crete, Greece), local eco-building experts Kristell VanHove (LIMNI, Crete) Yiorgos Sakellaris (Natural Building of Creta, Crete), and Yiorgos Ritsakis (Archanes, Crete), nanotechnology expert Prof. George Kyriakidis (Univeristy of Crete), and local composter inventor Manolis Papadimitropoulos. The week opened with a sketching session and walking tour of the city headed by ECOWEEK Chairman architect Elias Messinas. The workshops addressed specific locations in the city, carefully chosen in coordination with the municipality, to generate renewal and placemaking in the city and to engage tourists and the local community in a discourse on sustainability, recycling of materials, public space and sustainable tourism.

W1: Pag[adds] in City Hall Park WORKSHOP Leaders: Nasrin Mohiti Asli and Margherita Manfra (Orizzontale, Italy). WORKSHOP Team: Antonia Apostolakis, Eugenia Efthimiadou, Maria Kriou, Elli Ntaountaki, Eirini Syka, Sophia Tsiteli and Andreana Ephimia Tzeka. W1: Pag[adds] = Pagkatch (park seat in local accent) The City Hall park, in proximity to the City Hall, although adjacent to shops, cafes, houses, office buildings and a hotel, it remains unused most of the time. The team set the objective to give an 52

identity to the park, so that the local community – passers-by, neighbors and tourists - will use it.The group approached the local community to identify their needs, and to learn from them, how they like to use public space. Shortly after the team completed their work, passers-by – and especially children – explored the new seating in creative ways.

W4: Reviewing the Green School WORKSHOP Leaders: Elias Messinas (Architect, ECOAMA / ECOWEEK), Galia Hanoch Roe (Landscape Architect, Environmental Protection Society, Israel), with the cooperation of Thanos Stasinopoulos (Architect, Turkey). WORKSHOP Team: Anna Bampaitou, Zaklyn Maroukian, Calliope Dokolianidou, Eda Kale, Suna Irem Oker, Foteini-Ioanna Tsoumpou-Andriopoulou, Stavros Avramakis, Michail Gounalakis, Evangelos Papadakis and Georgia Tzanopoulou. WORKSHOP Materials: The interventions were made possible thanks to the generous offer of materials and tools by Bluegr Hotels and Resorts, Ch. Iosifelis SA, Tsagkarakis, and PLEKTAM SA. W4: Reviewing the Green School The site was the 3rd elementary public school. The group focused on four areas: (a) A waiting area next to the main entrance. (b) Seating in shaded areas in the front yard. (c) Upgrade of the abandoned internal court, and revive the abandoned herb garden in the backyard.The design process started two interactive workshops, one with schoolchildren at the Children’s Festival in June, and the second with parents, schoolchildren and teachers in July. Following the ‘Smaller, Quicker, and Cheaper’ approach the group created spaces (placemaking), and involved and empowered parents, teachers and schoolchildren in the making. Assisted by skilled workers and with materials donated by local hotels, the

team transformed the spaces, and the general atmosphere: parents, teachers and pupils continued upgrading the school after the ECOWEEK workshop was over.

WORKSHOP Team: Chara Aidoni, Antigoni Ioannou, Areti Kotsoni, Maria Pachniotou, Dimitra Papadami, Konstantina Perivolari, Alexandra Psimada and Zissis Vomvas.

W5: Bioclimatic Courtyard

W6: Environmental Interiorities The team worked in the alleys and steps of downtown, focusing on the visitor experience on noise pollution, light and shading, moisture and carbon emissions. The group proposed two structures, which would improve conditions for these sites, providing framed views, sitting places, flexible gardens, and structures to filter noise and create harmony in the space.

WORKSHOP Leaders: Dora Kyriafini and Foteini Lymperiadou (euZen Architecture, Greece). With the participation of Nikos Protogeros (computer simulations) and Benjamin Gill (One Planet Living guidelines). WORKSHOP Team: Stefania Adamaki, Androniki Cheimonaki, Antigoni Drosouni, Konstantina Photopoulou, Georgia Pantidou, Evangelia Siskaki, Christina Sophiou, and Magdalini Stiakaki Tzavla. W5: Bioclimatic Courtyard The challenge was to upgrade the courtyard of the 5th elementary public school. Starting with meetings with parents and teachers, and a workshop where pupils the group formulated their design brief: students spending all day in a bare concrete yard without shading or places to play, they wished for trees and shading. The design was for a low-cost conversion of the yard into a green oasis, replacing concrete with earth and shrub, and planting local trees, and evergreen bushes. The design also reduced ground temperatures in the summer, as simulations showed, dropping energy use by 7%. The Municipality enthusiastically decided to implement the proposal with the support of local businesses.

W7: LIMNI Site WORKSHOP Leaders: Kristell VanHove and Andreas Gorani (LIMNI, Greece). WORKSHOP Team: Constantina Boumpoulaki, Paraskevi Landou, Anastasia Naki, Michail Nikoloudakis and Iliana Pediaditi. W7: LIMNI Site In a site of natural beauty that hosts agro tourist activities, the group constructed an external oven and an outdoor seating area, using natural materials - earth, clay, straw, wood and stone - and local construction techniques.

W6: Environmental Interiorities WORKSHOP Leaders: Panos Parthenios and Anna Karagianni (Digital Media Lab, Technical University of Crete, Greece). With the participation of Nikoletta Chatzopoulou (sound), Nikos Bolanakis (Arduino), Thomas Pouliassis and George Hatzidakis (recording). 53

ECOWEEK 2016 Projects in Israel Placemaking in One Planet

On September 18-23 ECOWEEK organized a series of workshops in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv area, in collaboration with Holon Institute of Technology, Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem Municipality, the Jerusalem Development Authority, Beit Hansen, Dizengoff Center, the Jerusalem Urban Design Center, and the Urban Center of Bat Yam, and with BioRegional (UK) as the sustainability partner. With the participation of architect Thomas Kauertz (HAWK, Germany), Orly Ronen (Israel), and Avirama Golan (Israel), the workshops addressed specific sites which the local partners aimed to generate ideas for further development. Projects included the Prokupine shelter at the Rose Garden and soft interventions at the Sun Grove in Jerusalem, an infographics campaign on environmental awareness in central shopping mall in Tel Aviv, and program formulation for the rehabilitation of the iconic former City Hall of Bat Yam.

W4: Sun Grove Jerusalem WORKSHOP Leaders: Architect Thomas Kauertz and engineer Anja Markwart (HAWK, Germany), architect Elias Messinas (ECOAMA/ECOWEEK), and Ishai Hanoon (Landscape Architect, Israel).

WORKSHOP Team: Sofia Mahajna, Denis Oldenburger, Julia Stachowiak, and AnnaLena Schmidt. W4: Sun Grove Jerusalem The Sun Grove is a natural reserve in the city center of Jerusalem. Surrounded by the upscale neighborhood of the German Colony with historic buildings, it is heavily used by local residents and the students of the adjacent public and private schools. The team met with the local community and was briefed on previous design attempts. The aim of the workshop was to upgrade the site and preserve its special character, by focusing on the perimeter – entrances, edges - and proposing soft interventions using natural materials and an environmentally-conscious management of rainwater on the site. The proposal was approved for further development and implementation.

W5: Dizengoff Center WORKSHOP Leaders: Designer Ilan Goldstein (Israel) and Designer Roni Levit (Israel).

WORKSHOP Team: TEAM A: Yarden Brouck, Dana Crishan, Dana Meir, Timna Segenreich, and Yaniv Trabelsi. TEAM B: Anat Aharonson, Daphna Dubin, Naama Krumer, Nir Libman, and Hila Reubens. W5: Dizengoff Center The two teams engaged in awareness-raising campaign within the Dizengoff Center shopping mall. With simple acts they aimed to engage the shopping community in environmental issues in the urban environment, and environmental initiatives by the mall management – such as hydroponic farming and beehives on the roof, sheltering bat population in the basement, recycling initiatives, and more.

W6: Time-Place Processor WORKSHOP Leaders: Architect Braha Kunda (Israel) and Designer Yair Engel (Israel) with consultants writer Avirama Golan, architectural archive director Zvi Elhayani, and restoration architect Amnon Bar Or. WORKSHOP Team: Tamuz Goldman, Shirly Meir, Bar Malka, Aviv Mussay, Rotem Bachar, Anastasia Kud, Tslil Stendel-Haim, and Faizy Khoury. W6: Time-Place Processor The team focused on the rehabilitation of the Bat Yam City Hall, a brutalist architectural icon, which upon moving the municipal offices is vacant for new functions. The workshop studied the existing building, the needs of the local community, and proposed a program and initial design strategy, which would make the building an integral magnet for the city for a diverse audience. Proposed new uses included housing a national architectural archive, a visitors’ center, commercial space and outdoor facilities, integrating renewable energy and passive solar design strategies.The proposal formed the basis for further development for the project.

ECOWEEK 2016 Projects in Bucharest, Romania Properly Bucharest

ECOWEEK in Bucharest was initiated by architects Radu and Laura Negulescu with an ECOWEEK Genius partner event to the 92Y ‘7 Days of Genius’ in March 2016. The discussion initiated on March was further developed into a one-week event on October 23-29 focusing on outdoor spaces: ‘Gardens that heal’ at the garden of the Victor Babes Hospital in Bucharest, design ‘living architecture’ for Vacaresti Nature Park, and develop the concept of ‘productive gardens’ to be applied throughout the city. Supported by Galenica, the international conference and design workshops had the participation of architect Enric Massip-Bosch (Spain), architect Bernadette Mercx (Germany), landscape architect Paul de Graaf (Netherlands), sociologist Liviu Chelcea (Romania), and architect Cerasella Craciun (Romania).

W1: Gardens That Heal WORKSHOP Leaders: Enric Massip-Bosch (Architect, Spain), Ioanna Tudora (Architect, Romania), Tamara Roseti (Landscape Architect, Romania), Vera Dobrescu (Romania), Raluca Duica (Landscape Architect, Romania), and Cerasella Craciun (Architect, Romania). WORKSHOP Team: W1.1: Andreea Andrei, Valentin Clapan, Anca Costan, Bianca Dungeanu, Alexandru Ion, Andreea Iordache, Marius Istrate, AnaMaria Matei, Alexandra Mera, Codrut Papina, Ioana Rosioru, Luiza Spiridon, and Alina Stefan. W1.2: Andreea Anușca, Cristina Dobre, Vlad Molendac, Clara Oprea, Leonardo Stoica, Simona Turbatu, and Ana Vița. W1: Gardens That Heal The workshop team studied the garden of the Victor Babes Hospital in Bucharest and proposed to provide each one of the 7 pavillions on the site with a natural area to inhance spiritual healing for the patients. Each garden had a theme, based on the patients in each pavilion. For example, the children areas included kinetic sculptures, falling water, dressed-up trees, and visibility, and the four seasons garden, with healing colors and plants and a dynamic change of colors over time. 56

W2: WILL(gr)OW WORKSHOP Leaders: Bernadette Mercx (Architect, Germany), Liviu Chelcea (Sociologist, Romania), Radu Negulescu (Architect, Romania), Andrada Eftime (Landscape Planner, Romania), Andreea Simion (Landscape Planner, Romania), Andreea Acasandre (Urban Planner, Romania), in partnership with the Faculty of Urbanism of the ‘Ion Mincu’ University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest.

widening the perimeter walk, planting trees, and creating light structures such as a willow structure to frame paths, a wedding chapel and a bird-watching platform.

WORKSHOP Team: W2.1: Mihnea Razvan Ivan, Diana-Cristina Neagu, and AnaGabriela Zarif. W2.2: Alexandros Comunello, Andreea Mihai, Dan Rusanescu, Vlad Sadici, and Luciana Zeca. W2: WILL(gr)OW The workshop team studied the Vacaresti Natural Park, an urban park with potential of integration in the urban experience. The group studied different aspects of the park, including creating a new green corridor alongside the Dambovita watercourse. Another aspect was the entrances and edges of the park, including

ECOWEEK 2016 Projects in Germia Park, Kosovo Reflection

Organizing ECOWEEK in Kosovo for the third consecutive year, the organizing team headed by architect Argjira Krasniqi decided to try a different format. All groups would live and work together in a beautiful natural setting, the Germia park, and the duration of the event would be doubled to two weeks. On September 10-25, 2016, a group of young professionals and students from Kosovo and abroad, gathered to experiment in the park in an unforgettable experience! The intense program which combined expert lectures, intense design and hands-on workshops, exercise, yoga, meditation and partying, hosted a diverse group of speakers and workshops leaders from Kosovo and abroad. Among them participated architect Ulf Meyer (Germany), landscape architect Natalia Pantelidou (Greece), architects Abbas Sbeity, Ramona Abdallaha and Malak Rahal (Lebanon), architect researcher Armina Pilav (Bosnia & Netherlands), architect Aleksandra Poljanec (Croatia), engineer Bashkim Dyla (Switzerland), architect Dastid Ferati (Kosovo & Japan), curator urban researcher and writer Elke Krasny (Switzerland), designer Dustin Feider (USA), architect Johannes Peter Steidl (Lichtenstein & Germany), artist and designer Sean Martindale (Canada), and landscape architect Despoina Kouinoglou (ECOWEEK Greece). The workshop projected ranged from urban and landscape interventions, to the construction of a full scale tree house, and included the themes ‘Reflecting on the Park’, ‘The Treehouse’, ‘Rethinking Prishtina’, ‘White Sheets’, and ‘Returning Public’.

ECOWEEK 2016 Projects in Thessaloniki, Greece Placemaking in One Planet

Taking place for second consecutive year – and for the fourth time since 2011 - ECOWEEK in Thessaloniki has become a platform that engages with the pressing challenges of the city. From aging infrastructures, deteriorating public space, transit workspaces, sustainable tourism, recycling, and transient communities of refugees making their way through the city on their way to central Europe, the ECOWEEK workshops envisioned and designed tangible solutions.The recipient local municipality and organizations who worked closely with the workshop groups, adopted some of the proposals to be further developed. The one-week event took place on November 14-20, and was organized by landscape architect Despoina Kouinoglou, and the team of architects Antonis Semertsidis, Dimitrios Nanos, Natali Nanou, Eleni Vasiliki Alexi, Eftymia Stamatopoulou, Apostolia Michalou, and landscape architect Lina Kapeta. The week opened with city walks headed by landscape architect Eleni Athanasiadou, architect Stamatios Giannikis, architects Prodromos Nikiforidis and Bernard Cuomo, and the team of MONUMENTA organization. Speakers and workshop leaders included architect Ulf Meyer (Germany), environmentalist Benjamin Gill (UK), architect Lina Liakou (Greece), the Urban Transcripts (UK), and architect Themis Chatzigiannopoulos (Greece). ECOWEEK 2016 in Greece also included two lectureseries and panel discussions at Hotelia-Philoxenia on November 20 in Thessaloniki, and Hotel Show on November 27 in Athens where the panel included architect Panos Parthenios, architect Antonis Gavalas, architect Gia Vogiatzi, and engineer Stefanos Pallantzas (PassivHaus). The workshop themes included ‘Ephemera’ – temporary structures, bioclimatic temporary living and working spaces, tools to explore the city and connect to the local community, explore and activate the city edges – especially the waterfront and the sidewalk, the rehabilitation of the Fix factory, urban acupuncture strategies in the city, imagined the future of the city, reimagined Kleisthenous street, redesign of the YMCA square, and the transformation of a refugee camp into a transitional urbanized space. 59

ECOWEEK 2017 Projects in Tilburg, The Netherlands A Bio-Based Approach to Design

ECOWEEK took place in Tilburg, the Netherlands on May 7-13, 2017 in collaboration with Avans University of Applied Sciences. The international conference and design-build workshops proposed bio-based interventions in the city of Tilburg, to promote environmental awareness, through design and construction workshops, that experimented with cutting-edge technologies and age-old construction techniques. For example, bricks made from agricultural leftovers such as plant stems and seed husks, bound together with mycelium and “grown” in molds instead of oven-baked; concrete mixed with bacteria that precipitate calcium carbonate as a waste product to make concrete more durable and reduce maintenance costs, and biodegradable packaging and furnishings made with 3D printing based on fungi. ECOWEEK 2017 was organized by Gie Steenput and Michiel Smits, hosting speakers Sue Spaid, Jacob Voorthuis, Han Wösten, Wim Goes, Eric Klarenbeek and Ronald Rovers, and keynote speaker research chemist Michael Braungart co-author of Cradleto-Cradle, who also joined the workshop proposals critic. The workshops explored bio-mimetics and the social and environmental impact of design, testing construction practices with natural materials and low-impact technologies. “A product which people cannot make a living is not a good product, a product which become waste has a quality problem”, said keynote speaker Michael Braungart after his ECOWEEK lecture, to Maria Luisa Palumbo interview for domus.

W3: Biomimicry Inspired Design WORKSHOP Leaders: Lydia Fraaije-Beukes and Ilse van Rosmalen. WORKSHOP Team: Swen Broeken, Ruud de Brouwer, Alexandros Comunello, Peter de Wijs, Eugeny van de Manakker, Gerwin van den Boogaart, Jordy van Es, Philip Verbiest, Stefan Verheij, and Claire Wright. The workshop centered on concepts of biomimicry, to improve design process by capitalizing on almost four billion years of experience by nature, designing products that are “grown” instead of “made”.

W4: Myth Busters WORKSHOP Leaders: Jasper Sluis and Willem Böttger. WORKSHOP Team: Altin Boshnjaku, Sümeyra Demir, Danny Ketelaars, Koen Marcelissen, Jeroen van de Sande, and Martijn de Weger. The workshop introduced concepts of biomimicry focusing on scaffold structures, combining blocks made of straw and mycelium set on a wooden framework. Within a week, the organism grew and started to bind the elements together.

W5: Wilhelmina Water Channel: WORKSHOP Leader: Paul Kersten. WORKSHOP Team: Art Bejtullahu, Priscilla de Hoogh, Esmee Dieteren, Joost Padberg, Calvin Soekimo, David Steijger, and Lars Willemsen. 60

The workshop concentrated on the identity of Tilburg and its transformation from an industrial city. It focused on the Wilhelmina Water Canal, used to transport materials and goods, but abandoned in the 1970s, using video as a tool to investigate, communicate, construct a shared vision.

W7: Building a Monument for a Refugee in Straw and Earth WORKSHOP Leaders: Cornelis Nuijten and Hilde Vanwildemeersch, with Els van den Veyver and Syrian refugee Jameel Hadidi. WORKSHOP Team: Suad Aaden, Hani Azzawi, Fadia Baabduh, Rafia Dadi, Jonas Donkers, Sem Joosten, Atdhe Lila, Thomas Nauta, Tom Schoonwater, Tijmen Snellen, Anke Thijssen, Damian van der Velden, and Bob Wooninck. The workshop created a monument inside a church to commemorate the destroyed Monastery of Mar Musa – a place of encounter and meditation for all religions, using the traditional technique of wooden groove and pin joints, and straw bales.

W9: Build with Void WORKSHOP Leaders: Argjirë Krasniqi and Gëzim Paçarizi (Kosovo). WORKSHOP Team: Mathijs de Wit, Amber d’Haens, Thomas Hoeven, Dennis Pas, Pelle Rademakers, Maud van Dijck, Anouk van Strien, and Vince Verhaegh. The workshop aimed to “build with void”, i.e. construct with as little material as possible and developing a sensibility for space. This was achieved with modularity and repetition of a simple

building element, taking the form of a transparent tower of triangular wooden modules in inverted V shape.

W10: Renovating with Straw ‘de Roomley’ WORKSHOP Leaders: Wouter Klijn and Gie Steenput. WORKSHOP Team: Robert Jonkhart, Jorn Gelderblom, Davy Mens, Ger van Breugel, Taco van Kruijssen, Jasper van Stein, and Lucas Vreeswijk. Straw and wood were the working materials in this workshop, investigating a possible full scale redevelopment of a gymnasium in Udenhout, a suburb of Tilburg.The community was involved in the evaluation of solutions based on natural materials.

W11: Mega Furniture WORKSHOP Leaders: Wouter Stoer (ONIX). WORKSHOP Team: Job de Meijer, Willem Evers, Jeremy Hakkel, Maarten Heck, Glodi Lugungu, Evelien van Corven, Remco van den Broek, Tim van der Lee, Sanne van Haasteren, and Lieke Vullers. The workshop used wood in the form of pallets, without adhesives to preserve their potential for reuse.The objective was to develop modularity through an articulated scaffold structure that provides a play area for climbing, as well as a place to sit, located on three train tracks.

ECOWEEK 2017 Projects in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Jerusalem, Givatayim, Hertzlyia, Israel Placemaking in Public Places

On September 10-15, 2017ECOWEEK organized a week of Placemaking with workshops on Sustainable Design and interventions in public spaces in different locations in Israel. The event was hosted at the Holon Institute of Technology (HIT) in Holon. The goal of the week was to create new and concrete ideas for real projects, where students get a feel of the real world and how their creative ideas can impact real communities. The goal of ECOWEEK was to find projects that also offered potential for further development and implementation, thus developing cooperation with institutions and local authorities and to focus on projects that were high in priority in their planning agenda. The workshops were held in different locations, exploring different communities, locations and programmatic requirements. “This was a week of exceptional experience for students, were architects, landscape architects, designers and engineers, representatives of organizations and social and environmental organizations came together for practical co-design hands-on workshops focusing on social and environmental sustainability. To learn and train with experts from Israel, Norway, Germany and Belgium and network with students from Israel, Germany and the Netherlands.” E.M.

W1: Interventions on the Roof of the Dizengoff Center, Tel Aviv WORKSHOP Leaders: Zameret Harel-Kanot and Rivka Sternberg. Consultant: Bracha Kunda. WORKSHOP Team: Dana Guez, Shaked Kahana, Ariella Ollech, Danielle Tessler, and Biana Zakutnik. The workshop developed interventions to convey messages and create experiences on the roof of the shopping mall, using diverse media, in order to stimulate dialogue, play, and public involvement, 62

such as promoting produce of urban agriculture on the roof of the mall.

W2: Green Roofs in Jerusalem WORKSHOP Leaders: Joe Ruff (Germany), Hanna Gribetz, Yonatan Alon and Ishai Hanun. Consultant: Elias Messinas. WORKSHOP Team: Hadar Baduch Spiro, Or Gabay, Yaara Herling, Sapir Pinhas, Efrat Rabina, and Samer Salhab. The workshop, which was hosted at the Jerusalem Model House of the Jerusalem Municipality, was linked to the “Sacred Festival” of Jerusalem, and the community on the roof of the Clal office building in downtown Jerusalem. The project proposed a green roof on the adjacent Avraham’s hostel connecting to the Clal roof and thus proposing an infrastructure for urban agriculture and volunteer activity in the city center.

W3: Design and Interventions WORKSHOP Leaders: Bracha Kunda, Galia Hanoch-Roe (Tel Aviv Communities of the Society for the Protection of Nature), and Yifat Keidar (Community Gardens). Consultant: Elias Messinas. WORKSHOP Team: Shani Azran, Vincent de Vries, Rom Even, Asi Hager, Anna Iossifov, Raymond Plat, and Dana Porat. The workshop was hosted and worked with the Enosh Center for employment for people suffering from mental illness in Givatayim, aiming to create the infrastructure for the center to become a sustainability center serving the local community. The workshop proposed furniture design, interior design, and landscape solutions.

W4: Placemaking in Shapira neighborhood, South Tel Aviv

W6: Placemaking and Renewal in Jaffa

WORKSHOP Leaders: Alise Plavina (PirII, Norway) and Ohad Yehieli. Consultant: Elias Messinas.

WORKSHOP Leaders: Elias Messinas and Reut Pupkin. Consultant: Bracha Kunda.

WORKSHOP Team: Nofar Alon, Dafna Broza, Noga David, Irit Gaaton, Noa Holzman, Amit Orbach, Tslil Penso, Maayan Sela, and Dar Stern. The workshop was hosted at the Tel Aviv ‘Platform’ hub and integrated in a larger project of renewal of Mesilat Yesharim street in the Shapira neighborhood in Tel Aviv. The street serves mixed communities of immigrants and veterans and small businesses, who were partners in the design process

WORKSHOP Team: Sapir Argaman, Yael Gazit, Tanya Gershman, Ziv Shefer, and Hila Sion. Organized in cooperation with the local authority of Jaffa, the ‘Mutav Yahdav’ program, the local community, and local businesses, the workshop aimed to employ placemaking to make a pedestrian path preferred by residents and children, and thus encourage safe walking in the neighborhood, and between neighborhoods Jaffa G and Neve Golan.

W5: Par(king) Day - International Par(king) Day WORKSHOP Leaders: Guy Steenput (Belgium) and Roni Miro. In cooperation with Merhav and Magma Yeruka initiators of the Park(ing) Day (September 15, 2017). Consultants: Bracha Kunda and Elias Messinas. WORKSHOP Team: Peter Bosche, Anke Leemans, Aukje Gielen, and Jordy van Gorkum. ECOWEEK collaborated with ‘Merhav’ and ‘Megama Yeruka’ to propose an installation for the annual Park(ing) Day in downtown Hertzlyia. This international event activates artists, architects, designers and citizens around the world, to temporarily turn parking spaces into public space, promoting critical dialogue on the use of urban space and environmental and social justice

ECOWEEK 2018 Projects in Tel Aviv, Hertzlyia, Holon, Israel Placemaking in Public Places

On September 2-7, 2018 ECOWEEK organized one week of Design workshops for interventions and placemaking in public space in Herzlyia, Tel Aviv and Holon in Israel, in cooperation with the Holon Institute of Technology (HIT), the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim Germany, the Municipality of Herzlyia, Dizengoff Center, Goethe Institute, the Norwegian Embassy, the Austrian Cultural Forum of the Embassy of Austria, the Israel Society for Protection of Nature, the Israel Green Building Council, the Israel Union of Architects, DETAIL magazine and Archisearch. ECOWEEK speakers included Einar Jarmund (Norway), Ruth Mateus-Berr (Austria), a game by Elad Orr based on Jane Jacob’s urbanism, and a public screening of the documentary ‘SAND WARS’ by French Director Denis Delestrac. ECOWEEK organizing team included Elias Messinas (ECOWEEK/ HIT), Bracha Kunda (HIT), and Galia Hanoch Roe (Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel) The team aimed to create a platform that would enable students to approach design, planning, professional and social change and renewal in their city, and to learn professional and practical tools for sustainable design. Also, to network with peers and professionals from Israel and abroad. The workshops engaged design students from the Holon Institute of Technology (HIT), and architecture students from the University for Applied Sciences and Arts in Hildesheim, Germany. “There are excellent design and architecture workshops that take students to Asia or Africa to learn to provide solutions to the problems of remote communities. Israeli cities and communities and public space in Israel face similar challenges, but are often ignored. This is why we encourage design and architecture students to learn how to address challenges and solve problems at home - here in Israel.” E.M.

W1: Visitors’ Center at Tel Michal, Herzlyia WORKSHOP Leaders: Einar Jarmund, Rebecca Sternberg, Till Boettger, and Martina 64

Reichelt. Consultants: Galia Hanoch Roe, Elias Messinas, and Braha Kunda. WORKSHOP Team: Dor Assayag, Ilana Dedik, Catharina Fischer, Stephanie Franke, Cihan Kaplan, Lital Karpman, Jana Scholz, Charlotte Alicia von der Ohe, and Matar Weinberg. The workshop proposed a sustainable design for an innovation center on education, research, urban nature, a connection to the Tel Michal archaeological site and the park, the seafront and the marina. As the area is slated for redevelopment for the next 25 years, the team proposed strategies to engage the community from now until the area is fully developed.

W2: The Space as Exhibition at the Goethe Institute in Tel Aviv WORKSHOP Leaders: Roni Levit. Consultant: Braha Kunda. WORKSHOP Team: Dana Aroeti, Natalie Benisti, Shani Duel, Anat Gutman, Noy Nesher, Raz Vekauam, and Danielle Yanai.

The workshop created an infographics exhibition with messages on the environmental impact of disposable items, at the Goethe Institute in Tel Aviv, to engage the visitors and students, and a temporary exhibition of the day in the future that plastic waste will turn into an archaeological exhibit of the past.

significant initiative led by the Director-General of HIT, the Green Council and the Institute’s staff, and based on ‘eco-puncture’, to design interventions such as an outdoor classroom, a microclimate garden, a therapeutic garden, a materials recycling corner, an e-collaboration roof garden, and recycling facilities scattered throughout the campus.

W3: Interventions at Dizengoff Center, Tel Aviv #3 WORKSHOP Leaders: Ruth Mateus-Berr, and Zameret Harel Kanot. Consultants: Elias Messinas and Braha Kunda. WORKSHOP Team: Chen Ageyev, Arkadi Ardasenov, Mor Dagoga, Shani Fish, Guy Palombo, Natalie Saraf, and Daniela Weber. The workshop, the third of a series of ECOWEEK at the Dizengoff Center, created proposals for future implementation on the mall roof, a site of urban agriculture, nursery forest, and butterfly garden. The group created a series of playful installations to engage children and enable parents to spend quality time with their children.

W4: From Green Campus to Sustainable Campus at HIT WORKSHOP Leaders: Braha Kunda and Elias Messinas. WORKSHOP Team: Danielle Dadon, Dor Eli, Shir Geva, Shira Nathan, Elías José Rojas Álvarez, Mika Rotbein, Myriam Schueler, and Shir Yogev. HIT is a member of the Green Campuses network in Israel. The workshop gave students the opportunity to connect with this 65

ECOWEEK 2019 Projects in Holon, Israel Placemaking in Public Places

On September 1-6, 2019, the ECOWEEK design workshops made Big Transformations with Small Means at the Neot Shoshanim Community Center in Holon, Israel. ECOWEEK took place in cooperation with Holon Institute of Technology (HIT) Faculty of Design, the Strategic Planning Department and Sustainability Department of Holon Municipality, the Hirya Environmental Educational Center, the Israel Union of Architects, the Israel Green Building Council, the Romanian Cultural Institute, the Union of Romanian Architects, the Norwegian Embassy, Goethe Institute, and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hildesheim, Germany. Hosted at HIT, ECOWEEK 2019 hosted the exhibition ‘7 Jewish Pioneers of Modern Architecture in Romania’ at the Architects’ House, curated by the Union of Romanian Architects, the Israel Union of Architects and the Romanian Cultural Institute. ECOWEEK speakers included architect Lorin Niculae (Romania), architect Till Boettger (Germany), Riva Waldman (Israel), artist and designer Ayelet Tarlovsky (Israel), designer Roni Mero (Israel), and architect Iris Givoli Faiman (Israel). The organizing team included Elias Messinas (ECOWEEK / HIT), Bracha Kunda (HIT), and Iris Givoli Faiman (HIT), joined by Till Boettger (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim, Germany). “In modern design and urban development, mega projects are designed top-down. There is no small scale. In contrast, Placemaking is the creation of spaces for people by people. Activating Placemaking at ECOWEEK, students of architecture and design, work with the local community to re-claim public space, and transform it, using reclaimed and recycled materials.” E.M.

WORKSHOP Leaders: Architects Lorin Niculae, Till Boettger, Braha Kunda, Iris Givoli Faiman, and Elias Messinas. Consultants: Ayelet Tarlovsky and Roni Mero. WORKSHOP Team: Esther Sheli Abergel, Dar Asuri, Daniel Moris Barra, Alon Ben Ami Erickson, Maor Bezner, Lihi Bronstein, Gili Cohen, Hadas Cohen, Lior Cohen, Meshi Fishbain, Saar Goren, Noy Hadad, Or Hadadi, Zemer Hai, Shir Harari, Liron Hori, Sabrina Kakol, Karin Levin, Guy Levkov, Jennifer Marr, Dana Nolman, Noha Sewoester, Lynn Shabbat, Aviv Shamir, Shahar Sokot, Shai Shoshan, Daniel Tzipori, Adi Ventura, and Tom Wirt.

W1: Branding The workshop, which consisted primarily of visual communication students from HIT, engaged in re-creating a new logo and brand identity for the Community Center, adding to the logo the form of people in an otherwise abstract form.

W2. Center Outdoor Spaces W2.1: Entrance The workshop focused on the design and construction of a welcoming installation to the entrance of the Center. ‘We noticed how children want to enter the center “their way”. So, we created for them a playful mountain form, for children to climb and a bench for parents to sit. In the process, we also learned what wood enables us to do’, said student Or Hadadi.

W2.2: Fence The workshop focused on the fence of the Center as a lost opportunity to connect to the neighborhood. The students created a gap in the fence, by removing part of it, and then filled the gap with seating for the community. ‘When we took down the 66

metal fence, we saw how people came and sat on the concrete base’ said student Noah Sewoester. ‘It was only natural to create seating were people wanted to seat’.

W3: Community Center Lobby Interior Design

W2.3: Outdoor Library

The workshop provided design solutions for the entrance lobby and waiting areas of the Community Center, to provide a trigger for the development and future implementation of ideas. ‘We identified problems with circulation, density, acoustics and visual confusion’ said student Karin Levin. ‘Our aim was to unify the space, by unifying seating and colors’. The design introduced elements to resemble trees and plants to clean the air and soften the space, proposed new floors, ceiling, lighting, colors, integrating blackboard and bulletin board, and pockets of plants with wooden pallets.

The workshop team responded to the need of the Center to provide to the community, namely an outdoor community library, which would also free up the overcrowded lobby. The students identified the covered space under the structural beams as ideal. ‘We saw parents sit there, but there was no furniture or something for them to do,’ said student Shahar Sokot.‘By using wooden pallets – which were, by the way, exactly the right dimension to complete the gap under the beams, we created outdoor bookshelves, scattered pillows and seats and voila! we had a library!’

W2.4: The Green Wall

At the end of the week, Gil Masika, Director of the Neot Shoshanim Community Center, said: ‘You managed so much in one week! ECOWEEK and the students did magic!’

The students identified the hardness of fences around the Center and the need to soften the edges of this heavily used public space. ‘We felt the need to “green” the walls but without blocking the view to the outside. So, we created pockets with plants, using nylon from bags from a construction site, attaching them to the metal fence,’ said student Lior Cohen Avioz. In addition, the group created a ‘how to create your own pocket’ guide.

W2.5: Outdoor seating areas The workshop focused on the outdoor space between the entrance to the Center and the indoor sports facility, where parents sit and wait for their children. In addition to the large tent and kiosk coffee shop, the group created more seating areas needed, through a variety of seating arrangements around existing palm trees, using primarily recycled wood and metal frames. ‘We set a module for seating height, middle height and table height’ said student Daniel Moris Barra. In addition, the group created a community movie theater, using movable furniture.’ 67

ECOWEEK 2019 Exhibition in Holon, Israel

‘AT EYE LEVEL: Sustainable Design in the Public Space’ was the title of the exhibition curated by Braha Kunda in collaboration with Elias Messinas (ECOWEEK), Roni Levit, Ben Sharabi, and Ran Biran, hosted at the Julia Mizrahi Vitrina Gallery of Holon Institute of Technology (HIT) between May 13 and June 13, 2019. The exhibition offered new perspectives on people and locality in addressing global threats through eco-human centered design and creative placemaking. The exhibition was curated with an aspiration to promote conceptual and behavioral change through sustainable design, and to amplify the concepts of ‘non-place’ and ‘place’. At the entrance a video screen showed environmental and social design projects that combine community and creative placemaking by ECOWEEK coordinated by architect Elias Messinas and courses by architect Braha Kunda at HIT. The central piece of the exhibition was ‘The Green Raft’designed and built by Braha Kunda and Ben Sharabi, constructed in the entrance lobby, out of dimension bamboo sticks connected with ropes, so that the material could be returned after the exhibition. The installation integrated seating and urban agriculture for healthy eating and space refreshment. The exhibition integrated images from the non-place multidisciplinary art project by architect Braha Kunda and photographer Ran Biran (non-place.biz), with Kaiser-Antonino dance and choreography and Wolfrum Lukazus Media design, investigating the vast, neglected, inhuman “non places“ created by the large, top-down infrastructures projects. Also, it integrated infographics installation by designer Roni Levit, with Ben Sharabi and Braha Kunda reflecting the extent of the environmental crisis through three dimensional data graphs.

ECOWEEK 2019 The Mosaic of Aegina, Greece

On August 7, 2019 the opening of the exhibition on the Mosaic of Aegina took place at the Archaeological Museum of Aegina, Greece. The event was organized by ECOWEEK in collaboration with the Eforate of Antiquities of Piraeus and the Islands of the Ministry of Culture and Sport and under the auspices of the Municipality of Aegina. The opening event was attended by the Minister of Rural Development, Makis Voridis, along with his wife Danae Michelakou Voridis, Deputy Mayor Nikos Economou, who addressed the event on behalf of Mayor Dimitris Mourtzis, Daniel Benardou representative of the Central Board for Jewish Communities of Greece on behalf of the president David Saltiel and Gabriel Negrin Chief Rabbi of Athens. Speakers at the event were Stella Chrysoulaki, Director of the Eforate of Antiquities of Piraeus and the Islands, the architect Elias Messinas who curated the exhibition and Yvette Nahmia Messinas coordinator of the Friends of the Mosaic campaign. The exhibition remained open until August 24, attracting visitors from Greece and abroad. The exhibition aimed to raise awareness and funds for the preservation of the mosaic and the construction of a protective roof. The design and construction of the roof will be made possible thanks to the generous support of Samuel Makis Matsas.

ECOWEEK 2020 Online Circular Economy in Design

With the first lockdown in March 2020, ECOWEEK organized the ECOWEEK 2020 48-Hour Online Challenge on May 16-17, 2020, bringing together experts in the field of Circular Economy to share their expertise and work around the globe, and to engage participants - primarily, students and young professionals - in a design challenge. Despite the online format, the event posted an opportunity to meet professionals, and network with peers from around the world. “In the current global circumstances and looking ahead to the opportunities after the COVID-19 crisis, we are looking to balance between a sustainable economy and environmental and social sustainability.” E.M. With more than 350 registrations from 20 countries, the ECOWEEK online platform offered an intense academic and professional experience, with a series of professional and scientific lectures and design workshops on circular economy in design that touched upon harvesting of materials, nanotechnology, robotics in the reuse of plastics, and open-source guidelines for sustainable living. Speakers included Jan Jongert and Lizanne Dirkx of Superuse Studios (Netherlands), Panos Sakkas and Foteini Setaki of The New Raw (Netherlands), Konstantinos Giannakopoulos of Democritus Scientific Research Center (Greece), the MOR Team (Netherlands), Benjamin Gill of BioRegional (Switzerland), and Elias Messinas of ECOWEEK.The event took place in cooperation with Archisearch, Radio Nowhere, GreenAgenda, Democritus Research Center, Materials Future, One Planet Living, B2Green, Semifind, PolyTexnikaNea, and Kataskeves Ktirion, and was hosted on YouTube and the Microsoft Teams, technically supported by Pavlos Symianakis. The ECOWEEK 2020 Online Challenge Workshops were based on older ECOWEEK projects aiming to try out new ideas, by re-evaluating these project and bringing them to a higher level of sustainable design based on the principles of circular economy.

W1: Value System Game WORKSHOP Leader: Lizanne Dirkx (Superuse Studios). Coordinator: Margarita Kyanidou. 70

WORKSHOP Team: Olympiada Babuka, Chara Christodoulaki, Inga Maria Giorgadze, Melina Gkene, Giorgio Klisarhakis, Christina Koukelli, Kastriot Mavraj, Akrivi Papastergiou, Ilke Senturk, Anna Sirrakou, Utto Teodora, Flora - Maria Vletsi, and Zisis Vomvas. The workshop tried out the Value System Game, and visualized the processes of a fictional project. The participants searched for smart connections that lead to added value, such as, processes that produce waste and how they can be turned into high-quality resources.

W2: From Passive to Net-Positive WORKSHOP Leaders: Aylin Ozcan and Anna Tsagkalou (MOR). Coordinator: Vicky Panagiotidou. WORKSHOP Team: Ourania Agoranou, Rafaela Foteini Baprikidou, Aysu Bastoncu, Jeta Bejtullahu, Evgenia Dickins, Asimina Evangelatou, Pavlina Goumenaki, Despoina Kenteroglou, Stefani Konstantinou, Christos Kourtidis, Anastasios Kremydas, Sofia Kyrkopoulou, Evgnosia Mentesidou, Despoina Elisavet Michailidi, Alex Pantsos, Giulia Ponzelli, Selen Sariel, Çlirimtare Syla, Artemis Tsintzou,Maria Aikaterini Tzouvara, and Myrsini Xourgia The workshop re-evaluated a private house developed in Athens, Greece in ECOWEEK 2009, proposing strategies to go beyond passive or net-zero, and reaching net positive with regard to energy, water and materials.

W3: One Planet Living: Thermokos WORKSHOP Leader: Benjamin Gill (Bioregional). Coordinator: Sofia Passia. WORKSHOP Team: Elisavet Alimisi, Anat Banin, Sarah Dobjani, Christos Grigorakos,

Isabel Hankart, Theodora Kalea, Aybala Karaali, Angeliki Karatsori, Anastasia Meimaroglou, Katerina Papazoglou, Nikoleta Sakka, Katarzyna Szambor, Dimitra Tsanadi, Christina Tsekoura, Steliana Varveri, and Kaltrine Ymeri. The workshop was based on a project developed in Prishtina in ECOWEEK 2014, involving the building of Thermokos, an abandoned prefabricated concrete building located in the outskirts of Prishtina in a developing area, focusing on the influence of urban design in lifestyle choices.

W4: Designing a Circular Pavilion WORKSHOP Leader & Coordinator: Margarita Kyanidou (Superuse Studios). WORKSHOP Team: Eirini Chrysovalanti Andri, Gabriel Bouzelos, Evgenia Chatziioannou, Ilianna Dalgkali, Maria Dedoukou, Dimitra Gkika, Maria Efthymia Gkouma, Triantafylia Rafaela Kalaitzoglou, Christina Kalogianni, Konstantina Kampoli, Nazli Nergis Kaya, Angeliki-Panagiota Koutsogiannopoulou, Maria Eirini Lamprou, Anke Leemans, Sofia Makri, Alicja Malek, Layla Moallem, Zacharoula Moschopoulou, Panagiota Mousa, Kostantina Mpouzelou Mpouzelou, Lena Ntagkouli, Olga Palaiologou, Thomas Papadopoulos, Ioanna Papadopoulou, Iro Sofia Papagiannopoulou, Aliki Ioanna Papapetrou, Gil Peled, Despoina Pouniou, Marina Skempetzi, Athina Stavropoulou, Qëndresë Tërmkolli, Thaleia Tomosoglou, Jordy van Gorkum, and Konstantina Vyzi. The workshop further developed the design of a pavilion on Aristotelous Square in Thessaloniki created in ECOWEEK 2015 by using the Harvest map - an open-source online materials library. The design was based on reused materials, enabling dismantling and reuse of these materials again.

W5. DEMOCRITUS: Materials Hunter WORKSHOP Leaders: Konstantinos Giannakopoulos and Nafsica Mouti (Democritus Research Center). Coordinator: Eleni Mantika. WORKSHOP Team: Christina Barka, Elira Beqaj, Eleni Thaleia Chatzakou, Melike Ersoy, Avgi Hadjipetrou, Elli Litsi, Dimitra Manthou, Elina Pogka, Marije Remigius, Vicky Thivaiou, Niovi Tomou, and Aikaterini Zouridaki. The workshop explored the potential of materials through the Materials Hunter game - developed through an EU Horizon program - providing understanding of materials composition, use and improvement of recycled content, and focused on innovative design applications.

W6: Gardens that Heal & Upcycle WORKSHOP Leaders & Coordinators: Elias Messinas and Despoina Kouinoglou Consultant: Iris Givoli Faiman.

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WORKSHOP Team: Konstantina Antoneli, Dor Bellaiche, Evrydiki Charimadopoulou, Christina Christodoulaki, Alexandros Comunello, Nikoleta Fillipidi, Matina Florou, Emira Haxhikadrija, Dimitris Karalexis, Nefeli Lykka, Nafsika Makri Makridou, Savvina Megalovasili, Miranta Papadopoulou, Paraskevi Paraskeva, Danai Styliani Portarinou, Edona Ramadani, Arianisa Shehu, Michalis Sioutis, Evangelia Siskaki, Anastasia Sokara,Esther Solana García, Nina Stoliarova, Arbëri Tasholli, Eleni Vlacha, Vasiliki Vlachodimou, Xhezide Vlashi, and Diellza Zogaj. The workshop was based on four ECOWEEK projects from various locations - Copenhagen, Bucharest, and Agios Nikolaos, Crete - exploring circular design strategies, creating landscape design that heals and educates, and using recycled construction materials. 71

ECOWEEK 2020 Online 15-Year Anniversary

ECOWEEK marked its 15-year anniversary on October 2-4, 2020, in the middle of COVID-19 travel restrictions, with a 72hour online challenge on sustainable design and innovation, with lectures, design workshops and a virtual exhibition. In collaboration with EUNIC Tel Aviv and the EU delegation in Israel, ECOWEEK hosted keynote speaker French architect Nicola Delon (Encore Heureux Architectes). The panels moderated by Elias Messinas, Despoina Kouinoglou and Sofia Passia (ECOWEEK) included: Panel 1: ‘Preserving the planet: How to reverse the trend?’ Jonas Zukauskas and Jurga Daubaraite (Lithuania), Ulrike Schartner (Austria), Nikos Mantzaris (Ministry of Environment & Energy, Greece), and Ran Avraham (Ministry of Environmental Protection, Israel). Panel 2:‘Preserving the planet : Making it (more) Circular and (more) Sustainable’ Natalia Pantelidou (Municipality of Kalamaria, Greece), Nicolas Le Roux (Brazil), Vivian Doumpa (Greece), Maria Dalkafouki (Greece), and Sophia Vyzoviti (Greece). Panel 3: ‘Preserving the planet : How to reverse the trend?’ Magor Csibi (Romania), Maria Carmela Frate (Italy), Andras Reith (Hungary), Emese Pancsa(Hungary), Jaroslav Haimy Hyjanek (Czech Republic), and Maciej Siuda (Poland). A unique virtual exhibition and catalogue showcasing more than 200 ECOWEEK workshop projects in fifteen virtual pavilions, was coordinated by architect Pavlos Symianiakis (ECOWEEK) and created by the team of Evgenia Dickins, Mehmet Kisa, Artemis Korovesi, Foteini Masiala, Despoina-Elisavet Michaeilidi, Flaka Pergjegjaj, Çlirimtare Syla, Bijona Trakaniqi, and Anjeza Vokshi.

W1: Rethinking the urban space WORKSHOP Leaders: Luis Rossi, Nicolas Le Roux, and Paula Lemos of COTA 760. WORKSHOP Team: Nikolaos Alexandrou, Bogdana Ivaniv, Renata Macula, Rafaela Mpaprikidou, Flaka Pergjegjaj, Evangelia Siskaki, and George Vlachos. The workshop analyzed an area in transformation in São Paulo, 72

Brazil, and drafted sustainable solutions in the public space in different scales, using local materials, and addressing local needs.

W2: Under the bridge WORKSHOP Leader: Ulrike Schartner of Gaubenraup +/-. WORKSHOP Team: Oksana Boichuk, Amalia Anastasia Dimou, Triantafylia Rafaela Liana Kalaitzoglou, Katerina Mavromoustaki, Roman Snigur, and Katarzyna Szambor. The workshop developed strategies for a multifunctional building and hotel under the bridge of the Aspern metro station in Vienna, to serve disabled persons, and how to link to the local community. With the support of the Austrian Cultural Forum in Tel Aviv.

W3: InCommOn-kyklos WORKSHOP Leaders: Vivian Doumpa, Olga Saliampoukou, Ilias Papagiannopoulos, Mara Angelidou, Eleni Intzidi, and Marina Koumoutsakou. WORKSHOP Team: Melia Fatsea, Eirini Giannoudi, Margarita Koulouri, Irina Stefania Scobiola, Eva Simitzi, Efthymia Stamatopoulou, and Yro Tsirozidi. The workshop weaved together methodologies and tools from placemaking, participatory planning and community building, to revive underused outdoor spaces in the Ano Poli Thessaloniki, Greece.

W5: Restoration 360o WORKSHOP Leaders: Ioanna Mikrou, Dimitris Nanos, and Charis Karantzas (BLIND

Studio), with Grigoris Koutropoulos and Charis Theocharis (BOULOUKI Team). WORKSHOP Team: Ilianna Dalgkali, Helen Kokkini, Theodora Kotsoula, Alex Pantsos, Malamateina Siaveli, and Evdoxia-Athanasia Xezonaki. The workshop focused on transferring the experience of the restoration of a two-storey traditional stone masonry building in a village near the city of Larisa, Greece to digital medium.

W6: Circular Sanitation Models WORKSHOP Leaders: Lena Beigel and Georg Sampl of EOOS firm. WORKSHOP Team: Shay Benish, Donjeta Leci, Sana Rosenbaum, Dafina Thaqi, and Ioanna Maria Vemmou. The workshop addressed the environmental challenge of the global population growth and food production, proposing sanitation facilities in cities, based on circular models. Supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum in Tel Aviv.

W7: Unlocking the in-between

W8: The forest city WORKSHOP Leaders: Elias Messinas and Iris Givoli Faiman. WORKSHOP Team: Vasiliki Giatsidou, Vasilis Karmis, Ioanna-Meliti Katri, Ilektra Klodimidou, Maria-Eirini Lamprou, Moschoula Mavriki, Athanasios Petsinis, and Spyridon Skiftoylis. The workshop was inspired by a campaign to establish 100 therapeutic gardens in Israel, and focused on a pilot site at Mental Health Center Lev Hasharon in Netanya, Israel.

W9: Samson & Delilah Eco-Beach WORKSHOP Leader: Gil Peled. WORKSHOP Team: Vasiliki Dimitriou, Dimitra Gravani, Katerina Papathodwraki, and Vana Papazoglou. The workshop focused on a coastal guard pavilion by Ecochallenges, aiming to promote eco-tourism on the beachfront of the coastal city of Ashkelon, Israel, reusing materials (wood and car tires).

WORKSHOP Leader: Sophia Vyzoviti. WORKSHOP Team: Evgenia Dickins, Maria-Efthymia Gkouma, Layla Moallem, and Panagiota Mousa. Observing the growing need for open spaces during the COVID-19 lockdowns, the workshop focused on neglected openair spaces in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece, through placemaking.

ECOWEEK 2021 Online in Rome, Italy Towards Intersectional Justice

On January 16 – 17, 2021 ECOWEEK organized the online event titled ‘Towards Intersectional Justice: Unbuilding structures of oppression; Making space for inclusive, empowering and reparative practices’.The 48-hours virtual event focused on the intersections between environmental and social struggles, challenged, once again and with more strength, the way we think, talk and write about architecture asking questions such as: ‘What, and who, matters in architecture? Which voices speak through the built landscape and through its written histories? How, and from whom, is change generated?’

W1: The Place of Gender

This virtual ECOWEEK event was curated by architect Maria Luisa Palumbo based in Rome, Italy, in collaboration with the University of Arkansas Rome Program, University La Sapienza, GBC Italia Chapter Lazio and Rebel Architette. Passionate and critical scholars and professionals shared their research and experience to foster a new approach to sustainability in architecture, one deeply rooted in the search for social justice. The lecture panels hosted architect Suad Amiry, architect and historian Esra Akcan, architect artist and educator Sandi Hilal, architect designer and activist Francesca Perani, architect and educator Francesco Bedeschi, architect Alessio Battistella, architect Nasrin Mohiti Asli, architect and educator Aslihan Gunhan, art historian researcher and educator Consuelo Lollobrigida, architect Francesca Riccardo, architect Alessandra Battisti, architect Alessandro Melis, art historian Anna Chiara Cimoli, and architect John Folan, moderated by Maria Luisa Palumbo and Sofia Passia, by Francesco Bedeschi and Elias Messinas, and Consuelo Lollobrigida and Despoina Kouinoglou.

A theoretical workshop about four texts by women authors. The juxtaposition of different perceptions made the presentation very much of a touching poetic and theatrical experience where every question created a new concept.

Thanks to their multidisciplinary approach, the panels triggered a discussion on architecture and design as critical disciplines with the ability to tackle and unbuild the many structures of violence and oppression: from patriarchy to colonial and exploitative regimes, making space for inclusive, empowering and reparative practices.

WORKSHOP Leader: Maria Luisa Palumbo. WORKSHOP Team: Danai Dafnouli, Amalia Athanasia Dimou, Constantina Karalaiou, Tolgay Keskin, Konstantina Pagkalou, Martha Seitanidou, Katarzyna Szambor, Maria Tatsiouli, and Marianna Tsapepa.

W2: Public Toilets for All WORKSHOP Leader: Alessandra Battisti. WORKSHOP Team: Livia Calcagni, Giulia Ciusani,Vasiliki Fragkaki, Evgenia-Maria Zolota, Ioanna Minetou, and Carla Procida. The workshop explored three categories: sun/ventilation, water, and green, and designed public toilets in a public park setting, that explore the integration of the elements and sustainable design strategies, context and views, relationship between inside and outside and leading paths.

W3: Designing the Protest WORKSHOP Leader: Francesca Perani. WORKSHOP Team: Serafina Amoroso, Christina Roma Athanasiadou, Angeliki Avramidou, Konstantina Choumi, Athanasia Chrysanthopoulou,

Evgenia Dickins, Dimitra Divanidou, Elena Fabrizi, Martina Farolfi, Anthi Galanou, Marina Karagkiozidou, Petros Kouroumpetsis, Maria Eirini Lamprou, Nick Malamas, Afroditi Manakou, Marta Marini, Maris Moon, Caterina Palumbo, Francesca Perani, Effrosyni Roussou, Niovi Tomou, Dimitra Tziatziou, Erita Vetimi, and Davorka Vidovic. The workshop proposed rebellious protest signs that addressed a number of provocative themes, including protesting working 24/7, protesting the pay gap between men and women, safer public spaces at night, female sexuality, and censoring thoughts in education.

W4: Women in Art and Architecture WORKSHOP Leaders: Consuelo Lollobrigida and Francesca Riccardo. WORKSHOP Team: Artemis Kampasi, Naida Kibraoglou, Eleftehria Danai Makri, Zira Evangelia Maria, Savvina Megalovasili, Suna Irem Oker, Silena Papakonstantinou, Aliki Ioanna Papapetrou, Julie Polidoro, Edona Ramadani, Sarah Elise Sartore, Anastasia Sokara, Eleni Varnava, and Marianna Zarogianni. The workshop explored new ways of organizing the historic and architectural layers of Rome, through developing mapping apps and new (Giambattista) Nolli maps, that place women in the city urban and historic context, removing the stigma and bias on women in Italy, and creating relevance for an audience in contemporary generation.

ECOWEEK 2021 Hybrid in Aegina, Greece History + Tourism + Sustainable Design

On August 29 – September 4, 20201 ECOWEEK organized a hybrid event online and in Aegina, Greece, with the support and under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Tourism, the Hellenic Ministry of Rural Development and Food, the Hellenic Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy and the Municipality of Aegina. ECOWEEK 20201 opened its activities on June 5, with a oneday online seminar on ‘Sustainable Design + Innovation + Smart Cities + Zero Pollution’ at the European Green Week 2021. The event opened with short greetings by the mayor of Aegina, Yiannis Zorbas, followed by a panel discussion on ‘Smart Materials & Innovation and Zero Waste’ moderated by Elias Messinas with speakers Konstantinos Giannakopoulos (Democritus Research Institute, Greece), Katerina Novakova (PETMAT, Czech Republic), Vaya Mitsiou, Katerina Chatziangelaki, and Harry Kazas (Rhoeco Fine Organic Goods, Greece), Alexander Rajch (Alternative Fuels Association, Poland) and a Q&A session with the speakers and the audience. The second panel on ‘Smart Cities & Innovation & Environment’ moderated by Despoina Kouinoglou, in collaboration with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, hosted speakers Ioannis Antonakis (Deputy Mayor of Environment, Alimos Municipality, Greece), Burcu Özdemir (Director of Smart City Dept., Municipality of Istanbul,Turkey), and Natalia Pantelidou (Deputy Mayor of Public Works, Kalamaria Municipality, Greece), and a Q&A session with the speakers and the audience. The activities in August took place online and live in Aegina, Greece. The event marked the 15th anniversary of ECOWEEK and the 200th anniversary of Greek independence, with Aegina as its first capital. “ECOWEEK’s message at the Aegina events was a message of sustainability and innovation. In Aegina we promoted the cultural heritage of Aegina, the protection of the natural environment, the utilization of natural resources, sustainable tourism and we developed in the online workshops ideas and proposals for sustainable practices with zero pollution.” E.M. 76

At Aegina, Greece, local and foreign participants, joined for a tour of local architecture with architect Anastasis Papadakis; a freehand architectural sketching session with architect Elias Messinas; a film screening of The Human Scale by Andreas Dalsgaard, on Jan Gehl’s 40-year practice in urban planning, a discussion on sustainable tourism with Ioannis Pappas of GSTC and Green Evolution, and a presentation of the Marbles of the Parthenon international call for ideas for a sustainable solution, initiated by ECOWEEK and PAREMVASI under the auspices of Greece 2021, with Dimitris Georgiou of PAREMVASI and Areti Georgili, publisher of the Greek translation of Goeffrey Robertson’s book “Who Owns History?” All events took place at the courtyard of the Folklore Museum in Aegina, Greece. The ECOWEEK 2021 online webinare via ZOOM hosted keynote lectures by award-winning architect Arthur Mamou-Mani (UK), and Ethan Kent of PlacemakingX (USA), Maria Anastasiadou and Elli Petridi of Little Architecture, Emese Pancsa of Compocity (Hungary), Ulrike Schartner of gaupenraub +/- (Austria) – with the generous support of the Austrian Embassy, architects Theodora Kyriafini and Fotini Lymperiadou of Euzen Architects (Greece), architect Christos Floros (Greece), and architect Maria Luisa Palumbo (Italy).

W2: Gamified Sustainability WORKSHOP Leader: Emese Pansca. WORKSHOP Team: Keran An (Diane), Xiashuang Gong (Helen), Shiyu Wang (Sherry), and Yan Wang (Maylor). The workshop created a game as an activator for a sustainable lifestyle, where a more healthy and environmentally-friendly activity (e.g. walking) gets rewarded with points, developing concepts of community and cooperation among different communities, towards recycling, sharing and reducing waste in a meaningful and fun way.

W4: Re_[Design]

W8: Bioclimatic Thermal Spa

WORKSHOP Leaders: Ellie Petridi and Maria Anastasiadou.

WORKSHOP Leaders: Theodora Kyriafini and Fotini Lymperiadou (EuZen Architecture) with consultants Michail Floros, Thanasis Moloudis and Elias Messinas.

WORKSHOP Team: Yiru Chen, George Retsos, Huijie Shi, Iliana Totou, and Jet Zheng. The aim of the workshop was to design a series of interventions in the public space of Aegina, through a participatory process. After identifying the locations, the team designed initial ideas, like urban acupuncture, developing public space for plural use, to be discussed with the local community, as a trigger for public space renewal through public participation.

W7: Time-travelling through Placemaking in Aegina

WORKSHOP Team: Charikleia Karavasili and Dimitra Karavasili. The workshop focused on the thermal springs in Aegina, known and used since antiquity. The team proposed a new facility in Souvala, to replace the existing abandoned structure, based on bioclimatic and sustainable design principles. The team consulted with experts in thermal springs in order to propose a realistic program for a first-class 1200 sq.m. spa facility for Aegina, to develop year-round tourism for the benefit of the local economy.

WORKSHOP Leaders: Vivian Doumpa and Iris Perouliou. WORKSHOP Team: Xinyue Hu, Junqi Liu, Wnhui Lin, Eleni Iro Papadopoulou, Aliki Ioanna Papapetrou, and Konstantina Vaidou. The workshop focused on eight locations in Aegina, where placemaking interventions would activate the spaces with the aim to turn visitors and tourists to act and feel like locals. The ideas developed created links to history, culture, geography, topography, and agriculture, helping create a web that ties people and locations together.

Aegina by Elias Messinas

GREENHOUSE PROJECTS Athens, Greece Thessaloniki, Greece

‘ Green’ Schools in Metamorfossi

interventions are the replacement of all exterior windows, application of external thermal insulation, installation of PV panels on the roof, creation of planted roofs, rainwater collection and reuse of gray water, use of reclaimed materials to change the exterior facades of the building, to create shading, to improve the use of the schoolyard, and to remode the interior courtyard.

WORKSHOP Leaders: Benjamin Gill (Environmentalist, BioRegional, UK) With the assistance of Aris Liakopoulos (Architect, alias architects, Greece), Chryssa Nikoloutsou, and Dora Ntatsopoulou (Architects, Architecture for Humanity, Athens Chapter).

‘Green’ Interventions in Athens

WORKSHOP Team: Phase 1: Maria Angelidou, Nikos Vandoros, Brutto Francesco, Eftychia Tzima, Eirini Farantatou, and Georgia Chralampaki. Phase Phase 2: Nikos Vandoros, Katerina Kontou, Yiorgos Matakias, Anna Perela, and Eftychia Tzima.

WORKSHOP Team: Team Coordinator: Garyfalia (Litsa) Makri. Vasiliki Arampatzaki, Alexandros Datsos, Chariklia Makedonopoulou, Kyriaki Metaxa, Fabiano Micocci, Yiannis Papadakis, Afroditi Politi, Katerina Rousounelou, Charikleia Sapountzi, Eleni Spanogianni, Panagiota Theofilatou, Eftichia Tzima, and Konstantina Zoumpoulaki.

The school is located in Metamorfossi, on a fairly large plot that includes some green areas. The school is surrounded by dense residential fabric. The school is in a very poor state, caused by the construction and finishes and the damage it suffered in the 1999 earthquake.The team studied the building in terms of daylight and shading needs, and proposed a series of interventions to improve the performance of the building, reduce energy bills and increase comfort for the students and teachers. Among the suggested 78

WORKSHOP Leader: Elias Messinas (Architect, ECOAMA, Greece/Israel).

The GREENHOUSE worked with CSR-in-Greece, welfare institutions, such as EDRA and Iliachtida, and a number of public schools. The team proposed to improve their premises, environmental performance and – most commonly – increase green open spaces for students.

6th High School Thessaloniki

Vasilitsa Ski Resort

WORKSHOP Leaders: Benjamin Gill (Environmentalist, BioRegional, UK) and Elias Messinas (Architect, ECOAMA, Greece/Israel).

WORKSHOP Leaders: Antonis Semertsidis (Architect, Greece) with tutor Apostolos Tziouvaras, and consultants Christos Trakas, Georgios Nanos, and Tasos Efraimidis.

WORKSHOP Team: Eleni Axamidou, Eirini Irakleitsa-Gaia Barmpero, Contantina Bizeli, Maria Gkonou, Despoina Kouinoglou, Angeliki Kresteniti, Maria Lykantidou, Avraam Papadopoulos, Galini Parcharidou, Eleni Patroni, Evgainia Spyridonos, Danai Toursoglou – Papalexandridou, Aglaia Tsiga, and Konstantinos Zoumas. The purpose of the project was to transform the school into a passive, ‘green’ building with zero emissions. The aim was that the school would implement the basic principles of recycling and reuse of materials, for the benefit of the local community. The team proposed providing adequate facilities to the students and teachers and integrating nature into the yard.

Efklides Technical School Thessaloniki WORKSHOP Leader: Elias Messinas (Architect, ECOAMA, Greece/Israel).

WORKSHOP Team: Georgia Brazioti, Aikaterini Dasteridou, Luna Kapeta, Eleni Michalopoulou, Efthymia Papadaki, Aristeidis Sevdalis, Charicleia Tsamitrou, Evangelia Tziourva, Spyridon Zachos, and Despoina Zachou. Located 230 km from Thessaloniki, the Vasilitsa Ski Resort aims to become a local and national landmark, located deep into the mountain range of northern Greece, with old villages to the modern amenities and activities. The main goal of this GREENHOUSE workshop was to upgrade the whole area in a sustainable manner, developing more activities and attracting visitors throughout the year. The team addressed issues of easy access to the site, and sites for a series of activities including a wide variety of ski, snowboarding, cycling, climbing and hiking to satisfy even the most demanding visitor. The proposal was presented to Greek authorities for adopting principles and ideas in a future master plan.

WORKSHOP Team: Team Coordinator: Dimitris Farmakis. Eleni Axamidou, Maria Lykantidou, Kostantinos Zoumas, and Despoina Kouinoglou. The purpose of the project was to intervene in three areas of the school: the theater, courtyard and basement. The aim was to upgrade the use of these spaces. The basement was transformed into a technical museum for students and visitors, and the theater into a multi-purpose hall. The project is scheduled to be implemented in phases.

GREENHOUSE PROJECTS Athens, Greece Bat Yam & Holon, Israel

Two Institutions in Athens WORKSHOP Leaders: Antonis Gavalas (Architect, Greece) Natalia Pantelidou (Landscape Architect, Greece), and Elias Messinas (Architect ECOAMA/ECOWEEK). WORKSHOP Team: Maristella Arifi (Architect), Maria Benaki Chatzispasou (Landscape Architect), Sofia Angeliki Kouvela (Architect), Litsa Makri (Civil Engineer), Maria Pachniotou (Architect), Efthimia Papadaki (Architect), Dimitra Papadami (Architect), Athina Papadopoulou (Landscape Architect), Antonios Parasiris (Civil Engineer), Alexandra Psimada (Architect), Georgia Sarivougiouka (Production Engineer), Despoina Zachou (Architect), and Maria Zachou (Graphics Artist).

Center for Social Services, Ag. Varvara The team addressed long-term problems and immediate needs, including the remodeling and reconstruction of 7 rooms to host children of school-age at Hansen wing; remodeling of the gathering and recreation room, and addressing the creation of 2 spaces in the existing garden, so that proximity to nature and outdoor activity will contribute to the youth health and happiness.

G. & A. Hatzikonsta Institution for Youth, Halandri The team addressed long-term problems and immediate needs, including the remodeling and reconstruction of thirteen rooms to create more inviting and pleasant spaces for the daily lives of children and youth; remodeling and reconstruction of 5 bathroom areas for their daily needs, and the creation of recreation spaces in the garden, so that proximity to nature and outdoor activity will contribute to their health and happiness.

‘Green’ Interventions at the Community Center at Jessie Cohen, Holon

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WORKSHOP Leaders: Phase 1: Elias Messinas (Architect, ECOAMA, Israel/Greece) and Heidi Arad (Architect, Interior Design, College of Management, Israel).

WORKSHOP Team: Phase 1: Ofir Zur, Guy Weiner, Adi Ibn Ezra, Hagar Ovadiah, Dana Henan, Yael Dor, Galit Pinhasi, Mor Regev, Reut Ino, and Yaara Katz.

In collaboration and under the guidance of the former Community Center director Yossi Zeide, and present director Omer David, the assignment included a number of small to mid-size interventions in the existing building, from a starting point of sustainability. The aim was to increase natural daylight, reduce the need for mechanical heating and cooling, increase the well-being of users, and introduce materials which are softer, more natural and more friendly to the young users. Team proposals and ideas were shared with the Community Center staff and were taken into consideration in improvements and upgrades of the center in 2012 and later.

‘Out in the Garden’ Terminal, Bat Yam

WORKSHOP Leader: Elias Messinas (Architect, ECOAMA, Israel/Greece).

WORKSHOP Team: Marina Adar Adhoh, Dor Atar, Ana Bensael, Mayan Brite, Madlen Guma Cohen, Tal Gal, Inbar Leibowitz, Rut Sikorsky, Noa Salpeter, Gal Shkolnik, Anat Tamir, and Mayan Tamam. In collaboration between ECOWEEK a design team of third year Interior Design students at the Holon Institute of Technology, NGO ‘Out of the Box’, the Bat Yam Industrial Zone Council and the Castro fashion company, this project aimed to re-design the garden adhacent to the Terminal premises - a multifunctional entrepreneurial space (hub) in the industrial zone of Bat Yam. The project aimed to produce ideas of how to create o green urban space using salvaged, reclaimed and recycled materials from the surrounding industries and suppliers - including scrap metal, wooden pallets, paints, fabrics, and car tires.

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ECOWEEK THE WORKSHOPS (2009-2021) | Edited by Elias Messinas

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