OPERATIVE TERRITORIES: Re-designing the landscapes of tourism
05-09 May 2015, Sithonia, Chalkidiki, Greece
An international masterclass in Landscape Architecture and Urban Design
Open to students towards the end of their studies, recent graduates, and professionals, in architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture, Operative Territories is an international masterclass spanning the scales of spatial intervention from architecture, to the city, to the landscape. The masterclass operates within the challenges and opportunities facing Sithonia, in Chalkidiki, Greece, in response to contemporary forms of tourism.
Tourism, while generating economic growth and prosperity, can equally produce an ever growing gap between the particularities of places and the commodity-oriented features of ‘destinations’. Considering such a tendency jeopardises not only sustainability dynamics at a local level but equally the sustainability of tourism itself, this masterclass aims to re-establish the relationships between architecture—cultural production—and the emerging alternative forms of tourism—cultural consumption. Employing the tools of landscape architecture and urban design we shall aim towards critical as much as original ideas and design strategies promoting the development of a sustainable tourism for Sithonia.
Through a 7-day programme of group work, site visits, lectures and social events, the masterclass will bring together 50 participants who will join one of 7 units each focusing on a different territory of Sithonia. Every unit is supervised by one host and one guest tutor, pairing local knowledge with global expertise.
fees
150 euros for registrations by 21 April
200 euros for registrations after 21 April
For further information and registration details download the workshop programme here.
For enquiries contact: [email protected]
URBAN TRANSCRIPTS
Urban Transcripts was born out of a desire to create a new tool through which to explore the city as a complex phenomenon in a participatory and cross-disciplinary way. It was initiated in 2010 as an annual programme of events such as exhibitions, conferences and workshops focused on and hosted in a different city every year. In 2013 Urban Transcripts shifted its activity from an annual event to a multitude of projects on the city. Central mission of Urban Transcripts is the advancement and production of work that betters the city, improves the built environment, enhances the quality of life in it and furthers the understanding of the city as a complex phenomenon.
Currently, UT’s work encompasses research (relationship of space to the development of urban socioeconomic phenomena), events (exhibitions, workshops, urban design master classes) & design (architecture and urban design projects).
Urban Transcripts is run by an international and inter-disciplinary network of directors and associates based in different countries in Europe and beyond, coming from professional practice, academia, research and the creative industry.
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