V INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia
25 June – 2 July 2017

NATURAL SYSTEMS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUTOR:

DEAN LAH, Enota, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Enota was founded in 1998 by Aljoša Dekleva, Dean Lah and Milan Tomac with the ambition to create contemporary and critical architectural practice of an open type based on collective approach to development of architectural and urban solutions. Over the years Enota has been constantly developing and from the beginnings it has served as creative platform for more than fifty architects. Since 2002 Enota’s partner architects are Dean Lah and Milan Tomac. Constant changes and new complex situations in the world around us drive us to think about new ways of architectural and urban organization. In order to be able to produce answers to those new questions we believe it’s time to surpass the boundaries of conventional discipline set mainly by our cultural backgrounds. Enota’s team of architects focuses on research driven design of the environment where study of contemporary social organizations and use of new technologies are interwoven to produce innovative and effective solutions. Enota’s solutions are strongly influenced by research, reinterpretation and development of social, organizational and design algorithms that derive from nature. The result is always a strong binding of the buildings with the environment that surrounds them.

Dean Lah, Partner Architect and founder / Dean Lah was born in 1971 in Maribor, Slovenia and graduated from the Ljubljana Faculty of Architecture in 1998. In the same year, he cofounded the architectural office Enota where he works as partner architect ever since. For his work in Enota he received many architectural awards, his work has been presented on numerous exhibitions and published in professional and broad interest publications all over the world. Dean lectures at architectural schools, conferences and symposiums in Slovenia and abroad. In intention to promote the importance of architectural quality, he has been active as the member of several architectural award and architectural competitions juries, member of executive board of Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia, member of European Forum for Architectural policies, member of executive board of Architects Association of Ljubljana and some other formal and informal networks and events on architecture.

GUESTS

Vinko Penezić & Krešimir Rogina, Penezić & Rogina architects, Zagreb Croatia

Vinko Penezić (born in Zagreb, Croatia, in 1959) and Krešimir Rogina (born in Rijeka, Croatia, in 1959) are collaborating since 1979. Establish PENEZIĆ & ROGINA architects in 1991. Zagreb School of Architecture graduates. Postgraduate studies at Belgrade School of Architecture with Prof. Ranko Radović, (from 1983 to 1990). Prizes at competitions in Japan in 1984, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2001. A number of projects of various architectural typologies. Silver medal at INTERARH World Biennale in Sofia, 1987. Grand Prix at Belgrade Salon of Architecture in 1988. Viktor Kovačić and Bernardo Bernardi Awards in 1997 and Vladimir Nazor National Award for Architecture in 2002. Croatian representatives at the Venice Biennale 2000 with exhibition Transparency of the Hyperreal. Invited to participate at the Venice Biennale 2004 by director Kurt W. Forster with exhibit Absolute Internet. Also taking special interest in architectural theory and critics. Main buildings: Mladost Swimming Pool and Athletic Stadium in Zagreb (1987 and 1999); Sacral complexes in Dubrovnik (St Michael 1987-) and Zagreb (Trnje 1994- and Dugave 1989-); Majetić family house near Zagreb (1999) and Social housing for war victims in Vukovar (2002) and Nova Gradiška (2003); Velebit office building in Zagreb (1985-1995); A number of interiors and TV sets.

LOCATION
Ohrid (Macedonian: Охрид) is a city in the Republic of Macedonia and the seat of Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the eighth largest city in the country with over 42,000 inhabitants. It is located southwest of Skopje, close to the border with Albania.

Ohrid and its historic-cultural region are located in a natural setting of exceptional beauty, while town’s architecture represents, with its old typical streets and houses and its particular atmosphere around old squares, the best preserved and most complete ensemble of ancient urban architecture of this part of Europe. Ohrid is notable for once having had 365 churches, one for each day of the year. Today Ohrid and Lake Ohrid, are a leading tourist center in Macedonia. Since 1979 Ohrid and Lake Ohrid were accepted as Cultural and Natural World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. The international summer school of architecture and design will take place in the premises of the Ohrid high school “St. Clement of Ohrid”. The four-floor building, built at the beginning of the 20th century, is located in the center of the city. The building is fully renovated at the end of the 20th century.

WHO CAN APPLY?
Students who have completed their sixth semester of architecture/design studies.

APPLICATIONS
Along with the application form, applicants should submit a max. 5 A4 pages Portfolio + CV (including photo) in pdf format to the following e-mail address: ohridss@uacs.edu.mk
Portfolios should be designed and formatted for on-screen viewing. Maximum file size is 3 MB. The application deadline is 3 June 2017. Selected participants will be notified before 5 June 2017 by e-mail.

Upon completion of the summer school, a certificate + 2 ECTS will be awarded.
Please note that places are limited!

FEE
Participation fee for the Summer School is 200 euros per participant, which includes workshop, accommodation, meals and transportation Skopje – Ohrid – Skopje. Students need to bring their own laptop computers.

CONTACT
For further questions feel free to contact us at: ohridss@uacs.edu.mk
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