European Architecture Student Assembly (EASA) was founded in 1981 by architect students like Geoff Haslam and Richard Murphy and is closely related to the Winterschool concept, which organises similar events for UK students of architecture. EASA takes place each summer in a different country, with the event usually lasting two weeks. It is organised by students of architecture for students of architecture and the concept is operated on a cooperative basis. In fall at INCM, Intermediate National Contact Meeting, the location for EASA is decided one and a half years in advance. Typically, 400 students take part in the event and engage in workshops, exhibitions, lectures and social events loosely based around a specific theme. These events are run by a combination of academics and students and encompass a wide variety of activities with a greater or lesser relationship to architecture. The event is funded through a combination of attendance fees (which vary for each country based upon ability to pay), grants and sponsorship, all arranged by the organising committee for each event.
EASA has little or no formal structure, in that each event is organised as a unique occurrence - though a system of National Contacts (NCs) ensures that the event each year is well-supported. NCs also typically meet once a year to discuss the previous EASA and prepare for the next. Students come from over 40 European countries to the event each year. Recent Assemblies have seen students participating from the US, India and Central American countries.
EASA Summer Meetings 1981 Liverpool, England: Starting up the EASA Experience 1982 Delft, Netherlands: Architecture of an Uncertain Future 1983 Lisbon, Portugal: Social Spaces 1984 Aarhus, Denmark: Turning point in Architecture 1985 Athens, Greece: Interpretation and Action in the City 1986 Turin, Italy: Architetture Latenti 1987 Helsinki-Putikko, Finland: Architecture and Nature 1988 Berlin, Germany: The Dimension Between 1989 Marseille, France: Heritage et Creativé 1990 Karlskrona, Sweden: Exploration 1991 Verkhoturie and Kolomna, USSR: Regeneration (This assembly was held at two sites) 1992 Ürgüp, Turkey: Vision 2000 Environment 1993 Sandwick, Scotland: The Isle 1994 Liège, Belgium: Consommer l'Inconsumable 1995 Zamość, Poland: Beyond the Borders 1996 Clermont-l'Hérault, France: Dream Builders! 1997 The Train, Scandinavia: Advancing Architecture (This assembly was held on board a train driving through Denmark, Sweden, and Norway) 1998 Valletta, Malta: Living on the Edge 1999 Kavala, Greece: Osmosis 2000 Antwerp and Rotterdam, Belgium/Netherlands: Dis-Similarities 2001 Imbros, Turkey: No Theme 2002 Vis, Croatia: Senses 2003 Syddjurs-Friland, Denmark: Sustainable Living 2004 Roubaix, France: Metropolitan - Micropolitain, 2005 Bergün, Switzerland: Trans, Transit, Transition. 2006 Budapest, Hungary: Common Places 2007 Eleusina, Greece: City Index 2008 Dublin-Letterfrack, Ireland: Adaptation 2009 Brescia, Italy: 2010 Manchester, UK: Identity 2011 Cádiz, Spain: 2012 Helsinki, Finland: Wastelands 2013 Žužemberk, Slovenia: Reaction 2014 Veliko Tărnovo, Bulgaria: Symбиоза 2015 Valletta, Malta: Links 2016 Nida, Lithuania: Not Yet Decided 2017 Fredericia, Denmark: Hospitality. Finding the framework 2018 Rijeka, Croatia: RE:Easa 2019 Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland: EASA:Tourist 2020 Valga, Estonia: Apathy 2021 Kragujevac, Serbia: Reality 2022 Călărași, Romania: 1:1 2023 Sheffield, United Kingdom: Commons 2024 Benidorm, Spain: Shanzhai 2025 Savonlinna, Finland: Rhizome
INCM (Intermediate National Contact Meeting) The INCM is held every year in autumn. They are the main event next to the assembly to keep the continuity of easa. There have been such memorable meetings like Berlin 1990, where the "Lichterfelder statement" was made. The "Lichterfelder Statement" later became the "easa-guide" developed, which is updated yearly at the NC-meetings. 1985 Barcelona, Spain 1986 Vienna, Austria 1987 Budapest, Hungary 1988 Oslo, Norway 1989 Kraków, Poland 1990 Plovdiv, Bulgaria 1991 Berlin, Germany (Lichterfelder statement) 1992 Turin, Italy 1993 Ljubljana, Slovenia 1994 Tallinn, Estonia 1995 Zurich, Switzerland 1996 Istanbul, Turkey 1997 Sinaia, Romania 1998 Sandomierz, Poland 1999 Mannheim, Germany 2000 Tal-Fanal, Gozo, Malta 2001 Berlin, Germany 2002 Bornholm, Denmark 2003 Ljubljana, Slovenia 2004 Belgrade, Serbia 2005 Brighton, United Kingdom 2006 Moscow, Russia 2007 Motovun, Croatia 2008 Nicosia, Cyprus 2009 Schaan, Liechtenstein 2010 Copenhagen, Denmark 2011 Baku, Azerbaijan 2012 Vienna, Austria 2013 Bucharest, Romania 2014 Berlin, Germany 2015 Glasgow-Forres, Scotland 2016 Madrid, Spain 2017 Lapland, Finland 2018 Vitosha, Bulgaria 2019 Trpejca, Macedonia 2020 Latvia (online) 2021 Leuven, Belgium 2022 Palanga, Lithuania 2023 Borca di Cadore, Italy 2025 Riga, Latvia: Resonate
SESAM (Small European Architecture Students Assembly Meeting) The SESAM is an event arranged by the EASA network. Like the basic idea of the EASA, a SESAM can give an addition and/or alternative to the education of the students. The independence and off-university-character creates an informal atmosphere. The SESAM is a workshop with a small number of participants. Through this concentrated character the SESAM allows to work on a tight theme. After a number of similar events in the year before in Italy, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, etc., the first EASA workshop with the name SESAM was realized 1992 in Vilafamés (Valencia, Spain, October 1992, 50 participants). SESAM2007 was held in Aarhus, Denmark on 23–25 November 2007. The next scheduled SESAM meeting is due to take place in 2021 in Slavutych, Ukraine.
2025 Nicosia, Cyprus: Identity 2026 Triesen, Liechtenstein: Ground
Pivo SESAM The event is an excuse to meet with the other members of the network. It usually takes place during the New Year celebrations.
EASA Newspaper: Umbrella Each year, during EASA, one of the workshops is dedicated to cover the event by reporting about events and workshops in a newspaper-like fashion. This workshop and hence the newspaper is typically called umbrella, or variation of the local word for umbrella. This newspaper is usually published on a daily basis and has been an integral part of EASA since the early 1980s. In recent years, The Umbrella Workshop has also embraced new media, and has run EASA TV during the event. In 2009 EASA TV was a workshop of its own for the first time, but with integral co-operation with Umbrella.
EASA TV EASA.TV tries to cover as much of the assembly as possible and the material is then edited, screened on site at the assembly and uploaded online. The participants will learn how to plan episodes, write scripts, draw storyboards, record with DSLR cameras and edit and export with software such as Adobe Premiere Pro. But most of all they will get the chance to document the very essence of EASA, the EASA spirit. Since 2007
EASA FM EASA FM is a temporary radio station that was started in EASA011, Cadiz/Spain.
External links EASA 2019 (CH) EASA INDEX website started in 2014 EASA platform (beta) started in 2011 EASA RE:EASA 2018 (HR) EASA 2014 (BG) EASA 2013 (SI) EASA 2012 (FI) EASA 2011 (ES) EASA 2010 (UK) EASA 2008 (IRE) EASA 2007 (GR) EASA 2006 (HU) EASA 2005 (CH) EASA 2004 (FR) EASA 2003 (DK) EASA 2002 (HR) EASA's Latin American Counterpart Umbrella 2003 Umbrella 2004 Collection of recent years Umbrellas EASA guide EASA FM on SoundCloud
Photo pages Jelk's EASA page Marko's EASA Page Flickr ...more photo links
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