16 May 1998
Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 07:54:42 -0400 From: chris moller <106070.362@compuserve.com> Subject: Havana Inquiry To: "Dr.Ing. Pratiwo" <pratprit@indosat.net.id> Cc: Ian Macburnie <i.macb@ttu.edu>, John Young <jya@pipeline.com> Sorry for the delay the answer is yes BOARDERS / LAS FRANTERAS: International Summerschool July 20-31 1998 Organized by the College of Architecture at Texas Tech University in cooperation with the Architectural Association Graduate School and schools of architecture and urbanism at the Ciudad Universitaire Jose Antonio Echeverria (CUJAE) the University of Florida the Universidad Politechnica de Puerto Rico the Universidad Simon Bolivar the University of Manitoba, and Ryerson Polytechnic University, it is open to both graduate and undergraduate students. Registrants can obtain 3 credits for transfer from TTU, an ACSA accredited program. BOARDERS / LAS FRANTERAS will be comprised of two separate workshop sessions considering alternative architectural and urbanistic futures for the Ameri-Caribbean metropolis. The first sessions will take place in Miami, the second in Havana. Students will join multi-national teams comprised of architects and urbanists, including: FOREIGN OFFICE ARCHITECTS (London-based, studio instructors at the Architectural Association). 2ND FLOOR architecture + urbanism (London-based studio instructors at Kingston University) WNLA/Flux Pooh (London-based) S333 (Amsterdam-based studio instructors at the Architectural Association) KELLY SHANNON (Brussels-based, studio instructor at the Catholic University of Leuven) JOSEPH JUHASZ (Denver-based studio instructor at the university of Colorado at Denver) MIKAEL KAUL (Miami-based director of upstairs studio) BRIAN REX (Denver-based studio instructor at the University of Colorado at Boulder) JAMES TIMBERLAKE (Philadelphia-based partner Kieran Timberlake & Harris Architects) ATELIER BIG CITY (Montreal-based studio instructors at McGill, University de Montreal, & University du Quebec a Montreal) RAPHAEL GOMEZ-MORIANA (Winnipeg-based studio instructor at the University of Manitoba) Participating practices and individuals are committed to work with students for the entire duration of the program. THEME Through a process of theoretical and applied investigation, Boarders/las Fronteras seeks to derive innovative strategies for intervention within the contemporary Ameri-Caribbean metropolis. Miami and Havana serve as the laboratories for investigation. Miami is perhaps America's most under-appreciated city. More than a beach, it is an unrivaled crossroads and gateway to the Caribbean and Latin America, comprising a space in which the so called third world collides with the first. America's most Latin metropolis, orientated toward the south rather than the north, Miami is inhabited by many frequently conflicting cultures. Containing a rich heritage of capitalist architecture and urbanism. Havana is one of the world's most extraordinary cities. Capital of Cuba - the hemisphere's last bastion of revolutionary socialism - Havana is an urban metropolis replete with an exceptional collection of both capitalist and socialist architecture and urbanism. A city within a nation in transition, Havana is experiencing extraordinary change as the first world is arriving and colliding with the third. FORMAT AND STRUCTURE Through a process of multi-disciplinary workshop collaboration, multi-national teams comprised of professionals, academics, and students will engage relevant issues of architecture and urbanism, focusing especially on the realms of housing, infrastructure, and tourism. The first week will feature a workshop in Miami, to be convened in the University of Florida's Miami Beach studio. Teams will prospect the condition of a five mile stretch of the Miami River. The second week will feature a workshop session in Havana, to be convened on the premises of the Ciudad Universitaire Jose Antonio Echeverria (CUJAE). Teams will consider the condition of the Malecon, Havanna's legendary waterfront boulevard. Individual teams will be comprised of approximately 8 students plus directors. Sessions will be augmented by a series of round table discussions as well as formal and informal lectures on architecture, urbanism, and culture conducted in reference to the context of the two cities. Each workshop director or team of directors will also present a lecture on current work. The process and product of the two workshops are to be published in a booklet, and the event will be recorded for a documentary. For additional information please contact: - Ian Macburnie, Assistant Professor, College of Architecture , Box 42091, TTU, Lubbock, Texas 79401-2091 Tel. 1 806 7423136 Fax. 1 806 742 2855 email: i.macb@ttu.edu http://www.arch.ttu.edu/boarders