ECOWEEK 2012 URBAN INNOVATION + GREEN DESIGN
International Conference and Interdisciplinary 'Green' Design Workshops
and hands-on urban interventions for Young & Established Architects,
Designers, Landscape Architects, Engineers and graduate students!
Following a series of successful conferences and 'green' design workshops
in Athens, Milano, Tel Aviv, Beit Jala, ande Thessaloniki, and before
ECOWEEK takes off to Krakow (Poland), Rome (Italy), Copenhagen (Denmark),
and Belgrade (Serbia), ECOWEEK takes place for the second time in
Thessaloniki.
This year, for one more year ECOWEEK brings together ecologically
minded-architects, designers, landscape architects, young professionals,
and graduate students, in a week of creative thinking 'out of the
box', cooperation, dialogue, intercultural exchange, networking, hard
work and lots of fun!
ECOWEEK 2012 is a great opportunity for young professionals to learn
about 'green' buildings, to hear and meet leading practicing professionals
in the field, to learn from engineers and experts in the field, to
train and gain experience in how to think, plan and design 'green'
and affordable.
For the first time in 2012, ECOWEEK, in cooperation with the City
of Thessaloniki and the ECOWEEK GREENHOUSE, creates an opportunity
for hands-on light constructionon real sites within
the city, using recycled and reclaimed materials, leaving a 'green'
imprint in a number of open spaces within the city of Thessaloniki!
ECOWEEK includes lectures, documentaries, training, interdisciplinary
workshops, site visits, and more!
WHAT'S NEW in ECOWEEK 2012 in Thessaloniki?
(a) In cooperation with the Municipality of Thessaloniki, and the
Organization Thessaloniki 2012, ECOWEEK 2012 workshops are assigned
REAL PROJECTS, in REAL SITES, in consultation with a REAL 'CLIENT'.
More details here.
(b) Selected projects from the ECOWEEK 2012 proposals will be further
developed and some will be implemented in a larger scale!
(c) ECOWEEK 2012 includes hands-on workshops, which will spend
time both designing AND building their projects, using recycled and
recalimed materials!
(d) ECOWEEK 2012, in cooperation with the Municipality of Thessaloniki,
will present the projects to the public. More details will be posted
shortly.
(e) In parallel to ECOWEEK 2012, ECOWEEK is also starting the activity
of the GREENHOUSE, a new initiative for innovation, social and environmental
entrepreneurship. The GREENHOUSE is already active in Athens and Metamorfossi
in Greece, and Holon and Jaffa in Israel. Starting in April 2012,
the GREENHOUSE will also start active in Thessaloniki. More
on the GREENHOUSE. More details will be posted shortly.
ECOWEEK 2012 is a great opportunity to work and network with young
and established professionals from Thessaloniki and from around the
world!
ECOWEEK LECTURE SERIES
ECOWEEK
has invited since 2005 internationally acclaimed speakers,
expert architects, landscape architects and engineers to give lectures
about their projects, explain how 'green' buildings work and how we
design and operate them, to lead design workshops and share their
experience, expertise and skills with young professioinals, and to
give us insights and inspire us about sustainable solutions in design
and beyond. Meet some of the distinguished ECOWEEK speakers: Al Gore,
David W. Orr, Shigeru Ban, Ken Yeang, Francoise-Helene Jourda, Michael
Sorkin, Bjarke Ingels, Diebedo Francis Kere, Robert Swan, Rogers Stirk
Harbour, ARUP, Buro Happold, Rural Studio, White Architects:
ABOUT ECOWEEK WORKSHOPS View
short video with ECOWEEK 2010 in the Middle East participants (Arabic,
Hebrew, Italian, French, and English)
Read ECOWEEK 2011 in Thessaloniki, Greece | In the PRESS (English)
Read ECOWEEK 2011 in Thessaloniki, Greece | In the PRESS (Greece) View
interview with ECOWEEK Chairman E. Messinas | ARCHITRAVEL (English) Read
PDF ECOWEEK 2010 in Athens, Greece | Published in KTIRIO (Greek) Read
PDF ECOWEEK 2010 in Athens, Greece | Published in BUILDING GREEN
(Greek) Read
PDF ECOWEEK 2010 in the Middle East | Published in ECODOMEIN
(Greek) Read
PDF ECOWEEK 2010 in the Middle East | SHORT REPORT (English) Read
PDF ECOWEEK 2010 in the Middle East | SHORT REPORT (Greek)
Read
PDF ECOWEEK 2010 in the Middle East | WORKSHOP REPORT (English)
ViewECOWEEK Conferences
& Workshops since 2008 in Greece and abroad ReadParticipants' Comments on ECOWEEK 2011 in Milano, Italy ReadParticipants' Comments on ECOWEEK 2011 in Thessaloniki, Greece
ReadParticipants' Comments on ECOWEEK 2010 in Athens,
Greece ReadParticipants' Comments on ECOWEEK 2010 in the Middle East
ABOUT ECOWEEK
ECOWEEK is an independent
non-governmental organization (NGO) established initially in Greece
in 2005 and active in Europe and the Middle East. Its mission is
to raise environmental awareness and promote the principles of sustainability.
ECOWEEK organizes workshops and activity on environmental protection
and 'green' buildings for young professionals.
ECOWEEK through he ECOWEEK GREENHOUSE,
a platform for innovation and entrepreneurship for society and the
environment, develops and implements real projects in real sites
addressing real issues and offering real solutions to local communities.
The ECOWEEK Network
has members in more than 20 countries. More
about ECOWEEK.
ECOWEEK ... habits change ... climate change
View ECOWEEK 2012 in the Middle East in NTD TV (March 2012)
View
short video of ECOWEEK 2011 Workshop W7 from Milano, Italy led
by Guidarini&Salvadeo and Studio WOK Architects, Milano. View in YouTube
View short video (1:37 min) created by Workshop 13 participants
in ECOWEEK 2011 in Thessaloniki, Greece
View
short video (3:05 min) created by French Architecture student
Caroline Charvier for the ECOWEEK Workshop led by architect Michael
Sorkin in ECOWEEK 2010 in the Middle East
View short video (1:06 min) created by the
ECOWEEK Workshop led by Rural Studio
architect Daniel Wicke
in ECOWEEK 2010 in Athens, Greece More videos will be posted.
ECOWEEK 2012 Partners in Thessaloniki,
Greece (frequently updated) :
Partner Organizations :
Under the Auspices ECOWEEK 2012
:
CITY
OF
THESSALONIKI
Supporting Partners ECOWEEK 2012
:
Communication Partners ECOWEEK
2012 :
Partner and Cooperating Organizations
ECOWEEK 2012 :
ecoamarchitects
Permanent Partners of ECOWEEK
GREENHOUSE :
ECOWEEK thanks its partners for
making ECOWEEK possible and successful.