participantpackeasa013 reaction - Žužemberk

04/08 - 18/08/13

XXXIII European Architecture Students Assembly

CONTENT

05 THE SPIRIT 07 INTRO TO THE NETWORK09 ASSEMBLY12 PROGRAMME15 THE VENUE17 THE THEME29 SITES REVEALED 33 GETTING THERE35 CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS41 APPLY HERE 43 LIST OF NCs45 CONTACT

participantpackeasa013 reaction - Žužemberk

04/08 - 18/08/13

XXXIII European Architecture Students Assembly

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ImpressionsBelow are some selected memories from past EASA events.

“Utopia that has unbelievably become reality.” // Pekka Ijäs, Finland

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< EASA012 Helsinki group photo THE SPIRIT

“EASA is the place where architecture is redefi ned by the differences and similarities of the participants’ cul-tural backgrounds. EASA is a social experiment on an architectural level.” // George Kapraras, Greece

“EASA is a chance to live a social experiment of 2 weeks in a European country. 400 students organise a collective life together, it becomes an ephemeral society which allows cul-tural exchanges through workshops, lectures, parties.” // Elsa Deconchat, France

“Easa is a unique experience where I learned to push my limits. It gives me the possibility to travel and meet wonderful people from all over Eu-rope. It changed my life and made me a better person!”// Kuba Ulb, Germany

“The best young architects’ network! Discussion, ideas exchange and friendship!”// Adam Myczkowski, Poland

And we fi nish with a common expres-sion that will most probably remain in the heart of each easian: “Hard to defi ne, easy to feel!”_Impressions are courtesy of Zsofi a Vanscura who questioned the NCs present at the INCM012 in Vienna.

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< EASA attracts students from nearly 250 faculties around Europe

THE NETWORK

It is very hard to defi ne what EASA is. Technically it is a Network, the big-gest architecture students network in Europe. The European Architecture Students Assembly has more than a three-decade-long tradition. It was established in 1981 in Liverpool with the purpose of connecting with stu-dents from other European countries. Attendees exchange experiences and cultural knowledge, ideas and thoughts, through which they study the hosting place, make proposals for development issues, include the local community and interact with the sur-roundings. The Assembly itself gath-ers half a thousand students of archi-tecture each summer from more than 200 schools of architecture. The main activities are various practical and theoretical workshops held by skilled

tutors, accompanied by lectures by local and international architects .

The Network moves to a new venue every year, providing fresh views and challenges in practical spatial design and theory. The organizing process is run by volunteers, who make the core of the assembly by combining the location and theme, fi nding partners and sponsors. The Network and its events always happen at a certain location for a specifi c reason. This can arise from the desire to socialize, create, learn, change, draw attention to problems, civil initiative etc. The success of the assembly depends on everyone’s personal involvement, i.e. ‘the more you put in it, the more you get out of it’. For two weeks the EASA community becomes self-suffi cient. It brings a unique creative spirit among the participants, also known as the EASA Spirit which is diffi cult to de-scribe but easy to feel.

HistoryIn 1981 about three hundred students gathered to work on the theme ‘start-ing up the EASA experience’. Since then there have been assemblies in different countries with 400 to 500 participants each year:

1981 LIVERPOOL (UK) Starting up the EASA Experience 1982 DELFT (NL) Architecture of an Uncertain

Future 1983 LISBOA (PT) Social Spaces 1984 AARHUS (DK) Turning point in Architecture 1985 ATHENS (GR) Interpretation and Action in the City 1986 TORINO (IT) Architecturi Latenti 1987 HELSINKI (FI) Architec-ture and Nature 1988 BERLIN (DE) The Dimension Between 1989 MAR-SEILLE (FR) Heritage et Creativé 1990 KARLSKRON (SE) Exploration 1991 KOLOMNA (USSR) Regenera-tion 1992 ÜRGÜP (TR) Vision 2000 Environment 1993 SANDWICK (UK, Scotland) The Isle 1994 LIEGE (BE) Consommer l’Inconsumable 1995 ZAMOSC (PL) Beyond the Borders 1996 CLERMONT L’HERAULT (FR) Dream Builders! 1997 THE TRAIN (Scandinavia) Advancing Architecture 1998 VALETTA (MT) Living on the Edge 1999 KAVALA (GR) Osmosis 2000 ANTWERP/ROTTERDAM (BE/NL) Dis-Similarities 2001 GÖKÇEADA (TR) Sustainability 2002 VIS (HR) Senses 2003 FRILAND (DK) Sustain-able Living 2004 ROUBAIX (FR) Met-ropolitain - Micropolitain 2005 BER-GUN (CH) Tran, Trans, Transit 2006 BUDAPEST (HU) Common Place 2007 ELEFSINA (GR) city_index 2008 LETTERFRACK (IE) Adaptation 2009 DARFO (IT) superm[ARCH]et 2010 MANCHESTER (UK) ID 2011 CADIZ (ES) deCOASTruction 2012 HELSIN-KI (FI) wastelands 2013 ŽUŽEMBERK (SI) Reaction 2014 VELIKO TARNO-VO (BG) Symbioza.

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Working and living together for two weeksDuring the two-week-long workshops students will use their academic knowledge in practice, make analyses and concepts, develop their ideas, debate, socialize, solve issues within work groups, exchange ideas and experience etc. They will interact with the surroundings, learn how to use tools for material treatment, work with the locals and be introduced to local crafts. Within two weeks the work-shops, which might be only at the stage of an idea or conceptual design, will be brought to a realization. They will be concluded with an evaluation and presented at an exhibition.

The EASA network stimulates in-tercultural dialogue. It encourages the collaboration among students of different schools of architecture, nationalities, backgrounds, opinions, which benefi ts the development of an individual’s thinking process. There is no hierarchy in workshops and activi-ties so everyone can contribute to the project’s evolution.

There are different attendees at EASA. Organizers provide accom-modation and food, coordinate workshops and sponsors, organize

< Cloud workshop at EASA011 Cadiz

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THE ASSEMBLY

lectures and different collateral events and activities during the assembly. Helpers are usually old easians, help-ing at the infodesk, lending tools and working in the bar. The backbone of the assembly are the tutors, who run various workshops selected among all the received proposals. They coor-dinate and lead participants in their work and oversee the results.

Last but not least are the participants, the biggest group of people at EASA, which represent almost 50 countries around Europe and abroad. They live, work and have fun together for two weeks. Their day starts at about 9am with breakfast and is followed by workshops through the day. After dinner lectures and parties fi ll up the night activities. Excursions, sports activities and pop-up workshops are arranged in between to keep the spirit of interaction alive.

Along with the obvious - vigorously at-tending workshops - participants must occasionally help with some easy tasks. Being an almost self-suffi cient community, for example participants of each country take the role of cooks for one day. Also for the purposes of meeting new people, each country serves dinner and/or breakfast once per assembly. These tasks have to be taken seriously and carried out me-ticulously.

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08.00-10.00

programme Saturday

3rd of August

Wednesday7th of August

Monday5th of August

Friday9th of August

Sunday4th of August

Thursday8th of August

Tuesday6th of August

Saturday10th of August

10.00-12.00

12.00-14.00

16.00-18.00

19.00-21.00

14.00-16.00

18.00-19.00

21.00-24.00pre-

welcome party

EASA welcome

party

tutor meeting

opening

dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner

workshops +

sportsqualifica-

tions

workshops +

sportsqualifica-

tions

workshops +

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concertBalkanparty mash-up

party

firebrigadeparty latin

party

nationalevening

lecture

nationaleveningsetup

lecture

workshop presentations

check infor tutors check in

workshopfair

breakfastbreakfast breakfast breakfastbreakfast

workshops workshops workshops

workshops

workshops

breakfast breakfast

workshopselection

sportsselection

workshopbrief

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Wednesday14th of August

Monday12th of August

Friday16th of August

Sunday11th of August

Thursday15th of August

Tuesday13th of August

Saturday17th of August

Sunday18th of August

see you in Bulgaria

dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner closing

final presenta-

tions

workshops +

sportsquarter

final

workshops +

sportssemifinal

workshops +

sportsfinal

easa night farewell

partydominoparty

loveparty

body paintparty

foamparty

salamanderparty

sangriaflamenco

party

lecture lecture lecture lecture

breakfast breakfast breakfast breakfast

excursionday

workshops workshops workshops

workshops workshops

workshopsfinish-offexhibition

check out

breakfast breakfast breakfast breakfast

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Sandy ground above green river,On its top a castle stays,History spread all over,Growth, Bloom, and Decay.

/Tone Pavcek, Žužemberk/

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THE VENUE

< Tone Pavcek outlines the place and its history in four lines

exposed to different regimes and ide-ologies, changes in the intended use etc. Issues of regional and local devel-opment appeared, of micro urbanism with a clear consideration of history and heritage.

Žužemberk is situated on both banks of the river Krka and is the capital of Suha Krajina (Dry land), a part of Lower Carniola region in the south-east of Slovenia. The town was and still is dominated by a medieval castle surrounded by strong castle walls. The castle is uniquely placed in the very center of the town, being a vital part of the central square.

Historically the development of the Dry valley was affected by its inhabit-ants, fi rst the Illyrians and Celts, and later the Romans who built an impor-tant road through it. From the village a medieval market town Žužemberk evolved. The present day site devel-oped around the castle, from which the name Žužemberk originates. Since iron was excavated in the nearby courtyard, called Einsenberg (today’s Zafara), the castle was given the name Seinsenberg, which the lo-cal people changed to Žužemberk.

The river Krka has one of the most picturesque tufa waterfalls or barriers right under the castle. This geographi-cal characteristic was very useful for

building mills, which were once an es-sential infrastructure for local farmers.Krka used to be full of well known crabs, which were regarded as one of the most delicious dishes at the impe-rial court in Vienna. In the summer, the river offers different possibilities for sports and activities such as raft-ing, bathing and fi shing.

In a way Žužemberk is a miniature Slovenia with its natural beauties, forests and a clean river as well as problems of division among people; this division showed its cruelest form during World War II when both sides took up arms. After the war the town was reconstructed, the church re-moved and a swift industrialization occurred. New settlements sprung up next to existing ones; shock work-ers came, who did not get along with the old inhabitants. Thus immigra-tion started decreasing in the 1970s, people moved away to bigger cities and returned to Žužemberk only dur-ing the weekends. Mid 1990s the slow awakening of national consciousness stimulated the revitalization of the castle ruins and the parish church on the hill. After Slovenia’s emancipation divisions among people and attempts to appropriate community property re-appeared. Nowadays Žužemberk and Slovenia are in a recession, people are moving away, a new development strategy is wanted.

Forests, river and a castleThe criteria for the selection of the venue arose from the natural condi-tions of the Slovene land, which is green and blue; vast forests and a rich and clean water system. By focusing on nature and the countryside, it be-came clear that the theme will function very locally with a touch of the global. The castle became the icing on the cake – as a symbol of cultural herit-age, the token of history, the object

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When we established the Board for renovation in 1996, we realized that communities which do not respect their history are not worth a future. We were aware of the fi nancial diffi culty of this project, but also of Krek’s motto:“It has to be started, that’s the whole secret.”

Slavko Glihapresident of the Board for renovation of the Žužemberk castle

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THE THEME < use the frame! react!

ReactionThe EASA theme works as a frame; on its basis students think, research and create. It can be oriented very architecturally or simply socially. Re-action as such refers to the people, to villagers, to the response to the state of society. Nowadays active involve-ment into processes that change our environment is very important. The theme Reaction explores the possibil-ity and the importance of the public’s participation in shaping the space through researching the past, the cultural and social background.

On the one hand Reaction is very lo-cally oriented, on the other it explores similar issues in other parts of the world. How to properly react to the current situation with the world crisis and consumer society? What is actu-

ally the architect’s primary job and the job of architecture? How can we help the community when designing public space, even when the architect’s direct infl uence is not present? How to preserve the knowledge, skills and qualities of construction and design from the past? The theme Reaction is a very wide notion, one that can be interpreted differently by each partici-pant. It is only important that everyone asks themselves how an individual can contribute to a higher quality of coexistence.

The theme Reaction is divided into three practical sub-themes, linked to location, tradition and craftsman-ship. The three subthemes were not chosen randomly, but follow the clas-sical division of EASA workshops into theoretical, practical and workshops which combine the two.

Below are presented the selected workshops through the workshop proposals call. The organizing team received 61 applications, from which 28 workshops were selected and will be carried out during the XXXIII. Euro-pean Architecture Students Assembly in Žužemberk.

Note: Due to the coordination process with the tutors the fi nal selection of proposals may change by the start of the event.

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Make me think Ludwig Wittgenstein

In this workshop ideas of modern philosophy are taken for granted and are developed to their verylimits, structuring an entire designing system around them, in the form of a powerful logical argument.On the basis of an unhindered transi-tion between the level of concepts and that of experiences, anexperiment is set, hypothesizing on whether or not functional space, that can cause the physical andpsychological tension of an art instal-lation, is possible. Theory shall fuel design and construction.Can you actually handle that, Easian?

Tutors: Manos Chatzinikolaou,, Greece Myrsini Alexandridi, Greece

...city is my playground!

The idea of this workshop is to introduce different types of street art interventions to the participants and share the “know how” with them. In the fi rst phase, through a series of short lectures, sketching sessions, drawing exercises etc. participants will learn how to make 5 different types of street art interventions - stencils, paste-ups, stickers, interventions with paint and interventions with spray cans. The second phase is reserved for “reaction” - participants will try to fi nd a “surface” or a place where they can make a site-specifi c intervention.

Tutors: Andrej Žikić, Serbia Chrisa Gkolemi, Greece Etienne Godfrin, France

Towards a Topology of Black Fire

There will be smaller scale technical and learning exercises followed by the construction of a small pavilion build-ing by using deconstructive processes as a method of physical and psycho-logical construction. The outcomes will be a repository/archive of the psychological ideas that the partici-pants go through over the course of the two weeks. This will support the construction of a small pavilion, using in-situ cast concrete. At the end of the workshop the formwork will be burnt, leaving an area where one can take refuge from thoughts, excesses, work etc. amongst the embers. It will be a nexus for the four elements of the world (earth, water, air, fi re).

Tutor: Alex Maxwell, UK

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ŽUŽ UP

“ŽUŽ UP” workshop is a combina-tion of theoretical and practical types. Theory observes the basics of animation, various examples and the analysis of Slovenian tales. The second part is the interpretation of the stories and through documentation in-teracting with the local landscape and creating a movie for the interpreted Slovenian tales. “ŽUŽ UP” workshop is strongly connected with Slovenian written background as the analysis of local tales will we included. Myths and legends will be interpreted today with its unique surroundings and lo-cal spirit. We will take advantage of Žužemberk’s urban fabric and envi-ronmental features.

Tutors:Milda Kulvičiūtė, LithuaniaEvelina Vasiliauskaitė, LithuaniaJoris Šykovas, Lithuania

EASA TV

EASA TV is about EASA partici-pants, tutors, helpers, organizers, friends, family and guests. EASA TV is about the context, the theme and the country. EASA TV is about EASA. 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 to YouTube. About 3 groups of 3 participants work in teams and create movies about EASA. Tutors are to give information and help participants to create their own movies.

Tutors:Arian Lehner, UKOlga Dolinina, BelarusAlexandra Kononchenko, Belarus

What makes this city yours?

The workshop will have both a practi-cal and a theoretical output. The theoretical part of mapping the village Žužemberk and its surrounding area in various ways is combined with a direct exploration on site. The analy-sis and information collected is then put onto diverse maps, which will be the base to create interactive games used as a communication tool with the locals and inhabitants.

Tutors:Julia Hutzler, GermanyThurid Andressen, Germany

Light parasite

The workshop “Light paraSITE” is about enlightening different zones of Žužemberk which are now aban-doned, but have a great potential. With our workshop we would like to highlight these sites and the nature of Žužemberk, to become more exposed and activated. The most noticeable symbol of the city is its castle, because of which other areas have become overlooked. With that in mind we would fi rst like to deal with the river, old tannery, mill and the round path. These four light installa-tions would serve as the fi rst part of the workshop, where we would get to know the new environment and people.

Tutors:Brina Vizjak, SloveniaSara Badovinac, Slovenia

://Diffr_action

://Diffr_action is the exploration of light through different mediums. The workshop shall begin with theoretical discussions and an investigation, the result will be multiple small installa-tions including lasers, mirrors and string art, leading to one large interac-tive space. The constructive side of ://Diffr_Action will in no means be a ‘build’, however a formal location for the fi nal output would eventually be required. This can be a reaction to on site spaces formed within the EASA camp.

Tutors: Bhavika Mistry, UKTess Moroney, UK

Floatptures

Floatptures is a constructive workshop about designing fl oating sculptures from polystyrene which are laminated into a solid shape. Every participant will have the option to make his own individual fl oating device and after completion enjoy drifting down the river Krka.

Tutors:Anna Podroužková, Czech RepublicLibor Mládek, Czech RepublicJan Vybíral, Czech Republic

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Illumidentity

Shaping new identity through light projection / mapping - interweaving and multilayering of traditional lo-cal craftsmanship and new digital media. The process will consist of tracing the past, local identity, history and tradition, mapping the present, perception-shift & deconstruction of reality, interconnection and response and lastly facing future, dreams and reaction. The workshop consists of two main tasks performed by two work-groups. The construction group focuses on the building of the surface and/or structure on which it will be projected. Meanwhile the mapping group will focus on programming the visuals and thus enhance the theme with a theoretical background.

Tutor:Christof Mathes, Austria Matthias Klapper, AustriaLisa Weinsberger, Austria

Trap for a monster

HO PERSO UN BRACCIO (Italian for “I lost an arm”).The theoretical basis of the workshop is focused on discussing social issues in the city, creating and using “traps”. In the constructive part of the work-shop we would like to examine differ-ent types of traps for hunting animals, birds, fi sh, crustaceans. Afterwards tutors, together with participants and local craftsmen, will design a social trap - a market pavilion/shelter in public space. During the last days we will organize a fi shing championship among EASA participants. Fish will be fried and sold right in the trap. You will not be able to escape from this trap -- fi sh are too delicious!

Tutors:Inesa Kovalova, UkraineKseniia Pundyk, UkraineAlan Thompson, UK

EASA FM

EASA_fm is a workshop combining the technical with the creative. As we want to react as well as interact, a radio station offers us the best pos-sibilities to do so. Learning how to collect what’s going on around us, and cutting it in a way to be able to com-municate it, we can work with the idea of letting the global world get in touch with the local one.

Tutors:Cansu Pelin Isbilen, TurkeyMiles Reay-Palmer, UKAgnesa Vavrinova, SlovakiaThomas Klein, Austria

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Tapaland 2.0

The international quest for the most delicious medieval snack. Each day another European country is welcome to cook with us their delicious native deli! At the end of the day we can sell the food to all the participant after allthe hours of hard work on all the work-shops!

Tutors:Willem Barendregt, NetherlandsSophie van Dorsten, NetherlandsJoost Harteveld, Netherlands

Soundscape

The sound as a semantic break point and a parameter, creates a new dimension of understanding the surroundings. The free adaption of sound in various environments, or vice versa, enables the unexpected to happen. The word experimental is the best description for our workshop. It’s a workshop that involves an individual and architectural space and poetical relation in between them.

Tutors:Dominykas Daunys, LithuanianAndrius Laurinaitis, LithuanianTomas Milkamanavičius, Lithuanian

Light me up

Experimenting with light, using optical fi bers, creating interactive installa-tions, looking for new ways to be play-ful and create a project that consists of individual reactions to the theme, set up and frame of mind of EASA participants in Slovenia. Using exist-ing, organic elements of nature and converting them into light installations, trying to accentuate the positive voids and nooks, reactivating and activating through simple injections of life/light.We are expecting full interest from the participants and freedom while creat-ing the whole project, with minimal input and guidelines from the tutors during the creation period.

Tutors:Lana Lončar, SerbiaLjubica Arsić, SerbiaAleksandra Stepanović, Serbia

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“Set theory” workshop

As Žužemberk’s population is divided into different groups and used to be divided in its history (communists and anticommunists, Catholics and Prot-estants, city folk and farmers, liberals and clericalists, etc.), we would like to take these groups as mathemati-cal sets and through the workshop’s participatory nature fi nd their intersec-tions (a population which will be a member of both sets). Hopefully the intersection will grow in the future with its ultimate point being the blending of the two sets into one.

Tutor:Tamara Rijavec, SloveniaNatalija Zanoški, Slovenia

Tales of Žužemberk

“Tales of Žužemberk” is a workshop about expressing oneself visually and verbally in the format of a picture book. The main idea is to refl ect the emotions that Žužemberk with its peo-ple and nature evokes in oneself and through those refl ections draw other people’s attention to those emotions. The stories could be concerned with certain social problems or embrace something specifi cally positive. They can be expressed through painting, poetry, making collages, drawing or prose. The main restriction is that it has to be visual as well as verbal and that those two things have to work together.

Tutors:Roland Reemaa, EstoniaLaura Linsi, Estonia

Holy moley

As Žuzemberk and the river krka have a big history with water mills, we want to take this part of its history and reinterpret the use of water mills. We will build a typical water mill wheel out of wood, connected to a well designed balk to produce electricity that enables the lighting of the balk with romantic kitschy fairy lights. This way we show how the moving water of the river can be used in a historical and effective way - but for a modern kind of absurd easa-style use.

Tutors:Lena Kohlmayr, AustriaKerstin Pluch, AustriaJakob Braun, Germany

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Accordion

The aim of our workshop is to develop one or two 1:1 installations. The struc-tures will have a resolved component system that explores the performance of the thin wooden slates as well as a joining system. The structures will be developed from their sites, responding to the location through questions of light, wind, and behaviour. We expect for the fi nal exhibit to have one or two different installations in different sites, depending if we, together with the par-ticipants, fi nd it appropriate.Still, we fi nd it most important in our workshop to focus on the process, to inspire the participants through practi-cal experiments where they get the chance to explore and experience the materials’ possibilities and limitations with their own hands.

Tutors:Elias Lindhoff, DenmarkSebastian Mardi, Denmark

Small Interventions

Small Interventions is one of the long-est running workshops throughout EASA history. The scale of the inter-ventions often integrates more eas-ily in its environment as it is always intended to address directly tangible issues within the assembly surround-ings. First, participants will wander around, searching for a site and/or an issue they want to focus on. Then they will design a “small intervention” that will solve, improve or brighten the particular site condition. Through theoretical work, models and detail plans they will also defi ne a “generic” description and a construction manual of their intervention.

Tutors:Hugo Pointallart, FranceLucia Brandoli, ItalyRomea Muryn, PolandJanine Tuechsen, Germany

Analogue Adventures

The workshop will be divided into three main themes: man, architec-ture and man animating architecture. These themes will be addressed throughout the duration of the as-sembly and built together to form a portfolio documenting the genius loci of Žužemberk. For each theme there are three sub categories which explore a wide variety of photographic topics and techniques. Participants will be encouraged to expose the hidden architecture within familiar and everyday situations and places, cap-turing moments in a unique and fairly unpredictable way and presenting im-ages that are more an interpretation of reality than a correct representation of it. Participants should have the ability to think beyond just the mere visual.

Tutors:Helena Mouton, South AfricaLisa Henderson, South Africa

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City Bot

We think that the time of new cyber-netic personalities is coming; it is currently working on the internet as different apps, gadgets and internet bots. These new personalities are playing the role of interdisciplinary and intercultural translators. With the help of them people more freely under-stand each other. And architecture should REACT to that challenge of contemporaneity. The aim is to make an experimental installation with an object of a new type into the urban en-vironment - City Bot. We will analyze the information layer of local tradition-al culture with the help of local crafts-men. Then we will design and build the interactive installation City Bot.

Tutors:Nataly Nemkova, BelarusAlexander Hodyakov, BelarusArtem Atrashevsky, Belarus

Oursoftrefuge

The aim is to generate interactions between the users and make social, spatial experiences in that elastic woven space. During the research and construction part we would like to work with locals and participants as well. Our goal is for everybody to learn some specifi c woven techniques and construct a space where they can fl oat - meanwhile experiencing another kind of architecture. The end result will be an elastic woven space and everybody will be invited to try the fl oating experience using the struc-ture. We would like for the space to be permanent so that locals may use it after EASA has left the area.

Tutors:Roland Nemeth, HungaryIldiko Valicsek, HungaryZsófi a Vancsura, Hungary

Rekukivate!

In aesthetical theory the body is used to be seen as the instrument which is used by the mind to perceive the world and to get the sensual input to be processed and refl ected by our mentality. According to the relatively young aesthetical discipline Somaes-thetics, the body with all its abilities is way more important for experiencing and refl ecting the world - it’s not just a machine but in fact cannot be sepa-rated from the mind. The dualism of body and mind is now being doubted. Somaesthetics provides new methods of generating awareness of physical existence as well as interactions. With these techniques we are able to listen to the whispering of built objects.

Tutors:Patrick Jaritz, AustriaZsofi a Paczolay, HungaryZsofi a Szoke, Hungary

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Onion

Any form of reaction / interaction or the sum of those causing any kind of human interrelation of various levels starts from the simplest form of coex-istence – sharing a mutual space. If we tried to imagine the very primitive form of coexistence of human beings, there would be no cultural or his-torical backgrounds, no language, no symbolic values and no other means of communication but the pure pres-ence or the sum of ‘presences’ being dropped together. The workshop we are proposing suggests one to experience such kind of pure relation, isolated from the rest of the system, making the natural - human-senses based - reaction so complicated in the environment we outlive.

Tutors:Justinas Jakstonis, LithuaniaElžbieta Bortkevič, LithuaniaViktorija Rimkute, Lithuania

Knots, nets and networks

The premise for this studio is to un-cover unique and robust strategies by way of material logics and tectonic as-sembly, for the production of a quasi architectural folly. Students will ex-plore material logics in two vital ways: through a given material (rope) and a local site material, in which the propo-sition of a site specifi c installation will germinate. These interventions are meant to be reactionary architectural propositions that will conceptually and materially engage the rich context of Žužemberk. Through exploring various knotting techniques and net assemblies, students will be equipped with malleable interventions that can be adapted and heightened by local spaces.

Tutors:Simon Battisti, USAJose Mayoral Moratilla, SpainSean Canty, USA

Umbrella

Umbrella is the longest existing workshop at EASA, being there every summer and producing newspapers with fresh news, experiences, insights every day. Umbrella is a specifi c workshop where people learn how to work together, to get to the point of every workshop in a very short period of time, how to interest and attract people, how to speak without SAY-ING a word and mainly how to make and support the easa spirit. We write about easians and watch their reac-tion.

Tutors:Hanna Varanets, BelarusLizzie Daly, UKMaria Virshich, Belarus Cheryl Ann Bonello, Malta

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llustration/illumination

Žužemberk is a canvas, waiting to be exhibited. The source of our mate-rial will be the local folklore, history, our personal reactions and we want to illustrate this with projections, colour, shade and refl ections, which will always be in confrontation with their environment. We are inspired by simple, site-specifi c interventions that have a beauty in today’s saturated and generic surroundings and think Žužemberk is the perfect place to explore and display this approach.

Tutors: Karolina Przybyła, PolandMichal Switalsk, Poland

Endor

Tree houses and tree cities have been a huge fantasy of our generation and mayor dream scenarios or locations both in movies and in most people’s dreams. Endor is a workshop that attempts to build one of those tree cities in the woods of Žužemberk, but with the aesthetics and techniques of modern architecture rather than those of fantasy or sci-fi movies. The project consist of several 20m2 modules supported by the trees at heights that vary from 2 to 6 metres from the ground interconnected by footbridges and walkways. Built with wood and steel we hope to leave behind a differ-ent and structurally sound leisure area for the people of Žužemberk to enjoy.

Tutors: Emilio Roldan, SpainJavier Diaz Garrido, SpainAlvaro Paya Piqueras, Spain

Competition: The pavilion on the square in Žužemberk

An international pavilion competi-tion is a sort of catalyst of the EASA event between the organizers, the participants and the sponsors. It starts already prior to the meeting, connects the participants during the meeting and remains at the location after the meeting to commemorate the event and in honour of the hosting venue. Construction of a permanent pavilion or installation is an idea that has been implemented since 2003. The workshop is linked to a specifi c site for which students offer possible solutions. The proposals are then reviewed and evaluated by a compe-tition committee, convened for that purpose.

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accommodation site

IT lab

municipality

store competition site

event’s central space

old tannery ruins

loka

sports

sports

restaurant

The idea of this year’s EASA is to make Žužemberk and EASA one thing; a community within a communi-ty. Common life of the locals mixed up with the craziness and positive energy of EASA participants.

Accommodation siteThe level of comfort at EASA is usu-ally at a minimum. Throughout the years attendees have experienced almost everything: campsites, old buildings turned into living spaces, schools, gyms, old factories, etc. The idea of EASA is not an ideal holiday in an all-inclusive hotel; it is a two-

week community bonding experi-ence, where the main purpose of the gathering is interaction, working and living together, helping each other and helping the community itself. In this spirit the comfort at EASA is replaced by quality workshops and activities that change your perspective of life.

Organizers of the easa013 event are setting up the accommodation area in the building of Žužemberk’s pri-mary school and partly outside in the L-shaped school playground. Half of the participants will be sleeping in the gym and the other half in a tent-type building standing on the paved foot-ball pitch. Accommodation for tutors, helpers and participants will be mixed and/or visually divided. The level of in-teraction will reach its peak :) The site will be equipped with a 24h Info desk, sanitation for 500 attendees, a serving and eating area as well as other items for obvious necessities.

Other sites for workshops and activitiesCertain other sites are planned for purposes of some workshops and sports activities. There will be a multipurpose hall arranged espe-cially for computer based workshops and the camping site along the river bank, called loka, will be available for swimming and sunbathing as well as football and volleyball tournaments.

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entrance

bararea

outer trench

workshopstower 1

workshopstower 2

tool box

projectionsarea

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lounge

office

ruins

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a decade later. During World War II the castle was attacked several times and it received the most destructive blow in February 1945 when the allies bombarded Žužemberk. As a conse-quence the tower collapsed in 1948 and the castle as well as the town lost their vertical accent. In 1957 renova-tion of the castle began and in 1996 the Board for renovation was estab-lished.

Nowadays Žužemberk’s summer cultural events take place in the castle courtyard and the former wine cellar, some of them even on the square in front of the castle.

The positioning of the central site of all the happenings is crucial if you want your event to have an impact on the community. The organizers in collaboration with the local mu-nicipality decided that the site should be the core space of the town, the castle walls and the main square. This important public space, being the center of this community, is going to be the ideal place for all the activities during easa013. The castle walls will host all the lectures, presentations, formal inaugurations, exhibitions, day activities, one-day workshops and other smaller workshops and night activities, such as parties, concerts and more. You can see it on the map on the left.

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The event’s central spaceIt is diffi cult to say when the castle was built. The year 1000 seems the most likely since it was engraved above the entrance into the rectan-gular Romanic tower, along with the castle chapel of St. Ulrich, built in 1046. Several buildings were added around the tower many times in its history; however the main extension to the castle was enabled by the so called Turk tax, by means of which the prince bishop Krištof Raubar fortifi ed the castle with seven defence towers or bastilles between the years 1526 and 1533. The castle became an unconquerable fortress.

After being abandoned in 1825, the castle started to show its age. The roof above the northern part col-lapsed, as did the courtyard façade

trieste airport

ljubljana airport

budapest airport

bologna airport

zagreb airport

bratislava airport

graz airport

munich airport vienna airport

žužemberk

venice airport

treviso airport

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250 km from Graz.

Ljubljana has its own airport, named Jože Pučnik, near Brnik. Transfers with a bus and/or shuttle are arranged every hour from 8am to 8pm, during the week from 5am.

A small research about the cost of fl ight tickets revealed that most of you will be traveling to Venice’s Marco Polo airport or Treviso, to Zagreb and maybe some of you to Graz or Trieste (Ronchi). The organizers will arrange a special transfer option in col-laboration with a local airport transfer company named GoOpti. It will be the cheapest option for you to get directly from the airport to Ljubljana’s city center.

More information about this option will be available after the selection of participants. By carWe are expecting that the attendees from the bordering countries and other countries close to slovenia will be traveling by car. Please, note that for traveling on the slovenian highways likewise for the austrian, a Vignette is required. We suggest a monthly Vignette for 30,00€, which is available on every petrol station around the state. Parking spaces will be arranged for EASA attendees.

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By planeSlovenia, by bordering Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia, has great con-nections with some of the busiest airports in Central Europe. The venue, Žužemberk, is 50 km away from the capital, Ljubljana, 100 km from the capital of Croatia, Zagreb, 150 km from Trieste, 300 km from Venice and

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Public transportAlthough Slovene public transport may not be the most effi cient, there are reasonably cheap connections by train to Zagreb, Vienna, Salzburg, Venice, Budapest, Prague, Munich, Frankfurt, Belgrade, Vaduz and Zürich if you book early. For example, you can travel to Zürich for 30€ with a night train, one way ticket. For more information please visit Slovenia rail-ways or Eurolines for buses.

Modern carpoolingFor traveling through Slovenia we suggest visiting a carpooling web page prevozi.org, something like the well known mitfahrgelegenheit.de in Germany. People, mostly students, upload information of their departure time and location so others can join them and this way help each other fi nancially. Arriving to ŽužemberkThere are four buses (at 7am, 3pm, 4pm and 7pm) going from Ljubljana to Žužemberk every day during the week but only one (8am) during the week-end. As most of you will arrive right before the start of the event, meaning during the weekend, we’ll arrange a special transfer for EASA attendees. The bus ride takes about an hour, whereas a direct transfer only takes half an hour. The tickets can usually be bought directly on the buses.

call release18/02/2013

call deadline25/03/2012

second round call release01/04/2013

second round call dealine08/04/2013

payment deadline22/04/2013

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call deadline25/03/2012

The call for participants is out. Please bear in mind that the selection of participants will be executed in col-laboration with the National Contacts of each participating country. You can fi nd the list of NCs on the following pages of this booklet.

Here you will fi nd all the crucial infor-mation about the requirements and the procedure to apply to easa013 Reaction. The communication lan-guage at EASA is English.

QuotaIn the fi rst round of this call there are 7 available places per country. NCs are counted in the quota. Tutors, help-ers and guests are excluded from the quota. Extra places may be awarded to some countries in the second round. If all the places will be fi lled after the fi rst call, there might not be a second round.

FeesAs stated in the EASA Guide, there are fi ve payment groups of countries paying the following percentages of the fee.

Group 1 (100%) Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England,

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Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Malta, The Neth-erlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzer-land, Wales, International (North America, Africa, Asia, Australia and Oceania)

Group 2 (80%) Cyprus, Ireland, Moscow (division from the rest of Russia due to eco-nomic differences), Slovenia, CLEA (Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Estudiantes de Arquitectura)

Group 3 (60%) Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia

Group 4 (40%) Bulgaria, Montenegro, Romania, Ser-bia, Turkey

Group 5 (20%) Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

100% of the fee is 300,00€. Each fee covers all the expenses regarding food, accommodation, workshops, lectures, organization and other activities for two weeks. Fees are paid through NCs after the selection process.

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Requirements For the purpose of refl ecting on this year’s EASA and its theme, we ask all selected participants to submit two things to their National Contacts: a graphic work entitled Domino’s dot and its explanatory text.

The basic symbol of the easa013 event is a DOMINO with 1 and 3 dots, symbolic of the year 2013. The sym-bol clearly communicates the project’s main theme - reaction. Without reac-tion the domino is a dead object with no sense of existence. When a reac-tion is triggered, the domino becomes a live element that plays a key role in events around it and changes its sur-roundings - it causes other dominoes to fall if they are close enough.

The DOT is an integral part of the domino, without which such an ele-ment cannot exist. In a philosophic way, a dot or a couple of dots on a domino can mean a point of view, a position, a thought that identifi es with a similar thought. This way same-sid-ed dominos form a group of two and

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the others just follow them. They are all different, but at the same time they stick together and form a network, an infi nite network, like EASA.

We challenge the participants to think about the theme Reaction, to express their point of view, their position about the situation the world is in right now. How you understand the concept of reacting to the current situation. You can fi nd more on the point of view in the Tutor-pack [link: http://issuu.com/easa_slovenia/docs/tutor-pack].

Present your understanding of the theme graphically in the shape of a dot, a circle. The only restriction is the size: 35mm in diameter. Please save the fi le as .jpg, 300 dpi. We realize that this is a very small working sur-face, but at the same time even more challenging. Be creative and innova-tive. There are no colour restrictions.

Beside that, we ask you to add an explanatory text to the graphics. The text should not be longer than 250 words. Out of all 400 entries we’ll select the best ones and adequately reward them.

CopyrightBy applying to easa013, participants agree to transfer all copyrights of the submitted material to the organizers of the easa013 event.

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Each country usually chooses differ-ent ways of selecting participants so for further information please contact your representative as soon as pos-sible.

In case you study abroad or you live in a different country from where you are from, please contact only one representative, either from the host-ing or your home country. Do not apply twice! Address any questions regarding participation at the event to participate(at)easa013.si.

In case you study outside Europe you can be part of the International team. If you come from Latin America, con-tact NCs from CLEA (Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Estudiantes de Arquitectura). Note: Individuals cannot apply directly by submitting a pre-prepared applica-tion form. You can only apply through your National Contact (NC). Each application submitted by a non-repre-sentative will be treated as non-valid and discarded.

I’m not a student/graduate of archi-tecture or any related fi eld. Can I still participate in EASA?In principle the event is intended for architects but the participants are selected by their representative NCs so the fi nal decision is theirs. Contact your NC and try.

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APPLY HERE

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We’ve arrived to the last bit: how to apply? If you are willing to attend the easa013 event, please follow these simple rules.

Please do not contact the organizers in order to attend the easa013 event. Each country is represented by a National Contact (list below), who is the formal coordinator and selector of the team that will represent his nation.

ALBANIA Fiona Mino miss.mino.fi ona(at)gmail.comARMENIA Mariam Ayvazyan ayvazyanm85(at)gmail.com Tatévik Hakobian tata.hakobyan@gmail.comAUSTRIA Ana Perković ana.perkovic74(at)gmail.com Patrick Jaritz patrick(at)easa.atAZERBAIJAN Leyla Musayeva lelosh(at)bk.ru Parviz Polukhzada pearlwith(at)hotmail.com Sabina Abbasova sabina8abbasova(at)hotmail.comBELARUS Alina Hramyka alinegromyko(at)gmail.com Anastasiya Andrukovich a3solitude(at)yandex.ruBELGIUM Eva De Bruyn eva_de_bruyn(at)hotmail.com Sofi e Devriendt devriendt.sofi e(at)gmail.comBIH Nataša Jukić natasajukic(at)hotmail.com Nataša Radaković radakovicnatasa(at)gmail.comBULGARIA Dobrin Petkov / Nikolay Mitov easa.bulgaria(at)gmail.comCROATIA Aleksandra Poljanec poljanec.aleksandra(at)gmail.com Ana Lisonek ana.lisonek(at)gmail.com Maja Merlić maja.merlic(at)gmail.comCYPRUS Georgios Kyriazis george_s.k(at)hotmail.com Neriman Ozerek nozerek(at)live.comCZECH REPUBLIC Tereza Scheibová scheibova(at)gmail.comDENMARK Liv Framgard etergvil(at)yahoo.co.uk Nielsine Otto stud4673(at)edu.kadk.dkENGLAND Adam Powell eng.nc.adam(at)gmail.comESTONIA Kirke Päss kirke.pass(at)artun.ee Laura Linsi laura_linsi(at)hotmail.comFINLAND Pauli Rikaniemi prikanie(at)paju.oulu.fi Robert Hanson robert.hanson(at)aalto.fi FRANCE Fabrice Wack fabrice_wack(at)hotmail.com Lise Barbry lise.barbry(at)gmail.comGEORGIA Anuka Tavartkiladze anukadavaika(at)yahoo.com Niko Kejerashvili niko.kejera(at)gmail.comGERMANY Jakob Kuba Ulbrych jakob.ulbrych(at)yahoo.de Marcos Silva Mirra masimir84(at)gmail.comGREECE Georgios Kapraras gkapraras(at)gmail.com Ermioni Garramone ermioni-garramone(at)hotmail.comHUNGARY Andris Szél andras.szel(at)gmail.com Bence Máró bnc.maro(at)gmail.comICELAND Organizers participate(at)easa013.siIRELAND John Macken c11721605(at)mydit.ie John Paul Treacy johnpault(at)inbox.comITALY Lucia Brandoli lucia.brandoli(at)gmail.com Matteo Goldoni matteogoldoni(at)ymail.com Nunzio Enrico Bonina nunzio.abcvalice.itKOSOVO Rrita Pula pula.rrita(at)gmail.com Zana Lloncari zana.llonchari(at)hotmail.comLATVIA Ansis Šinke ansis.sinke(at)gmail.com

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List of NCs

Elēna Žubure zubure.elena(at)gmail.comLIECHTENSTEIN Nurgül Dörsn nurguel.dursun@uni.li Thomas Jochum th.jochum(at)gmail.comLITHUANIA Karolina Ciplyte karolina_ciplyte(at)yahoo.com Tomas Milkamanavicius tomasmilka(at)gmail.comMACEDONIA Anastasija Spasovska anastasija.spasovska11(at)yahoo.com Gordan Vitevski gordan.vitevski(at)gmail.comMALTA David Buhagiar davidbuhagiar90(at)gmail.com Karl Ebejer karlebejer(at)gmail.com Sam Cremona samuelcremona(at)yahoo.comMOLDOVA Inna Saraeva softmilena(at)gmail.com Larisa Sisoeva sysoevalarisa(at)gmail.comMONTENEGRO Ljiljana Popović ncljiljanapopovic(at)gmail.comNORTHERN IRELAND Colin McClelland cmcclelland14(at)qub.ac.uk David Magennis dmagennis06(at)qub.ac.ukNORWAY Hilde Vinge Fanavoll hildevin(at)stud.ntnu.no Martin Konieczny martinkonieczny88(at)gmail.comPOLAND Adam Myczkowski adam.myczkowski(at)gmail.com Bartosz Pasternak bartosz.pasternak(at)gmail.comPORTUGAL André Malveiro andre_malveiro@hotmail.comROMANIA Andreidan Musetescu andreidanmusetescu(at)yahoo.com Cucu Iulia Catalina cucu.iulia(at)yahoo.co.ukRUSSIA Tati Leonteva lapetitetati(at)gmail.com Yuliya Baranovskaya kissanfy(at)gmail.comSCOTLAND Corrie-Ann Rounding corrie921(at)gmail.com Josh Murphy josh_murphy_(at)hotmail.comSERBIA Ana Šulkić anashulkic(at)gmail.com Andrej Zikić kiriqz(at)yahoo.comSLOVAKIA Beata Kurajova bkurajova(at)gmail.comSLOVENIA Tadej Pavlič tadeypavlic(at)gmail.com Matic Kašnik mkasnik(at)gmail.comSPAIN Diego Garcia Esteban diegares(at)gmail.com Gema Florido gemazzz(at)hotmail.comSWEDEN Anni Raasmaja anni.raasmaja(at)hotmail.com Elias Lindhoff eliaslindhoff(at)yahoo.se Kristin Karlsson kristinkarlssonsjored(at)hotmail.comSWITZERLAND Elena Chiavi ele.chiavi(at)hotmail.com Priscilla Girelli prig89(at)hotmail.itTHE NETHERLANDS Joost Harteveld joostharteveld(at)hotmail.comTURKEY Dilsad Anil dilsad.anil(at)gmail.comUKRAINE Inesa Kovalova inessa_kovalyova(at)mail.ru Iurii Kryvokhatko yuriikey(at)gmail.comWALES Beno Edwards benoedwards(at)btinternet.comCLEA Eugenia Ledo / Mercedes Cabamillas easa.clea(at)gmail.comINTERNATIONAL Bhavika Mistry / Lizzie Daly / Serena Hyland international.easa(at)gmail.com

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Team easa013Aljoša Merljak, project managerTadej Pavlič, NC, sponsors coordina-tor and logisticsAleš Kobe, competition and work-shops coordinatorMatic Brdnik, lecturers coordinator and mediaAndraž Lečnik, program coordinator and promotionMarta Vrankar, design and logisticsPia Mikolič, helpers coordinator and logisticsMatic Kašnik, NC, logisticsTabita Jerant, participants coordinatorJure Henigsman, web page design

Helpers, National Contacts, friends, families and more.

For any information regarding partici-pation at the easa013 event, please contact your representatives. The NC list is in the previous section.For any other questions related to workshops, the pavilion competition or the event itself feel free to contact us at: info(at)easa013.si

The AssociationThe Association of students of archi-tecture EASA Slovenia was estab-lished back in 1997 in Ljubljana after students organized two SESAMs, one in Škofja Loka in 1996 and the other in Sinji Vrh near Ajdovščina in 1997. Prior to those there was an INCM hosted in Ljubljana in 1993 and again ten years later in 2003.

The team of students who run the as-sociation and take part in the assem-blies has always been pretty strong. There are still connections with Slovenian ex-easians, some of which are even professors at the Faculty of Architecture in Ljubljana and the Fac-ulty of Civil Engineering in Maribor.

Društvo študentov arhitekture EASA SlovenijaKersnikova 4, SI-1000 Ljubljana

www.easa013.sieasa.si(at)gmail.comwww.fa.uni.lj.si/easa.

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