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Dăm Click pe România (“Let’s Click on Romania”) donates refurbished computers to schools, NGOs and public institutions to help reduce the educational gap that disadvantages children from poor backgrounds. The project avoids waste by collecting used computers and provides employment to people in vulnerable situations who repair the equipment. The computers then have a second life, in TIC (Information and Communication Technology) classes or other activities to help students acquire basic digital skills.

How city evolution impacts culture and society? How to approach the evolution of the city, considered as the biggest collective human creation? Taking Manolo Laguillo’s work -around city evolution and contemplation-, as starting point, the MUN invites everyone to a complete activities program to reflect together from an artistic point of view about these issues and about the crucial and high impact social phenomena that has been called «the empty Spain» but that affects big areas around Europe.

bio & co farm is a project of Ateliere Fără Frontiere, a non-profit association whose mission is to support disadvantaged people in social and professional integration workshops for their rehabilitation and reintegration into society and the labor market. The farm is located in the village of Ciocănari in Dâmbovița County, which allows the weekly distribution of vegetables in short circuit, directly to subscribers, in a weekly basket that contains 8-9 varieties of organic vegetables.

Based on the empowerment of citizens as managers of their habitat, PAX pursues a more socially and environmentally sustainable and energy-efficient model of the historical Mediterranean city adopting an integrated approach.

The rehabilitation of the empty patio-houses in Córdoba (Spain) aims to restore the environmental values of the Mediterranean city and upgrade its historical characteristics in a contemporary way together with the citizenship. Preserve a tangible and intangible heritage.

El Fondó is the site of the last days of the Second Republic in Spain.It is a important historical memory heritage. During the war,there was an airfield of 1.5 km2,with an air raid shelter,now a museum,and also a military barracks.

The Fondó Museum is free to visit,laying in the landscape,made up of 4 milestones that tell the history of the place,intertwining with the district and the paths in which,like sculptures that speak,make the visitor become a constructive detail of what is being told.

The art and ephemeral architecture project is formed by 6 facilities placed in the city of Yecla which settle almost 11500 m² of local soil. Six architectures like undressed houses which accommodate the artistic samples of yeclan artists,compounded by pictures,sculpture, or live performances during the event. The totality of the action and artistic sample is constructed starting at a common concept,COVID-19 health crisis and the resilience and recovery capacity of the people after the pandemic.

Our university collective is working on a concept of design, studies, and construction of elastic gridshells of all sizes for a public use, in order to :

- Improve the environment of the inhabitants in the cities;

- Build with less material, and with bio-sourced and local materials such as wicker and ash timber.

It has been experiments thoughts pavilions in the public park of the Butte du Chapeau Rouge in Paris. We now want to conduct research to make this architecture even more effective.

Our university collective is working on a concept of design, studies, and construction of braided shells of all sizes for a public use, in order to :

- Improve the environment of the inhabitants in the cities;

- Build with bio-sourced and local fibers such as wicker or rattan.

It has been experiments thoughts pavilions in the public park of the Butte du Chapeau Rouge in Paris. We now want to conduct research to make this architecture even more effective

Common Sands is a collection of recycled glass products made from the glass components found in discarded electronic appliances. Common Sands was developed by Studio Plastique in collaboration with experts, scientists and craftsmen alike as the result of more than 3 years of research and experimentation. The project addresses both silicate scarcity and growing volumes of electronic waste, with the aim of creating new value for an abundant yet unexploited group of materials.

Youth Manifesto: Architecture in a Climate crisis

On 15/11/2020, 14 young people aged between 15 & 18 spoke at a live, global event as Open House Dublin / Irish Architecture Foundation’s contribution to the Open House Worldwide Virtual Festival. They expressed their own voice & articulated their ideas & opinions on architecture in a climate crisis. This dynamic, creative group of young people have valuable messages for the architecture profession & need to be listened to!