Architecture Workshop
Summer 2012
Bridging Prague
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Prague, Czech Republic
DEADLINE: 15.06.2012
ARCHIP Architectural Institute in Prague
In partnership with ReSITE International Planning Festival 
In cooperation with UrbaACT Inter-disciplinary Workshop


The ARCHIP Bridging Prague Summer Workshop is a three-week intensive study and life experience, based in Prague, Czech Republic. Participants will propose architecture and planning urban interventions onto the iconic Vlatava Riverbank, one of the richest historic architectural environments in Central Europe.
Through urban analysis of existing conditions and the context, students will propose an appropriate contemporary intervention(s) responding to scale, massing, materials and the existing cultural context of Prague.

The workshop will start with an intensive historical and contextual site analysis, led by respected Czech historians, urban planners and architects. At the end of the first week, participants will choose a specific site and will develop a personal intervention, which could be architectural, site or landscape-based. There will be a guided component of the program, where students will study other iconic urban, architectural and historic sites in Prague.

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
The foci of Bridging Prague will be threefold:
I. To encourage critical analysis of traditional European urbanism and architecture and the implications and effects of modern interventions.
II. To work in a multi-disciplinary context to encourage a holistic approach to urbanism. Collaboration with reSITE and UrbanACT participants and the Prague city municipality will be incorporated as much as possible.
III. To provide “real world” solutions for the address of the Vltava River banks, with an eye to the long-term planning goals for the city to better address use of public space and pedestrian mobility along the river.

WORKSHOP COST
980 EUR / $1,250 USD (including accommodation)
685 EUR / $ 875 USD (without accommodation)

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS COST:
• 230 Euro/ $300.00USD Non-refundable Application fee/ deposit (applied towards Workshop Cost)
• Tuition for the Workshop (3 credits)
• All accommodation in Prague (if chosen)
• Entry fees to all school-sponsored architectural sites, museum visits and cultural events
• Wi-Fi access within the studio space.
• Any required reading material/ text books
• Special arrangements can be made for confirmed GROUPS of more than 7 participants

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND CONTACTS
Paul DeLave: 
• paul.delave@archip.eu
• 00420.777.653.118
• ARCHIP Architectural Institute in Prague website
• Workshop poster and information on ARCHIP website

ARCHIP is a newly established, private College of Architecture located in the center of Prague. It offers 3-year Bachelor degree in English, accredited by the Czech Ministry of Education, reciprocal within the EU (180 credits). Learn more at www. archip.eu and www.faceb00k.c0m/archip.eu.