EASA 2016
The European Architecture Students’ Assembly (EASA) is a network of architecture students from all over the continent. Every summer this takes place in a different country whereby 500 design students, graduates and tutors live together in a self-sustaining, community-like setting. The Assembly takes place over two weeks and includes lectures, building and theoretical workshops, as well as other cultural and architectural endeavors. EASA acts as a platform for the exchange of social, architectural and cultural experiences. The main focus of the summer assembly is the workshops, where around 30 groups of students work on a small project for 2 weeks. The workshops are always linked to the main theme of each summer assembly but they can range from discussing hypotheses and concepts to photography of local people to cooking of food and to the construction of small houses. At the end the 2 weeks everyone is able to present what they have developed and produced throughout the assembly. The workshops allow the participants to broaden their thinking, share knowledge and learn new skills (www.easa.lt).
In the summer of 2016 first time in the history of EASA this event will be held in Lithuania, in Nida. The decision to offer Lithuania a chance to host the EASA event was given in 2014 during INCM014 Berlin (www.easa.lt).
