https://livingsummerschool.com livingsummerschool Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:32:35 +0000 https://livingsummerschool.com en https://livingsummerschool.com/HomePage-1 Tue, 04 Oct 2022 14:35:38 +0000 livingsummerschool https://livingsummerschool.com/HomePage-1 Living Summer School &nbsp;Free Annual Para-Academic&nbsp;&nbsp;Course on Territorial Innovation&nbsp; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-M7QXCY05WN'); https://livingsummerschool.com/About Tue, 04 Oct 2022 14:35:43 +0000 livingsummerschool https://livingsummerschool.com/About What is the Living Summer School?&nbsp; The Living Summer School (LSS) is a free annual informal education program that brings together young people to lead multidisciplinary experiments in territorial innovation in response to the urgent need for swift, effective action to address socioenvironmental issues within realistic social models. The LSS is an Erasmus-certified informal training program and collaborates with a European Consortium of partners to devise its yearly curriculum. It is also a member of the New European Bauhaus’ Transformation of Places of Learning and of the LINA Architectural Platform &amp; Community. The program is held in Kortrijk, Belgium and through collaboration with local partners, students design and implement sustainable initiatives in the urban and rural areas of Southwest Flanders with the goal of nurturing a territorial mindset as a catalyst for innovation. The program employs collaborative and experiential learning methods to promote a sense of shared responsibility. Every year, research is conducted on multifaceted social and climate challenges faced by local partners, including NGOs, policymakers, and private companies. Participants are then encouraged to work in teams to address these geography-specific challenges in collaboration with local communities and partners. The outcomes of the co-creation process are shared with local decision and policymakers. Who is it for?&nbsp;We strongly believe that the planning and transformation of our territories should be an inclusive and multidisciplinary process that transcends existing professional boundaries and constraints. We warmly invite students and professionals from various fields, including architecture, urban planning, design, real estate, graphic design, political studies, geography, history, art, and more, to participate in this experience.&nbsp; <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a01d9abe7a899560750ba81a910852c387e961c1c785c109e4cebda0c5b6015/IMG_4581.jpg" data-mid="154818254" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a01d9abe7a899560750ba81a910852c387e961c1c785c109e4cebda0c5b6015/IMG_4581.jpg" /> <img width="4883" height="3255" width_o="4883" height_o="3255" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78a6789017e6f7c29b5819a80451e45550c7525e3c4e3532e13227a30b290792/IMG_4557.jpg" data-mid="154818253" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/78a6789017e6f7c29b5819a80451e45550c7525e3c4e3532e13227a30b290792/IMG_4557.jpg" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cbef8349eedae76a761bdd8b3150741bc6214fdbd36828778416ff3167413b06/IMG_4633.jpg" data-mid="154818255" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cbef8349eedae76a761bdd8b3150741bc6214fdbd36828778416ff3167413b06/IMG_4633.jpg" /> Informal EducationAt the LSS, young people from different backgrounds experiment and learn together. The focus on social &amp; environmental themes is essential: we want to actively engage young practitioners to work with this kind of challenge as designers, as entrepreneurs, as social activists, … and to give them the opportunity to see things from different perspectives and practices. Our unique educational approach combines specific use cases with a mix of hands-on competences&nbsp; and lectures tied within a programme that closely follows the structure of a design sprint. It stimulates interaction and cooperation, allowing for very unique insights to emerge. <img width="1902" height="1014" width_o="1902" height_o="1014" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d77b1bde19c8c303ebc98ddbfb1bba736e923b67f1250de0061d1d549ea925c/Screenshot-2022-04-13-at-10.29.48.png" data-mid="154818252" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4d77b1bde19c8c303ebc98ddbfb1bba736e923b67f1250de0061d1d549ea925c/Screenshot-2022-04-13-at-10.29.48.png" /> <img width="4857" height="3157" width_o="4857" height_o="3157" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/640ad37f78ccb27cafeb26511e029a929c1cd7d03e7f566c391f08b426d06218/IMG_4681.jpg" data-mid="154818257" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/640ad37f78ccb27cafeb26511e029a929c1cd7d03e7f566c391f08b426d06218/IMG_4681.jpg" /> Mentorship, Partnerships &amp; CollaborationThe LSS offers its participants a highly collaborative experience. Students work in teams and in close collaboration with partners: local experts who co-create with students responses to complex and systematic challenges they are being confronted with. Partners are selected every year to help us create territorial briefs thanks to their first-hand experiences and knowledge.Students also get daily lectures from local and international experts on various topics, as well as hands-on workshops to facilitate their creative process. During the LSS students are are accompanied and mentored by our resident team which comprises of experts in art, design, social impact and enterpreneurship as well as participants from the previous LSS edition. LSS, through collaboration, focuses on two main takeaways: Providing participants with soft and hard skills outside academic institutions,Providing our partners with outside-the-box visions of the future.&nbsp; Organising Team <img width="2770" height="2770" width_o="2770" height_o="2770" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7e2d033c54be9384d7a85acd9d02b20236d2c60e19b46b7f60b7cd33b7cd36c/me-lalala-3419-bw.jpg" data-mid="154818267" border="0" data-scale="60" alt="ELENA FALOMO Elena is an Italian design researcher interested in digital, social, and ecological matters. She likes to carefully investigate systems welcoming complexity and ambiguity to design more equitable and participated futures (or alternate presents). She's also a passionate educator teaching in universities across Europe creative technologies and design." data-caption="&lt;h2&gt;ELENA FALOMO&lt;/h2&gt; Elena is an Italian design researcher interested in digital, social, and ecological matters. She likes to carefully investigate systems welcoming complexity and ambiguity to design more equitable and participated futures (or alternate presents). She's also a passionate educator teaching in universities across Europe creative technologies and design." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c7e2d033c54be9384d7a85acd9d02b20236d2c60e19b46b7f60b7cd33b7cd36c/me-lalala-3419-bw.jpg" /> ELENA FALOMO Elena is an Italian design researcher interested in digital, social, and ecological matters. She likes to carefully investigate systems welcoming complexity and ambiguity to design more equitable and participated futures (or alternate presents). She's also a passionate educator teaching in universities across Europe creative technologies and design. <img width="2770" height="2770" width_o="2770" height_o="2770" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e513e65e5f6439befdfe1b0a4b49762cd4ed97975b0e6ea929239c0c7b00ff2/ruben-sq-bw.jpg" data-mid="154818263" border="0" data-scale="60" alt="RUBEN BENOIT Ruben co-founded Bolwerk and he is constantly working on the vision of the creative hub, developing new ideas and approaches to connect artistic, social, youth-focused and educational projects. Ruben guards the focus on sustainability throughout this organisation. He is a member of several boards in the youth and culture sector and a guest lecturer at Ghent University-Howest." data-caption="&lt;h2&gt;RUBEN BENOIT &lt;/h2&gt; Ruben co-founded Bolwerk and he is constantly working on the vision of the creative hub, developing new ideas and approaches to connect artistic, social, youth-focused and educational projects. Ruben guards the focus on sustainability throughout this organisation. He is a member of several boards in the youth and culture sector and a guest lecturer at Ghent University-Howest." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e513e65e5f6439befdfe1b0a4b49762cd4ed97975b0e6ea929239c0c7b00ff2/ruben-sq-bw.jpg" /> RUBEN BENOIT Ruben co-founded Bolwerk and he is constantly working on the vision of the creative hub, developing new ideas and approaches to connect artistic, social, youth-focused and educational projects. Ruben guards the focus on sustainability throughout this organisation. He is a member of several boards in the youth and culture sector and a guest lecturer at Ghent University-Howest. <img width="2770" height="2770" width_o="2770" height_o="2770" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/80bcf73c14f5f24ba3f43da29ac6ab1881dd9636f504c30a90d6602380de571c/jadd-sq-bw.jpg" data-mid="154818270" border="0" data-scale="59" alt="JADD HALLAJ Jadd is a Syrian-American architect and cartographer. He holds his own practice in Paris, and is engaged in projects throughout Europe and the Middle East / North Africa region. " data-caption="&lt;h2&gt;JADD HALLAJ&lt;/h2&gt; Jadd is a Syrian-American architect and cartographer. He holds his own practice in Paris, and is engaged in projects throughout Europe and the Middle East / North Africa region. " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/80bcf73c14f5f24ba3f43da29ac6ab1881dd9636f504c30a90d6602380de571c/jadd-sq-bw.jpg" /> JADD HALLAJ Jadd is a Syrian-American architect and cartographer. He holds his own practice in Paris, and is engaged in projects throughout Europe and the Middle East / North Africa region. Learn more about the LSS by listening to Co-founder Elena Falomo present the project during our acceptance speach to the LINA European Architecture Network (Dec 2022): <img width="1171" height="1100" width_o="1171" height_o="1100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/30aada82101f45ff17d825bb5348f4237fd8c9376103cb48022baead96c45f43/logo-bolwerk.png" data-mid="154818258" border="0" data-scale="71" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/30aada82101f45ff17d825bb5348f4237fd8c9376103cb48022baead96c45f43/logo-bolwerk.png" />︎︎︎ BOLWERK &nbsp; &nbsp; A cultural free port that focuses on creation, encounter, wonder and ecology <img width="762" height="762" width_o="762" height_o="762" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0c4274fc174bd34916fd12863600471eed576249a8c4623d351c63b31a94e47/hangar-k-logo.png" data-mid="154818259" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/762/i/b0c4274fc174bd34916fd12863600471eed576249a8c4623d351c63b31a94e47/hangar-k-logo.png" /> ︎︎︎ HANGAR K An organisation that supports entrepreneurial students in Kortrijk. <img width="348" height="309" width_o="348" height_o="309" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee36b49914b33ad7f672b5b550b5aa99d703beb8ac005769cd0afd8d58e8d872/start_k.png" data-mid="154818260" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/348/i/ee36b49914b33ad7f672b5b550b5aa99d703beb8ac005769cd0afd8d58e8d872/start_k.png" />︎︎︎ START@K A cross-istitutional partnership to connect young creators in Kortrijk. <img width="300" height="119" width_o="300" height_o="119" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/408c554b0c86e14ddc813bb31805e2ba2e66140d902dab7a67ee91270002c393/eiland-collective-logo2.png" data-mid="154818261" border="0" data-scale="94" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/300/i/408c554b0c86e14ddc813bb31805e2ba2e66140d902dab7a67ee91270002c393/eiland-collective-logo2.png" /> ︎︎︎&nbsp; EILAND COLLECTIVE A design duo of a design researcher and architect / cartographer. https://livingsummerschool.com/Publications Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:32:35 +0000 livingsummerschool https://livingsummerschool.com/Publications Publications As part of the yearly programme, we document our activitites through a publication.&nbsp; You can access and download the latest ones below. <img width="3602" height="2547" width_o="3602" height_o="2547" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8957433594ee80bcf642110ad76df35cd07fcb3b1607036ef5e1538ec73f967c/Pages-from-Formally_Informal_web-compressed.jpg" data-mid="250494023" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8957433594ee80bcf642110ad76df35cd07fcb3b1607036ef5e1538ec73f967c/Pages-from-Formally_Informal_web-compressed.jpg" /> Living Summer School 2025 ︎︎︎ Formally Informal: Notes of a learning practice&nbsp; A practical handbook distilling five years of the Living Summer School into tools, reflections, and recommendations for anyone interested in creating caring, hands-on, non-formal learning environments. <img width="3508" height="4970" width_o="3508" height_o="4970" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4808f6f801f0d662c35c37ec70421677654716ef893a698e313bc95f9d665ca/lw-book-cover.jpg" data-mid="250493941" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f4808f6f801f0d662c35c37ec70421677654716ef893a698e313bc95f9d665ca/lw-book-cover.jpg" /> Living Summer School 2021&nbsp; ︎︎︎ Living WaterscapesA publication documenting the first Living Summer School, where young creatives collaborated with local partners to imagine playful, community-driven responses to water challenges in Kortrijk through hands-on design and speculative prototyping. https://livingsummerschool.com/Experience Tue, 04 Oct 2022 14:35:52 +0000 livingsummerschool https://livingsummerschool.com/Experience Experience We design each Living Summer School to be unique immersions in the territory. Living Summer Schools are short but intense. They aim at providing participants with practical tools to handle fast pased design sprints with a sense of climate and social urgency.&nbsp; Price The LSS is Free for all participants. As an ERASMUS + program, we also guarantee students residing in Europe help in covering their travel costs to and from Kortrijk.&nbsp; Yearly Theme Every year we pick and choose educational methodologies that are fit for the topic being dealt with in the summer school. The topics, in turn, emerge from our community's needs and urgent issues of the contemporary world. Methodology and topics are refined year-round through an intertwined process, until their implementation. The Living Summer School participants are always provided with the opportunity to practise a mixture of soft and hard skills, these include building and making, prototyping, technological experimentation, service design, design thinking, ethnography research, vision making,... We experiment yearly intending to offer participants tools that would allow them to better tackle complex situations in the future, and develop innovative practices to accommodate the needs of our societies. Participants always gain experience in dealing with human and non-human stakeholder networks, in negotiating priorities within them and in advocating for change. Living&nbsp; While participants are welcome to arrange their own housing in nearby hostels or hotels, we would like to encourage co-living as part of the program experience. Living together fosters a sense of community and facilitates the exchange of ideas and experiences among participants. Throughout the duration of the LSS, participants reside together and share cooking and dining facilities. Their accommodation is situated in Dock 27, a container city repurposed for Kortijk's Sea Scouts. The site comprises a spacious dining hall, a professional kitchen used for meal preparation, a large living hall that extends outdoors through two opening gates, three sleeping quarters, and sanitation facilities with two bathrooms and four showers. The site's proximity to the city's main lake and its location only 15 minutes away from the city center by bicycle.&nbsp; Each night, participants will have the opportunity to work alongside a chef in preparing meals and setting/clearing the table. After dinner, participants are invited to unwind and enjoy the surroundings of the lake area. We encourage everyone to take advantage of the green outdoors and engage in outdoor activities. However, we kindly request that noise be kept to a minimum between the hours of 12 am to 8 am, so that everyone can enjoy a comfortable night's sleep. We believe that this well-rounded approach to daily activities provides a balance between structured learning and personal time for reflection and relaxation. Participants can organise their own housing in nearby hostels or hotels, but we would like to encourage co-living. We want to ensure that all participants have a comfortable and enjoyable experience during our program. If you have any special requests or needs related to your diet, sleep, or any other aspect, please let us know before the start of the program. We will do our best to accommodate any requests and ensure that everyone's needs are met. Whether you have dietary restrictions, require special accommodations for sleeping, or have any other concerns, we are here to help. DOCK 27 → <img width="3120" height="2080" width_o="3120" height_o="2080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35727b2292175d08793a682d23036dbc6b9256b307f2b18be9653d737fad6919/DSCF5798.JPG" data-mid="173980875" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35727b2292175d08793a682d23036dbc6b9256b307f2b18be9653d737fad6919/DSCF5798.JPG" /> <img width="2080" height="3120" width_o="2080" height_o="3120" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4525d6b5e1d73b6222e7d93bde9cc2378b218c200a5f795cdf521929b62fdb96/kurne-20210114-5824.jpg" data-mid="173980470" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4525d6b5e1d73b6222e7d93bde9cc2378b218c200a5f795cdf521929b62fdb96/kurne-20210114-5824.jpg" /> <img width="3120" height="2080" width_o="3120" height_o="2080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/333f7e8a783d76e93e3d67f497b5cbefe5c56caa57566957b018c0c0d358eda7/DSCF5898.JPG" data-mid="173981023" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/333f7e8a783d76e93e3d67f497b5cbefe5c56caa57566957b018c0c0d358eda7/DSCF5898.JPG" /> Biking As part of our program, each participant will be provided with a bicycle. Biking will be the primary mode of transportation for all activities and field trips, as we believe it is the best way to explore the territory. Site visits are a very important part of the research process. Participants will have the chance to meet with different organisations and experts. However, we understand that some heavy materials may require transportation by car. For this reason, we will have one car available to assist with transportation. Also, if you have a medical condition or any other reason that prevents you from biking, you may request transportation by car during the summer school. However, please note that due to limited space, we kindly ask that you notify us in advance if you require car transportation. We believe that biking is not only an environmentally-friendly way to travel, but it also allows participants to fully immerse themselves in the local culture and surroundings. We kindly ask that each participant take responsibility for their own bicycle during the summer school program. We trust that you will treat your bike with care and respect, as it will be your primary mode of transportation throughout the program. Please note that in the event of any damage, theft, or loss of your bicycle, you will be responsible for the related costs. We understand that accidents can happen, so we encourage everyone to take precautions and lock their bikes securely when not in use. Bycicles are rented from: Fietsencentrum Mobiel <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4296cfb1bf104e18fcee5418f8cf3e6100e5c6c1db25230297adb13098633e2e/kurne-20210114-6910.jpg" data-mid="173980441" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4296cfb1bf104e18fcee5418f8cf3e6100e5c6c1db25230297adb13098633e2e/kurne-20210114-6910.jpg" /> <img width="3415" height="2277" width_o="3415" height_o="2277" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7aa06760bb90b2f539271e1ca8a2c251d723cfbe19635460aafbde01a72ad5cf/IMG_4512.jpg" data-mid="173980603" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7aa06760bb90b2f539271e1ca8a2c251d723cfbe19635460aafbde01a72ad5cf/IMG_4512.jpg" /> <img width="2080" height="3120" width_o="2080" height_o="3120" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d32d541b6292f27b13636a68ca5811625572540d59207a713442d531e2ce1bb0/kurne-20210114-5840.jpg" data-mid="173980521" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d32d541b6292f27b13636a68ca5811625572540d59207a713442d531e2ce1bb0/kurne-20210114-5840.jpg" /> <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/51daa664d043c651a74d2a1b57899acd82b878b56d2a8dbf36c352702536dd7d/kurne-20210114-6859.jpg" data-mid="173980445" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/51daa664d043c651a74d2a1b57899acd82b878b56d2a8dbf36c352702536dd7d/kurne-20210114-6859.jpg" /> Learning Every year, we invite local experts, policy and decision makers, researchers and creatives to give a series of talks and workshops in relation to the year’s theme. The program is carefully spaced to allow for free prototyping and making time, with regular feedback sessions between all the participants and organising team.&nbsp; We regard every person involved in the summer school as an expert in their own right. We believe that the interaction between individuals from diverse backgrounds, knowledge, skills, and experiences, is where real insights and growth can happen. Our local collaborators hold a wealth of knowledge about their territory and the communities they serve, and we treasure their contributions. We see informal exchanges between peers as not just a formative experience but also as a chance to develop valuable soft skills that can support our participants in tackling the challenges of the future. Our methodology could be compared to the creation of scaffolding: we firmly believe that in each edition we should provide space for participants and our network to bring forward their interests, experiences and expertise. That’s why we build the yearly experience around three pillars that constitute the Living Summer School's main educational interactions: Lectures and workshops: these constitute the most academic learning opportunities for participants. Every year, we invite international university lecturers and professionals to give lectures on topics and projects that are relevant to the theme. Moreover, we punctuate the school’s week with workshops that help the participants be propelled forward in their processes, such as team building, ideation and communication design workshops.Peer learning and group work: these are the most informal and spontaneous learning opportunities for participants. One constant aspect of our yearly experience is that at the very beginning of the week, we match each participant to a group based on their thematic interests, skills and experience. Every group, then, works together for the entirety of the week. We support moments of sharing throughout the week to encourage peer learning across the whole cohort. Given the cooperative nature of the work at hand, every group has the chance to leverage each member’s unique profile, deepen their confidence in international teamwork, and, above all, build long-lasting personal and professional relationships. “Field trips” and interaction with our local network: these provide the most unique aspect of the summer school’s educational experience. Every year we gather&nbsp; and grow our communities and networks of local and regional experts from the non-profit, private and governmental sectors around the year’s theme. We then bring these experts to the summer school through various formats and moments throughout the week. The goal of these interactions is for participants to build their initiative as much as possible on the localised and contextualised experience of our network of experts in a co-design process. Two highlights of these interactions are the field trips and the closing event. <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9c07a0c4660f5961f9df5986b6ab588c624db7bc2fcf8ac5a2a97b51f64f6f5/kurne-20210114-6991.jpg" data-mid="173980514" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b9c07a0c4660f5961f9df5986b6ab588c624db7bc2fcf8ac5a2a97b51f64f6f5/kurne-20210114-6991.jpg" /> <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/274f2775c12c3d07e17002ada1dd7f5778f19b176d855fe6d060fa873ffb94cb/kurne-20210114-7503.jpg" data-mid="173980519" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/274f2775c12c3d07e17002ada1dd7f5778f19b176d855fe6d060fa873ffb94cb/kurne-20210114-7503.jpg" /> <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4baf71dc2af81fbe335eba69143017bcdc72a6d88c9473b92cd462a44179813b/IMG_4862.jpg" data-mid="173980648" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4baf71dc2af81fbe335eba69143017bcdc72a6d88c9473b92cd462a44179813b/IMG_4862.jpg" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e2435dc515442c20cc70780f22088a16cbf44131b0c171d9208ee8f5cb027ac9/IMG_4849.jpg" data-mid="173980633" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e2435dc515442c20cc70780f22088a16cbf44131b0c171d9208ee8f5cb027ac9/IMG_4849.jpg" /> <img width="4198" height="2799" width_o="4198" height_o="2799" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bccc4b6e0742d8aaaf9a1f9d27336739909e2941d3b06ea6631ea1311b7a36cb/kurne-20210114-6826.jpg" data-mid="173980516" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bccc4b6e0742d8aaaf9a1f9d27336739909e2941d3b06ea6631ea1311b7a36cb/kurne-20210114-6826.jpg" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e87aed07dcf90234454340197d9e7812c9f939dae66a12aa8e1974638e6cc37b/kurne-20210114-7169.jpg" data-mid="173980515" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e87aed07dcf90234454340197d9e7812c9f939dae66a12aa8e1974638e6cc37b/kurne-20210114-7169.jpg" /> https://livingsummerschool.com/Partners-1 Tue, 04 Oct 2022 14:35:53 +0000 livingsummerschool https://livingsummerschool.com/Partners-1 Lorem Ipsum Dolor Amet 34598—34Sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 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Etiam dapibus justo id facilisis ullamcorper. https://livingsummerschool.com/2026-Conference Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:59:45 +0000 livingsummerschool https://livingsummerschool.com/2026-Conference <img width="2380" height="1190" width_o="2380" height_o="1190" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dedb4e2e8fdf200eb5a8032daa2890b404df658c67fefdf42a4a3b988ff14daa/Host-Us-Call.png" data-mid="247906650" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dedb4e2e8fdf200eb5a8032daa2890b404df658c67fefdf42a4a3b988ff14daa/Host-Us-Call.png" /> Living Blueprints: Itinerant Conference PRESS RELEASE Bolwerk’s Living Summer School together with ConstructLab France, Fablab Torino, Floating e.V. and Spolka, is going on tour! You can host us for an afternoon and become part of our network on informal education. You can also meet us in one of the three main stops the Labos. Building on the conversations of the Living Summer School’s 2024 Conference “Navigating Informal Education” , we want to bring together initiatives across Europe working with informal education, grassroots pedagogies and community-based learning. This trip will create further spaces to exchange, learn from each other, find common strategies, and strengthen a shared European community of practice. To do so, we are organising an itinerant conference with three main stops or Labos, each developed with our partners: Berlin – Opening Doors (with Floating e.V - &nbsp;22.07.26) Focusing on inclusion, outreach, and how informal education can engage people often excluded from traditional systems, especially young people outside education or employment, and how informal education can open space for alternative ways of learning and understanding the world. <img width="2184" height="1455" width_o="2184" height_o="1455" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3befd0efd034e9963129b90f459f3ff9a89d7bafce92936b6286f9ffa537f142/Capture-d-cran-2026-05-02-165732.png" data-mid="247792040" border="0" data-scale="48" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3befd0efd034e9963129b90f459f3ff9a89d7bafce92936b6286f9ffa537f142/Capture-d-cran-2026-05-02-165732.png" /> Košice – In Context (with Spolka&nbsp;- 25.07.26) Exploring how informal education is shaped by its environment and context and how pedagogies respond to its surroundings. Further reflections will be dedicated to&nbsp; alternative ways of formulating impact and evaluation models. <img width="2572" height="1430" width_o="2572" height_o="1430" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58067ed4e78ed8fd33446044d12f8fa932ef280c61aee731e4891468b8476790/Capture-d-cran-2026-05-02-165840.png" data-mid="247792042" border="0" data-scale="55" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58067ed4e78ed8fd33446044d12f8fa932ef280c61aee731e4891468b8476790/Capture-d-cran-2026-05-02-165840.png" /> Toulouse – Building Communities (with Constructlab France - 31.07.26)Looking at hands-on learning, collective building, and how shared practices can foster community, participation, and resilient learning environments, while exploring how making and building together can strengthen connections, support collaboration, and create meaningful, experience-based ways of learning. <img width="2216" height="1468" width_o="2216" height_o="1468" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d166ad06b71f3d07692f53d4b3afb77cd433c4747bfecc72a3371bb7e187d0b/Capture-d-cran-2026-05-02-165942.png" data-mid="247792044" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3d166ad06b71f3d07692f53d4b3afb77cd433c4747bfecc72a3371bb7e187d0b/Capture-d-cran-2026-05-02-165942.png" /> Each Labo will gather a mix of local youth workers, cultural organisers, practitioners, representatives from the project partners and organisations to exchange practices and perspectives. The programme will include facilitated conversations, field visits, and moments of collective reflection, while also leaving space to simply be together and enjoy the process. Host us!Alongside the Labos, the journey itself is part of the project. We believe conviviality and hospitality are fertile grounds for exchange, especially within informal education. Rather than passing through places, we want to experience them through the people who inhabit them. For this, we are looking for organisations who would like to host us along the way, we formulated two formats for involvement: Discursive Meals: Host a community meal or a community potluck to discuss informal education in an open and relaxed setting. All meals will be sensitive to food allergies and dietary needs. We will provide ingredients and essential cooking equipment. Hangouts: Meet us along the route and introduce us to your organisation. These informal gatherings are moments to exchange practices, build connections, and reflect together on informal education.Overnight Campgrounds: Share with us a simple place where our group (around 12 people, travelling with 3 mini-vans and 2 cars) can stay for a night. A garden to pitch tents is more than enough—basic facilities are a plus, but not essential. We’re not looking for fancy places or formal settings, just openness, curiosity, and a willingness to exchange. All the encounters along the journey will be documented through multimedia and will become part of a publication. Our broader goal is to move towards a European platform for informal education and we see this itinerant conference as an essential step to work towards a network of solidarity. If you’d like to host us, please compile this form HERE! At this stage, we are looking for organisations and practitioners actively engaged in informal education, not just participants, but organisers, facilitators, and stewards of these practices. In a few weeks we will release an open call for interested people to reserve a spot to join us for each Labo days. Learn more&nbsp; We’re organising an Online Webinar on Monday 18.05.2026 &nbsp;17:00 - 18:00 to introduce the project and its partners and to give you the chance to ask us all your burning questions. &nbsp;You can register your attendance HERE. https://livingsummerschool.com/Living-in-Repairs Fri, 09 Feb 2024 11:08:02 +0000 livingsummerschool https://livingsummerschool.com/Living-in-Repairs <img width="1782" height="889" width_o="1782" height_o="889" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/90d5e4448228576fc8c8e424a52b393acc7b378be6fcb2f5f27e6c141f225b63/24_01_03_communication_package_Plan-de-travail-1-29.png" data-mid="205848596" border="0" data-scale="99" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/90d5e4448228576fc8c8e424a52b393acc7b378be6fcb2f5f27e6c141f225b63/24_01_03_communication_package_Plan-de-travail-1-29.png" /> Kortrijk, Belgium | 31st Aug to 8 Sept 2024 Theme: This year's theme revolves around the concept of repairs as a transformative force for sustaining and rejuvenating environments. In a global landscape marked by finite resources and escalating environmental degradation, the notion of repair assumes paramount importance. In 2023, 30 participants from across Europe came together in Kortrijk to design and build makeshift interventions in 3 different sites. One year later, new participants will be back in the same locations to expand on our previous experience, intervene on the pre-built constructions after a year of use by our local partners, and reflect on the practices and philosophies of repair. Building upon last year's exploration of makeshift interventions, which sought to inspire immediate action through participatory, minimally designed interventions, our focus now shifts towards repairing and sustaining these structures and interventions. By doing so, we endeavor to delve into innovative solutions to socioenvironmental challenges while nurturing a culture characterized by resourcefulness, adaptability, and resilience,&nbsp;emphasizing ongoing care and engagement with the communities and environments impacted. Sites: For the upcoming edition, participants will return to the 2023 sites, repairing, hacking, improving, moving, cleaning, deconstructing, upgrading and maintaining constructions. Participants will have freedom in designing and engineering these interventions, think of the social and environmental performance of the projects, design community blueprints or even lead communication strategies. The idea is to assist our local partners in enhancing their practices and providing them with out of the box ideas. <img width="9933" height="7015" width_o="9933" height_o="7015" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6fea6bce140cf05c3cc9ff6828cad02ba266994a9ff52b8b42052ab3dc641df3/Maps-1.jpg" data-mid="209788357" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6fea6bce140cf05c3cc9ff6828cad02ba266994a9ff52b8b42052ab3dc641df3/Maps-1.jpg" /> 1. Heerlijkheid Van Heul The Heerlijkheid Van Heule is an historical farmstead surrounded by water. Its historical buildings and natural environment create an ecological oasis within Heule. The Heerlijkheid is not just a farm, in fact, its organisation pursues a social vocation by using ecological farming as a connection to vulnerable groups, especially vulnerable youth, and more broadly to its surrounding neighbourhood. Every morning and noon employees, visitors and volunteers gather around in a circle in the heart of the farm and distribute the daily task in an equitable way according to everyone’s vocation and capacity. The Heerlijkheid Van Heule in its community represents a space for radical inclusion and collective experimentation amongst people and nature. <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7a64c356fdb3292a1ea510c9779574b7a16cf621e899353473ecf23b5d63bf5/LSS_ariane-IMG_7003.jpg" data-mid="226662285" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c7a64c356fdb3292a1ea510c9779574b7a16cf621e899353473ecf23b5d63bf5/LSS_ariane-IMG_7003.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e27d9a2fa3a046be6feb7c9283ec006e19e4b41016672bbcc7a7585e02bb1b17/LSS_ariane-IMG_7019.jpg" data-mid="226662294" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e27d9a2fa3a046be6feb7c9283ec006e19e4b41016672bbcc7a7585e02bb1b17/LSS_ariane-IMG_7019.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1d0de27908c04ba75f065ef18d71674ece887baa656d54c2a093117c0303d60/LSS_ariane-IMG_7050.jpg" data-mid="226662296" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e1d0de27908c04ba75f065ef18d71674ece887baa656d54c2a093117c0303d60/LSS_ariane-IMG_7050.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a4a86f1a677f7a626858ee7f77f7999e0af198e54a91ccb411fcb3c5077a058/LSS_ariane-IMG_7082.jpg" data-mid="226662297" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a4a86f1a677f7a626858ee7f77f7999e0af198e54a91ccb411fcb3c5077a058/LSS_ariane-IMG_7082.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91e6c72f227fcb2dc74055e3499fb7da237fe79e1ebca633e6baf385e5ae8bdd/LSS_alba-WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-08-at-14.15.03-1.jpg" data-mid="226662298" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/91e6c72f227fcb2dc74055e3499fb7da237fe79e1ebca633e6baf385e5ae8bdd/LSS_alba-WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-08-at-14.15.03-1.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/10360f9d40f73923b9259132c87e610bf10202e835a61a71c23269ce18eafaaf/LSS_ariane-IMG_6599.jpg" data-mid="226662299" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/10360f9d40f73923b9259132c87e610bf10202e835a61a71c23269ce18eafaaf/LSS_ariane-IMG_6599.jpg" /> <img width="2709" height="3612" width_o="2709" height_o="3612" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9af1258c9857f94ac25ce098d6cf31e53128c77e7289134e11d49ca152065a8f/LSS_ariane-IMG_6766-2.jpg" data-mid="226662300" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9af1258c9857f94ac25ce098d6cf31e53128c77e7289134e11d49ca152065a8f/LSS_ariane-IMG_6766-2.jpg" /> 2. Bolwerk Bolwerk defines itself as a cultural freeport fostering creation, encounter, wonder and ecology. Bolwerk is located along the Bossuit–Kortrijk canal, in an industrial area that was once dedicated to the production of cotton. From the industrial site, once you cross the big wooden gate you enter into the haven of makeshifts. The two brothers who founded Bolwerk, Ruben ad Servaas, built the place together with Kortrijk’s community from the bottom-up with an ecological vocation. Bolwek welcomes a multitude of people, spirits and attitudes, which slowly shape and build its reality. Below the big industrial hangar and outdoors and indoors bars are situated to welcome visitors and all sorts of events such as exhibitions, concerts and parties. Within the hangar a huge workshop produces literal car-pools, giant marionettes and tiny houses. Kortrijk’s communities, especially the youth can always find their space in Bolwerk by organising events, learning how to build their crazy project and taking part in the production through the “Jongbloed” group. <img width="3936" height="2624" width_o="3936" height_o="2624" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c160b0809031cecf8220987a5196838b4106190501819aa6f2647b528ee47ee3/living-summer-school-_arthur-bed_GROUP-PIC---8.jpg" data-mid="226662615" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c160b0809031cecf8220987a5196838b4106190501819aa6f2647b528ee47ee3/living-summer-school-_arthur-bed_GROUP-PIC---8.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e81ace7fb2084fd48fc06f9d8c95372bdd0f66ee38b23e4f1096fbbc5e4efbfd/20240904_151636.jpg" data-mid="226663516" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e81ace7fb2084fd48fc06f9d8c95372bdd0f66ee38b23e4f1096fbbc5e4efbfd/20240904_151636.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7bd5a17966f70e57e002730f5002e368ab6f625daeff407b160ac6d485277d6/20240902_143541.jpg" data-mid="226663517" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7bd5a17966f70e57e002730f5002e368ab6f625daeff407b160ac6d485277d6/20240902_143541.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33b4f9da340e167412f6a09aca61ca4b05d33f3606e56f2d41d0b4eaebaa24dc/20240902_152131.jpg" data-mid="226663518" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33b4f9da340e167412f6a09aca61ca4b05d33f3606e56f2d41d0b4eaebaa24dc/20240902_152131.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32b862ca928ead77f54fea332439e6e14b6dfceb20053ae484b454c92778e0ce/20240906_190741.jpg" data-mid="226663513" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/32b862ca928ead77f54fea332439e6e14b6dfceb20053ae484b454c92778e0ce/20240906_190741.jpg" /> <img width="1293" height="970" width_o="1293" height_o="970" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1143e0d5b57b5f5e388afab5501fe06dbbb9bf02c353f400cd603a5bf615814/IMG-20240904-WA0008.jpg" data-mid="226663514" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a1143e0d5b57b5f5e388afab5501fe06dbbb9bf02c353f400cd603a5bf615814/IMG-20240904-WA0008.jpg" /> 3. Wildebras #LZSB is a Kortrijk collective which creates playful interventions and experiments in the public space. They turn their cargo bikes into means of creating “situations” that connect people and nature.&nbsp; They organise outdoor parties and film screenings, run microadventures,&nbsp; rewild the city, coordinate a wild swimming collective and much more! Wildebras is their series of experiments on wild and outdoor play for children. As Wildebras, #LZSB, took over the island within the “Brothers Van Raemdonck” park in Kortrijk. They run it as an adventure and construction playground where only children are allowed to roam freely. Children can play and build what their imagination suggests under minimal supervision of a few “playworkers”. Through peer learning and play, children and playworkers teach each other how to use hand tools such as saws, hammers, drills... <img width="1536" height="2048" width_o="1536" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b4e9c800810fd75bcdba21ec852609ee92523a3c6c88475c9dab91a729ddb3e4/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-04-at-14.49.25-1.jpeg" data-mid="226663526" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b4e9c800810fd75bcdba21ec852609ee92523a3c6c88475c9dab91a729ddb3e4/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-04-at-14.49.25-1.jpeg" /> <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e6395fa878ae60112bfa45bb6bb650af7c61b656f89ceb3952c569126bd8fda/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-05-at-09.22.34.jpeg" data-mid="226663527" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e6395fa878ae60112bfa45bb6bb650af7c61b656f89ceb3952c569126bd8fda/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-05-at-09.22.34.jpeg" /> <img width="1536" height="2048" width_o="1536" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42fab302979ecc1a95c2c85f2aba1751ae2547663787e7592ec491ec1a1f99d8/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-05-at-09.41.45.jpeg" data-mid="226663528" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/42fab302979ecc1a95c2c85f2aba1751ae2547663787e7592ec491ec1a1f99d8/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-05-at-09.41.45.jpeg" /> <img width="1536" height="2048" width_o="1536" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c59c05dfa0f19e4be54912aafa3ea1703c66b338b58719df51e95c467e0dcfc/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-05-at-09.41.46.jpeg" data-mid="226663529" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c59c05dfa0f19e4be54912aafa3ea1703c66b338b58719df51e95c467e0dcfc/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-05-at-09.41.46.jpeg" /> <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ed80f78539a8eb91a722bee78c460a6648a3fdb2441711e639653fa3a5ce594/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-03-at-17.56.10.jpeg" data-mid="226663530" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5ed80f78539a8eb91a722bee78c460a6648a3fdb2441711e639653fa3a5ce594/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-03-at-17.56.10.jpeg" /> <img width="1500" height="2000" width_o="1500" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e92e62dc7da090545499a6cc583b71a9a9bc2ae2570b9c2f7a6d022ce3ec1fa/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-03-at-18.01.09.jpeg" data-mid="226663531" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e92e62dc7da090545499a6cc583b71a9a9bc2ae2570b9c2f7a6d022ce3ec1fa/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-03-at-18.01.09.jpeg" /> Building Partners <img width="225" height="225" width_o="225" height_o="225" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c03b59c835fadeb57c0a8f917ab03f752b06464d23e4a5b2f57875ffb88df59d/download-1.png" data-mid="207657024" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/225/i/c03b59c835fadeb57c0a8f917ab03f752b06464d23e4a5b2f57875ffb88df59d/download-1.png" /> Construct Lab: Constructlab is a transdisciplinary design-build network that brings together architectural concepts and construction. While breaking with traditional divisions of labor, the organization engages a team of multi-talented designer-builders – as well as sociologists, urban planners, graphic designers, curators, educators and web developers – who carry the creative process from the drawing board to the field. Their shared vision of a collaborative way of working combines the creative with the practical, the thinking with the doing. <img width="566" height="89" width_o="566" height_o="89" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/662e5d0b99d6f84b556292edcc234124868769767cd09ecf3ce69706de41a072/download-2.png" data-mid="207657026" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/566/i/662e5d0b99d6f84b556292edcc234124868769767cd09ecf3ce69706de41a072/download-2.png" /> Fablab Torino: Fablab Torino is a cultural association, a digital manufacturing laboratory and a makerspace - the first opened in Italy. It doesn't matter whether you are a professional or an enthusiast: at FablabTO you find the spaces, machinery and tools suitable for realizing your projects, develop new skills and share what you know how to do with a community of people with the same interests as you. <img width="381" height="369" width_o="381" height_o="369" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45ce4fa232ee31d80e021edb7dba9cafe06a57b4895d9816524fd1b6ce90d6a3/logo-bolwerk.png" data-mid="207657025" border="0" data-scale="59" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/381/i/45ce4fa232ee31d80e021edb7dba9cafe06a57b4895d9816524fd1b6ce90d6a3/logo-bolwerk.png" /> Bolwerk: &nbsp;Like-minded people who want to realize an idea together can find, inspire or support each other at Bolwerk. The emphasis is on creative makership&nbsp;with the large, equipped studio as the most important tool.&nbsp;However, creating something does not always have to take a tangible form, it can also be an experience or experience. https://livingsummerschool.com/Brief-Partners-copy Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:42:12 +0000 livingsummerschool https://livingsummerschool.com/Brief-Partners-copy Building Partners&nbsp; <img width="225" height="225" width_o="225" height_o="225" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c03b59c835fadeb57c0a8f917ab03f752b06464d23e4a5b2f57875ffb88df59d/download-1.png" data-mid="207657203" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/225/i/c03b59c835fadeb57c0a8f917ab03f752b06464d23e4a5b2f57875ffb88df59d/download-1.png" /> Construct Lab: Constructlab is a transdisciplinary design-build network that brings together architectural concepts and construction. While breaking with traditional divisions of labor, the organization engages a team of multi-talented designer-builders – as well as sociologists, urban planners, graphic designers, curators, educators and web developers – who carry the creative process from the drawing board to the field. Their shared vision of a collaborative way of working combines the creative with the practical, the thinking with the doing.&nbsp; <img width="566" height="89" width_o="566" height_o="89" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/662e5d0b99d6f84b556292edcc234124868769767cd09ecf3ce69706de41a072/download-2.png" data-mid="207657204" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/566/i/662e5d0b99d6f84b556292edcc234124868769767cd09ecf3ce69706de41a072/download-2.png" /> Fablab Torino: Fablab Torino is a cultural association, a digital manufacturing laboratory and a makerspace - the first opened in Italy.&nbsp;It doesn't matter whether you are a professional or an enthusiast: at FablabTO you find the spaces, machinery and tools suitable for realizing your projects, develop new skills and share what you know how to do with a community of people with the same interests as you. <img width="381" height="369" width_o="381" height_o="369" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45ce4fa232ee31d80e021edb7dba9cafe06a57b4895d9816524fd1b6ce90d6a3/logo-bolwerk.png" data-mid="207657205" border="0" data-scale="59" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/381/i/45ce4fa232ee31d80e021edb7dba9cafe06a57b4895d9816524fd1b6ce90d6a3/logo-bolwerk.png" /> Bolwerk: &nbsp; Like-minded people who want to realize an idea together can find, inspire or support each other at Bolwerk. The emphasis is on&nbsp;creative makership&nbsp;with the large, equipped studio as the most important tool.&nbsp;However, creating something does not always have to take a tangible form, it can also be an experience or experience. https://livingsummerschool.com/Theme-2023 Tue, 31 Oct 2023 09:04:34 +0000 livingsummerschool https://livingsummerschool.com/Theme-2023 Living MakeshiftsSHIFTING the way we MAKE space 10 days - September 2023 30 participants <img width="3508" height="4961" width_o="3508" height_o="4961" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85203c4e7e9551b7d10850fbe15e1e013d8484cfbefd2aeea81b8adfee36e036/A3-Poster-Portrait-1.png" data-mid="195402886" border="0" data-scale="40" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85203c4e7e9551b7d10850fbe15e1e013d8484cfbefd2aeea81b8adfee36e036/A3-Poster-Portrait-1.png" /> <img width="2048" height="904" width_o="2048" height_o="904" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3941b5caea77510156e8a8f7c239c36343ce6f93d74f20661f48e742f885591/DSC08522-3.jpg" data-mid="197292553" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3941b5caea77510156e8a8f7c239c36343ce6f93d74f20661f48e742f885591/DSC08522-3.jpg" /> Every year we create an informal learning experience for a diverse group of youth exploring different aspects of territorial innovation. The third edition to be held in September 2023 will explore emerging building processes.&nbsp; Since the industrial revolution, our cities have been expanding exponentially. In 2018 alone, 4.2 % of European land cover was lost to construction: that’s an average of one basketball court per resident. In light of the imminent dangers that this poses to the planet, the European Commission has declared a "zero net artificialization" policy for 2050. This means that new development projects will be limited to available built-up areas. This will be a radical shift from the expansionist urbanisation of the last century. Failing to meet this objective will accelerate the current climate crisis and also make us less resilient to the change it will bring about. We need to shift the way we make space by using what is readily available. This is not an easy task. The production of space involves many actors from different sectors with varying expertise, imperatives and visions of the future. During 10 days, we will try to deconstruct hardwired common-practices to investigate more sustainable, emergent life cycles for our buildings, from design to build, maintenance and deconstruction. Participants will receive lectures and site visits by inspiring designers and leaders from across Europe. They will explore ideas and get hands-on experience in making scale 1 interventions with local partners. Together, we will discover new approaches to the production and construction of space. We will occupy different building sites across the territory and test methods in constructing, maintaining and deconstructing the spaces that surround us. https://livingsummerschool.com/Brief-Partners-1 Sun, 19 Nov 2023 13:17:35 +0000 livingsummerschool https://livingsummerschool.com/Brief-Partners-1 Building Partners&nbsp; <img width="225" height="225" width_o="225" height_o="225" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c03b59c835fadeb57c0a8f917ab03f752b06464d23e4a5b2f57875ffb88df59d/download-1.png" data-mid="197291513" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/225/i/c03b59c835fadeb57c0a8f917ab03f752b06464d23e4a5b2f57875ffb88df59d/download-1.png" /> Construct Lab: Constructlab is a transdisciplinary design-build network that brings together architectural concepts and construction. While breaking with traditional divisions of labor, the organization engages a team of multi-talented designer-builders – as well as sociologists, urban planners, graphic designers, curators, educators and web developers – who carry the creative process from the drawing board to the field. Their shared vision of a collaborative way of working combines the creative with the practical, the thinking with the doing.&nbsp; <img width="566" height="89" width_o="566" height_o="89" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/662e5d0b99d6f84b556292edcc234124868769767cd09ecf3ce69706de41a072/download-2.png" data-mid="197291578" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/566/i/662e5d0b99d6f84b556292edcc234124868769767cd09ecf3ce69706de41a072/download-2.png" /> Fablab Torino: Fablab Torino is a cultural association, a digital manufacturing laboratory and a makerspace - the first opened in Italy.&nbsp;It doesn't matter whether you are a professional or an enthusiast: at FablabTO you find the spaces, machinery and tools suitable for realizing your projects, develop new skills and share what you know how to do with a community of people with the same interests as you. <img width="381" height="369" width_o="381" height_o="369" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45ce4fa232ee31d80e021edb7dba9cafe06a57b4895d9816524fd1b6ce90d6a3/logo-bolwerk.png" data-mid="197291579" border="0" data-scale="59" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/381/i/45ce4fa232ee31d80e021edb7dba9cafe06a57b4895d9816524fd1b6ce90d6a3/logo-bolwerk.png" /> Bolwerk: &nbsp; Like-minded people who want to realize an idea together can find, inspire or support each other at Bolwerk. The emphasis is on&nbsp;creative makership&nbsp;with the large, equipped studio as the most important tool.&nbsp;However, creating something does not always have to take a tangible form, it can also be an experience or experience.