Pioneers of Vacant Urban Space
Lectures & workshop
10-11. May 2016.
Open Central Europe aims to address urban vacancy by the temporary use of vacant spaces and by understanding and discussing the mechanisms of these practices. Our goal is to generate debate about the newest practices of interim use in Central Europe, and make their lessons learned more accessible, applicable by transforming them into a practical guide for Central European citizens, urban communities, public and private property owners. Open Central Warsaw is the first event of the Open Central Europe series.
As the 4. event of the Open Central Europe workshop series “Pioneers of Vacant Urban Space” will be held in Bratislava. It aims to connect the initiators of projects from Budapest, Warsaw, Vienna, Bratislava and other cities and together discuss the experience with reactivation of vacant urban spaces.
10th May – Public events at KC Dunaj
18:00-19:00: public presentations of projects and question pitch
/// Das Packhaus – Paradocks, Vienna
/// Nyitva!/Open! Budapest – Lakatlan, KÉK, Budapest
/// Cyklokuchyňa, Bratislava
/// Stará tržnica, Bratislava
/// POD PYRAMÍDOU – Jedlé mesto, Bratislava
19:00-21:00 – discussion in groups, workshop
11th May – Closed event
Closed event for the participants of OCE.
Site visits:
Program
10th May
18:00-19:00: public presentations of projects and question pitch
/// Das Packhaus – Paradocks, Vienna
/// Nyitva!/Open! Budapest – Lakatlan, KÉK, Budapest
/// Cyklokuchyňa, Bratislava
/// Stará tržnica, Bratislava
/// POD PYRAMÍDOU – Jedlé mesto, Bratislava
19:00-21:00 – discussion in groups, workshop
11th May
Closed event for the participants of OCE.
Site visits: Cvernovka: Old spinning mill; Vodárenská záhrada – community garden (with Slavomír Uhrin, co-founder); Cyklokuchyňa – visit to bikekitchen on Danube riverbank in the making (with Tomáš Peciar, co-founder); Mobilná záhrada Karpatská – new mobile community garden (with Michal Štassel, co-founder); Stará tržnica – visit to old markethall re-activated and managed by NGO (talk with Gábor Bindics, co-founder)
The programme is funded by the International Visegrad Fund.
Project partners: KÉK – Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre, Fundacja Bęc Zmiana, Jedlé Mesto, 4AM
Photo by Stará Trznica
