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sustainable design workshop in Lebanon

[addressed to students of architecture fluent in English]

T h e w o r k s h o p The Department of Architecture ofNotre Dame University in Beirut organizes aworkshop on sustainable design between 16-30.4.07. The event is part of the

Architecture Design VI course, attended by 12 senior local students.

The workshop topic is about getting familiar w ithsustainability concepts inpractice. The project brief is under preparation, but it should refer to the design ofasmall structure in full detail (bus stop shelter, mountain cabin, beach bar, etc.)employing environmental sustainability ideas fit for local conditions. A key feature of the

proposal-s should be to incorporate low-tech construction techniques (DIY), given thatthe final scheme-s will be constructed by the students themselves after the workshop in

order to acquire practical experience.

Besides the workshop, there should be parallel events, including visits to localarchitectural & artistic attractions and a public lecture by Thanos N. Stasinopoulos titled

Towards a Hangover Architecture on developing environmentally sustainable design

principles as a protagonist in the post-consumerist future.

A small number of foreign students are welcome, with free accommodation offered in aguest house or by local students; special low-rate hotel rooms are also available.

The event offers a good opportunity for combining (a) a hands-on exercise in a highlyinteresting topic with (b) getting acquainted to a foreign yet very hospitable academic

environment.

T h e h o s t

Notre Dame University [NDU] is a Maronite Catholic private university which followsthe American system of education in its 7 faculties. NDUs main campus is a quitemodern building complex on a large green plot in Zouk Mosbeh, just north of Beirut.

The Faculty of Arts, Architecture & Design [FAAD] has about 300 students and 37faculty members; it includes the Department of Architecture that in recent years

emphasises a sustainable approach to architectural design.

Among other activities in that direction, FAAD hosted the 23rd Passive & Low EnergyArchitecture [PLEA] international conference on Environmental Sustainability in 2005.

C o n t a c t

For further details, please contact

Thanos N. Stasinopou losTel. +30 2106519403, +30 6977828414

email tns@delaxo.net

web page:ww w.delaxo.net/ ndu07/

M o r e

See snapshots from a 2003 workshop in a similar context

Check air carriers: Olympic Airlines | Middle East Airlines [return fare from Athens is

~280 incl. tax]