EcoCityLab workshops

Up to one week lasting intensive workshop on a specific sustainable urban design topic, consisting of lectures, design workshop and assistance by the workshop leaders.

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Workshop 33 ECOWEEK 2011, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Workshop in collaboration with Technische Universität Berlin on "Energy, Climate, and Culture in EcoUrban Design: Towards a Greek Sustainable Urban Quarter in Thessaloniki’s Harbour". The TU Berlin/EcoCityLab workshop was associated with two postdoctoral fellows at TU Berlin, M. Reza Shirazi (Dr.-Ing.) who researches on cultural sustainability and Somayeh Falahat (Dr. des.) who works on sustainable architectonic prototypes.
The TU Berlin/EcoCityLab ECOWEEK 2011 Workshop aimed to develop an urban quarter in the seafront of Thessaloniki as a self-reliant urban unit in terms of energy, food, drinking water, and management of organic waste, but reflecting the architectural/urbanistic heritage, social traditions, and cultural mores of Thessaloniki’s society. And, of course, embodying the highest aesthetic principles or architectural, landscape, and urban design. This workshop aimed on one hand to respond to the wish of the Municipality of Thessaloniki to develop its seafront in a sustainable way, and on the other to urge visionary ideas! See more...