ECON pavilion

"Every year since 1981, hundreds of European students of architecture have gathered each summer to discuss and work with architecture, student to student. These summerschools are organised by EASA (European Architecture Students Assembly) and happen in a new place and with a specific theme for each year. During the two weeks of the assembly, visions and experiments grow from workshops, tutored and arranged by architecture students. It is an important and inspiring gathering, with a scope that extends beyond the 400 participants and organisers. Anyone who has ever attended an EASA summerschool will have stories to tell about architecture, friendship and new ideas."

In addition to all this (the quote taken from the EASA homepage), EASA sometimes also organizes student architectural competitions. The winning projects then get built during these summerschools.

In the year 2003/2004, EASA took place in Denmark and the theme was "sustainable living". The group that won the competition that year was from the faculty of architecture in Ljubljana, Slovenia and I was a member of that group. This pavilion was the result.




The chair in the last photo was a small, unplanned addition to the interior space of the pavilion. I built it myself, even though I've never done anything similar before in my life. Despite the fact that it was a complete improvisation (no plan involved) and that it was finished fast (a couple of hours), I believe the result was a success. It was constructed out of the wooden left-overs of the pavilion's roof construction. Recycled and eco-friendly!