CitySenZ
CA23145
BALANCING AND ALIGNING
WORKSHOP
28-30 Nov, 2026,
Athens, GREECE.
Sensing Kypseli
Urban Polyphonies and Relational Architectures
This workshop explores Kypseli through its ambiances, understanding urban space as a dynamic and relational environment. Combining architecture, physics of environment, social sciences, and sensory practices, participants will document the neighbourhood through sound recordings, measurements, photographs, interviews, drawings, etc.The multiple observations and interpretations of sensory phenoma then become a key point to reveal interactions, rhythms and tensions that often escape conventional architectural representations. The collected materials will be woven into an expanded base-map of Kypseli’s sensory and relational dimensions. Through exchanges between experts, students and inhabitants, the workshop experiments with ambiances as an operative tool for reading urban space as a network of human, environmental and sensory actants.
Το εργαστήριο Sensing Kypseli εξερευνά την Κυψέλη μέσα από τις ατμόσφαιρές της, προσεγγίζοντας τον αστικό χώρο ως ένα δυναμικό και σχεσιακό περιβάλλον. Συνδυάζοντας αρχιτεκτονική, φυσική του περιβάλλοντος, κοινωνικές επιστήμες και αισθητηριακές πρακτικές, οι συμμετέχοντες θα καταγράψουν τη γειτονιά μέσω ηχογραφήσεων, μετρήσεων, φωτογραφιών, συνεντεύξεων, σχεδίων κ.ά. Οι πολλαπλές παρατηρήσεις και ερμηνείες των αισθητηριακών φαινομένων λειτουργούν ως μέσο αποκάλυψης αλληλεπιδράσεων, ρυθμών και εντάσεων που συχνά διαφεύγουν από τις συμβατικές αρχιτεκτονικές αναπαραστάσεις. Το συλλεγμένο υλικό θα υφανθεί σε έναν διευρυμένο χάρτη των αισθητηριακών και σχεσιακών διαστάσεων της Κυψέλης. Μέσα από ανταλλαγές μεταξύ ειδικών, φοιτητών και κατοίκων, το workshop προσεγγίζει τις ατμόσφαιρες ως εργαλείο κατανόησης του αστικού χώρου, αναδεικνύοντας τα δίκτυα σχέσεων μεταξύ ανθρώπινων, περιβαλλοντικών και αισθητηριακών παραγόντων.
Το εργαστήριο Sensing Kypseli θα πραγματοποιηθεί από τις 28 έως τις 30 Νοεμβρίου στον χώρο Φ της Δημοτική Αγορά Κυψέλης (ΔΑΚ).
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Nicolas Remy
WG 3. LEADER
Evangelia Paxinou
WG 3. CO-LEADER
Théa Manola
HEAD of CRESSON
Théo Marchal
PROFESSOR AT ENSAG
DESCRIPTION
"Balancing and Aligning" aims to create balance and align the different approaches, perspectives and concepts relating to architectural and urban ambiences within the Action. This involves ensuring a common and coherent understanding of the ambiences, while recognizing the diversity of perspectives brought by participants from various disciplinary backgrounds..
The task includes collecting various types of resources, including but not limited to:
1. Synthesis of Concepts: Participants will synthesize ambiences-related definitions and approaches to create a comprehensive and nuanced consensus definition.
2. Unification of Terminologies: The task aims to harmonize and unify vocabulary for clear communication.
3. Identification of Convergences and Divergences: Participants will identify common ground and differences in ambiences approaches, working on clarification and compromise.
4. Training and Awareness: Action members will receive training for a shared understanding, fostering effective participation and awareness.
Participatory Validation: A participatory validation process will allow members to comment, evaluate, and validate alignment results.
5. Continuous Review: Balancing and Aligning is an ongoing process that may evolve with new ideas and research.
Location and Practical Information
• Venue: Φ space of Kypseli Municipal Market (DAK), Athens.
• Dates: 28-30 Nov, 2026.
• Duration: 3 days
• Funding: Eligible participants will be invited via e-COST and reimbursed in accordance with COST rules. Daily allowances of €199/day are provided to participants by reimbursement only. Participants must submit their reimbursement claims in e-COST within 30 days of the workshop's completion. The Grant Holder will process reimbursements after validation of the claims.
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