Brief
Applications are now open for a Failed Architecture research workshop in Cairo, talking place from November 20 to 23, focusing on Al-Azhar’s University Nasr City campus. The Nasr City campus is part of Cairo's famous Al-Azhar University, one of the oldest universities in the world, and was built in the typical 1960s modernist style of large university campuses. The campus is located in Nasr City, a Cairo’s large expansion scheme from the same period, just east of the city center.
In the Failed Architecture workshop, 20 to 30 participants will collaborate on a collective research endeavour using the Failed Architecture timeline methodology. Workshop participants will use site visits, archives, online sources, scientific papers and lectures by experts to examine the different conditions surrounding and influencing the development of the Nasr City campus, from before its construction into the near future. Participants will acquire a detailed understanding of the development of an architectural setting over time and acquire the tools to critically examine other parts of the built environment as well.
The workshop takes place on four full working days (Sunday to Wednesday) and is open for students and young professionals in the fields of architecture, urbanism, planning, geography, media, arts and beyond. Participants will be selected through an open application process, which will close on Tuesday November 8. The Failed Architecture Cairo workshop is organised in collaboration with the Urban Planning Department of Al-Azhar University, and supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands.
Failed Architecture is an Amsterdam-based research platform, supported by a global network of contributors. The workshop at Al-Azhar University will be conducted by FA’s founder Michiel van Iersel (also curator of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2016), editor-in-chief Mark Minkjan and managing editor René Boer.
Apply here: https://goo.gl/ubVYCB
The addres of Al-Azhar University is 1 Al-Mukhayam Aldaem St. of Al-Nasr/ Autostrad Rd, Nasr City Cairo. The campus is adjacent to Cairo's International Stadium and the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier.
This is the pin of the location: https://goo.gl/pEQCay
The nearest metro stations are Cairo Stadium and Cairo's International book fair. They are within no more 10 minutes walk of the campus.
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