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• Mobility as an agent for urban “mixity” (activ-
ity theme: reclaim the street)
• Nature in urban environments (activity theme:
go natural in your own city)
• Sharing Educational Infrastructures (activity
theme: revisit the school yard)
The themes were enriched with material during
a workshop at the University Of Cyprus Depart-
ment Of Architecture in July, with an eye toward
implementing the activities.
Activities
The “U-A-W?” project involved activities that
took place in Nicosia, in tandem with workshops
and seminars. The activities included urban
games, temporal events and alternative urban
navigation tours designed to engage primary
and secondary school students and the general
public. The exhibition had a mobile character,
as it comprised the documentation of the activi-
ties and the “support tools” for facilitating them.
Initially based in Kasteliotissa, Nicosia, between
17 and 30 October, the exhibition moved to the
ground floor of the University of Cyprus Depart-
ment of Architecture in the old city of Nicosia
(68 Ledra Street) on 2 November, where it re-
mained until 17 November. An all-day interna-
tional seminar was organised on 10 November
at the Department of Architecture – one of the
main themes was “multi-rhythmic” urban envi-
ronments.
The activities were open to the public, which was
encouraged to participate. More information can
be found on the website www.urban-a-where.com.
“URBAN-A-WHERE?” – Striving for an active
urban community
Curator: Socrates Stratis, PhD, Assistant Professor
at the Department of Architecture, University of
Cyprus, architect and urban planner.
Assistant Curators: Didier Rebois, Professor ofAr-
chitecture, Ecole d’Architecture Supérieure de la
Villette, Paris, France, and Maria Panayides, archi-
tect and art exhibition organiser, Athens, Greece.
Organisation: Socratis Stratis andMaria Panayides.
Funding: Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the
European Union, Ministry of Education and Cul-
ture, the University of Cyprus.
Involved Urban Actors: Schools of Nicosia Ad-
ministration, Ministry of Education and Culture,
Nicosia Municipality, Aglantzia Municipality,
Strovolos Municipality and Larnaka Municipality,
Department of Planning and Housing, Department
of Public Works.
Participants: Andreas Angelidakis (Greece), ΑΑ &
U (Cyprus), Thibault Barbier (France), LAC (Italy),
David Franco (Spain), Draftworks (Cyprus), Fanos
Kyriakou (Cyprus), Maria Loizidou (Cyprus), Mar-
tin / Duburcq (France), Lydia Matthews (USA),
Jens Metz (Germany), Montalvo/ Laorga/Labra-
dor (Spain), Zafos Xagoraris (Greece), Munevver
Ozgur (Cyprus), pick nick projects (Hadjiandreou,
Michael, Petrides-Cyprus), Annita Poulou (Swit-
zerland), Didier Rebois (France), Rudolph/Lang-
ner (Germany), Swiny/Hatzisoteriou/ Hatzichris-
tos (Cyprus), Versaweiss (Greece), Bernd Vlay
(Austria), Erik Wingquist (Sweden), Chris Younes
(France). Therewas also participation by representa-
tives from the involved urban actors.
“On the move”
“Multi Rhythm Urban Environments’’ – Engomi, Nicosia