ELIR: European Laboratory for Industrial Reuse 2011, International Workshop
Thanks to ELIR 2011, European laboratory on Industrial Reuse, funded by the European Commission, professors and master students from various European Universities as well as from Turkey gathered at the Eindhoven University of Technology for two weeks. At the workshop they had the opportunity to analyse, discuss and formulate design proposals on the reuse of the former industrial canal zones of five Brabant cities, namely Eindhoven, Helmond, Tilburg, Breda and ‘s-Hertogenbosch, located in the South of The Netherlands.
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ELIR started with the visit of the specific sites of intervention and the meeting of the representatives of the Municipality of each city. The Municipalities gave insights into the local problems and demands for the future of the canal areas.
Practical experiments on materials were carried out in order to understand the technological characteristics and the potential in their reuse. Both activities formed the base for the work of the multicultural groups partaking in the workshop. |
By challenging theory with the demands and methods of the reuse practice, the Intensive Program established the foundations of both discussion and evaluation of opportunities as well as the discrepancies between education and practice.
Creative design proposals were formulated within the frame of this integrated approach. The teaching staff (16 professors and senior lecturers) and 66 students from different disciplines brought their expertise to the discussion, and benefited from working on the specificity of the Dutch context within an interdisciplinary and multicultural European community. |
University partners
- HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany
- University of Tampere, Finland
- University of Florence, Italy
- West Pomeranian University Szczecin, Poland
- University of Innsbruck, Austria
- Lusofona University, Portugal
- Gazi University, Turkey
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