summer school in supino
CONTESTED SPACE & RESPONSIVE ARCHITECTURE
Second International Summer School in Supino, Lazio, Italy
19-24th August 2013
Municipality of Supino
Oxford Brookes University, UK
Architects Association, Italy
Girne American University, Cyprus
The aim of this Summer School is to explore the architectural and urban potential of small towns such as Supino which exist on the periphery of a major European historical city – in its case, Rome – and within the context of the current capitalist crisis. ‘According to the Wall Street Journal's 2011 index of economic freedom, it's easier to do business in Uganda, Fiji, Rwanda and Botswana than in Italy’, observes one report. For countries in southern Europe like Italy, the long-term projection is that of continued high unemployment and financial instability. Indeed, it is a reality that all European countries are going to have to adapt to conditions of greater austerity and scarcity, as global capital shifts increasingly to eastern and southern Asia.