What: Izmade Summer School – Design and make it!
Topic: Designing and making forniture for a public showers/neighborhood house in Torino.
When: July 24th – 29th 2017
Where: Torino, Italy (google maps)
Hours: 9:30am – 6:00pm
How: Talks, Design Workshop, Self-build construction
Organization: Izmade Srl SB, in partnership with Bagni Pubblici di via Agliè and GET HANDS DIRTY
Fee: 490€ by June 26th, 2017
Izmade will run its first edition* of the International Summer School in Turin (Italy) from 24th to 29th of July 2017. A very intensive week where participants will have the opportunity to design and make a furniture set for a non profit organization.
The case study and place of intervention will be "Bagni Pubblici di via Agliè", a public shower/neighborhood house, and its external space.
The Summer School's mission will be to refurbish the space in order to be livable and enjoyable for any type of, activity such as sitting, eating and playing.
The course aims to attract students – both under and post graduates -, professionals and, in general, anyone who is interested in furniture design, interior design and lovers of making movement.
The mentorship will be provided by the Izmade members and a very special guest: Cristiana Felgueiras, artist, maker, content and video creator behind the YouTube channel GET HANDS DIRTY.
In addition, students will have the opportunity to experience methodologies and techniques that will enable them to work creatively with waste materials and to learn co-design practices.
The Summer School is taught in English.
Each student will be equipped with all necessary materials and work tools and will be mentored by Izmade staff in every phase of the project.
The course will take a total of 75 hours of educational effort which equals 3 credits.
In addition, we will provide constant help in logistics, housing, mobility, and tourism.
* after six editions under Izmo non profit organization
The Summer School is conceived by Izmade
in partnership with Bagni Pubblici di Via Agliè
and a special guest GET HANDS DIRTY
Day 1 – Monday, July 24th
Day 2 – Tuesday, July 25th
Day 3 – Wednesday, July 26th
Day 4 – Thursday, July 27th
Day 5 – Friday, July 28th
Day 6 – Saturday, July 29th
Alessandro Grella earned his PhD in Environment and Territory from Politecnico di Torino, as well as a degree in European Spatial Planning from Newcastle University. He earned his Master’s Degree in Architecture in 2005. He is lecturer at IAAD (Institute of Applied Art and Design). With a true passion for design, Alessandro undertakes research and communication for Izmade.
Giuseppe Vinci graduated with a degree in Architecture from the Politecnico di Torino in 2010, with a special focus on the Science of Architecture (Construction). He authored a thesis on the use of secondary materials for a project in the city of Turin. At Izmade, Giuseppe directly handles the design, prototyping, and production processes of our furniture.
Pasquale Onofrio graduated in Industrial Design at the “Seconda Università” of Naples, with a master in Food Design from IED in Rome. Today, his work centers around the practices of reuse, sustainability, and the use of participatory processes in design. At Izmade, Pasquale directly handles the design, prototyping, and production processes of our furniture.
Cristiana Felgueiras was born in ’89 and lives in Porto (Portugal). She has this unique urge to make. From video to woodworking, sculpture to scenography or even sound and music making, her work is very diverse and evolves many different medias.
She is the artist, maker, content and video creator behind the YouTube channel GET HANDS DIRTY and does it all from concepts to builds, filming, sound making, video editing, post-production and social media posting. You can see her Art Portfolio and personal YouTube Channel (art and music content). Besides Get Hands Dirty projects and business management, Cristiana works occasionally with Casa da Música in stage design projects, mostly developing scenography and props for kids musical workshops and all-ages concerts that require a fully artistic composition.
The Summer School will offer participants the opportunity to design and create and build a furniture set and/or a installation, to furnish the outdoor space of Bagni Pubblici di via Agliè.
Students will be involved in a co-design session during which they will have the opportunity to meet individuals and manager who live and work in the public showers in order to make the outdoor space and its facilities as responsive as possible to their needs.
In the field research, design studio workshop and the realization phases, the participants will be constantly under supervision, mentored and assisted by Izmade and GET HANDS DIRTY.
During the first and the second day, a design studio sessions will take place in which the students will define in a detailed manner the proposed intervention. The four days will be dedicated to the realization and installation of the project.
Each student will have all the tools and materials necessary to work at their disposal, which Izmade will provide.
At the end of the work process, the furniture/installation will be presented to the public during an opening party dedicated to the unveiling of the newly redefined space.
Turin
Turin is one of the major business and cultural centre in northern Italy. Capital of the Piedmont region, and located mainly on the left bank of the Po River surrounded by the Alpine arch, the population of the city is over 900,000 occupants, while the Turin metropolitan area has 2.2 million.
The city has a rich culture and history, and is known for its numerous art galleries, restaurants, churches, palaces, opera houses, piazzas, parks, gardens, theatres, libraries, museums and other venues. Turin is well-known for its baroque, rococo, neo-classical, and Art Nouveau architecture.
The city currently hosts some of Italy’s best universities and academies, important museums, such as the Museo Egizio and the Mole Antonellian. Turin’s several monuments and sights make it one of the world’s top 250 tourist destinations, and the tenth most visited city in Italy.
Turin is well known as the home of the Shroud of Turin, the soccer teams Juventus and Torino, the headquarters of automobile manufacturers Fiat, Lancia and Alfa Romeo, and as host of the 2006 Winter Olympics (Wikipedia).
Ex Incet
At the beginning INCET (“Industria Nazionale Cavi Elettrici Torino”) was the headquarter of a power cables factory established at the end of the XIX century and active until 1986. After the dismantling which took place in 1986, the site has remained in a condition of substantial abandonment until the Urban Barriera regeneration process was started in 2009. Urban Barriera is an urban regeneration program drawn up by the City of Turin, consisting in 34 interventions dealing with physical, economic, social and territorial aspects, defined by a process lasted nearly two years, which involved technical staff of the City and public and private subjects from the interested area, that through the activity of District 6 forwarded its instances.
Ex Incet nowadays houses Open INCET – Open Innovation Center Torino.
Via Francesco Cigna, 96 int. 17/D – 10155 – Torino – Italy
Bagni Pubblici di via Agliè
The main goal is to create cultural activities and community development inside and outside of the structure of the public showers in Agliè way, which got open again by VI Administrative Circumscription of the City of Turin in 2006.
One of its most important objectives is to create and conduct projects together with the civil society in order to develop active citizenship, giving inputs to dynamics of social inclusion and tolerance. We do focus on a particular district of the city called “Barriera di Milano”, defined by a high rate of migrant people, as we consider the cultural mix an opportunity. The bottom line of the project is to understand the requests, analyze the different kind of needs and enlighten the potentialities of the zone, in order to provide services and create a cultural offer (including laboratories, workshops, exhibitions, concerts etc.) tailored to the needs and motor of social innovation. In that same perspective the spaces are available to host associations working on the territory that would need a physical head office and a place to organize their own activities and develop their own projects.
Working in collaboration with other public institutions, associations, authorities leads us to become a real point a reference. Besides, we tend to create a network with other partners of the city, develop national and international partnerships in order to share experience, grow up and create new modalities of living together in a multicultural context.
Via Agliè, 9 –10154 – Torino – Italy
The number of requests for enrollment in the Summer School is fixed at a minimum of 13 students and a maximum of 25.
The tuition is fixed at 490€ per participant.
The application for admittance must be submitted by 24:00 on June 26th 2017 through the form button below.
The tuition can be submitted via wire money transfer in according to the indications on the email that will be sent to the accepted candidates.
The applications will be evaluated by a committee formed by members of Izmade. The participants will be selected on the basis of the similarities between the candidate’s profile and the objectives of the Summer School, and will be evaluated in the order in which they are received. Non Italian students will be given preference. The committee’s final decision will be communicated via email to each candidate by 3 days from the submission. Selected candidates will have 7 days’ time to complete the application process by submitting the indicated tuition payment.
After receiving the minimum of 13 submission we will provide further details so students can start planning their journey. If by any chance the school will not be able to take place, every student will get a full refund of the tuition fee.
In the unexpected case of a candidate not being able to take part in the course, a reimbursement will be provided in the amount of 50% of the submitted tuition payment.
The accommodations are not included in the Summer Course fee.
In this section we’ve collected some information on accommodation in Turin.
The list in order of cost, beginning with the most economical:
• Be hosted by a friend, student (for example in Study Abroad/Erasmus) or one of your distant Italian relatives
• You could consider joining CouchSurfing network (check out the Torino group and its subgroups)
• Of course you won't forget Airbnb
• Our friend accomodation: Tomato Backpackers Hotel, Portmanteau
• Other suggested accomodation: Open011, Sharing, B&B Balôn, Camoamilla, Casablanca, La terrazza della ghiacciaia,
Senza Soffitto Senza Cucina, Tutto a posto, Quadrifoglio, Bed and breakfast Rabadan, Ostello Torino, Villa San Giuseppe
• Finally look into everything else from the b&b to the hotel di charme by Trivago
* Please, consider also the City of Torino accommodation tax.
Summer School students will be awarded 3 credits (ECTS) for a total of 75 hours for their educational efforts which are transferable to any other university.
Izmade Summer School 2017 does not provide any insurance for students.
Please make sure that you have your own travel insurance when you arrive in Italy.
Accordingly, anyone entering Italy from within the Schengen Area needs only a valid passport or some other official document issued for traveling purposes.Students coming from outside of the Schengen area will need a passport and possibly also a visa.
Do you need a Visa?
Foreigners entering Italy for periods not to exceed 90 days, pursuant to Law no. 68/2007, whether or not subject to visa requirements, do not need to apply for a sojourn permit.
The sojourn permit has been replaced by a declaration of presence on Italian soil.
Only this sojourn permit (‘permesso di soggiorno’), which is issued for the reason and for the period indicated on the visa, authorizes an alien to sojourn in Italy.
Aliens coming from countries that do not apply the Schengen Convention the obligation to make a declaration of presence is satisfied through application of the USV sticker on the travel document at the moment of border control.
Aliens from countries that apply the Schengen Convention are required, on the other hand, to file a declaration of presence within 8 days of arrival with the police headquarters (“Questura”) of the province in which he/she is staying, using the proper form.
For those staying in hotels and other reception facilities, the declaration of presence is handled by the reception facility upon check-in, a copy of which is supplied to the guest to be displayed to authorities upon eventual request.
Situated in the North-West of the country, it is just about 100km from Milan, the Ligurian sea and the French border: all of which makes Turin the “one hour city”, readily accessible to the mountains, lakes, sea and the rest of Italy.
Fast trains mean that Milan is just an hour away, Paris five hours and then, from December 2009, Piedmont’s chief city will form part of the High-Speed track taking in Turin-Milan-Naples-Salerno, thus becoming even closer to Italy’s south.
Turin’s International Airport has a daily connection with the main cities of Italy and Europe and has a good transport service to the town centre, both by bus, coach (Sadem) and train, as well as taxis of course.
GTT – Gruppo Torinese Trasporti -runs Turin’s urban transport service with an efficient network of buses, trams, railways (the city rail link is currently under construction and will further improve mobility in the province) and a futuristic, automatic underground line, partially opened for the Winter Olympics of 2006. The service is generally operative from early morning (about 5am) until midnight. Tickets cost € 1,50 or € 3.50 for a Day Pass, but all Torino+Piemonte Card holders travel free on GTT transports. For those reaching the city by car, the park & ride system allows visitors to leave the car in the outer areas of town close to the main communication routes and then take the faster, more relaxing public transport to get to the centre. http://www.5t.torino.it
The 160 km of reserved paths, 40 km of which is within the urban parks, making Turin “green” and one of the best cities for cycling and therefore the most eco-friendly in Italy.Cycle racks are dotted around strategic points of the city for parking bikes, while the bike hire service (half price for Torino+Piemonte Card holders) means that tourists too can enjoy the cycle system and visit the city in a ‘sustainable’ way. One of the classic trails recommended is along the Po and Dora Riparia rivers which not only are the perfect places for peacefully enjoying delightful views but above all for discovering just how closely connected Turin is with its waterways and its mountains and hills.
http://www.tobike.it
For any tourist information please visit: www.turismotorino.org
Suggestions and must:
• Mole Antonelliana panoramic lift
• City Sightseeing Torino
• The Sassi – Superga tram
• La Venaria Reale
Partners: Izmade benefit cultural in partnership with Bagni Pubblici di via Agliè
Management and Coordination: Alessandro Grella
Workshop tutors and assistant: Pasquale Onofrio, Giuseppe Vinci, Cristiana Felgueiras
• The first day lesson (July 24th) will be held at Ex Incet (via Cigna 96 int. 17/D –10155 – Torino). Just use the link to find the direction and public transportation route.
