Friday Sessions are informal talks and presentations hosted by
public works on Friday evenings with invited guests and
friends.

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Freetown Christiania in Copenhagen, DK, is both a living
community and an amazing social and cultural experiment, which
keeps developing and evaluating itself. The Christiania Researchers
in Residence Porgramme was set up to invite artits from outside to
live in Christiania and to develop new work that explores some of
the particularities of Christiania.
The evening will start with a number of presentations by artists
who have worked from within Christiania, followed by an informal
dinner for everyone, and a debate on the current situation of
Christiania and the research outcomes in relation it.
For more information visit http://crir.homepage.dk
Posted October 16, 2006 12:00 by Kathrin Böhm

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Igmade is a collective of artists, designers, architects and
theoreticians. It was first formed in Stuttgart in September 2001
as a think and action tank to offer expertise to Stuttgart
University's Institut Grundlagen moderner Architektur und Entwerfen
(IGMA). Igmade deals on a theoretical level with the interrelations
of space, politics and warfare; based on that it develops book
projects, designer toys, dance tracks, architectures, exhibitions
and video clips. Since the publication of Igmade's book "Codes:
Architecture, Paranoia and Risk in Times of Terror" (Birkhäuser,
2006), the group became independent from its Stuttgart university
context. Its protagonists are now mainly based in Berlin. Current
members include Julian Friedauer, Stephan Henrich, Daniel
Hundsdörfer, Martin Knall, Iassen Markov, Dick Martini, Daniel Mock
and Stephan Trüby; during the public works session, some of them
will present past and present work.
Posted October 12, 2006 19:00 by Andreas Lang

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CRISIS is a national charity that fights homelessness and
empowers homeless people to fulfill their potential and transform
their lives. With Urban Village CRISIS has developed a new model
for sustainable communities with affordable homes for low income
essential workers and formerly homeless adults.
Urban Village is:
- An innovative concept for socially mixed communities based on
tried and tested model from New York
- High quality permanent housing with onsite holistic support and
opportunities for work and well being
- A cost effective solution, which tackles multiple agendas across
local and central government
Located on the City Fringe in Tower Hamlets, Urban Village will
create 270 units of permanent affordable housing for a mixed
community of low income workers and homeless adults unable to move
on from an overcrowded hostel system. Urban Village will not only
provide high quality, environmentally friendly housing, it will
also boast integrated onsite support services including healthy
living, training, and employment opportunities. Support services
include the New Mildmay Hospital serving people living with AIDS, a
Primary Healthcare and 8 bed Detox Centre, and the New Shoreditch
Tabernacle Baptist Church.
Urban Village is based on a successful model pioneered by Common
Ground Community in New York in 1990. Common Ground currently
operates 1500 units. In 2005, New York City government committed to
delivering 9,000 more units.
Posted October 6, 2006 19:00 by Log