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Laslea Masonry Course Transylvania, Romania 12 - 18 May 2008 INTBAU Masonry Course in Rosia Montana Images of the Sighisoara Citadel by Aura Neag

Introduction  ¦   Programme  ¦   Register  ¦   Travel  ¦   About Romania  ¦  

Introduction

The International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism and NGO Sighisoara Durabila (Sustainable Sighisoara) are delighted to announce a one week intensive charrette on urban planning.   The event will take place as part of the gradost::08 - the east-west urban planning festival. gradost::08 is a three weeks urban planning cultural event held in Sighisoara, a medieval town located in Transylvania and included on UNESCO Heritage List. The aim of the charrette is to produce a set of proposals for the protection and sustainable development/management of the protected Old Town (Citadel and Lower Town) to be possibly included in the future local protection plan (P.U.Z.).

Sighisoara is a small town of just over thirty thousands inhabitants, located in a hilly area of Transylvania, known as the Saxon area. Saxon is the local name given to German inhabitants, who settled there some 850 years ago. The local architecture employs traditional design and materials, which together create a harmonious and balanced environment.

Over the last years the pressure from investors and toursim operators grew continuously, while the heritage remains mostly neglected. Among the current projects of Sighioara are the construction of a shopping mall at the edge of the Old Town and the replacement of the old cobble stomes within the UNESCO-protected Citadel with new cubic stones, rather out of character. Local activists and NGOs argue that such initiatives could hamper the sustainable development of the city, threaten the heritage and local traditions and could even lead to the loss of the world heritage status.

Fees & Registration

The Charrette offer 25 places. The attendance fees are as follows:

  • 135 Euros for Central and East European citizen participants (Only for nationals of Albania, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, The Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Russia, Poland & Ukraine who are resident in those countries)

    The attendance fee includes: accommodation with local families, breakfast, lunch and dinner on the teaching days, tuition and materials. Please note that travel to and from Sighisoara is not included in the participation fee.

    N.B. NGO Sighisoara Durabila offers one scholarship. The Scholarship is awarded on the basis that the participant will help the organizing team with the logistics for the charrette. Good organizational and basic English language skills are required. Romanian and/or German language skills are preferable but not a must. The scholarship is addressed primarily to participants from Central & Eastern Europe.

  • 350 Euros Standard registration fee

    The attendance fee includes: accommodation in B&Bs, breakfast, lunch and dinner on the teaching days, tuition and materials. Please note that travel to and from Sighisoara is not included in the participation fee.

The places are allocated on a first-come-first-served-basis. You can register online by paying the attendance fee here!

For details on how to travel to Romania please click here!

Further details
Aura Neag
INTBAU Communications Director
T: +44 (0)207 613 8539
E: aura.neag@intbau.org

Hans Hedrich
Sighisoara Durabila
M: +44 (0)747-356810
E: gradost@googlemail.com

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