As part of the Common Streetscapes project (a collaboration project between Flanders and the Netherlands), an International Workshop is organised about Coney Island: around 20 participants from different European countries will discuss and propose ideas of how to deal with streetscapes and waterscapes in Coney Island. Parallel to this, artists Giannina Urmeneta Ottiker and Koen Meersman will develop an artistic project, related to the main theme, that will be presented to the public in November 2014, during the design and research seminar that is part of the Common Streetscapes project.

The workshop is planned as an in situ workshop, working literally in the streetscapes of Coney Island, combined with a series of studio sessions (desk crits).

Participants:

Jamie Deceuninck (KU Leuven)
Ruben Janssens (KU Leuven)
Mateusz Szymanowski (KU Leuven)
Michiel Vanmarcke (KU Leuven)
Aleksandra Pawlowska (TU Delft)
Katarzyna Uchman (TU Delft)
Michiel Geldof (KU Leuven)
Maria Ilia (KU Leuven)
Toon De Keyser (Ghent/Barcelona)
Samuel Llovet (ETSA Barcelona)
Irida Redzepi (U Antwerpen)
Thomas Geldof (KU Leuven)
Gitte Schreurs (KU Leuven)
Sylvia Hagens (KU Leuven)
María Pérez Ortega (U Sevilla)
Sam Khabir (KU Leuven)

Workshop teaching staff and desk crit members/reviews:

Kris Scheerlinck (KU Leuven)
Carl-Johan Vesterlund (Chalmers University, Sweden)
Michael Sorkin (Michael Sorkin Studio, Terreform, NY)
Nandini Bagchee (Bagchee Architects, CCNY, NY)
Stuart Pertz (Pratt Institute)
Ron Schiffman (Pratt Institute)
Deborah Gans (Pratt Institute)
Beth Bingham (Pratt Institute)
Ozan Avcı (University of Pennsylvania)
Sarah Farwell (Van Alen Institute)
David Briggs (Loci Architecture)
Hannes Van Damme (Design Efficiency Studio, NY)
Christina Serifi (Terreform NY)
Maria Cecilia Fagel (UR)
Ana Penalbae (Terreform NY)
Zeinab Shirani (TON.CA)
Koen Meersman (Willem De Kooning Academy, Rotterdam)
Giannina Urmeneta Ottiker (Ghent)
Erin Butler (MAS NY)
Aileen Gorsuch (MAS NY)
Mike Ernst (MAS NY)
Lakan Cole (MAS NY)
Mary Rowe (MAS NY)
Courtney Smith (MAS NY)

(provisional list)

Tuesday, July 15th: 8.30 am
kick-off session of International Workshop at General Consulate of the Netherlands, 666 Third Avenue (between 42nd and 43rd street), 19th Floor, New York, NY 10017 (bring ID for registration and access)

8.30-9.00am: walk-in, registration and breakfast
9.00am: welcome by Mr. Rob de Vos, Consul General
9.15 am: welcome and intro session Common Streetscapes project, by Prof. Dr. Kris Scheerlinck, KU Leuven, Streetscape Territories Research Project, workshop outline
coffee break
11.00am: intro session about Coney Island, by Stuart Pertz, Pratt Institute NY
continuing visit to site and lunch, boardwalk Coney Island

Wednesday, July 16th: 10.00am
in situ session Coney Island, bike trip

Thursday, July 17th: 10.00am
working session at Greenacre Reference Library, Municipal Art Society New York and at Bryant Park Public Library New York,
following in situ session Coney Island

Friday, July 18th: 10.00am – 1.00pm
desk crit studio session at Flanders House New York, The New York Times Building
620 Eighth Avenue, 44th Floor (between 40th & 41st Street) New York, NY 10018
(bring ID for registration and access)

Saturday, July 19th:
in situ session Coney Island (till noon)

Sunday, July 20th:
day off

Monday, July 21st: 11.00am – 2.00pm
desk crit studio session at General Consulate of the Netherlands, 666 Third Avenue (between 42nd and 43rd street), 19th Floor, New York, NY 10017 (bring ID for registration and access)

Tuesday, July 22nd:
in situ session Coney Island

Wednesday, July 23rd:
in situ session Coney Island

Thursday, July 24th: 11.00am – 2.00pm
studio working session at General Consulate of the Netherlands, 666 Third Avenue (between 42nd and 43rd street), 19th Floor, New York, NY 10017 (bring ID for registration and access)

Friday, July 25th: 3.00pm – 6.00pm
final presentation at Flanders House New York, The New York Times Building
620 Eighth Avenue, 44th Floor (between 40th & 41st Street)
New York, NY 10018 (bring ID for registration and access)
reception for participants and invited professionals and field experts