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A transnational network between academics, architects, practitioners, students and local communities.About us
Territory
ASOC’s territory extends beyond political borders, reaching into rural areas that share common challenges and opportunities. What connects a textile factory in the Royans-Vercors region of France, a nunnery in Belmonte, Italy, and an abandoned school in Morfi Thesprotias, Greece? In these rural environments, ASOC highlights the ingenuity of communities as they create and maintain common infrastructures, share common values and demonstrate resilience. These places become spaces for experimentation and creativity, bridging scales and fostering alternative imaginaries that connect architecture, land, nature, culture, heritage, and local communities.
France
Supporting the rehabilitation of a former fabric factory in Drôme area.
Greece
Thesprotia region in Northern Greece is suffering population shrinkage, and it shows a variety of self-organised initiatives lead by women.
Italy
The Belmondo project aims to bridge cultural divisions between old and new populations, architecture, and customs in Belmonte Calabro.
Activities
Workshops and Events
ASOC’s diverse activities include a variety of formats, such as workshops, encounters, gatherings and conversations shaped for and by its community. These provide open spaces for creation, discussion, exchange, and meaningful collaboration, sharing perspectives and experiences with wider audiences and fostering connections across communities.
Opening a Path (*Abrir un Camino)
2024-10-17
Conversation in action on architectural pedagogy in non-urban environments.
Committed architect : Professions that are asserting themselves
2024-10-10
Roundtable with Nancy Ottaviano, Corinne Langlois, Merril Sineus and Alice De Nardi
FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL OF COMMONS
2024-10-04
A daylong conference was organized at the School of Architecture at NTUA, October 4. It was structur...
Collective design pedagogies
2024-10-04
Roundtable with Federica Fava - Roma Tre, Giulia Fiocca - Stalker and AIM collective
Water-Land-Scapes
2024-10-03
Showcasing the results of the workshops in Morfi, Thesprotia, capturing the atmosphere and spirit of the place.
GRRR Waterlandscapes Vol.2 Summerschool
2024-08-26 2024-09-01
Tracing Myths, Reviving Paths, and Reimagining the Future of Rural Community in Morfi
School, future laboratory of experiments
2024-05-17
Roundtable with students, young professionals, a teacher, and the director of studies from the Clermont-Ferrand School of Architecture
GRRR Waterlandscapes Vol. 1
2024-05-07 2024-05-13
Exploring water as a common, shared & infrastructural resource across various scales and times.
Education
ASOC’s approach to education emphasises critical consciousness, peer-to-peer learning, empowerment and dialogue, promoting learning as a collaborative and constantly evolving process. Students, educators, practitioners, and local communities engage as equal learners and active participants, shaping their own education to become active citizens and transform their surroundings. This section gathers diverse pedagogical outputs, formats and methods from ASOC’s activities.
Rural other-growth
Exploring the specific features of rural areas, the resources they have at their disposal for life and development
Building processes Nr. 1
Prefiguring uses by building light, reversible and ephemeral prototypes
Sensitive mapping Nr. 1
A culture of reusing : discovering the territory through the accounts of its inhabitants.
« Seigle, pietre e fibre »
A temporary exhibition on the use of local materials in the architectural construction of our common spaces.
Feedbacks from an participatory educational experience
One international workshop week of sharings
Living ASOC – Greece
Exploring Water as a Vital Resource: Mythology, Ecology, and Community Infrastructure
“Without care buildings collapse”
A collective fanzine issue made on site during a workshop session
ToC2, to Common, to care.
Empowering Student-Led Transformations: A Student Team Building Commons through Collaborative Design, Ethical Practice a
Sensitive mapping Nr. 2
Local and sustainable food production : discovering the territory through the accounts of its inhabitants
Teaching architecture «beyond the walls»
"Situational, experimental, and collaborative-cooperative pedagogies in architecture schools"
Building processes Nr. 2
Design a mobile collective kitchen to enhance the conviviality of the site
The Architecture School of Commons and six itinerant workshops
The article focuses mainly on the rural community context and...
Collective practices
Discussion and feedback from students regarding the presentation of the Collectif Etc's practice
Rediscovering Kalodiki Lake
A journey through the sensory, linguistic, and ecological transformation of a vanished landscape.
« Belmondo’s logbook »
An overview of the activities carried out during the August workshop of 2023.
Building an infrastructure of care
The role of design in rethinking community practices and collective spaces
Fresh Playgrounds
Reviving the schoolyard, where ASOC traces spark play, connection, and new possibilities
For a Certification in Collective Contexts
Professionalizing alternative architectural practices beyond traditional project management
“La Place Tropicale”
An imaginative approach to collaboration and learning among students, professionals, and educators
Collective kitchen and collected recipes
A booklet with advices and recepees gave by various chefs from France, Italy and Greece
Open Source DIY Infrastructures
Designing and building furniture collaboratively can also be territorial design
Radically Optimistic Architectural Pedagogies in Precarious Times
An overview of the big picture of the ASOC programme
Community
The ASOC community is a growing network built on alliances, uniting people and different organisations across diverse contexts and disciplines. It includes the founding partners, as well as students, educators, professionals, and local agents who actively participate in and shape activities, contributing to the ongoing development of ASOC.
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