New home
Territory
ASOC territory extends beyond political borders into rural areas which face similar challenges. What do a textile factory in Royans-Vercors region in France, a nunnery in Belmonte, Italy and a cheese factory in Thesprotia region in Greece have in common? As territory we consider not just a physical space but rather a complex web of inter-relationships that includes human and non-human agents.
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 activities trie to diversify and provide a variaty of formats, workshops and events to and from its community. These tends to give voice and provide an open space for discussion, exchange and creation.
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 Nr. 1
2024-05-07 2024-05-13
Exploring water as a common, shared & infrastructural resource across various scales and times.
Engaged Architecture: Professions to Invent
2024-03-20
Roundtable with Collectif GRU, SAGA, à côté et FARO on new professions linked to committed architecture
Education of architecture and the nature of the university
2024-03-08
Debate on how can architectural education be perceived outside of the typical university classroom ?
Umano non umano
2023-08-26 2023-09-02
Building and living Belmondo : from the "cantiere domestico" to the global territory
RaumlaborBerlin
2023-03-23
Lecture of the architectural studio Berlin based Raumlabor
An education off the beaten path
2023-03-16
Roundtable with Bellastock , Reprise de savoirs, l’ENSCI fait le mur, Ecole zéro , G.R.A.P.E talking about formal, informal and non formal pedagogies
Evolutions of the professions
2023-03-15
International symposium "Evolutions of the professions related to the making of the making territories
Education
ASOC provides a platform for young people, local communities, and practitioners to collaborate on shaping new narratives of sustainability and social justice. An approach to education which emphasises critical consciousness, empowerment, and dialogue, promoting learning as a collaborative and constantly evolving process.
Radically Optimistic Architectural Pedagogies in Precarious Times
This essay was written by Nicholas Anastasopoulos, Associate Professor at...
“Without care buildings collapse”
A collective fanzine issue made on site during a workshop session
« Seigle, pietre e fibre »
A temporary exhibition on the use of local materials in the architectural construction of our common spaces.
« Belmondo’s logbook »
An overview of the activities carried out during the August workshop of 2023.
Pour une Habilitation à la Déprise d’Oeuvre en Contexte Collectif (HDOCC)
Professionnaliser les pratiques alternatives d’architecture au-delà de la maîtrise d’œuvre...
Reuse in architecture
An introduction to the notion of reuse regarding architectural projects at various scales
Sensitive mapping Nr. 1
A culture of reusing : discovering the territory through the accounts of its inhabitants.
ToC2, to Common, to care.
Empowering Student-Led Transformations: A Student Team Building Commons through Collaborative Design, Ethical Practice and Transdisciplinary Learning.
Building processes Nr. 2
Design a mobile collective kitchen to enhance the conviviality of the site
Feedback on educational situations
Learning from "outside the walls" to think about the future of careers and education.
Collective cooking
A booklet with advices and recepees gave by various chefs from France, Italy and Greece
Collective practices
Discussion and feedback from students regarding the presentation of the Collectif Etc's practice
Building an infrastructure of care
The role of design in rethinking community practices and collective spaces
Sensitive mapping Nr. 2
Local and sustainable food production : discovering the territory through the accounts of its inhabitants
“La Place Tropicale”
An imaginative approach to collaboration and learning among students, professionals, and educators
Building processes Nr. 1
Prefiguring uses by building light, reversible and ephemeral prototypes
Teaching architecture «beyond the walls»
"Situational, experimental, and collaborative-cooperative pedagogies in architecture schools"
Community
ASOC community is built through alliances of solidarity, united across boundaries and disciplines. Within this community, there is an emphasis on recognizing and valuing the contributions of all members -students, educators, professionals and local agents- towards supportive and empowering environments.
We are a group of 6 architects, builders and artists who have been working since 2010 in the fields of...
Collective of Italian architects who work at the crossroads of the fields of architecture, urbanism and art. Their work focuses...
The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) is the oldest and most prestigious educational institution of Greece in the field...
Le Seppie is a non-profit organization dedicated to the transformation of the territory of Calabria. The organization aims to improve...
is an initiative and an open platform which explores multi-cultural heritage related to local technologies, gastronomy and culture specifics from...
The Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture of Grenoble (ENSAG) is a public institution of superior education in architecture, under the double...
The Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST) is the reference structure of the Polytechnic and the University of Turin in...
The Place des Possibles is a hybrid space project that came into being in 2017, with the aim of bringing...
Zuloark Collective is a distributed open office for architecture and urbanism founded in 2001 in Madrid. After establishing Zuloark Berlin...