Summer school: RE-TOPIA Optimistic Between Past and Future

Modernism architecture summer school What is it? One-week online soviet modernism architecture summer school and introduction seminar for students and young professionals. It’s part of Kaunas 2022 European Capital of Culture “Modernism for the Future”. What is the main topic? Participants will critically reflect on the changes in society, culture, community, and environment that have eroded former utopian vision of the soviet-era residental Eiguliai district in Kaunas and will propose new interventions that respond to our uncertain future. Who can participate? Any student or young professional, who is interested in our history, society, architecture, urban planning, and design. Summer school will benefit from a broad range of knowledge. How we will be working? Participants will have pre-recorded videos, photos of the site, where will be online sessions and of course team work. Participants will be supervised by teachers from Kaunas University of Technology (LT) and Bartlett School of Architecture (UK) and other profesionals. When it will be? On 06 11 we organize a seminar with 3 presenters about soviet-era housing from urbanistic to social context. The seminar is open for everybody. On 06 28 – 07 02 we organize a summer school. You can choose to participate in both of them, or if you can’t – in only one. How much it will cost? Nothing. You can participate in seminar and summer school for free.