Last Wednesday (5/3/2014) was the day of the first interim presentation. This was the first meeting with all Groups since they formed in the previous week. Their aim was to introduce each Group, present the Nicosia International Airport history and their initial plan in their effort to bring forward a proposal for the redevelopment of the site as an International Hub.
The Group named "Regenerating Nicosia International Airport" presented first, followed by "Nicosia International Airport - Future Revives the Past" and "PEGASUS". During these 15 minute presentations the whole class observed the history of the airport from its early stages in the 1930s as a RAF station to sudden stop in 1974. During the same presentations the three project coordinators Stelios Liassides, Stefanos Kyriakou and Marios Marangou, outlined their Group's structure and their initial work plan. You will soon be able to view these presentation slides (in Greek) at each Groups website (see the links above).
The Group named "Regenerating Nicosia International Airport" presented first, followed by "Nicosia International Airport - Future Revives the Past" and "PEGASUS". During these 15 minute presentations the whole class observed the history of the airport from its early stages in the 1930s as a RAF station to sudden stop in 1974. During the same presentations the three project coordinators Stelios Liassides, Stefanos Kyriakou and Marios Marangou, outlined their Group's structure and their initial work plan. You will soon be able to view these presentation slides (in Greek) at each Groups website (see the links above).
After the Groups' presentations, we had the pleasure to have the first Project guest. Myrto Lambrou, a freelance architect, delivered a talk on how to develop a concept for a project, bringing together a site's history with a successful new development. She approached this talk very pragmatically, by going through an example regarding a proposal for an urban park in Salonica, Greece. More importantly after her talk, each Group had individual briefing meetings/tutorial time with Myrto in order to help them set their projects to track, followed by a feedback/tutorial time with the facilitator CUT team.
Next week there will be more guest presentations and tutorials, this time for airport planning and facades, airport structural systems and business modelling.
Next week there will be more guest presentations and tutorials, this time for airport planning and facades, airport structural systems and business modelling.