Reading and designing the area of Lambousa

International design workshop. Reading and designing the area of Lambousa-Karavas, Cyprus.
Girne American University, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Fine Arts
“Sapienza”, Università di Roma, Dipartimento di Architettura e Progetto, Laboratorio di Lettura e
Progetto dell’Architettura
International Centre for Heritage Studies, Girne American University
With the collaboration of: Università degli Studi di Firenze, University of Alexandria, Mersin University, Beograd
University
With the Patronage of IASI-CNR - Institute for Systems Analysis and Computer Science. Research Team for
Geomatics and Geographic Information System for Cultural Heritage.
With the Patrociny of Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali, Ordine degli Architetti PPC di Roma e Provincia
With the Patrociny of ISTITUTO ALCIDE CERVI, Museo Cervi, Biblioteca Archivio "Emilio Sereni"
With the Patrociny of Centro Studi Città e Territorio
International design workshop/Graduation laboratory (Architecture and Restoration)
Reading and designing the area of Lambousa-Karavas, Cyprus
November 18th-29th 2014, Girne American University, Kyrenia Cyprus
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Hossein Sadri, Dean of Faculty of Architecture, Design and Fine Arts, Girne American University
[email protected] Tel: +90 392 650 20 00 - Ext: 1369
Giuseppe Strappa, Director, PhD Program in Architecture and Construction, Sapienza University of Rome
[email protected]
Roberto Cherubini, “Sapienza” University of Rome
Antonio Salvatori, Archaeologist, National Research Council of Italy, ICOMOS/ICAHM
Rita Occhiuto, Université de Liège
Virginia Rossini, Ordine degli Architetti PPC Roma e Provincia, Dip. Beni Culturali
Nevin Gharib, Alexandria University
Mirjana Roter Blagoiević, Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade
Giorgio Verdiani, Università degli Studi di Firenze
Shahin Keynoush, Head of department of Architecture, Girne American University
Gabriella Bonini, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Kutsal Ozturk, Girne American University, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Fine Arts
Senem Zeybekoglu Sadri, Head of department of interior Design, Girne American University
Tolga Unlu, Mersin University
SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR
Alessandro Camiz, Director International Centre for Heritage Studies, Girne American University
[email protected] Tel: +905488264614
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Giulia Masini, “Sapienza” University of Rome, [email protected]
Gabriella Libertini, “Sapienza” University of Rome, [email protected]
Cemaliye ULUKURT, Dean's Office, Faculty of Architecture Design & Fine Arts, [email protected], Tel: 650
2000 Ext: 1365
TUTORS
Giuseppe Strappa, “Sapienza” University of Rome
Kutsal Ozturk, Girne American University, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Fine Arts
Giorgio Verdiani, Università degli Studi di Firenze
Andrea Braghiroli, Università degli Studi di Firenze
Alessandro Camiz, Girne American University, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Fine Arts
Pembe Ozen, Girne American University, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Fine Arts
Annamaria Pandolfi, “Sapienza” University of Rome
Giulia Masini, “Sapienza” University of Rome
Lama Fouad, Alexandria University
Oladotun Akinmoju, Girne American University, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Fine Arts
Simona Messina, “Sapienza” University of Rome
Valentino Danilo Matteis, “Sapienza” University of Rome
Emilija Nikolic, Archaeological Institute - Serbian Academy of Science an Art, PhD candidate at the Faculty of
Architecture, University of Belgrade
International design workshop. Reading and designing the area of Lambousa-Karavas, Cyprus.
International design workshop. Reading and designing the area of Lambousa-Karavas, Cyprus.
Contested heritage. Designing within the archaeological landscape
“Entre les temps différents de l'histoire, la longue durée se présente ainsi comme un
personnage encombrant, compliqué, souvent inédit”1
The workshop will have a duration of ten days, from November 18 to November 29, 2014,
at Girne American University, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Fine Arts, Cyprus. It will
be dedicated to the study and design of the area of Lambousa-Karavas, including the
archaeological area of Lapithos, the church and the Byzantine monastery of
Acheiropoietos and the church of Ag. Eulalios. The workshop is meant to introduce
students from different countries to the Architectural Heritage of Northern Cyprus, and its
transformation process. The case study chosen by the scientific committee for the
workshop, the Aχειροποίητος monastery in Cyprus shows the superimposition of different
constructions. The existing domed church, built with a central plan in late byzantine times
over the ruins of an early Christian basilica with three naves, was enlarged by the addition
of three successive narthexes and therefore transformed into a Latin longitudinal basilica.
The name Aχειροποίητος, literally made without hands, was referred most probably in the
origins of this church to an icon “made without hands”, so probably one of the numerous
images of Christ or of the Virgin that are referred in history. The name, through several
wrong writings and therefore misunderstandings survives to this day, telling us in an
immaterial way a part of the history of a building conceived, and therefore named, to
host this sacred image. The church is surrounded by the monastery, built in different
phases and different additions, bearing a long and very complex ownership history: The
sequence can be traced as beginning with the late antique basilica built in the V century
in the suburbs of the ancient city of Lapithos, all the way down to the transformation of the
site into military barracks in the 1970’. Recently the complex was assigned to Girne
American University and requires urgent preservation interventions. Therefore the
management of this site, hence the political situation of northern Cyprus, represents an
interesting case study on the ownership issue. The reconstruction of the diachronic
sequence of ownerships is therefore a prerequisite for the full understanding of the
different past phases of the building and hence essential for its preservation and
continuation into the future. As a matter of fact the history of ownership usually follows
very slow changes, and in some cases has given information also about the architecture.
Nevertheless the heritage management in Cyprus, for the complex political situation of
the island, bears more difficulties than in other UE countries, but we should consider that
every heritage site has someway a contested character.
Workshop organization
The students participating in the workshop will be divided into 9 groups, each will chose a
different theme to develop and will be monitored by one or more tutors, all the groups
and tutors will be supervised by the scientific coordinator. The formation of groups will start
with on online form (you will receive an invitation on a google doc file) to be compiled
Braudel, F. (1958). Histoire et Sciences sociales: La longue durée, «Annales. Économies, Sociétés,
Civilisations», XIII, 4, p. 733.
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International design workshop. Reading and designing the area of Lambousa-Karavas, Cyprus.
before the beginning of the workshop and will be finalized on Wednesday nov. 19th. All
groups must produce for November 28th 4 horizontal A3 printed drawings and 12 color
power point slides to be projected the last day (10 minutes for each group) and an English
text of 10.000 characters explaining the work. (Formats of DWG files, Power point files and
DOC files will be provided). On November 28th from 15.00 to 17.00 for the GAU Friday
seminar, Reading and designing the Lambousa-Karavas area. The Monastery of
Acheiropoietos at the MILLENNIUM BUILDING, the results of the First international workshop
will be shown in public. The jury comprises Mehmet ADIL (Vice-Dean, Faculty of
Architecture, Design & Fine Arts, Girne American University) ), Hossein Sadri (Dean, Faculty
of Architecture, Design & Fine Arts, Girne American University), Kutsal Ozturk (Faculty of
Architecture, Design & Fine Arts, Girne American University), Senem Zeybekoglu Sadri
(Head, Department of Interior design, Faculty of Architecture, Design & Fine Arts, Girne
American University), Alessandro Camiz (Director, International Centre for Heritage Studies,
Girne American University), Shahin Keynoush (Head, Department of Architecture, Faculty
of Architecture, Design & Fine Arts, Girne American University), Giorgio Verdiani (Università
degli studi di Firenze) Kutsal Ozturk (Girne American University), Andrea Braghiroli
(Università degli studi di Firenze), Alessandro Bruccoleri (Phd Candidate, Faculty of
Architecture, Design & Fine Arts, Girne American University), Tomasz Zawadzki (Head of
Department of Graphics, Girne American University), Hassina Nafa (Faculty of
Architecture, Design & Fine Arts, Girne American University. Those students that will
produce high quality and particularly brilliant results during the workshop might ask to
continue their work as a graduation, master, specialization or PhD thesis.
The design
Within the monastery several different themes can be addressed:
1. recognition of the damage and conceptual design of implementation of safety
measures
2. architectural reading and design of the continuation of the monastic building
3. designing a system to exhibit archaeological findings inside the monastery buildings
4. survey of the buildings (with different techniques)
5. design of a garden inside the monastery site
6. design of the signage system and corporate identity of ICHS
7. design of paths and open spaces and lighting inside the monastery
8. landscape reading and design of the spaces surrounding the monastery
9. survey and documentation of mosaics, paintings and other relevant
archaeological artifacts
Each group of students will be working, under the supervision of the scientific coordinator ,
with one or more tutors. The themes have been proposed by the Faculty of Architecture
and the International Centre for Heritage Studies, all these themes are really required for
the monastery site and some of them in the future could be built. During the workshop
other GAU courses may be held inside the monastery to facilitate cultural exchange.
Other materials
Survey dwg drawings of the monastery, pdf of literature on the topic, other maps and
plans will be provided using a dropbox public link.
International design workshop. Reading and designing the area of Lambousa-Karavas, Cyprus.
All the materials given to the students are not to be divulgated or published in printed or in
any digital form, any kind of pictures of the site should not be published in internet for
security reasons.
References
Stylianou, A., Stylianou, J. A. (1985). The painted churches of Cyprus: treasures of Byzantine
art, Trigraph for the A.G. Leventis Foundation, London.
Richard, J. (1962). Documents chypriotes des Archives du Vatican: (XIVe et XVe siècles), P.
Geuthner, Paris,
Nicholas. N. P. (2014) The Sacred Architecture of Byzantium: Art, Liturgy and Symbolism in
Early Christian Churches, I.B. Tauris, London.
Enlart, C. (1899). L'art gothique et la Renaissance en Chypre, vol. I, Ernest Leroux éditeur,
Paris.
Schedule
Nove
mber
2014 Day
Morning
18 tue
19 wed
10,00
13,00
monaster
y site visit
20 thur
visit Bella
Pais
21 fri
10,00
13,00
monaster
y:
working
Dinner
Evening lecture in Faculty 19.30-20.30
Lunch 13.00of Architecture, Girne
(at your
14.00 (at your
American University ROOM own
own expense) Afternoon
ADA ?
expense) Evening
Arrival at
Lefkosa (Ercan)
Airport: h 8.50
Egyptian group
--- h 21.00
Italian group; h
21.00 Turkish
group; h. 21.30
Shuttle
transportation
to Knowledge
Village
complex, h.
22.30 Dinner
17.30- FACULTY ROOM
ADA 218 Lecture:
Presentation Hossein Sadri
(Girne American
University), Alessandro
Camiz (Director,
International Centre for
Heritage Studies, Girne
American University),
14,00 16,30 monastery:
DESIGNING WITHIN THE
Cyprus
takeway/cam organization of tutors and
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
House,
elot
groups
LANDSCAPE
Kyrenia
17.30- FACULTY ROOM
Ozgulen
ADA 219 ? Lecture:
Kebab,
Presentation Balkız
Canbolat
YAPICIOGLU (Girne
Sokak 13b,
American University),
Ibrahim Yapicioglu (Girne Girne,
053386868
American University)
ANCIENT CHURCHES IN THE 72
Bellapais
visit S. Hilarion, Nicosia
KYRENIA REGION
14,00 16,30 monastery:
17.30- FACULTY ROOM
Kebapci
working, Seminar: Emilija
ADA 218 Lecture:
Halil Usta,
NIKOLIC, (Serbian Academy Presentation Alessandro
Cengizhanl
of Science an Art, PhD
Camiz (Director,
i Sokak 21,
takeway/cam candidate
International Centre for
Girne,
elot
Faculty of Architecture
Heritage Studies, Girne
053385156
International design workshop. Reading and designing the area of Lambousa-Karavas, Cyprus.
University of Belgrade),
Archaeological Sites in
Serbia. Teaching design in
Viminacium
22 sat
23 Sun.
24 mon
25 tue
26 wed
American University),
06
Tomasz Zawadzki (Girne
American University) Virtual
reality technologies and
cultural heritage
ManiPeni,
New
Harbour
Road,
14.00-17.30 guided visit to
Kyrenia,
Kyrenia castle and
+90 (0)392
shipwreck museum (Pembe
815 0757Ozen)
Shopping in Kyrenia
58
10,00
13,00
monaster
y:
working Kyrenia
10,00
13,00
monaster
y:
takeway/cam 14,00 16,30 monastery:
working elot
working
14,00 16,30 monastery:
10,00
working/ laser scanner
13,00
demonstration, Giorgio
monaster
Verdiani and Andrea
y:
takeway/cam Braghiroli (Università degli
working elot
Studi di Firenze)
10,00
13,00
monaster
y:
working,
seminar
Annamari
a
Pandolfi
(Sapienz
a
University
of Rome)
The
systemati
c survey
of the
conserva
tion
status as
14,00 16,30 monastery:
a
working/ laser scanner
precondit
demonstration, Seminar:
ion to the
Kutsal Ozturk (Girne
restoratio takeway/cam American University), THE
n project elot
THREE "R"
14,00 19,00 Spectrum hall
International Symposium
DESIGNING WITHIN THE
10,00
SACRED CONTEXT.
13,00
Salutations, Hossein Sadri
monaster
(Dean, Faculty of
y:
Architecture, Design & Fine
working GAU
Arts, Girne American
Faculty working Room ADA
218
Free
17.30- FACULTY ROOM
ADA 218 Lecture:
Presentation Alessandro
Camiz (Director,
International Centre for
Heritage Studies, Girne
American University),
Giuseppe Strappa
(Director, PhD Program in
Architecture and
Construction, Sapienza
University of Rome),
ARCHITECTURE AS A
PROCESS, Annamaria
Pandolfi (Sapienza
University of Rome) The
systematic survey
of the conservation status
as a precondition to the
Dokme et
restoration projec
?
17.30- FACULTY ROOM
ADA 219 Lecture:
Presentation Giuseppe
Strappa (Director, PhD
Program in Architecture
and Construction,
Sapienza University of
Rome), Andrea Braghiroli
(Università degli Studi di
Firenze), The Ancient
fragments collection at the
Archeological Museum in
Florence : a digital
reconstruction for a virtual Fish
tour.
restaurant
? GIRNE
International design workshop. Reading and designing the area of Lambousa-Karavas, Cyprus.
University) Alessandro Camiz
(Director, International
Centre for Heritage Studies,
Girne American University),
Contested heritage: The
Acheiropoietos Monastery;
Shahin Keynoush (Head,
Department of Architecture,
Faculty of Architecture,
Design & Fine Arts, Girne
American University) Design
Reasoning within the
Context of Old & New;
Giuseppe Strappa (Director,
PhD Program in Architecture
and Construction, Sapienza
University of Rome), The roots
of sacred space; Giorgio
Verdiani (Università degli
studi di Firenze), CULTURAL
HERITAGE AND DIGITAL
SURVEY A TECHNICAL
CHALLENGE FOR CONTENT
DEFINITION.
27 thur
28 fri
10,00
13,00
monaster
y:
takeway/cam 14,00 16,30 monastery:
working elot
working
15.00-17.00 GAU Friday
seminar Reading and
designing the
10,00 13,0
0 faculty:
working,
room
ADA 218 GAU
17,00 19,00 Faculty
working, room ADA 219
Lambousa-Karavas area.
The Monastery of
Acheiropoietos, results of the
First international workshop.
SAPIENZA-GAU
MILLENNIUM BUILDING
salutations
Mehmet ADIL (Vice-Dean,
Faculty of Architecture,
Design & Fine Arts,
Girne American University)
Presentation of final works by
students (10 minutes for
each group). JURY: Hossein
Sadri (Dean, Faculty of
Architecture, Design & Fine
Arts, Girne American
University), Kutsal Ozturk
(Faculty of Architecture,
Design & Fine Arts, Girne
American University);
(Senem Zeybekoglu Sadri
(Head, Department of
Interior design, Faculty of
Architecture, Design & Fine
Arts, Girne American
University), Alessandro Camiz
(Director, International
Centre for Heritage Studies,
Girne American University);
Shahin Keynoush (Head,
Department of Architecture,
Faculty of Architecture,
Design & Fine Arts, Girne
American University); Giorgio
Verdiani (Università degli
studi di Firenze), Hassina
free
? GIRNE
Chateau
Lambousa
?
International design workshop. Reading and designing the area of Lambousa-Karavas, Cyprus.
Nafa (Girne American
University), Kutsal Ozturk
(Girne American University);
Andrea Braghiroli (Università
degli studi di Firenze);
Alessandro Bruccoleri
(Faculty of Architecture,
Design & Fine Arts, Girne
American University), Tomasz
Zawadzki (Head of
Department of Graphics,
Girne American University),
29 sat
h. 5.00
Shuttle
transport
ation
fromKno
wledge
Village
complex
to airport,
departur
e from
Lefkosa
(Ercan) h.
7.00
Italian
group;
10.00
Egyptian
group;
21,00
Turkish
group
Accomodation
Students attending the workshop will
be hosted in the
Knowledge Village complex
Çaldıran Sokak, Girne (near the city
centre)
coordinates: 35.331705, 33.301797
GAU Knowledge Village was built in the 2005 and fulfills all a student needs with shared
rooms available for 2 – 4 people. This dormitory is located in the City center and is 2 km
from GAU Main Campus. Again the rooms are Air-conditioned with bathroom, refrigerator,
microwave, beds, table & chairs, wardrobe, TV and a telephone.
International design workshop. Reading and designing the area of Lambousa-Karavas, Cyprus.
http://www.gau.edu.tr/it/1339/knowledge_village_girls_dormitory
Meals
Scheduled lunches and dinners will be organized during the workshop (food costs are to
be covered by participants).
GAU Shuttle service
During the workshop there will be a free GAU shuttle service connecting the airport and
the dorm, the dorm and the GAU campus and the monastery in scheduled hours.
Bus schedule is attached.
November
2014
Day shuttle time table
18
tue
19
From GAU
(19,00) To
From Knowledge Village
From Monastery Knowledge
complex (9,00) to GAU (9,20) (16,20) To GAU Village
wed To Monastery (9,40)
(16,40)
complex (19,30)
Arrival at Lefkosa (Ercan)
Airport: h 8:50 Egyptian Group;
h 21.00 Italian group; h 21.00
Turkish group; h. 21.30 Shuttle
transportation to Knowledge
Village complex, h. 22.30
Dinner at GIRNE
International design workshop. Reading and designing the area of Lambousa-Karavas, Cyprus.
20
TRIP TO
BELLAPAIS,
KARMI, S.
ILARION,
From Knowledge Village
NICOSIA, BACK
thur complex (9,00) To GAU (9,20) to GAU (17,00)
22
From Knowledge Village
complex (9,00) to GAU (9,20)
fri To Monastery (9,40)
From Knowledge Village
complex (9,00) to GAU (9,20)
sat To Monastery (9,40)
23
From Knowledge Village
complex (9,00) to GAU (9,20)
Sun. To Monastery (9,40)
24
From Knowledge Village
complex (9,00) to GAU (9,20)
mon To Monastery (9,40)
25
From Knowledge Village
complex (9,00) to GAU (9,20)
tue To Monastery (9,40)
26
From Knowledge Village
wed complex (9,00) to GAU (9,20)
21
27
28
29
From GAU
(19,00) To
Knowledge
Village
complex (19,30)
From GAU
(19,00) To
Knowledge
From Monastery Village
(16,20) To GAU complex (19,30)
(16,40)
From Monastery
(13,00) To GIRNE
CASTLE (13,20)
From GAU
(19,00) To
Knowledge
From Monastery Village
(16,20) To GAU complex (19,30)
(16,40)
From GAU
(19,00) To
Knowledge
From Monastery Village
(16,20) To GAU complex (19,30)
(16,40)
From GAU
(19,00) To
Knowledge
From Monastery Village
(16,20) To GAU complex (19,30)
(16,40)
From GAU
(19,00) To
Knowledge
Village
complex (19,30)
From GAU
(19,00) To
Knowledge
From Knowledge Village
From Monastery Village
complex (9,00) to GAU (9,20) (16,20) To GAU complex (19,30)
thur To Monastery (9,40)
(16,40)
From GAU
(19,00) To
Knowledge
Village
complex (19,30)
From Knowledge Village
fri complex (9,00) to GAU
h. 5.00 Shuttle transportation
from Knowledge Village
complex to airport,
departure from Lefkosa
(Ercan) h. 7.00 Italian group;
10.00 Egyptian group; 21,00
sat Turkish group
International design workshop. Reading and designing the area of Lambousa-Karavas, Cyprus.
Wifi
The GAU Faculty of Architecture is served by free open WIFI service.
The monastery location is served by a new free GAU Wifi network password protected,
password will be given to you on arrival at the monastery.
GAU main campus
Some lectures and some classes will be in the GAU Girne main campus, in the faculty of
architecture, Room ADA 218 and ADA 219, in the Spectrum building (Spectrum Hall) and
in the Millennium building (Senate Hall).
International design workshop. Reading and designing the area of Lambousa-Karavas, Cyprus.
Other information
Travel documents (for Italian and EU):
You need a valid passport, as per airline regulations (described below), but it would be
appropriate to bring with you another different travel document, European license or ID
card. In accordance with a directive of the Directorate General for Security of the Ministry
of the Interior, all the passengers of the flight number 501 Route Ercan-Istanbul S. Gökçen
must have a valid passport (due to a subsequent international airport). Passengers in
possession of ID cards only Turkey cannot board the flight. In other flights to / from
Northern Cyprus, check-in can take place with the Turkish identity card or passport.
Passengers without the Turkish identity card and passport will not be able to board the
flight. The visa will put it to the passport control at the airport of Ercan. It is advisable to
have also Health ID Card and a photocopy of all the documents, so that when you are in
Cyprus you can leave the originals in the appropriate places and take with you (always)
photocopies.
Baggage:
The Pegasus Airlines allows you to take on:
 1 checked baggage (max 20kg)
 1 hand baggage (max 8 kg).
International design workshop. Reading and designing the area of Lambousa-Karavas, Cyprus.
What to bring with you:
 material for survey by hand (flashlight, tape measure, plumb line, laser measuring)
 hard hat
 laptop (with adapter UK plug)
 strip and power strips
 camera
More info:
Local currency: Turkish lira (LT). The change turns out to be 1 € = 2.75 LT. For an example of
spending: a meal here costs between 10 and 30 LT. You can change money at the
airport (just before exiting the airport, on the right) or in Girne or through ATM on the
campus. In Cyprus you can buy a sim package with international calls and internet at
about 20€. The temperature is around 14/23 °. The evening is cool and often it can rain
suddenly.
International design workshop. Reading and designing the area of Lambousa-Karavas, Cyprus.
Monastery dodecalogue
1) the area with scaffolding on the left hand of the church is very dangerous, please do
not walk or stand there. Stay 10 meters away from the scaffolding in every direction
2) the second floor of the monastery is also quite unsafe, I would recommend not to go
there.
3) the church and the building on the right side have mosaics on the floor, please do not
walk on top of them.
4) You strictly avoid to publish pictures or other information about the monastery on
internet and social networks.
5) the bathrooms at the entrance of the monastery are working the bathroom on the left is
ladies, men is on the right.
6) desks and chairs should not be removed from the classroom, which is for now the
wooden deck and the space below the portico
7) please leave the desks, the chairs, the bathrooms and the other spaces as clean as you
found them, there is no cleaning service so whatever you leave will be found the next day
by other students attending classes
8) all the buildings are very old so please do not touch or take away pieces of stone from
walls or from floors
9) drawing or painting on walls or other surfaces is strictly forbidden
10) next to the monastery is a military area, please avoid any kind of activity that could
disturb them or alarm them
11) walking outside of the paved streets areas is to be avoided since it is a military area
and the soldiers could come and question you if you do
12) water is not drinkable but very precious here so please do not spoil it
International design workshop. Reading and designing the area of Lambousa-Karavas, Cyprus.

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