The Department of Architecture of the University of Cyprus will host the 2nd Hersus International Workshop on Adaptive Reuse, from the 2nd to the 6th of May. In the framework of the event, a series of online lectures with invited keynote speakers from each participating partner (IUAV -Italy, UBFA -Serbia, AUTH – Greece, USE -Spain and UCY – Cyprus) will take place on Thursday the 28th of April.
The workshop is an opportunity for students to get involved in the divided walled city of Nicosia, to gain a holistic view of the area and to develop a different attitude toward cultural heritage and sustainability focusing on the adaptive reuse of dwellings, semi-open and open spaces. Students from all the participating universities will form working groups focusing on three thematic areas:
- TOPIC 1: Adaptive reuse of existing vernacular urban dwellings. The divided walled city of Nicosia as a place of culture and memory.
- TOPIC 2: Traditional courtyards and transitional spaces of private vernacular urban dwellings. Intangible and tangibles values as a tool for multidisciplinary reading and revival proposals of the divided walled city of Nicosia.
- TOPIC 3: Re-discovering routes and paths. Re-use and revival of the divided walled city of Nicosia through cultural network and interconnections.
A series of online lectures open to the public will take place on the 27th and 28th of April.
Authors: Maria Philokyprou, Stavroula Thravalou (UCY)