European Architecture Student Assembly (EASA) was founded in 1981 by architect students like Geoff Haslam and Richard Murphy and is closely related to the Winterschool concept, which organises similar events for UK students of architecture. EASA takes place each summer in a different country, with the event usually lasting two weeks. It is organised by students of architecture for students of architecture and the concept is operated on a cooperative basis. In fall at INCM, Intermediate National Contact Meeting, the location for EASA is decided one and a half years in advance. Typically 400 students take part in the event and engage in workshops, exhibitions, lectures and social events loosely based around a specific theme. These events are run by a combination of academics and students and encompass a wide variety of activities with a greater or lesser relationship to architecture. The event is funded through a combination of attendance fees (which vary for each country based upon ability to pay), grants and sponsorship, all arranged by the organising committee for each event.
EASA has little or no formal structure in that each event is organised as a unique occurrence - though a system of National Contacts (NCs) ensures that the event each year is well supported. NCs also typically meet once a year to discuss the previous EASA and prepare for the next. Students come from over 40 European countries to the event each year. Recent Assemblies have seen students participating from the US, India and Central American countries.
EASA Summer Meetings
1981 Liverpool, England: Starting up the EASA Experience
1982 Delft, Netherlands: Architecture of an Uncertain Future
1983 Lisbon, Portugal: Social Spaces
1984 Aarhus, Denmark: Turning point in Architecture
1985 Athens, Greece: Interpretation and Action in the City
1986 Torino, Italy: Architetture Latenti
1987 Helsinki-Putikko, Finland: Architecture and Nature
1988 Berlin, Germany: The Dimension Between
1989 Marseille, France: Heritage et Creativé
1990 Karlskrona, Sweden: Exploration
1991 Verkhoturie and Kolomna, USSR: Regeneration (This assembly was held at two sites) 1992 Ürgüp, Turkiye: Vision 2000 Environment 1993 Sandwick, Scotland: The Isle 1994 Liège, Belgium: Consommer l'Inconsumable 1995 Zamość, Poland: Beyond the Borders 1996 Clermont-l'Hérault, France: Dream Builders! 1997 The Train, Scandinavia: Advancing Architecture (This assembly was held on board a train driving through Denmark, Sweden, and Norway) 1998 Valletta, Malta: Living on the Edge 1999 Kavala, Greece: Osmosis 2000 Antwerp and Rotterdam, Belgium/Netherlands: Dis-Similarities 2001 Gökceada, Turkey: No Theme 2002 Vis, Croatia: Senses 2003 Friland, Denmark: Sustainable Living 2004 Roubaix, France: Metropolitan - Micropolitain, 2005 Bergün, Switzerland: Trans, Transit, Transition. 2006 Budapest, Hungary: Common Places 2007 Eleusina, Greece: City Index 2008 Dublin-Letterfrack, Ireland: Adaptation 2009 Brescia, Italy: supermARCHet 2010 Manchester, UK: Identity 2011 Cadiz, Spain: deCOASTruction 2012 Helsinki, Finland: Wastelands 2013 Žužemberk, Slovenia: Reaction 2014 Veliko Tărnovo, Bulgaria: Symбиоза 2015 Valletta, Malta: Links 2016 Nida, Lithuania: Not Yet Decided 2017 Fredericia, Denmark: Hospitality. Finding the framework 2018 Rijeka, Croatia: RE:Easa 2019 Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland: EASA:Tourist 2020 Valga, Estonia: Apathy 2021 Kragujevac, Serbia: Reality 2022 Călărași, Romania: 1:1 2023 Sheffield, United Kingdom: Commons