2024-06-02 03:12:02
The “Bouluki” group – Touring Workshop for Conventional Constructing Strategies, identified for its actions in Epirus, is amongst this yr’s winners of the European Cultural Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2024, which for 22 years have been a key instrument for the popularity and promotion of a number of values of cultural and pure heritage for Europe’s society, financial system and surroundings.
“Bouluki” was awarded general for its work within the “Training, Coaching & Expertise” class as a pioneering not-for-profit group that mixes hands-on coaching in conventional constructing arts with actual tasks, aiming to combine conventional information into fashionable constructing. .
Bulouki is a collective made up of architects, engineers and cultural heritage students. Its function is the revitalization of conventional information round constructing strategies and supplies. His imaginative and prescient is to develop a brand new constructing tradition in Greece and internationally, which attracts closely from conventional information and goals for a contemporary, sustainable development.
Since its institution in 2018, Bouluki has been energetic round 4 axes: schooling, analysis, apply and public debate. It’s the solely non-profit group in Greece so far that designs and implements vocational apprenticeships, which mix rehabilitation tasks with technical coaching. Drawing inspiration from the instance of the previous craftsmen, Boulouki travels all through Greece organizing participatory and academic tasks that draw strongly from the actual traits of every place.
At the moment, Boulouki is growing the primary analysis and coaching heart on conventional constructing arts, within the mountainous area of Epirus, within the constructing of an previous main faculty granted by the native authorities.
The strategy to conventional information from Bouluki makes use of the next academic schemes: experiential workshops specifically designed for college kids and younger professionals within the fields of development, artwork and cultural heritage; skilled apprenticeships aimed on the emergence of a brand new era of craftsmen; and actions that activate the neighborhood. Centered on interdisciplinarity and collaboration, academic applications carry collectively craftsmen and lecturers, college students and native residents, professionals and amateurs of all ages. On this route, Bouluki frames every of its tasks with a wealthy program of public, open actions that embody excursions, outside discussions, speeches, cultural mapping actions and celebrations that encourage the involvement of native societies and intergenerational dialogue.
This yr, Europe’s high awards for cultural heritage had been awarded to 26 excellent achievements from 18 nations and the winners had been chosen by a jury of twelve heritage specialists from throughout Europe, after the purposes had been evaluated by particular committees . A complete of 206 legitimate purposes had been submitted to this yr’s Awards by organizations and people from 38 European nations.
The winners can be honored on the European Heritage Awards 2024 ceremony on 7 October on the Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest’s well-known music venue, which was not too long ago awarded the European Heritage Label in recognition of its significance. The occasion can be collectively moderated by European Commissioner Iliana Ivanova and Government President of Europa Nostra Hermann Parzinger. In the course of the ceremony, the “Grand Prix” winners and the “Public Selection”/Viewers Award winner, chosen from amongst this yr’s winners, can be introduced and can obtain €10,000 every.
Supporters and heritage fans can uncover the winners and vote on-line to determine the winner of the Public Selection Award 2024/ Viewers Award 2024, who will obtain a money prize of €10,000. Voting will stay open till September 22.