In the book East Coast Europe, Berlin based architect and writer Markus Mies­sen notices that aside from economical and political dif­feren­ces, Europe is still divided by the sym­bolic border of possibilities. In fact the more one moves East – the more is possible. At a time when Mol­dova is one of the stron­gest new can­didates for mem­ber­ship of the EU, the research and work­shop will focus on the alter­plans, alterotopias (places built and shared with others), and the poten­tial hidden within such problems as political instability, derelict industrial zones or even the dominance of cars.

If apparen­tly ‘successful’ master­plans con­sume a place’s poten­tial, is it the mistakes that create new possibilities? How can the failure of one plan open the door for unimagined alter­natives? We will look for errors, cracks, and loopholes in Chisinau’s built environ­ment, and investigate their sub­ver­sive and per­for­mative potential. 

We would like to col­lect your sug­gestions and observations on the poten­tiality of the failures, bad plans, and incor­rect decisions - having a look at Chisinau as a place where two wrongs might actually make a right.