Summer School on Architectural Reuse

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SUMMER SCHOOL ON ARCHITECTURAL REUSE is an intensive course designed to train the next generation of architects to meet this challenge. The program offers a full immersion in adaptive reuse, architectural restoration, and sustainable design through lectures and critiques with international practitioners and university professors, an applied design studio, a public exhibition, and a book publication.
The course is open to students and graduates in architecture, interior design, design, landscape, and art. It is a multidisciplinary experience meant to provide a complete framework for a critical approach to adaptive reuse projects, from concept development to construction issues.
Supported by the Municipality of Florence and HouseEurope, the Summer School will focus on a real case study: a former factory in Firenze to be transformed into social and affordable housing. Through this partnership, participants will develop concrete proposals for the future of this abandoned industrial area, offering citizens and stakeholders new scenarios for its regeneration.

Target group

Applicants must be aged 18 or over. The summer school is aimed at architecture/engineering/design students and young professionals who would like to improve their knowledge and practice of adaptive reuse and architecture restoration. Ideal participants are students at least in their second year of university or young professionals in their first years of work.

Course aim

Experience adaptive reuse this summer through an immersive architecture programme in the heart of Florence. Engage in intensive learning, critical discussion and field-based activities, guided by world-class academics and leading practitioners. An opportunity to strengthen your portfolio and academic profile within a stimulating international environment.

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