The Artifex Workshop 2009 :: Stonemasonry in Context Schedule : June 15 - 28

Day Date Activities Comments 14 Airport arrivals Sun

1 15 Welcome, presentation & goals Artifex instructors Mon Stroll to Santo Domingo cloister Welcome by the Major of the City of Inca & Sponsors Press coverage with local dignataries Cofee break with Sponsors and Press Return to the Shool Introductory Charette Artifex instructors Rules - tools - routines - safety Artifex instructors Lunch Practical workshop: voussoir cutting & centering Artifex instructors Lecture: Aesthetics of ecology in the mass-costomized world Luis Berrios-Negron Questions and debate Projectspace 2 16 Lecture: Traditional mediterranean stone design Miquel Ramis Tue Cofee break Lecture: Contemporary masonry Michael Ramage Practical workshop Artifex instructors Lunch Practical workshop Artifex instructors Lecture: Sustainable Shells - South Africa & Escobedo stone vaults Philippe Block / Michael Ramage Questions and debate Projectspace 3 17 Inca-Palma Wed Palma visit Cathedral - Calatrava quarter Cofee break Capuchino Palma visit Fundació Sa Nostra - Santes Creus- Montenegro Lunch (not part of Workshop meal plan) Ses bovedes / Lonja area restaurants Sa Lonja visit Bellver Castle visit Free time Palma or return to Inca 4 18 Lecture: Thrust network analysis Philippe Block Thu Cofee break Design charrette towards Saturday presentations Lunch Practical workshop Artifex instructors Lecture Tatiana Bilbao Questions and debate Projectspace 5 19 Lecture: Arches / Vaults - constructive solutions Miquel Ramis Fri Cofee break Lecture: Mexican vaults Alfonso Ramirez Questions and debate Practical workshop Artifex instructors Lunch Practical workshop Artifex instructors Lecture: Structural stonemasonry analysis Santiago Huerta Questions and debate Projectspace 6 20 Building techniques Video: Qudad A crafts recovery proposal at Yemen. Sat Cofee break Jury Review of proposals for Group Project Bilbao, Herreros, Huerta, Ramirez + Artifex Instrutors Lecture : Civil Architecture Juan Herreros Questions and debate Lunch (not included in meal plan) Field Trip to Baranc Biniaraitx, Sóller 7 21 Free Second week 7 22 Lecture: Errors in contemporary buildings Miquel Ramis Mon Cofee break Building techniques: Short videos Skill Tutorials & Project Development " Lunch Skill Tutorials & Project Development Artifex instructors Lecture: Builders - the next generation Eduardo Ramos Questions and debate Projectspace 8 23 Natural depuration of domestic pluvial systems Lluís Amengual Tue Cofee break Lecture Lukas Feireiss Skill Tutorials & Project Development Artifex instructors Lunch Skill Tutorials & Project Development Artifex instructors Lecture Yung Ho Chang Questions and debate Projectspace 9 24 Lecture: Program and The Abbey - a stone metaphor Carson Chan Wed Cofee break Lecture: Bioclimatic strategies for urban performance Miquel Ramis Skill Tutorials & Project Development Artifex instructors Lunch Skill Tutorials & Project Development Artifex instructors Lecture: Stereotomy of stone Enrique Rabasa Questions and debate Lecture: Traditional lime mortar houses Roberto Lopez Hilton Visit to a restaured medieval house " 10 25 Lecture: Dry stone design Miguel Ramis Thu Cofee break Lecture: Lime - the plastic stone Joan Mestre Skill Tutorials & Project Development Artifex instructors Lunch Skill Tutorials & Project Development Artifex instructors Lecture: Builders - the next generation Gerardo Ramos Questions and debate Projectspace 11 26 Lecture: Phenomenology of Cultural Production Luis Berrios-Negron Questions and debate / short videos Fri Cofee break Lecture: Reinforced ceramics as revisited technique Jose Maria Churtichaga Questions and debate/short videos Ecobuilding in Spain Toni Marín Skill Tutorials & Project Development Artifex instructors Lunch Skill Tutorials & Project Development Artifex instructors Lecture: Materials / Geobiology Poncio Ripoll Questions and debate/short videos Projectspace 12 27 Review preparations Sat Cofee break Review preparations Final Project Presentation BBQ with open microphone for discussion and parting thoughts Break Minibus departure to Valldemosa, Costa Nord Free time to visit Valldemosa Dinner at Costa Nord Live Music NOTES All presenters will have 30 min presentation + 30 min q&a or short video "Practical Workshop" = time alotted for formal apprenticeship of fundamental masonry skills - vaults, stone wall, pebble mosaic, mortars, etc. "Projectspace" = time alotted for the participants to process the information presented during the day / research development "Skill Tutorials & Project Development" = time alotted for informal tutorials and work related to the realization of the final project