YACADEMY

HIGH-LEVEL TRAINING COURSE EDITION 2019 ARCHITECTURE FOR LANDSCAPE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AS THE STAGE FOR DESIGN

1 SUMMARY

03 YACADEMY

05 THE COURSE Overview Structure Calendar

09 PROGRAM Lessons Workshop

17 INTERNSHIPS

24 PAST EDITIONS

29 RULES

2 THE GREATEST INNOVATION IN POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION

YAC is an association which promotes archi- tectural competitions aimed at fostering culture and design research. Over the years, YAC has broadened its experience of work and collaboration with the main architectural firms of contemporary archi- tecture, dealing with diverse and numerous topics of architectural design. Nowadays, YAC’s expertise can serve young designers better, providing them with the creation of high-level educational programs aimed at polishing the skills of the students and offering them a valuable connection to the labour market. Thanks to the close relationship with internationally renowned professional and academic actors, YAC is the perfect frame within which complete or specialize one’s skills, and create a significative link with the most internationally-renowned architectural practices.

3 WHERE Via Borgonuovo, 5 Bologna, Italy

In the heart of Bologna’s historical city center, close city located at a short distance from Rome, Florence, to the Two Towers and next to Piazza Santo Stefano, Venice and Milan. From Bologna Central Sta tion, it is YACademy is located in a prestigious medieval building just a brief bus ride or a short pleasant walk under which has been renovated to welcome an educational the marvellous porticos to get to YACademy’s head center of excellence which can also count on an ar- quarters: here, among history, innovation and interna- chitectural library of more than 3.000 books donated tionality, the young designer will be able to meet some by Sapienza University. YACademy is the perfect of the most celebrated personalities of contemporary place where to continue or enrich your education, in architecture and build up a network of excellence while a prestigious context immersed in the commercial laying the foundations of their future careers. and historical centre of an always-onthe-go and lively

4 THE COURSE THE COURSE | OVERVIEW

From Stonehenge to Greek temples, architecture is the COURSE PERIOD June - July 2019 OBJECTIVES signature of humankind on landscape, the artificial element that has always been connected to the natural environment. The “Architecture for Landscape” course aims at training 3 days per week Architecture and landscape are linked by a fundamental con- ATTENDANCE TO LESSONS professional designers who are able to intervene on astonishing tinuity that is now starting to fade, damaging the quality of the and monumental natural contexts. Thanks to the workshop space we dwell. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS 25 activities, the designers will be able to interpret the characte- ristics of the natural environment to transform it into a fine More than ever today, landscape is a precious heritage setting for elegant, sustainable and integrated architecture. that architecture can and must enhance, while protecting it to LANGUAGE Italian The course aims at providing the students with skills that are pass it on to future generations: architects shall not give up on immediately usable and at granting a focus on the choice of working on landscape, instead they should be able to design ELEMENTS OF INNOVATION materials, technologies, elements of sustainability and care of architectures that respond to each landscape’s specific feature different botanical items. Moreover, through their internships and generates wonderful and unique spaces. in well-renowned professional firms, the students will gain an • It is the first course that gathers a ten-year experience in efficient link to the labor market. restoration and enhancement of historical architectures The “Architecture for Landscape” course was created on and offers it as an educational program; these premises: it aims at training designers who are able to • within a three-month course, the students are offered a meet the diverse needs of transforming territories, enforcing PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS prestigious range of future job opportunities; an attentive and productive dialogue with the surrounding • the course envisages and aligns different educational tools landscape to respond to the needs of prestigious clients in The students will gain and improve their skills regarding (lessons, workshops, internships, company visits); outstanding contexts. Through a thorough analysis of the architectural design in prestigious landscape contexts, ma- • the course offers new competences and emerging techno- natural world, light and geomorphological features of terrains, terials, design technologies and strategies for protection and logies: laser scanning surveys and drone surveys; the designers will become more and more able to reconnect enhancement of the natural features of landscape. • the workshop deals with a real design case arranged with human design to the natural environment and be inspired by the Italian Government and offers a great opportunity to landscape to design outstanding, sustainable and impressive analyze and realize the outcome design. architectures.

The course will be made up of 101 hours of lessons, a 32-hour workshop and multiple lectures by well-renowned professional architects. At the end of the lessons, the students will be granted an internship.

6 THE COURSE | STRUCTURE ADMISSION landscape contexts ELQUI DOMOS: between stars and architecture Edoardo Milesi | Edoardo Milesi & Archos Rodrigo Duque Motta | Duque Motta & AA The admission to the course is based on the evaluation of: BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES | 12 hours CONTEXTUALIZING ARCHITECTURE: Louvre Abu Dhabi • curriculum vitae in European format How to choose technologies according to the landscape Livia Tani | Atelier Jean Nouvel • motivational letter (max. 200 words) Mauro Frate | Mauro Frate Architetto • portfolio STADIUMS, MUSEUMS AND DAMS: landscape according to In order to ensure the best quality of teaching and the most THEORIES AND HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND LAND- Souto De Moura effective absorption of the students in the labor market, the SCAPE | 14 hours Eduardo Souto De Moura course will have a limited number of students (max. 25); it will Successful examples of landscape integrated architectures be delivered in Italian and addressed to graduates who have Manuel Orazi | University of Ferrara JUVET LANDSCAPE HOTEL: immersed in landscape obtained a master’s degree in Architectural Sciences or other Torunn Golberg | Jensen & Skodvin equivalent titles by the application deadline (19/04/2019). BUILDING WITH TIMBER | 9 hours ICE AND FORESTS: visions from Norway The commission, in conjunction with the preliminary asses- Techniques and possibilities in building with timber Dagur Eggertsson | Rintala Eggetrsson Architects sment, together with the outcome of a possible interview, may Angelo Luigi Marchetti | Marlegno admit students with different qualifications. TOWARDS URBAN AFFORESTATION | 9 hours ARCHITECTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY Spaces and visions for a biological, social and cultural coexistence Mario Cucinella | Mario Cucinella Architects LESSONS Sara Gangemi | Stefano Boeri Architetti 101 HOURS HIGH ALTITUDE ARCHITECTURES | 9 hours WORKSHOP History and examples of anthropization of the mountains 32 HOURS INTERPRETING LANDSCAPE | 12 hours Luca Gibello | Il Giornale dell’Architettura How to understand places and interpret their identity Challenge at high altitudes: the design of a bivouac Emanuele Montibeller | Arte Sella EXTREME ARCHITECTURE | 9 hours Roberto Dini | Cantieri d’Alta Quota Building sites in the mountains WELLNESS IN NATURE | 6 hours Roberto Dini | Cantieri d’Alta Quota Outdoor and wellness INTERNSHIP Paolo Tranquillini | Starpool SPECIAL LECTURES At the end of the lessons, the students will be granted an PLANTS | 6 hours internship in one of the professional firms relevant to the Features and necessities of the plants and how to choose the VERTICAL FOREST course topic: right ones Stefano Boeri | Stefano Boeri Architetti Antonio Perazzi | Studio Antonio Perazzi WATER AND ARCHITECTURE: Oslo Opera House STEFANO BOERI ARCHITETTI - SNØHETTA - HHF THE GARDEN SITE | 6 hours Martina Meier | Snøhetta ARCHITECTS - RODRIGO DUQUE MOTTA - JEAN Management and realization of green areas Federico Ratta | Frassinago - Gardens and Landscapes SANCTUARIES WITHIN LANDSCAPE: Ruta del Peregrino NOUVEL DESIGN - RINTALA EGGERTSSON - Simon Frommenwiler | HHF Architects SUSTAINABLE DESIGN | 9 hours JENSEN & SKODVIN Principles of environmental sustainability in prestigious

7 THE COURSE | CALENDAR

Application opening 25TH FEBRUARY 2019

Application deadline 19TH APRIL 2019

Provisional ranking 6TH MAY 2019

Enrollment fee payment deadline 10TH MAY 2019

Official ranking 17TH MAY 2019

Lessons start 5TH JUNE 2019

Attendance to lessons 3 DAYS PER WEEK

Maximum number of students 25

Language ITALIAN

8 PROGRAM PROGRAM | LESSONS

EMANUELE MONTIBELLER PAOLO TRANQUILLINI 12 HOURS Arte Sella 6 HOURS Starpool

INTERPRETING He was born in 1959. In 1986, WELLNESS IN Paolo Tranquillini is Product LANDSCAPE Emanuele Montibeller founded NATURE Manager for Starpool, company Arte Sella. This is a project aimed founded in 1975 by Ardelio Turri. How to understand at creating a place of encounter, Outdoor and Its activities are focused on a places and inter- dialogue between artists and wellness continuous research of wellness pret their identity ideas sharing. Such project solutions that respond to the highlights the importance of the demands regarding everything Valsugana valley in the interna- that is directly and indirectly tional dialogue between creativity connected to the care and har- and natural world. He is artistic monic development of the human director and curator of cultural body. In its 40 years of activity, projects for the association Arte Starpool has revolutionized the Sella both in Italy and abroad. SPA concept and launched on He helped creating the route the market new high-quality The course will give the students a series of tools The natural context is more and more the pivotal ArteNatura, which is a forest products. Starpool is a an expert, and methodologies to get in contact with the natural point of the contemporary tourist accommodation itinerary studded by works of art serious and reliable partner who- environment, in order to build up the fundamental offer. Relais, agritourisms, resorts, landscape and di- made by masters of the Art in na- se abilities range from design to knowledge that is necessary to intervene in prestigious spersed hotels are just some representations of how, ture. Some of them are Nils-Udo, realization, from coordination to landscape contexts. The analysis criteria which will in the modern society, man is searching for spaces Chris Drury, Patrick Dougherty, tools’ choice, from maintaining be offered to the students will range from the more that connect him to nature. Designing wellness areas, Michelangelo Pistoletto. to management. A team of ar- conventional and scientific approach - with lessons in this sense, represents the natural completion of chitects, designers, technicians, from geologists, botanists and nature experts - to the offer of any facility inserted in a prestigious land- artisans, specialists and the R&D the more psychological and perceptive approach. scape context, also offering an innovative opportunity dept allow Starpool to always be Therefore, the course will present the contamination to enhance the usability of places (pools, saunas, at the forefront as for new busi- between nature and different artistic and creative panoramic relax areas are just some examples of this ness models or new elements of disciplines - from sculpture to music - while teaching trend). Therefore, the course will overview the main competitive advantage. about the features of the cultural experience in Malga technical, compositional and normative elements Costa in Arte Sella. The whole course will be held of outdoor planning for wellness, offering a detailed at Arte Sella, Malga Costa, during a three-day visit description of the numerous and different solutions that will allow the students to live an extraordinary on the market in order to improve the efficiency of the experience of interpretation and understanding of architectural intervention in the natural context. This landscape. course envisages the visit to Starpool’s production chain and site visits to their realized projects. 10 PROGRAM | LESSONS

ANTONIO PERAZZI FEDERICO RATTA 6 HOURS Studio Antonio Perazzi 6 HOURS Frassinago - Gardens and Landscapes PLANTS Antonio Perazzi studies at the THE GARDEN Polytechnic of Milan and at Lon- SITE Federico Ratta graduates don Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. firstly in Agriculture in Turin and Features and In 1998, he opens his own studio Management and then in Landscape architecture necessities of the and carries out projects and realization of green in Genoa. He is design manager plants and how to advisory activities for some of areas for Frassinago, a firm specialized choose the right the most important architectural in high-level parks and private ones studios and societies of Engine- gardens that realized several ering. He has carried out both projects in Italy, Switzerland, private and public projects in Italy France and in the Persian Gulf, and abroad, and has worked in and is well known for being the France, Russia, India, Austria, first firm in Italy that has applied Canada, Usa, China, Kuwait and Desing & Build formula to the Morocco. He was professor at the field of Garden and Landscape On very different scales, the landscape topic has The course is designed as an evolutionary inter- Polytechnic of Milan and has held Design. He collaborates in the gained a key role in architectural and urban design pretation of a medium-high level site for a landscape lectures and workshops in many drafting of articles for several and has become an inspiration, a tool, a decoration. project concerning a private property. Through the Italian and foreign universities. architectural publications, in- Knowing the plants in their ecological features allows presentation of some case studies on real project re- He works with national and cluding Paysage, Elle Decor and the designers to complete their project in its smaller alizations, the course aims at providing the cultural, international newspapers, he pu- Gardenia. details. The project is complete when it is able to critical and methodological tools for managing and blished “Contro il Giardino” with relate to the territory, with a biological continuity or organizing all the interventions that turn the project Pia Pera for Ponte alle Grazie contrast. For landscape designers, botanics are a tool phase in a real building site. From the planning and “Foraverde” for Maestri di and an inspiration: an approach to connect different process to the daily management of all the actors Giardino, with a preface by Gilles environments for them to dialogue both with the involved in the realization of a garden, the course will Clément. For ten years now, artificial and natural world. During the course, deco- describe the process of project realization up until the he has published the monthly ration, useful and adaptable plants will be analyzed in phase of the blossoming and further planning of the column “Bustine di Paesaggio” connection to materials and surfaces. garden. on Gardenia.

11 PROGRAM | LESSONS

EDOARDO MILESI MAURO FRATE 9 HOURS Edoardo Milesi & Archos 12 HOURS Mauro Frate Architetto

SUSTAINABLE He studies at IUAV and gra- BIOCOMPATIBLE Mauro Frate graduated with DESIGN duates at Polytechnic of Milan MATERIALS AND top marks in Architecture at IUAV with Franca Helg in 1979. He is in 1989, where he later taught Principles of an expert in environmental-land- TECHNOLOGIES and researched sustainable environmental scape protection and has obtai- How to choose architectures and urban projects. sustainability ned numerous specializations, technologies He participated in numerous in prestigious among which Religious Archi- according to the university research activities and landscape contexts tecture and The Art of Gardens. landscape his works have been presented In 1989, he founds Archos studio in international exhibitions like which works on different scales the Biennale of Venice. He has and settings but is characterized designed and realized public, by a coherent method and by a industrial and commercial continuous research on environ- buildings, public spaces, rede- mental, social and building ele- signed agricultural, industrial Designing in prestigious landscape contexts The course will focus on the relationship between ments of Architecture. Besides and historical areas. In 1996, he obviously requires a particular attention to the sustai- the choice of the building materials and technologies, his work activity, he participates founded Studio Architer; in 2009, nability and biocompatibility issues. Therefore, the and the natural context, thanks to the visit and pre- actively in the cultural debate on he founds MFa_Mauro Frate course will treat the main techniques and strategies sentation of leading companies in the fields (instal- contemporary architecture and is architetto. His design, didactic to design low-impact environmental and energetic lations, lighting, surfaces, coating…). Choosing the interested in the dissemination and research activities are all re- architectures (from how to choose non-polluting materials and the techonologies is fundamental for of knowledge. In 2008, he founds ported in specialized publications materials to sustainable design). Through an analysis the integration of new elements in a prestigious natu- and starts directing the magazine and in Italian and international of the main technical solutions on the market, the ral context, performance-wise and esthetically-wise. “ARTAPP”. In 2012, he founds specialized magazines. students will also reflect on the use of the natural Therefore, the course will present the aesthetical, the Cultural Association Scuola features of landscape or architectural artifacts to technical and performative features of each material Permanente dell’Abitare. obtain low-energetic-impact architectures that are at in relation to landscape, both as a perceptive unit the cutting edge performance-wise. (hence, needing a reflection on matter and colour fe- atures of the natural and artificial landscape) and as a climatic diverse context (hence, subject to different solicitations and external agents). The course will also include the planning of the design texture to use for the workshop topic.

12 PROGRAM | LESSONS

MANUEL ORAZI ANGELO LUIGI MARCHETTI 14 HOURS 9 HOURS Marlegno He graduated in Architecture THEORIES AND from IUAV in 2001 and holds a BUILDING WITH He graduates in Civil Engine- HISTORY OF PhD in History of Architecture TIMBER ering from the University of Bre- and Cities. Since 2002, he has scia. He is CEO of Marlegno s.r.l. ARCHITECTURE been working as a writer for Techniques and Prefabricated Wooden Buildings, Quodlibet (a publishing company possibilities in qualified in the engineerization AND LANDSCAPE in the province of Macerata), building with and prefabrication of wooden Successful exam- where he works particularly on timber facilities and buildings, characte- ples of landscape the publication and diffusion of rized by the development of “cu- integrated archi- architectural titles, mainly for stomized” projects, experience tectures “Abitare” and “Habitat”. He tau- and the technical/technological ght History of Architecture and skills, enthusiasm for innovation, Theories of Architectural Rese- care for details and a special arch at UNICAm (Ascoli Piceno), attention to sustainability with Universities of Bologna and Fer- regard to the environment. He The course will give the students a series of Among the main building materials, timber is used rara. He has held seminars and has a very optimistic and positive cultural and technical references that will help them both as a cover and a structure of those architectures conferences, among others, also attitude and is a strong supporter develop their creativity. Through the analysis of some that are deeply connected to landscape. Following the at the Architectural Association of a building concept based on realized architectures, the students will be given an specific features of the workshop topic, the course of- of London. He works regularly for high technology and eco-friendly overview on the main and most famous architectures fers the students an advanced technical knowledge of the magazines “Domus”, “Log”, systems; he is specialized and which have a virtuous and fascinating connection the performative and structural features of different “Icon Design” and the daily “Il qualified in this sector and to the environment in which they are inserted. The materials, of the main processing techniques, use Foglio”. Among his most recent has held conferences, training course will be completed by the speech of numerous and design of timber buildings. Thanks to this course, publications, together with Yona courses and workshops at many lecturers (Stefano Boeri, Snohetta, Duque Motta, Ate- the students will learn how to design architectures Friedman, he wrote The Dilution universities and institutes of lier Jean Nouvel, Eduardo Souto De Moura, Jensen which can integrate the maximum wellness for peo- of Architecture. technology. & Skodvin, Rintala Eggertsson, HHF) and by a wider ple with the issues of energy saving and respect of the reflection on the different meanings of landscape, environment, which timber design allows to achieve both as a natural reference (that has recognizable and optimize. physical elements) and as a cultural reference (inter- preted by architects, thinkers and creatives).

13 PROGRAM | LESSONS

SARA GANGEMI LUCA GIBELLO 9 HOURS Stefano Boeri Architetti 9 HOURS Il Giornale dell’Architettura

TOWARDS She studied at Polytechnic HIGH-ALTITUDE He graduated at Polytechnic of URBAN of Milan (M. Arch. 2005) and ARCHITECTURES Turin, where he obtained a PhD in in 2014 she obtained a PhD in History of architecture and urbani- AFFORESTATION Landscape and Environment History and sm. He taught History of contem- Design Management and Plan- examples of porary architecture at Polytechnic Spaces and visions ning at the University of Rome anthropization of of Turin and at the University of for a biological, “La Sapienza”. Since 2017, she the mountains Trento. He is editor and publicist of social and cultural is a senior landscape architect the newspaper «Il Giornale dell’Ar- coexistence at Stefano Boeri Architetti and chitettura.com». Among his books: she works on landscape ma- “Rifugi e bivacchi. Gli imperdibili sterplans, complex processes of delle Alpi” (2018, con Roberto Dini urban transformation and public e Stefano Girodo), “Progettare al space - from the concept to the limite. I rifugi alpini di G Studio” realization stage – curatorial (2017), “Rifugiarsi tra le vette. Ca- Today, 54,5% of the world population lives in cities, Disregarded for centuries, in our times, high and research projects, including panne e bivacchi della Valle d’Aosta where 80% of the world wealth is created and 75% mountains represent a great area of exploration Urban rhythm: Masterplan for Da dai pionieri dell’alpinismo a oggi” of the world CO2 emissions are generated. On these but also a “play field” where to measure one’s Ming Palace Heritage Park, Xi’an, (2016, con Roberto Dini e Stefano premises, it is clear to see that, over the next decades, limits against a different landscape, completely cha- China (ongoing). Currently, she Girodo), “Cantieri d’alta quota. humanity will shape its future and that of other spe- racterized by nature. In this sense, the progressive teaches at Politecnico fdi Milano. Breve storia della costruzione dei cies, in the city. Nevertheless, cities are very complex anthropization of the mountains can be interpreted Among her most recent publica- rifugi sulle Alpi” (2011), “Annibale place that are now subject to an environmental crisis as an attempt of “domestication” in the continued tions: “Processi di educazione, Fiocchi architetto” (2007), “1970- and an unstoppable demographic growth; urbanization dialogue between urban pattern and original native partecipazione ed empowerment 2000. Episodi e temi di storia often threatens and destroy natural resources; here, impulses. Lodges and “bivacchi” represent the extre- in paesaggi ordinari” (Quodlibet). dell’architettura contemporanea” different visions of the world, material and immaterial me projection of this dualism. The course will focus In 2015 she was shortlisted for (2006), “Stop&Go. Il riuso delle conditions are in conflict. Therefore, it is not enough on historical and cultural elements while explaining YAP MAXXI 2015 - Young archi- aree industriali dismesse in Italia. to care about principles, values and needs of our the epic of the introduction of infrastructures on the tects program in Rome - and in Trenta casi studio” (2005), “France- species only: instead, we have to reasset ourselves mountains, underlining the sources, key points and 2012 for the Gold Medal Prize for sco Dolza. L’architetto e l’impresa” in the bigger perspective of our planet’s future. What funding elements. All of these aspects should help Italian Architecture for the park (2002). Since 2012, he has been a can architecture and design do to include nature as a the students understand the contemporary action and garden sector. founding partner and president of funding element, not just ornamental? How can these that, on one side, meets the new needs of modern the association Cantieri d’Alta Quo- disciplines dialogue with natural processes? Which are users – very different from the users of the past – ta. He loves hiking and alpinism the spatial conditions for inclusion of biological, social and, on the other, requires the protection of a unique (he climbed 70 out of the 82 alpine or cultural differences? Should we consider new urban environment. peaks over 4000 metres). ethics that are not anthropocentric? 14 PROGRAM | LESSONS

ROBERTO DINI 9 HOURS Cantieri d’Alta Quota

EXTREME He is an architect, a resear- ARCHITECTURE cher and a teacher of Architectu- ral and Urban Composition at Building sites in the Polytechnic of Turin. His work at mountains the Mountain Architecture Insti- tute focuses on architecture and alpine landscape in the modern and contemporary age. He is the editor of «ArchAlp» and the author of articles and essays pu- blished in books and Italian and international magazines. Among his books: “Rifugi e bivacchi. Gli imperdibili delle Alpi” (2018, con The realizations of high-altitude shelters, like Luca Gibello e Stefano Girodo), lodges or “bivacchi” is the result of an extraordinary “Architetture del secondo No- “design committment”, an interesting test bed for topi- vecento in Valle d’Aosta” (2018), cs such as rationalization of the living space, the use of “Rifugiarsi tra le vette. Capanne new materials and new building techniques, energy ef- e bivacchi della Valle d’Aosta dai ficiency, sustainable interventions and the relationship pionieri dell’alpinismo a oggi” with landscape. The installation of a building in high (2016, con Luca Gibello e Stefano altitudes implies the solution of complex building and Girodo), “Alpi Architettura. Patri- logistical problems, imposed by a context that vividly monio, progetto, sviluppo locale” shows the concept of “limit”. The necessity to respond (2016), “Architettura alpina con- to the severe climatic conditions while using the limited temporanea” (2012). Since 2012, resources offered by the place triggers many design he has been a founding partner proposals using knowledge, technologies, innovative and vicepresident of the asso- building solutions and virtuous cultural models. Star- ciation Cantieri d’Alta Quota. He ting from a recognition of the most significative recent loves alpinism and skialpinism, he examples, the course aims at showing the topics and enjoys being in the mountains in problems connected to this specific design field, offe- every season of the year. ring design knowledge and methodologies applicable to prestigious landscape contexts. 15 PROGRAM | WORKSHOP

ROBERTO DINI 32 HOURS WORKSHOP

Challenge at high altitudes: the design of a bivouac

The workshop will offer the students the oppor- tunity to bring together all the theoretical notions learnt during the course, in order to offer strategic solutions concerning a real design case. The course will be carried out in collaboration with the cultural association Cantieri d’Alta Quota and will focus on the design of a “bivacco/mountain lodge in Comba di Vertosan, in the Aosta Valley region. Located at 2800m of altitude, in a breathtaking landscape, the intervention site will represent a technical challenge, but also the opportunity to intervene in one of the most fascinating and most evocative design contexts that a designer could ever meet.

16 INTERNSHIPS INTERNSHIPS | PAST EDITIONS

Some of the placement opportunities offered during 2018

DUBLIN 2 Mccullough Mulvin Architects ROTTERDAM 1 OMA

PARIS 2 Jean Nouvel Atelier BASEL INNSBRUCK 1 HHF Architects 1 Snøhetta BORGO VALSUGANA MERANO 1 Arte Sella 3 Markus Scherer MILANO ALBINO Architekt 1 Edoardo Tresoldi 4 Edoardo Milesi & Archos REGGIO EMILIA 1 Antonio Perazzi 2 Zamboni Associati 1 Studio Boeri FLORENCE 2 Iotti + Pavarani Architetti 1 Claudio Nardi Architects ROME 1 Alvisi Kirimoto MADRID 1 Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos LISBON 2 Aires Mateus 1 Carrilho da Graça Arquitectos SYRACUSE 3 Vincenzo Latina Architetti

SANTIAGO DE CHILE 1 Rodrigo Duque Motta

18 STEFANO BOERI ARCHITETTI SNØHETTA Milan Innsbruck

Stefano Boeri Architetti (SBA), based in Milan, with Snøhetta began as a collaborative architectural offices in Shanghai and Tirana, (called Boeri Studio and landscape workshop, and has remained true to until 2008) is dedicated since 1993 to the research its trans-disciplinary way of thinking since its incep- and practice of architecture and urbanism. Among tion. Our work strives to enhance our sense of place, the most known projects there are: the Vertical Fo- identity and relationship to others and the physical rest in Milan, the General Local Plan of Tirana 2030 spaces we inhabit, whether feral or human-made. in Albania, the Villa Mediterranee in Marseille and Museums, markets, reindeer observatories, landsca- the House of the Sea of La Maddalena. Stefano Boeri pes and dollhouses get the same care and attention Architetti has provided services for the architectural to purpose. and urban design for over 20 years, especially on large scale projects and public space renewal. snohetta.com

stefanoboeriarchitetti.net

HHF DUQUE MOTTA & AA Basel Santiago del Chile

HHF Architects was founded in 2003 by Tilo Her- Duque Motta & AA is an architectural practice ba- lach, Simon Hartmann and Simon Frommenwiler. sed in Santiago with Rodrigo Duque Motta as founder. Since then, HHF Architects have realized numerous In 2007 he received the Award of the Architects’ As- projects in Switzerland, Germany, China, France, sociation of Chile for best architect under 35. In 2012 Mexico and the USA. The scope of work ranges from he founded an initiative that brings together Chilean urbanism and large-scale construction to public pa- architects around the problem of urban housing, and vilions and interior design. From the beginning HHF the relationship between private development and was looking for collaborations with other architects public life. He is Architecture design professor at and artists in order to widen their view on projects Pontificia Universidad Católica and has run his own and enrich the quality of specific proposals. architecture studio since 2003. With his studio he has developed projects in a wide range of areas. hhf.ch duquemotta.com

19 JEAN NOUVEL DESIGN JENSEN & SKODVIN Paris Oslo

Jean Nouvel Design is a multidisciplinary team Jensen & Skodvin Architects was established engaged in furnishing design, interior design, sceno- in 1995 by Jan Olav Jensen and Børre Skodvin. The graphy and multimedia graphic communication. Jean first project in the office in 1995 was the trial project Nouvel’s oeuvre follows the tradition of philosophical along the National Tourist Road on Sognefjellet and architects who consider design as a holistic practice Strynefjell in the Norwegian Mountains, a result of to be practiced at every stage. Urbanist and architect, an invited competition. Starting with four architects Jean Nouvel is also a designer and does not like to in the autumn of 1995 the staff has grown to ten ar- be labeled. His professional work does not see any chitects in 2017. In 2011 Torunn Golberg and Torstein difference between the design of a chair and the Koch, who have worked with JSA since 1995 and 1996, design of a building. became partners.

jeannouvel.com jsa.no

RINTALA EGGERTSSON ARCHITECTS PSLAB Oslo Bologna

Rintala Eggertsson Architects is a Norway based At PSLab, we design and build lighting. Whatever studio founded in 2007 by the Finnish architect Sami the project, the final product is custom-made and Rintala and the Icelandic architect Dagur Eggertsson. produced in our in-house manufactory. No standard. Today the office consists of Norwegian architect and Everything they do is personalised. Their designers partner Vibeke Jenssen in addition to Rintala and Eg- and craftsmen work as partners in a team, in close gertsson. The office bases its activities on teaching, collaboration with the client. The interaction between furniture design, public art projects, architecture and design and build, embedded in a fabric of good com- planning. Important feature in Rintala Eggertsson’s munication, is the essence of PSLab . We take care of practice are their 1:1 building workshops with stu- each project phase. From on-site visits, exploratory dents and clients. studies, design and technical drawings to the final production and space atmosphere. ri-eg.com pslab.net

20 ARTE SELLA STARPOOL Val di Sella, Trento Ziano di Fiemme, Trento

Arte Sella: the contemporary mountain. A place Starpool was founded in 1975 by Ardelio Turri. where in more than thirty years the mountain and Its activities are focused on a continuous research contemporary art meet. Art and Nature merge in a of wellness solutions that respond to the demands continuous dialogue, where Artists from all over the regarding everything that is directly and indirectly world are invited to encounter the Sella Valley to carry connected to the care and harmonic development of out artworks that are nourished by the unique History the human body. In its 40 years of activity, Starpool and nature of the place. has revolutionized the SPA concept and launched on the market new high-quality products. artesella.it starpool.com

STUDIO ANTONIO PERAZZI FRASSINAGO - GARDENS AND LANDSCAPES Milan Bologna

STUDIO ANTONIO PERAZZI’s equipe is made up of Studio Frassinago - Gardens and Landscapes, professionals in the fields of landscape architecture, founded in Bologna in 2006, designs gardens and ecology, botanics and art which work to guarantee landscapes set apart by exclusive gestures, moulded a tailored approch to each project, regardless of its to the movements and desires of those within. Visual scale. STUDIO ANTONIO PERAZZI founds its works appeal and design consistency take shape in natural on a wide knowledge of botanics and its application spaces, for intense living experiences all year round. as an ecological experiment. Botanics and design Frassinago combines the most varied range of skills are combined in order to offere high aesthetical – from botany to design, passing through agronomy standards in both public and private projects, which and architecture – moving in line with a set of strong are modern and bound to last. principles affording great value to its projects with an experimental and evolutionary spirit, in Italy and antonioperazzi.com abroad.

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21 EDOARDO MILESI & ARCHOS MARKUS SCHERER ARCHITEKT Albino, Bergamo Bolzano

Edoardo Milesi & Archos studio’s works range in Markus Scherer founds A5 ARCHITETTI associate extremely different fields, counting on many realized studio in 1992 which becomes “Markus Scherer projects: the preservative restoration of national mo- Architekt” in 2001 and in 2005 moves the studio’s he- numents, recovery plans and urban transformation, adquarters from Bolzano to Merano. Over the years, from productive settlements to advanced tertiary, from the studio has gained several international awards private residences to to tourism and cultural hospitality, and recognitions and its works are shown in exhibi- from shool buildings to places of worship or public en- tions and event of the highest cultural value, from the tertainment. Thanks to public competitions and private Biennale of Venice to the Triennale of Milan. Markus realizations, the studio gains an international reputation. Scherer carries out didactics and partecipates to numerous conferences for many professional orders archos.it and international universities.

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MARLEGNO CANTIERI D’ALTA QUOTA Bergamo Biella

In 2000, the year of its foundation, Marlegno was a The cultural association was founded in May roofer company: today, is a specialized company for the 2012 in Biella. Its aims are research, spreading and construction of houses, buildings and high-energy- perfor- sharing of historical, projectual, geographical, social mance prefabricated wooden elements, with a particular and economic information on shelter buildings at attention to environmental sustainability. They design and high altitudes, places that are enviromentally extre- realize passive houses and almost-zero-energy buildings me. The association aims at being an observatory, using ecocompatible timber building systems aimed at an exchange platform for those who - for different minimizing the environmental impact. reasons - work and live in, or go to the mountains.

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22 IL GIORNALE DELL’ARCHITETTURA MAURO FRATE ARCHITETTO Turin Monte San Pietro

In a very fermented scenario where the quality of Mauro Frate graduated with top marks in Archi- information is inversaly proportional to the pieces of tecture at IUAV in 1989, where he later taught and news, ilgiornaledellarchitettura.com - in continuity researched sustainable architectures and urban with the editorial project of Il Giornale dell’Architet- projects. He participated in numerous university re- tura, monthly paper magazine published from 2002 search activities and his works have been presented to 2014 -, aims at strictly selecting the caothic flow in international exhibitions like the Biennale of Veni- of news in order to offer a critical interpretation that ce. He has designed and realized public, industrial stands out on the background noise. The magazine and commercial buildings, public spaces, redesigned is internationally renowned and is addressed to a type agricultural, industrial and historical areas. In 1996, of public that searches for discussion and knowledge he founded Studio Architer; in 2009, he founds expansion, without chasing the chimera of real-time MFa_Mauro Frate architetto. His design, didactic and updates, ephemeral or fake news. research activities are all reported in specialized pu- blications and in Italian and international specialized ilgiornaledellarchitettura.com magazines.

MARIO CUCINELLA ARCHITECTS Bologna

Mario Cucinella Architects (MCA) was founded in Paris in 1992. The studio is now operating in Bologna (Italy) with an international team of more than 90 architects, engineers and designers. MCA is a company with a solid experience at the forefront of contemporary design and re- search with an integrated approach to design work based on close collaboration with multi-disciplinary consultants to create an innovative and appropriate design response for every project and clients requirements. MCA delivers outstanding quality integrated design response at every stage and level. The care and professionalism concerns every step of design process, from architectural design up to landscape design, sustainability, interior design, lighting design, project management, artistic direction.

mcarchitects.it 23 PAST EDITIONS GLOBAL STUDENTS 105 ENGAGEMENT COUNTRIES 60 Figures and countries involved in the 2018 edition

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Intensive experience with the leading characters in the design field

With more than 87 professors and lecturers in of the most remarkable characters of contemporary 2018, YACademy’s courses offered the unique op- design, among which: Eduardo Souto De Moura, portunity to get to know a wide number of different Carlo Ratti, Carrhilo da Graca and Fabio Novembre. methods and approaches to design. Thanks to the Numerous trips, visits and site visits completed the collaborations with firms with the likes of Ferrari, Te- intensive experience, whose aim is to be a trigger for chnogym, Agenzia del Demanio, the students had the startups or professional acceleration for each one of opportunity to establish a link with the leading actors the participants. in each sector, as well as to meet and listen to some

26 EDUARDO SOUTO DE MOURA EDOARDO TRESOLDI Souto de Moura artist of the absent matter

FUENSANTA NIETO JOÃO LUÍS CARRILHO DA GRAÇA FABIO NOVEMBRE Nieto Sobejano Carrilho da Graça arquitectos Studio Fabio Novembre

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Lession of restoration

Visit to Technogym (left) Visit to the working site (right)

Survey lesson in Spoleto

Lession of restoration in the Saint Peter’s Cloisters in 28 Reggio Emilia RULES RULES

I. GENERAL INDICATIONS by the workshop course professor) III. ADMISSION • have attended at least 75% of the classroom lessons 1. The courses will be taught in Italian (in case there 12. to have more information on the courses, it is possible to 1. The applications will be assessed by a selection board are foreign students, the interpretation service will be contact the course tutor at [email protected]; which will assign a score between 60 and 100 to each activated); 13. it is necessary, for students who come from non-EU candidate; 2. the admission to the courses is limited (max. 25 countries, to verify the terms and conditions for VISA 2. the selection board’s members are appointed by the students per course) and the admission is based on a release prior to the publication of the access ranking, executive board of YAC srl; selection whose criteria are reported in section III; so as to be able to start the courses according to the 3. the selection board’s verdict is unquestionable; 3. the courses will take place at YACademy’s headquarters set schedule. YACademy’s staff is available to release 4. each candidate’s final score will be composed by: in via Borgonuovo, 5, Bologna; any document - within the area of its competence - that • CV (max 30 points) 4. YACademy reserves the right to modify the calendar should be necessary for VISA application and release. • motivational letter (max 20 points) and the program for a better operation of the courses. • portfolio (max 50 points) Possible modifications will be previously communicated II. PREREQUISITES Besides any other information that the candidate to the students; deems interesting, in order to be complete, the CV must 5. each course is made up of three different parts: contain: 1. Fluent Italian or English; • classroom lessons • the year of graduation and degree mark 2. pre-intermediate fluency in English (at least, level B1) • a 32-hour workshop • the (certified) English level 3. post-graduation diploma obtained according to the • a training period of variable duration and conditions 5. on the basis of the scores, a provisional ranking will be Italian Ministerial Decree 270/04 in one of the following according to the hosting firm’s availability. published in each candidate’s online private area. The courses: 6. to proceed to the training period, it is fundamental to: best 25 candidates for each course will be admitted • LM-03 Architecture for landscape • have completed the workshop activity (certified by according to the scores described at point 4 in this • LM-04 Architecture and architectural engineering the workshop course professor) section; • LM-10 Preservation of environmental and archi- • have attended at least 75% of the classroom lessons 6. a scholarship (partial coverage of the enrollment fee) tectural heritage 7. the assignment of students to the professional bodies will be granted to the first 8 admitted candidates, • LM-11 Preservation and renovation of cultural for the training period is utterly under discretion of according to the ranking; the first 8 ranking candidates heritage YACademy’s scientifical committee, which will keep the will all be assigned the same scholarship amount; in • LM-12 Design hosting studios’ availabilities into account; case one of them retires from the course, their scholar- The certificate must be obtained by the application 8. the students can relinquish the training period opportu- ship cannot be assigned to anyone else; deadline. The selection board can admit students who nity; 7. the candidates ranking from the 9th to the 25th (inclu- possess a different post-graduate certificate after 9. the training period will start within 3 months from the ded) will be admitted to the course after the enrollment examining their CV, portfolio, motivational letter and, course’s ending; fee payment; possibly, interviewing them; 10. the courses issue a certificate of attendance; 8. the candidates ranking from the 26th on will not be 4. completing the enrollment procedure as reported in 11. to receive the certificate of attendance, it is fundamental admitted to the course, but may be admitted following section IV; to: the retirement of some of the candidates. In this case, 5. paying the administration and enrollment fees. • have completed the workshop activity (certificated the course tutor will get in contact with the students

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within 10 days from the publication of the provisional the link to confirm the registration; five days from the publication of the provisional ranking; 4. log in to your online private area with your activated ranking; 9. according to enrollments and retirements, after 14 username and password and choose the course to • without scholarship: pay the enrollment fee of days from the publication of the provisional ranking, the which you want to apply; 2.989€ (2450€ + VAT) with a single payment and official ranking will be published in the online private 5. for the application, the following documents are upload the bank wire receipt on their online private area of each candidate; required: area within five days from the publication of the 10. all the admitted students, both with a scholarship or • a copy of a valid identity document provisional ranking; not, will be contacted by the course tutor in the days • motivational letter (max 200 words) 9. not paying the enrollment fee will exclude the candidate following the publication of the provisional ranking to • CV (preferably Europass format) from the course; confirm the enrollment; • portfolio (free format) 10. both the partial or total enrollment fee must be paid by 11. in case of candidates gaining the same score, the • administration fee payment of 61€ which can be bank wire to the following IBAN (Credito di Romagna) priority will be given to the candidate who has received sent through PayPal or bank wire (following the IT45X0327302400000600103285 indicating the following the highest score for their portfolio, and in case of an direction on your web private area) reason for payment: “course enrollment; name and additional ex aequo, the priority will be given to the The uploaded files shall be in .jpg or .pdf format and of a surname of the student; course title” (e.g. for student candidate who has made the administration fee payment maximum size of 10MB; John Smith’s enrollment in the Architecture for earlier; 6. the application will be evaluated by YACademy staff, Landscape course: “course enrollment; John Smith; 12. the selection board may require a motivational interview once the administration fee payment has been made Architecture for Landscape”). As for the upload of the for some candidates; and the documents have been uploaded; receipt of payment, please, follow the instructions on 13. the date of the motivational interview will be agreed 7. at the end of the revision of applications, on the day of your online private area. with the candidate and the interview will be carried publication of the provisional ranking, the candidates out at YACademy’s headquarters in via Borgonuovo, 5, will be informed of their status in their online private Bologna; area: V. NOTES 14. if a candidate does not present themselves at the • ADMITTED WITH SCHOLARSHIP (an additional field 1. This whole document constitutes an integral part of the interview, they will be automatically excluded from will be activated in order to upload the bank wire Terms and Conditions of the service; admission; receipt for the enrollment fee) 2. the candidates agree to the Terms and Conditions when 15. the candidate shall present themselves at the interview • ADMITTED (an additional field will be activated they register; with a valid identity document. in order to upload the bank wire receipt for the 3. administration fees and enrollment fees are not enrollment fee) refundable; • NOT ADMITTED 4. if a candidate retires from the course after paying the IV. ENROLLMENT The candidates shall be aware of the status of their enrollment fee, the enrollment fee will not be refunded; application in order to act accordingly in case of 1. Access www.yacademy.it; 5. the administration fees and enrollment fees can be paid admitted candidates’ retirement 2. fill in all the required fields in the personal details form; by a third party, provided that the reason for payment 8. in case of admission, the candidate must: 3. at the end of the registration procedure, the candidate correctly refers to the candidate as indicate at point 10 • with scholarship: pay the enrollment fee of 976€ will receive an e-mail (check the spam folder) with of section IV. (800 + VAT) with a single payment and upload the username, password and a confirmation link: click on 6. YACademy declines all liability for missing communica- bank wire receipt on their online private area within

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tions depending on incorrect information given by the candidate or missing/late communication of address change (compared to the one indicated during the online registration), and for mistakes attributable to third parties, chance or force majeure; 7. in case a candidate declares false or untrue statements regarding details necessary to the course enrollment, in addition to the sanctions envisaged by Article 76 of the Italian Presidential Decree 445/2000, the candidate’s paid fees will not be refunded. False or untrue state- ments declared by the candidate may bring to an action for damages carried out by those affected; 8. candidates will be held accountable for the personal data they provide and the promoter does not assume any responsibility for wrong data provided. The promoter, according to privacy policies, has the right to verify candidates’ data by requesting a copy of an identity document regarding the data of the registration; 9. the access to the courses and to the training periods can be suspended for disciplinary reasons or force majeure; 10. maintaining the firms listed in this document, a comple- te list of hosting firms will for the training periods will be given to the students at the beginning of the course. 11. The result of the educational program (hereafter named “project”), including any (available) intellectual and/ or industrial property rights on the project, it is held definitively by YAC srl, which therefore acquires the exclusive right to economic exploitation, as well as reproduction, in any way or form, including the rights to use, execute, adapt, modify, publish on any media channel, exhibit, reproduce and distribute the project - also for marketing and advertising purposes -,carry out editorial reviews, create derivative works based on it, and license the project - or some of its parts - to third parties, in any form, mode or technology including the “right of panorama” without any limitation of time or place.

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