YACADEMY

HIGH-LEVEL TRAINING COURSE EDITION 2019 ARCHITECTURE FOR HERITAGE HOW TO DIALOGUE WITH THE PAST TO DESIGN THE CONTEMPORARY

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

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3 WHERE Via Borgonuovo, 5 Bologna, Italy

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4 THE COURSE THE COURSE | OVERVIEW

Architects have always been asked to breathe new life into COURSE PERIOD June - July 2019 OBJECTIVES ancient architectures inherited from the past or into historical – often monumental – artifacts that no longer respond to the The “Architecture for Heritage” course aims at training 3 days per week customs and needs of the contemporary society. ATTENDANCE TO LESSONS designers skilled in restoration and enhancement of neglected historical architectures. Focusing on the different technical Nevertheless, the ancient architectures tell our story, there- MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS 25 possibilities and on the range of materials on the market, and fore deserve to be restored with interventions that bring along a whilst being exposed to numerous professional guests and hint of modernity and show the trace of the design activity. The distinguished cultural references, the designers will acquire “Architecture for Heritage” course has been created on these LANGUAGE Italian the ability of designing highly-significative projects, both at a premises. Its aim is training designers who will be able to un- formal and at a technical level. The course aims at providing derstand and enhance the memory of historical architectures ELEMENTS OF INNOVATION the students with skills that are immediately usable and grants and take inspiration from them to carry out new interventions a focus on the most modern surveying technologies and on hi- that both meet the new needs and are enriched by the link storical understanding of architecture. Moreover, through their • It is the first course that gathers a ten-year experience in to the past. In a close dialogue between the ancient and the internships in well-renowned professional firms, the students restoration and enhancement of historical architectures modern, between existing architectures and new interventions, will gain an efficient link to the labor market. and offers it as an educational program; it is possible to comprehend what has been and what is now, • within a three-month course, the students are offered a redesigning – through architecture – a historical line bound to prestigious range of future job opportunities; be continued by future generations. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS • the course envisages and aligns different educational tools (lessons, workshops, internships, company visits); The students will learn about the most advanced survey The students will gain and improve their skills regarding • the course offers new competences and emerging techno- strategies and redesign of historical architectures; therefore, surveys, understanding, interpretation, repurposing and logies: laser scanning surveys and drone surveys; they will be able to protect the ancient wonders without giving enhancement of historical architectures. • the workshop deals with a real design case arranged with up on a contemporary approach to the project. They will acquire the Italian Government and offers a great opportunity to skills and experience in a field of design that is always present analyze and realize the outcome design. and offers continuous and valuable job opportunities.

The students will analyze the technical and compositional strategies to adopt in contexts that host outstanding existing architectures through the intervention on archaeological and industrial sites and focusing mainly on the accommodation and cultural use of historical buildings. The course will be made up of 106 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 historical architectures CONTEMPORANEITY AND ARCHEOLOGY Edoardo Milesi | Edoardo Milesi & Archos João Luís Carrilho da Graça | Carrilho da Graça Arquitectos The admission to the course is based on the evaluation of: CONCEPT DESIGN | 12 hours BETRAYING HISTORY: interpreting the ancient • curriculum vitae preferrably in European format The genesis of a design idea Vincenzo Latina | Vincenzo Latina Architetti • motivational letter (max. 200 words) Marco Prati | UGS Progetti • portfolio CONTEMPORARY GRAFTS: Kalø Slot Ruins In order to ensure the best quality of teaching and the most CASE HISTORY | 18 hours David A. Garcia | MAP Architects effective absorption of the students in the labor market, the Successful examples of restoration of historical architectures course will have a limited number of students (max. 25); it will Andrea Zamboni | Zamboni Associati Architettura SKIN AND MEMORY: San Michele in Borgo be delivered in Italian and addressed to graduates who have Massimo Carmassi | Carmassi Studio di Architettura obtained a master’s degree in Architectural Sciences or other ART AND RUINS | 6 hours equivalent titles by the application deadline (19/04/2019). Artistic languages as the tool to enhance historical architectures ETHEREAL ARCHITECTURE: between imagination and memory The commission, in conjunction with the preliminary asses- Gianandrea Gazzola | Artist Edoardo Tresoldi sment, together with the outcome of a possible interview, may ITALY AND HOSPITALITY admit students with different qualifications. MEMORY AND EARTHQUAKES | 8 hours Principles for seismic adjustment of historical architectures Giorgio Palmucci | Associazione Italiana Confindustria Alberghi Francesca Bond, Viviana Cannas, Lisa Galeotti | Open project LESSONS WORKSHOP 106 HOURS INTERIOR DESIGN | 12 hours How to design the interiors 32 HOURS READING HISTORY | 12 hours Sonia Galafassi | Interior Designer, Livia Tani | Atelier Jean Nouvel Life in the ruins: post-earthquake activation of Bolognola Historical analysis and contextualization of the architectural Massimo Alvisi | Alvisi Kirimoto + Partners heritage SPECIAL LECTURES Pierluigi Cervellati | Cervellati Associati FONDACO DEI TEDESCHI, PRADA and MANIFESTA: OMA INTERNSHIP INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURES | 9 hours and historical heritage From the object to the project: restoration strategies Ippolito Pestellini | OMA At the end of the lessons, the students will be granted an Edoardo Currà | Sapienza University of Rome internship in one of the professional firms relevant to the NEW USES FOR SACRED SPACES RESTORATION TECHNOLOGIES | 12 hours course topic: Valerie Mulvin | McCullough Mulvin Architects Modernity as the key to enhance the ancient Paolo Iotti | Iotti + Pavarani Architetti PRESENCES AND ABSENCES OMA - MCCULLOUGH MULVIN ARCHITECTS - Aires Mateus e Associados THE NEW FRONTIER OF SURVEY | 8 hours AIRES MATEUS E ASSOCIADOS - ALVISI KIRIMOTO Standard and cutting-edge techniques of architectural survey RE-ARCHITECTURE: Schindler’s factory in Krakow + PARTNERS - CLAUDIO NARDI ARCHITECTS Giuseppe Boselli | Geogrà srl Claudio Nardi | Claudio Nardi Architects - CARRILHO DA GRAÇA ARQUITECTOS - MARKUS THE ANCIENT IS SUSTAINABLE | 9 hours CAVEA ARCARI. the evident space Principles of environmental and energy sustainability for SCHERER ARCHITEKT Giuseppe Zampieri | David Chipperfield Architects Milano 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 3RD JUNE 2019

Attendance to lessons 3 DAYS PER WEEK

Maximum number of students 25

Language ITALIAN

8 PROGRAM PROGRAM | LESSONS

PIERLUIGI CERVELLATI EDOARDO CURRÀ 12 HOURS Cervellati Associati 9 HOURS He is an associate professor of READING After graduating in Architectu- INDUSTRIAL Technical Architecture at the Uni- HISTORY re, he first taught at the University ARCHITECTURES versity “Sapienza” of Rome, and of Bologna and later at IUAV in he teaches Building Construction Historical Venice where he became the pro- From the object and Technical Architecture and analysis and fessor of Urban and Environmen- to the project: Building Renovation and Resto- contextualization tal Renovation and Rehabilitation. restoration ration Projects at the Faculty of of the architectural He devotes his whole carrier to strategies Engineering and Architecture. He heritage historical cities and large parks. has led many renovation and re- He contributed to the definition storation projects and coordina- of the unexplored discipline of tes institutional research projects “Urban restoration” in both its focusing on different aspects of landscape and architectural the recovery of the modern indu- aspects carrying out some of strial and building heritage. He his most appreciated projects has been Vice-President of AIPAI The course will focus on raising awareness in Production buildings represent a good portion of in Palermo, Pistoia, Grottaglie, - the Italian Association for the the students and improving their interpretation of the abandoned historical heritage. Industrial archi- Rovereto with its 5 historical city Industrial Archeological Heritage the historical value of the architectural heritage. tectures – functional to a specific economic structure centers and Ibla-Ragusa. He - since 2016 and is a member of Through an overview on the meanings and technolo- or production chain – are more subject to obsolescen- also worked within the historical TICCIH - The International Com- gical features of different historical eras - passed on ce, although they carry an inestimable historical and city centers of several prominent mittee for the Conservation of the through the analysis on interventions on prestigious prestigious value. Several “industrial archaeologies” Italian cities and in natural parks. Industrial Heritage - since 2012. architectural artifacts - the students will learn how to represented an opportunity to create some of the During his career, he authored Along with the research activities detect and enhance the main traits of history of each most noble and notable examples of repurposing of numerous publications and his held at the university “Sapienza” architecture. Through a reflection on different archi- abandoned historical artifacts. The current practices activities have been awarded and via national networks, he had tectural approaches regarding the re-interpretation include the adoption of an integrated strategy from internationally. several national and international of existing architectural heritage, the students will the adaptive re-use to the storytelling and they must cooperations over the years with learn about the numerous techniques for documents deal with the macro themes of environmental sustai- the Escuela Técnica Superior de analysis (from archives to historical texts) in order nability and heritage promotion. Thanks to suitable Arquitectura of Seville and the to better comprehend the renovation process and cultural references and a typological analysis of the South East University of Nanjing, the search for historical events hidden among the historical features of different production plants, the where he held training courses, elements of historical architectures. students will have the tools to properly tackle some seminars and workshops on heri- of the most recurring topics of intervention and re- tage and industrial site recovery. purposing.

10 PROGRAM | LESSONS

PAOLO IOTTI GIUSEPPE BOSELLI 12 HOURS Iotti + Pavarani Architetti 8 HOURS Geogrà

RESTORATION He studies at the Architectu- THE NEW He is an expert of survey TECHNOLOGIES ral School of the University of FRONTIER OF techniques and graphic repre- Ferrara, where he also teaches sentation of the construction and design from 2006 to 2016. In 2001, SURVEY cultural heritage sectors. He has Modernity as the together with Marco Pavarani, he Standard and held numerous courses in tech- key to enhance the founds Iotti + Pavarani Architects cutting-edge nical schools and Universities ancient studio which operates in the techniques of and has published various colu- fields of architectural, urban and architectural mns and articles on specialized landscape design and works on survey magazines. He leads and takes masterplan and design projects part in different Laser Scanning both for the private and the public 3D and photogrammetric surveys sectors. The studio has produced activities for Geogrà, the society distinctive architectures cohe- of which he is an associate, Tech- rently inserted in high-value nical Director, and CEO. Geogrà The course will focus on how to integrate histo- Historical architectures, more than others, present environmental urban and land- specializes in survey in different rical architectures with contemporary interventions, very complex representation and survey challenges to scape contexts and based on fields: architectural, archaeolo- through a conscious and appropriate use of materials designers. Thanks to this course, the students will gain environmental, social and econo- gical, structural, infrastructural, and technologies. The course will offer an aesthe- familiarity with the most advanced survey and digital mic sustainability: these features installations, bathymetric and tical, technical and performative description of modeling techniques for prestigious architectural ar- have obtained them more than 20 topographical. different solutions and materials, including through tifacts. Besides a necessary overview and introduction awards, among which the Renzo visits to some sector’s leading companies (systems, on the basic knowledge needed to use such techno- Piano Foundation Award for lighting, surfacing, cladding, etc.). The course will logy, the course will give the students the opportunity the Best Young Talent of Italian also explore the methods for selection of materials to practically carry out a survey though laser scanner Architecture. and technologies according to performance, bud- 3D on a drone, process the detected data and create get, specific architectural artifacts and designer’s accurate and efficient 3D models. sensitivity. Therefore, the course will show different materials applications relevant to the intervention on historical architectures. The course will also include the planning of the design texture to use for the workshop topic.

11 PROGRAM | LESSONS

EDOARDO MILESI MARCO PRATI 9 HOURS Edoardo Milesi & Archos 12 HOURS UGS Progetti

THE ANCIENT IS He studies at IUAV and gra- CONCEPT He is an artist and a civil en- SUSTAINABLE duates at Polytechnic of Milan DESIGN gineer specialized in Architecture with Franca Helg in 1979. He is for Landscape. He graduated in Principles of an expert in environmental-land- The genesis of a Engineering at the University of environmental and scape protection and has obtai- design idea Bologna and exhibited in private energy sustaina- ned numerous specializations, art galleries in Toronto and New bility for historical among which Religious Archi- York. In 1999, he founded “Un- architectures tecture and The Art of Gardens. derGroundStudio progetti”, an In 1989, he founds Archos studio unconventional hub of advanced which works on different scales architecture, engineering and art. and settings but is characterized One of his research activities focu- by a coherent method and by a ses on the application of quantum continuous research on environ- processes and complex systems mental, social and building ele- on the professional creativity (art, The course will focus on different strategies for su- The course will focus on the principles of necessity ments of Architecture. Besides architecture, urban development, stainability - both passive and active - to carry out in the and elaboration of the architectural idea, displaying his work activity, he participates landscape etc.). These concerns specific cases of intervention on existing meaningful hi- several strategies for the production of an original actively in the cultural debate on in art and science also resulted to storical architectures. The challenge of the optimization, concept which is able, to generate a powerful contemporary architecture and is an activity of cultural divulgation both performative and energetic, becomes very com- aesthetic impact in the observer. The teaching ses- interested in the dissemination through a blog, lectures and se- plex when applied to historical architectures which sions will deepen - through the methodologies of of knowledge. In 2008, he founds minars. He taught at the Faculty require particular precaution and specific technolo- contemporary art - the emotional analysis of places, and starts directing the magazine of Engineering at the University gies that allow to reach high standards of performance the human modes of action, landscape interactions and “ARTAPP”. In 2012, he founds of Bologna within the course in whilst preserving the integrity and morphological fea- the evolutionary principles of cities. They will offer the the Cultural Association Scuola Architecture and Architectural tures of the artifacts. Therefore, not only will the course students some reading and interpretation strategies of Permanente dell’Abitare. Composition from 2001 to 2014. analyse the most appropriate technological solutions the contaminated and indefinite universe of daily life, He is currently Research Director present on the market, but will also focus on how aiming at strengthening or promoting the unique at the Department of Architecture to enhance the features inherent to the architectural creative tension of each student in a way that allows at L.U.N.A. (“Libera Università heritage in order to respond naturally to the modern to identify innovative expressive methods with which delle Arti” - Free University of requests of environmental sustainability. they may tell original and fascinating architectural Arts) stories.

12 PROGRAM | LESSONS

ANDREA ZAMBONI GIANANDREA GAZZOLA 18 HOURS Zamboni Associati Architettura 6 HOURS Gianandrea Gazzola is an artist CASE HISTORY He studies Architecture at the ART AND RUINS whose activity, since his education, Academy of Mendrisio and at the has a strong interdisciplinary fo- University of Ferrara, where he otprint. He is engaged in fields like Successful exam- graduates with a thesis with Peter Artistic languages scenography, music and design, ples of restoration Zumthor and Vittorio Savi. He is a as the tool to but he finds his main means of of historical lecturer in Architectural Design enhance historical expression in the visual arts and in- architectures at the School of Engineering and architectures stallation sectors. His work focuses Architecture of the University of on the relationship between different Bologna. He authored numerous aspects of perception, in particular essays and publication and has sound and shape, then extending the curated various exhibitions on interest to the relationship between contemporary and 20th century natural phenomena as water, wind architecture. Since 2013, he is a and clouds. The works “lo stilo” member of the Studies Center and “infinitum”, which have been The renovation of architectural heritage not only has Art has always been a tool to re-activate and give of Domus magazine (directed realized in Arte Sella from 2013 to to do with preserving historical or protected artifacts, life back to the historical heritage. Installations, exhi- by Nicola Di Battista) and has 2018, are attributable to this area. but is an opportunity to express the best contemporary bitions and site specific interventions are the means contributed to founding “Domus ‘Time’ in its historical concreteness architecture and carry out the renovation of whole thanks to which the repurposing – be it temporary Africa”, which he now directs. is another key element of his crea- parts of a city. The greatest masters of all times have or permanent – is achieved. As a matter of fact, art He is a member of the scientific tive career. In 2018 he realized two faced this amazing challenge: the analysis of their is not only an attractive content of spaces that no board of the Master in “Design of installations on the topic of water action will teach the students how to excellently make longer respond to their original function – process excellence for historical cities” in the sixteenth-century Botanical the best use of their design ability. Therefore, the course of musealization –, but it is also a useful language of the University Federico II of Garden of Padua. Other installations will give the students a series of cultural references to give a new meaning to the architectures, tran- Naples and has co-founded Zam- were realized in collaboration with that may help them develop their creativity. Through sforming ruins in works of art and the abandonment boni Associati Architettura. “Spazi Consonanti” in “Certosa di the analysis of some realized architectures (carried out condition in a priviledged background for refined art Padula” and at the “Baths of Titus” thanks to the concerning designers), the students will events. Through some case studies of repurposing of Castel Sant’Angelo. His research be given an overview on the main and most famous ar- of historical architectures, the students will learn and design activities in collaboration chitectures which sprung from a refined dialogue with new methods and opportunities for a non-functional with “Spazi Consonanti” include history. recovery of abandoned architectural artifacts. some interventions within historic monuments as the Coliseum, minor centers as the ancient cistern of Seggiano sull’Amiata and the ruins of Pompeii. 13 PROGRAM | LESSONS

VIVIANA CANNAS including protected properties, on 8 HOURS Open Project behalf of Open Project studio with which she has worked since 2014. MEMORY AND She is a civil and structural Thanks to her role as site manager EARTHQUAKES engineer and she is closely linked of several worksites, including ear- to her native region, Sardinia: she thquake-affected areas, she has Principles for enjoys the Sardinian sea, colours acquired excellent management seismic adjustment and simple architectures. Her skills, as well as technical and of historical passion for engineering, her parti- constructive knowledge. architectures cular attention to the existing built heritage, the culture of preserving FRANCESCA BOND the beauty leads her to Bologna, Open Project where, in 2011, she graduates in Civil Engineering with a thesis on Francesca is an engineer and seismic safety of masonry histori- an architect. During her university cal buildings. Since 2012 she is a career, she focused on technical technical consultant for her family In a high-earthquake-risk country that has a very and sustainable architecture, de- construction business. Since 2014, complex historical heritage, the project of seismic veloping a great passion for upgra- she is a member of Open Project improvement or adjustment becomes fundamental ding and conservative restoration. structures and R&D teams. and requires a methodological approach that can She graduated in Civil Enginee- guarantee the protection and conservation – and at ring/Architecture at the University the same time, the fruition – of the historical artifact. LISA GALEOTTI of Bologna with a dissertation on This course aims at teaching an integrated approach Open Project conservative renovation, acquiring through the analysis of technical solutions and inno- a methodological approach to de- vative technologies for consolidation along with the She is a civil and structural sign. She is a history and culture more traditional methods and the full compliance engineer, she graduated at the lover: her curiosity guides her in with the 2018 Technical Building Regulations (also University of Bologna with a dis- the constant research of indelible applied internationally). During this course, the sertation on innovative materials marks on buildings. Since 2012, students will obtain the tools to achieve a high-qua- applied to masonry. She is organi- she is also a didactic tutor in the lity intervention in seismic areas that can guarantee zed, methodical, attentive, and she fields of restoration and historical durability and flexibility of use in full respect of the addresses long-term structural technologies. She collaborated historical artifact. issues critically, especially for with different professional studios the interventions on the existing until, in 2016, she became a mem- assets. She led several renovation ber of the technical architecture projects with seismic improvement, and society research team at Open Project studio. 14 PROGRAM | LESSONS

SONIA GALAFASSI LIVIA TANI 12 HOURS 6 hours 6 hours

INTERIOR She is an interior designer Livia Tani graduated with DESIGN since 1997, a collaborator and a honors at Sapienza University in consultant for several compa- Rome in 1997. In 2004, she earned How to design the nies, firms and shops that are a PhD in Architecture Technology. interiors leaders in the contemporary In 1997, she started collaborating interior design sector. She is an with Ateliers Jean Nouvel. Then, interior design and renovation in 2001, she became a member of consultant for the estate agents the AJN team in Rome. Over the working in Bologna. Since 2001, last ten years, she has been dea- she is an interior design teacher ling with different design themes and her work focuses on space as design and realization, like management issues and on the Kilometro Rosso, the scientific observation of the industrial and technological park used as and handcrafted interior design headquarters by Brembo Spa in Intervening on the existing historical heritage solutions. Bergamo; the Minimetrò in Peru- often requires a paying attention to the redistribution gia, a system of public transport and reconfiguration of the interiors. With this course, with automated cars; the new the students will learn the main methodologies for pavilion for the trade fair in Ge- interior design, intended both as a transformation noa; the assembly line of Ferrari compatible to the historical pre-existence (valori- in Maranello; the conversion of sation and protection of the existence) and as a the the former cinema Excelsior into choice of suitable furniture and complementaries for a retail space for luxury shopping the charachter of the building but also for the needs for Coin Spa. of the client. Through the analysis of prestigious interior projects, the students will tackle the topics of design (composition/distribution) and of complemen- tary furnishing (in terms of materials, production, standardization and costs). At the end of the course, the students will gain a series of notions that they can use to work on any interior design project from the concept to calculation.

15 PROGRAM | WORKSHOP

MASSIMO ALVISI 32 HOURS Alvisi Kirimoto + Partners Photo: ©Ilaria Magliocchetti Lombi WORKSHOP Massimo Alvisi was Designer Architect for Renzo Piano Building Life in the ruins: Workshop from 1995 to 2002, until post-earthquake the completion of the Auditorium activation of “Parco della musica” in Rome. In Bolognola 2002 he founded with Junko Kiri- moto the international studio Alvisi Kirimoto based in Rome. He works on architectural design focusing particularly on the urban and so- cial dimension of the architecture. He was technical advisor for “Casa Italia” and he is now tutor of the The workshop will offer the students the opportu- Project G124 for “il rammendo nity to bring together all the theoretical notions learnt delle periferie”. Combining the during the course, in order to offer strategic solutions Italian and Japanese sensibility, concerning a real design case. The course will be the studio designed many projects carried out in collaboration with the Municipality of in Italy and abroad. Among them: Bolognola and Agenzia del Demanio. The students the Medlac pharmaceutical factory will be given the opportunity to work on the area of in Hanoi, Vietnam (2011); the Incà Bolognola, a little village located in the seismic basin industrial complex in Barletta of the 2016 earthquake, with the opportunity to find (2010); the restoration of the Teatro in the wounds the elements to turn the little hamlet Comunale di Corato (Corato’s Mu- into a major international example of post-calamity nicipal Theatre) in Apulia (2012); the repurposing and re-activation, joining historical heri- renovation of the Saint Petersburg tage to contemporary architecture. Bolognola, one of Alexandrinsky Theatre (2013); the the main ski destinations in the center of Italy with an Podernuovo winery in Palazzone, astonishing natural landscape, is the perfect back- in Tuscany (2013); the managerial ground where to develop designs that link memory offices for a private client, in Chica- and contemporary times. In order to be able to get to go (2018); the Aula Magna of LUISS know the site better, the students will be spending Guido Carli in Rome (2018). He also three days of visits and lessons in Bolognola. collaborated as Executive e Local Architect for OMA to the Prada 16 Foundation project in Milan (2015). INTERNSHIPS INTERNSHIPS | PAST EDITIONS

Some of the placement opportunities offered during 2018

TOKYO 2 Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design DUBLIN 2 Mccullough Mulvin Architects ROTTERDAM 1 OMA TORONTO 2 Partisans 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 2 Jean Nouvel Atelier 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 OMA ALVISI KIRIMOTO + PARTNERS Rotterdam Rome

OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture) is an After 10 years of working in collaboration with ar- international studio that operates within the tradi- chitects like Renzo Piano, Massimiliano Fuksas and tional fields of architecture and urban planning. The Oscar Niemeyer, Massimo Alvisi and Junko Kirimoto study is led by 9 partners - Rem Koolhaas, Ellen van decide to found in 2002 the Alvisi Kirimoto + Par- Loon, Reinier de Graaf, Shohei Shigematsu, Iyad tners. Massimo Alvisi is involved in many project of Alsaka, David Gianotten, Chris van Duijn, Ippolito urban regeneration and is actually collaborating with Pestellini Laparelli, Jason Long - and has offices RPBW, as Tutor of the Italian suburbs rehabilitation in Rotterdam, New York, Beijing, Hong Kong, Doha, project for the Ministry of the Environment (Senator Dubai and Perth. OMA has its own speculative unit Renzo Piano’s G124 working group). called AMO, within which research and development, branding and publishing fields are developed. AMO alvisikirimoto.it was conceived as a think-tank independent of the main operating reality.

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MCCULLOUGH MULVIN ARCHITECTS DUQUE MOTTA & AA Dublin Santiago de Chile

Based in Dublin, McCullough Mulvin is an ar- Duque Motta & AA is an architectural practice chitectural practice experienced in every kind of based in Santiago with Rodrigo Duque Motta as a award-winning project at large and small scale. Its founder. In 2007 he received the Award of the Archi- particularity is based on a wide reach - a will to make tects’ Association of Chile for best architect under 35. original and interesting architecture, singular works In 2012, he founded an initiative that brings together of their place and time. There is no issue of scale and Chilean architects around the problem of urban no house style, more a consistency of exploration. housing, and the relationship between private deve- The practice is collaborative, experimental and open. lopment and public life. He is an Architecture design Their approach is founded on an investigation of the professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica and has idea of place. Whether this is a city, a site, a history, run his own architecture studio since 2003. With his or a story - using that germ like a landscape to make studio he has developed projects in a wide range of timeless contemporary structures which play with areas. forms in nature. duquemotta.com mcculloughmulvin.com 19 AIRES MATEUS E ASSOCIADOS CARRILHO DA GRAÇA ARQUITECTOS Lisbon Lisbon

The brothers Mateus deal mainly with the topic of Carrilho da Graça Arquitectos was founded by archi- the detached houses with refinement and mastery tect João Luís Carrilho da Graça who graduated from aiming the lightness of the masses by digging the Esbal (Lisbon higher-education school of fine arts) matter. Their intense and award-winning activity in 1977, the year he initiated his professional activity. includes the Santa Marta Lighthouse Museum at He headed the architecture department of Technical Cascais (finalist project for the Mies van der Rohe University of Lisbon and the autonomous University Award 2009 and awarded with the special Mention of Lisbon until 2010 and has been invited to lecture Award Fad 2008), the cultural Center at Sines (winner in seminars and conferences at several international of the Enor Award 2006 and the Contract World Award universities and institutions. His awards include: the 2007) and the House of Azeitão (winner of the first title of “chevalier des arts et des lettres” by the French prize Residencia Singular 2004). republic in 2010, the “luzboa-schréder” award in 2004 at Lisbon’s first international light art biennal and the airesmateus.com order for merit of the Portuguese republic in 1999.

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CLAUDIO NARDI ARCHITECTS VINCENZO LATINA ARCHITETTI Florence Syracuse

Claudio Nardi Architects plans at every scale, Vincenzo Latina Architetti is headed by Architect thanks to its team: from the design of big public and Vincenzo Latina who graduated in Architecture at private buildings to villas, residences and retail. They IUAV in Venice and started his professional career have received numerous awards in architectural in 1992. Since 2001, he is a Researcher of Urban competitions and exhibitions. Among their most and Architectural Composition at the University of important projects: the new Town Hall in Krakow Catania. He participates to national and international (in progress), the Contemporary Art Museum – ex competitions and has gained important awards.He Schindler’s factory in Krakow, the Multiplex Vis Pathè was selected for the “Mies van der Rohe award 2007” and BP Studio’s headquarters in Florence and the Re and the Piranesi award. In 2009, he ranks first in the Alarico winery in Carolei. competition for the realization of the maritime station of Syracuse. In 2012, he wins the Gold Metal for Italian claudionardi.it Architecture of the Triennale of Milan.

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20 ZAMBONI ASSOCIATI ARCHITETTURA MARKUS SCHERER ARCHITEKT Reggio Emilia Meran

Zamboni Associati Architettura is an Italy based Markus Scherer founds A5 ARCHITETTI associate architecture office. ZAA deals with design of public studio in 1992 which becomes “Markus Scherer and private works at various architectural scales, Architekt” in 2001 and in 2005 moves the studio’s he- the restoration of historic and twentieth-century adquarters from Bolzano to Merano. Over the years, complexes, the territorial and urban scales, urban the studio has gained several international awards planning, landscape, development of masterplans and recognitions and its works are shown in exhibi- and redevelopment of public spaces. Participation tions and event of the highest cultural value, from the in national and international design competitions is Biennale of Venice to the Triennale of Milan. Markus another area of research at an architectural, urban, Scherer carries out didactics and partecipates to territorial scale. numerous conferences for many professional orders and international universities. zamboniassociati.it architektscherer.it

EDOARDO MILESI & ARCHOS GEOGRÀ Albino, Bergamo Mantua

Edoardo Milesi & Archos studio’s works range in Geogrà is a Service Company specialized in metric extremely different fields, counting on many realized survey in architecture, archeology, infrastructures, projects: the preservative restoration of national mo- systems, bathymetry, topography. They work with numents, recovery plans and urban transformation, the most modern tools on the market and has been from productive settlements to advanced tertiary, using Laser Scanner 3D since 2003. Geogrà is SOA from private residences to tourism and cultural ho- certified (OS20), it is an ASSORESTAURO associate, spitality, from school buildings to places of worship ONU MIMOS associate and API associate. They foun- or public entertainment. ded a Consortium for survey activities in the systems sector: the Consortium is ISO 9001 certified. archos.it geogra.it

21 MAP ARCHITECTS OPEN PROJECT Copenhagen Bologna

The studio is an architectural platform based in Co- Founded in 1984, today Open Project is a multi- penhagen founded by architect David A. Garcia. The stu- disciplinary structure, organised in order to develop dio is active internationally, engaged mostly with projects all aspects of architectural and engineering projects, in challenging environments. Their designs span through from the concept to the supervision of the operation. various scales and spheres of action, often challenging For OP, the project is not limited only to the techni- the status quo through inventiveness and a cross-disci- cal-architectural operation: an essential element plinary approach. Collaborative work with engineers and becomes the capacity to correlate the complexity of the scientific community, - like their collaboration with the economic and market aspects with their project UNESCO’s water resilience department, or NASA -, is experience so as to organise the operations in urban part of every project they undertake. From master plans areas of reconversion and upgrading according to in flood prone areas, to efficient design in arctic regions, integrated planning strategies. from desertification or abandoned infrastructure, their methodology aims to turn hazards into assets. openproject.it

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CERVELLATI E ASSOCIATI EDOARDO TRESOLDI Bologna Milan

Studio Cervellati has rich experience in restoration Edoardo Tresoldi plays with the transparency of public and private monuments, with numerous of mesh and with industrial materials to transcend interventions of historic Theatres and Libraries. the time-space dimension and narrate the dialogue Regeneration and transformation of industrial areas between Art and World, a visual summary which has become in recent years one of the most important reveals itself in the fade-out of physical limitations. passions. They deal with energy efficiency and sustai- Mixing classical and modern language, he generates nable building certified CasaClima / Klimahaus. a strongly contemporary third language. Born in 1987, he grew up in Milan where, at the age of 9, he expe- studiocervellati.it rimented different languages and techniques under the guidance of painter Mario Straforini. In 2018, he has won the “Golden Medal for Italian Architecture” and he has been included by Forbes among the 30 most influential under-30 European artists.

edoardotresoldi.com 22 IOTTI + PAVARANI ARCHITETTI UGS PROGETTI Reggio Emilia Bologna

IOTTI+PAVARANI ARCHITETTI operates within the UndergroundStudio progetti was founded in fields of architecture, urbanism, landscape and rese- Bologna, in 1998, by Marco Prati as an architectural arch. The practice is involved in work over a wide range design and art practice. Underground’s works draw of architectural scales, for both the public and private inspiration from a wide range of interests and the- sectors. Current design and construction projects are ories, including information space, organic system spread over a number of different sectors, and they of fluctuation and change; the fusion of real and include workplaces (offices and commercial), civic virtual spaces; exploration and research into new and cultural buildings, sporting, residential, building technologies to be applied to conceptual work as well rehab, urban renewal and landscaping. The firm is as building design and implementation. Research is particularly renowned for design of architectures a vital ingredient for practice, and balance between successfully inserted into high environmental value experimental and real projects is kept in order to landscapes and townscapes and based on principles remain at the field cutting-edge. UndergroundStudio of environmental, social and economic sustainability. employs a holistic approach to the physical form of each building and project, from the massing, orien- iotti-pavarani.com tation, and the composition of its component parts, in order to ensure a responsible approach to the buildings overall environmental performance. GIANANDREA GAZZOLA Verona ugsprogetti.it

Gianandrea Gazzola is an artist, a designer, a scenographer, an actor, a musician. He studied Architecture in Venice while continuing the study of composition in Milan and from 1978 to 1986 he worked for RAI’s Research and experimentation Department on the relationship between sound and image. As a designer, he works in different fields as education, li- ghting design, mechanical engineering and gradually moves toward the analysis of the relationship betwe- en nature and rhythm, order and number which is the assumption underlying the majority of his projects and his permanent installation “Sub limine”. During 2013, at Arte Sella, he completes the permanent artwork “Lo stilo” and the installation “Per silentia”.

gianandreagazzola.com 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 in 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 Heritage earlier; 6. the application will be evaluated by YACademy staff, course: “course enrollment; John Smith; Architecture 12. the selection board may require a motivational interview once the administration fee payment has been made for Heritage”). As for the upload of the receipt of for some candidates; and the documents have been uploaded; payment, please, follow the instructions on your online 13. the date of the motivational interview will be agreed 7. at the end of the revision of applications, on the day of 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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