97 - Summer School in Marvão

This program will take place this year in the old train station of Beirã, designed by the portuguese architect Raul Lino, in the Marvão area, in the Alto Alentejo region, between the 16th and 29th of July.
Local traditional urbanism, architecture and building details will be studied in order to create a preservation and new traditional building manual for the area. Hand drawing and measuring buildings will be the main activity to be developed each day.
Experts in local vernacular architecture and building techniques will be lecturing on diverse related topics. There will be trips around this region and some workshops and building sites will be visited too.
Local tradition will not only be studied, as the results of this two weeks research will be published, so it can also become an useful resource for future new buildings or restorations in the area. During the last days upgrade proposals for different public places of the town will be designed, using the manual previously developed as a patterns guideline for them.
Registration Fee 320€. This fee includes tuition, accommodation, meals and transportation during the two weeks of the Summer School. Those interested in participating must send an email before May 4th to: premiorafaelmanzano@gmail.com
Please, check our website and look for the diverse grants available, thanks to the Fundação Serra Henrriques, Kalam and Mina and Alireza Sagharchi.
Coordination: Alejandro García Hermida (Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio | INTBAU Spain) and Rebeca Gómez-Gordo Villa (INTBAU Spain).
Faculty: José Baganha (INTBAU Portugal), Douglas Duany (Notre Dame University), Ruth Equipaje (Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas | INTBAU Philippines), Rui Florentino (Escola Superior Gallaecia), Alejandro García Hermida (Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio | INTBAU Spain), Frank Martínez (University of Miami) and Christopher Miller (Judson University).
Guest lecturers: Mónica Alcindor (Escola Superior Gallaecia), Inês Cabral (CIESG Research Center), Aurora Carapinha (CHAIA - Universidade de Évora), Francisco Javier Castilla Pascual (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha), Francisco Adão da Fonseca (SKREI), Alexandre Gamelas (INTBAU Portugal), Leopoldo Gil Cornet (INTBAU Spain), Kim Hitch (Prince’s Foundation), Jaime de Hoz Onrubia (Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio | CIAT-UPM), Rafael Manzano Martos (INTBAU Spain), José Luís Possolo de Saldanha (ISCTE-IUL), Fernando Vela Cossío (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid | CIAT-UPM), Harriet Wennberg (INTBAU) and many other guests.