YACademy High-Level Training Course | 2023 Edition | Architecture for Landscape , Bologna / Italien

 

 

From Stonehenge to Greek temples, architecture is the signature of humankind on landscape, the artificial element that has always been connected to the natural environment. Architecture and landscape are linked by a fundamental continuity that is now starting to fade, damaging the quality of the space we dwell.

 

More than ever today, landscape is a precious heritage that architecture can and must enhance, while protecting it to pass it on to future generations:

architects shall not give up on working on landscape, instead, they should be able to design architectures that respond to each landscape’s specific feature and generates wonderful and unique spaces.

 

The “Architecture for Landscape” course was created on these premises: it aims at training designers who are able to meet the diverse needs of transforming territories, enforcing an attentive and productive dialogue with the surrounding landscape to respond to the needs of prestigious clients in outstanding contexts. Through a thorough analysis of the natural world, light and geomorphological features of terrains, the designers will become more and more able to reconnect human design to the natural environment and be inspired by landscape to design outstanding, sustainable, and impressive architectures.

 

The course will be made up of 80 hours of lessons, a 32-hour workshop, and multiple lectures by well-renowned professional architects. At the end of the course, YACademy Placement office will guarantee each student a proposal for an internship/collaboration within the partner studios.

 

Italian (translation into English avalaible)

 

15 In person

5 Online

 

Bologna

 

18.9.2023 - 24.11.2023

 

3 days/week

 

7,900 € + VAT In person

2,450 € + VAT Online

3 full scholarships available for the most outstanding candidates

 

Carrara Community Quarry

 

At the extreme northern border of Tuscany, the marble caves of Carrara are a place beyond words. A place that smells of mountains and sea, where the huge steps generated by human activity create a metaphysical, almost immaterial landscape, made up of voids and geometries that follow the slope of the mountains, sculpting immaculate amphitheaters overlooking the sea. A context that is characterized by a very ancient tradition - the mining activity was present in remote times - became popular in 50 b.C, under the domain of Giulio Cesare. The blocks that have been used to realize most of the public buildings in Rome and numerous patrician residences arrived from the harbor of Luni. The caves have abandoned during the Barbarian invasions that stopped the anthropic activity on the Alpi Apuane, and started to be used again for the work realized during the Medieval Cristian Age, thanks to the great masters, such as Nicola e Giovanni Pisano. These paths have been visited also by Michelangelo, who - according to tradition - used to go to the cave to personally select the blocks to realize his works that are now considered part of World Heritage: some examples are "Il David" and " La Pietà". Recently the object of a more widespread reflection concerning the definition of sustainability paradigms in relation to ever-growing mining activity, marble caves are a place that has spanned the centuries, and which more and more will need to define its role and meaning in the future.

 

Construction is a fundamental step in architecture. For this reason, YACademy offers its students the opportunity to participate in the process of producing their own ideas. Thus, the students will gain practical experience on construction sites and, above all, the authorship of projects built for excellent commissions, destined for a major media echo and capable of defining a turning point in their professional career.

 

Toyo Ito, Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects

Renzo Piano, Fondazione Renzo Piano

Patrick Lüth, Snøhetta

Giuseppe Zampieri, David Chipperfield Architects Milano

Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects

Renzo Piano

Renzo PianoFondazione Renzo Piano

Patrick Lüth

Patrick LüthSnøhetta

Giuseppe Zampieri

Giuseppe Zampieri David Chipperfield Architects Milano

Lars Almgren, Dorte Mandrup

Matthew Johnson, Former Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Virginie Le Goffic, EFFEKT

Philipp Nedomlel, Heatherwick Studio

Elora Hardy, IBUKU

Manuel Orazi, Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio

Edoardo Milesi, Edoardo Milesi & Archos

Federico Ratta, Frassinago - Gardens and Landscapes

Daniele Zovi, Agronomist

Roberto Dini, Politecnico di Torino

Silvio Gualdi, CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici

Andrea Bulloni, LAND

Giulia Grassi, ABC Politecnico di Milano

Marco Galaverni, WWF Italia

Giustino Mezzalira, Agronomist

Giacomo Bianchi, Arte Sella

Lucio Brotto, ETIFOR

Olga Carcassi, Natural Materials Lab - Columbia University

 

Students or graduates in Architecture/Design can apply to the course. The commission, based on the assessment of the application, may admit students with different qualifications.

 

To apply, it is necessary to register online and submit a Curriculum Vitae, a Portfolio, and a Motivational Letter. Moreover, it is necessary to pay the administration fee (60€ + VAT). The best 20 candidates will be admitted to the course according to the rules.

 

Complying with deadlines is a fundamental requirement to take part in the course. All students are encouraged to pay the utmost attention to the timeline and to complete each phase in advance.

 

May 8, 2023

 

July 14, 2023

 

July 31, 2023

 

August 01, 2023

 

September 18, 2023