FERTILE FUTURES - International Summer Seminar in Portugal
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Deadline extended : 09.06.2023!
The "temporary displacement" of architecture students from diverse backgrounds to Fundão aims to share knowledge horizontally, through direct experience and the opportunity to establish new dialogues. During the two weeks, the design teams will guide the students in the development of architectural installations (built at full scale by the students) scattered throughout the municipality of Fundão, developing strategies for capturing, fixing, enjoying, and/or redistributing water.
Fundão is part of the list of eight Portuguese cities included in the European Union Mission for Adaptation to Climate Change. The municipality is a territory that is deeply affected by water scarcity and highly intensive agriculture, fires and desertification, and simultaneously, is representative of investments in social inclusion and expanding technological developments in the inland region.
With tutoring from the Design Teams and the participation of national and international students, selected by open call and reinforced by institutional partnerships, the intervention materialises in the self-construction of installations scattered throughout the territory, developing strategies for the capture, fixation, use and/or redistribution of water in the municipality of Fundão.
The International Summer Seminar aims to raise awareness in future generations of alternative ways of doing architecture, favouring the cornerstones and the hopeful future of the project Fertile Futures, beyond the period of the exhibition.
Applications
Applications to Fertile Futures - International Summer Seminar should be made through the form available (link below). A confirmation of your registration will be sent after receiving your application. Any inquiry should be addressed until May 1 to the email [email protected]
Eligibility
The workshop is open to architecture students of masters and bachelor levels, selected through a motivation letter (max. 300 words) and ensuring representation of diverse backgrounds among participants. Complementarily, students from the 1st cycle of studies (bachelor) are accepted, although greater experience and autonomy are prioritized. English language skills (B1).
Hosting Conditions
Fundão municipality, a strategic partner of Fertile Futures project and Erasmus + BIP Blendend Intensive Programme, provides for the accommodation (14 nights: from July 9 to July 23) and the social programme of the summer school, including lunches, farewell dinner, and transportation within Fundão municipality, to the intervention sites.
Important Dates
Q&A period – until May 1
Fellowship Application – until May 15
Final Call for Participants – May 25
Selection announcement – June 1
Registration deadline extended : 09.06.2023!