Architecture and Landscape
XVII International Architecture and Landscape Workshop
July 1 - 15, 2024
Directors: RCR Arquitectes – Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem, Ramon Vilalta
Teaching team: to be determined
Duration: 15 days
Teaching load: 115 hours
Open Program load: 8 hours
Level: Advanced
Language: Spanish / English
Place: Barberí Space, Olot (Girona), Spain
Aim
The aim is to understand, by trying it out, the inseparable link between architecture and place, landscape and culture, sharing and creating, putting into practice the working methods of RCR Arquitectes in the same territory and space of their work.
In this edition, we will delve into interdisciplinarity, integrating participants in the Photography and Audiovisual workshops into the groups who will contribute to the projects with their ability to communicate suggestive images that transmit atmospheres and intentions.
Program
Creative Workshop. Teamwork on an exercise to assess the ability to respond intellectually engaging, relevant to the place and with communicative effectiveness, as would be expected in an architectural competition.
Reviews. In addition to the internal corrections with the teaching team, there will be a weekly review with RCR Arquitectes.
Internal Program. Lectures on topics related to the methodology of RCR Arquitectes and specific issues of the exercises that must be developed.
Excursion to RCR’s work. Guided visit to the new Perelada winery to analyse the critical aspects of the project.
Open Program. Thematic lecture series on architecture and photography.
The schedule may be subject to change.
Colloquia
In this edition, we offer, as a novelty, the opportunity to talk with the architecture teams invited to the Open Program 2024 under the theme of sharing.
Participants will be able to exchange with Carles Oliver Barceló about his experience in environmentally friendly collective housing in the Balearic Islands, with a member of the Lacol architects’ cooperative in Barcelona who has demonstrated the viability of other ways of living by sharing, and with the studio French winner of the 2021 Pritzker Prize, Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, whose architectural practice is governed by the maxim of never demolish, eliminate or replace, always add, transform and reuse.
Computer Skills and Technical Requirements
Software
AutoCAD for 2D drawing and 3D modelling, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe InDesign. Optionally, 3D modelling in Rhino or 3DStudio.
Technical Requirements
Computer with a recommended minimum screen resolution of 1440px.
An up-to-date browser for accessing the e-learning platform and downloading and uploading content.
Exercise: The Sagrada Família in modern-day Barcelona
The construction of the Sagrada Família church, the work of Antoni Gaudí, began in 1882 and is still in progress. Gaudí proposed inserting the church into the urban fabric of the Eixample district of Barcelona by its representativeness and symbolism. This question has yet to be resolved and is included in the exercise with an approach to the mountain-sea connection to articulate a global strategy as an intervention instrument. The exercise was initiated in the last edition and will build on the results of the previous workshop.
Sketch: The Sagrada Família in modern-day Barcelona, Series 1, June 2022. Gouache with ink and pencil on Canson Imagine paper 200 g/m². 23×32.5 cm. 22-203_E01
Exercise: Management Centre of La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park
The volcanic area of La Garrotxa is the best example of a volcanic landscape with exceptional landscape value in the Iberian Peninsula. The boom in tourism has led to the need to increase the management services of the natural park, which is currently spread over two sites. The Natural Park Management Centre on the Parc Nou in Olot is intended to act as a hinge between the city, the urban, and the natural park.
Sketch: La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park Management Centre, Series 1, June 2022. Gouache with ink and pencil on Canson Imagine paper 200 g/m². 23×32,5 cm. 22-203_E02
Intern Program
Exercise: Management Centre of La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park · Conferència · La Garrotxa: terra aspra, terra trencada, terra de volcans · Francesc Xavier Puig i Oliveras
Francesc Xavier Puig i Oliveras (Girona, Spain, 1965) is an agronomist from the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineers of the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Since 1992, he has been part of the technical team of the Departments responsible for the environment of the Catalan Government, where he has developed his professional career, mainly in the planning and management of protected natural areas, assessment of environmental impact and urban planning. From 1996 to 2012, he taught as an associate professor of environmental impact assessment, attached to the Ecology area of the Department of Environmental Sciences of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Girona. Since 2002 he has been Director of the Natural Park of the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone.
Exercise: The Sagrada Família in modern-day Barcelona · Conference · The City of Barcelona · Clara Solà-Morales
Clara Solà-Morales (Barcelona, Spain, 1975) cv
Exercise: The Sagrada Família in modern-day Barcelona · Conference · Architectural Considerations on the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia · Juan de Dios Trias de Bes
Juan Trias de Bes (Barcelona, Spain, 1964) is an architect from the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB-UPC) 1991. He opened his professional studio, TdB Architects, in 1992 in Barcelona, where he maintains the activity of building and urban planning. In 2013 he obtained the qualification “cum laude” for his doctoral thesis “Material Architectures” at the ETSAB. He authorises institutional works, such as the Academy of Medical Sciences headquarters, the Grífols Laboratories headquarters, the ESADE University in Sant Cugat, and the Natura Bissè headquarters and factory. In rehabilitation, he credits interventions such as the Hotel Mandarin, the modernist Burés House or the restoration of Palau Moxò. In research, he is a member of the Technological Innovation Laboratory (LITEIS) of the UIC Barcelona, where he directs the Research Department “hARQware Chair”. In teaching, he is responsible for the Architectural Design area of the UIC School of Architecture in Barcelona. In humanities, he is a Member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors, a Founder of the Catalan Society of Architecture and Health, a Member of the Research Advisory Council of the Antonio Gaudí Study Center and the Board of Trustees of the Foundation of the Construction Board of the Temple of the Sagrada Família.
Conditions
Places available: 72 presential places
Profile: The workshop is aimed at students in the final year of their degree in architecture and architects.
Registration: It is necessary to fill out the form at Registration.
Registration fee: 50 euros (non-refundable).
Admission process: All those registered will take part.
Admission criteria: Assessment of CV portfolio.
Tuition fee: 800 euros.
Inclusions: The tuition fee includes the costs of the workshop program. The participant assumes the expenses related to travel, maintenance and accommodation.
Method of payment: Through the Stripe platform.
Certificates of participation: RCR and the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB-UPC) issued certificates.
Calendar
Admission Process by Open Call
Friday, December 22, 2023. Start of registrations.
Friday, April 12, 2024. Registration deadline.
Friday, April 19, 2024. Communication of admissions and denials.
Friday, April 26, 2024. Deadline for payment of tuition fees. Deadline extended to Tuesday, April 30.
Friday, May 24, 2024. Cancellation deadline.
XVII International Architecture and Landscape Workshop
Monday, July 1, 2024: Start of the workshop.
Saturday, July 6, 2024: Excursion to the new Perelada winery.
Friday, July 15, 2024: Closure of the workshop.
Teaching Team
Architect
Tutor
In collaboration with the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB-UPC)
Architectural Drawing professor
Maria Amat (Barcelona, Spain, 1989) is an architect from the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB-UPC) and the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB). Postgraduate in Business Management by the Pompeu Fabra University (BSM-UPF). She is co-founder of Metrònom Arquitectura, 2020, a studio that performs private assignments and public projects through awarded competitions. All of them are under the common denominator of the care for details and the pre-existing—design drawing professor at ETSAB-UPC. Es tutora del RCR Summer Workshop desde 2023.
Architects
Tutors
In collaboration with EuroLAB
DVCH was established in Madrid in 2OO8 and is currently present in Madrid (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico) and Taichung (Taiwan). The office work is focused on providing architectural solutions to establish a dialogue between citizens and their environment that we understand as a balance between natural, social and urban conditions. José de Villar and Carlos Chacon’s projects range on every scale, from landscaping and public buildings to housing, installations, exhibitions or interior design and have been awarded in international competitions, highlighting the Congress Center “Vegas Altas” in Villanueva de la Serena, the Music and Dance School in Ciutadella, Menorca or the Kinder Park in Mexicali, Baja California and prototype house in Apan, Mexico. Recently, DVCH won the international competition for a park in Denia, currently under construction. It has also been published internationally in more than 20 countries.
Both teach Architectural Design at different universities internationally. Currently, José de Villar is a Full Professor at the Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico), and Carlos Chacón is a Full Professor at the FCU Feng Chia University (Taiwan) and a Guest Professor at the Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico). Carlos Chacón has collaborated with the RCR Summer Workshop since 2020 and José de Villar since 2023.
Architect
Tutor
Mauro Turin (La Pampa, Argentina, 1969), an architect from the University of Buenos Aires (FADU-UBA), leads a practice that researches the structural intersection of gravity, vacuum, archaism and time in Switzerland. In 2010, he was laureate of the Europe 40under40 Awards. His projects and works have been published in European, Asia, and South American architecture magazines. The Quito Pan-American Biennial of Architecture in Ecuador, the Museum of Fine Arts of Santa Fe in Argentina, The City and The World Symposium in Spain and the Europe 40under40 Awards in Greece have exhibited his work.
Between 2005 and 2019, he has taught and criticised at Universidad de Buenos Aires (FADU-UBA), Universidad Nacional de Rosario (FAPyD-UNR), the University of Miami School of Architecture (UM-SoA), Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM), at the School of Architecture of Geneva (HEPIA) and Faculté d’Architecture La Cambre Horta de Bruxelles (ULB). Mauro Turin has been lecturer at École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Grenoble (ENSAG), at University of Miami School of Architecture (UM-SoA), at the Jan Michalski Foundation, at Centro Colon Madrid, at the Architects Association of La Pampa, at Universidad de Mendoza (FAUD-UM) and at Universidad de Buenos Aires (FADU-UBA). Being a Visiting Professor at the University of Miami School of Architecture (UM-SoA) and as part of its Advanced Architectural Project Workshop, he promoted the first RCR Workshop in La Vila in February 2018. He has collaborated with the RCR Summer Workshop since 2018.
Architect
Tutor
In collaboration with the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB-UPC)
