Architecture and Landscape 2026
XIX International Architecture and Landscape Workshop
June, 26, to July, 11, 2026
Directors: RCR Arquitectes – Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem, Ramon Vilalta
Teaching team: José de Villar, Carlos Chacón, Alberto Collet, Mauro Turín and ETSAB Tutor
Duration: 15 days
Teaching load Workshop: 115 hours
Open Program load: 8 hours
Level: Advanced
Language: Spanish / English
Place: Barberí Space, Olot (Girona), Spain
Video XVIII International Architecture and Landscape Workshop
In this video, you will discover the highlights of the 18th International Architecture and Landscape Workshop at the RCR Summer Workshop 2025: a vibrant recap featuring standout moments, creative processes, and exclusive interviews with its participants. A privileged look into the innovation, talent, and spirit that define this unique experience.
Video by Fèlix Duart
Experiences
In this short video, we present the experience of Marcelo García Capistrán, Ximena Yuzeth Angulo Castro, Martín Mauricio Cañizales, and Ana Carolina Félix Camacho, students from the University of Monterrey (Mexico) who took part in the 18th International Workshop on Architecture and Landscape within the RCR Summer Workshop 2025, thanks to a scholarship awarded by their university.
From Olot, the four students engaged in an immersive process of shared creativity, where observation, collective work, and dialogue became driving forces for exploring new ways of understanding and inhabiting the landscape. Their perspective, full of energy and sensitivity, enriched the workshop and contributed new insights into the relationship between architecture, territory, and human experience. An inspiring testimony to the transformative potential of international learning and the value of building creative networks across countries and cultures.
Conditions
Places available: 60 presential places
Profile: Architects and Architecture students in the final year of their degree.
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: 850 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.
Terms
Admission process by open call
First Call
Friday, December 19, 2025. Registrations open.
Thursday, February 5, 2026. Registration deadline.
Friday, February 6, 2026. Communication of admissions, waiting list and denials.
Friday, February 13, 2026. Tuition payment deadline.
Second Call
Friday, February 6, 2026. Registrations open.
Thursday, March 5, 2026. Registration deadline.
Friday, March 6, 2026. Communication of admissions, waiting list and denials.
Friday, March 13, 2026. Tuition payment deadline.
Third Call
Friday, March 6, 2026. Registrations open.
Thursday, April 9, 2026. Registration deadline.
Friday, April 10, 2026. Communication of admissions, waiting list and denials.
Friday, April 17, 2026. Tuition payment deadline.
Atenció: Darrera convocatòria per a participants que requereixin visat, ja que no s’accepten sol·licituds amb menys d’un mes d’antelació al viatge.
Fourth Call
Friday, April 11, 2026. Registrations open.
Thursday, May 7, 2026. Registration deadline.
Friday, May 8, 2026. Communication of admissions, waiting list and denials.
Friday, May 15, 2026. Tuition payment deadline.
Friday, May 29, 2026. Cancellation Deadline.
XIX International Architecture and Landscape Workshop
Friday, June 26 , 2026: Start of the workshop.
Sunday, June 28, 2026: RCR Open Programa.
Saturday, July 11, 2026: End of the workshop.
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 workshop into groups that will contribute to the projects through 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.
Gaudí Year. Lecture by Jordi Faulí, Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem, Ramon Vilalta and Kazuyo Sejima at the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.
Excursion to RCR’s work. Guided visit to the Sant Antoni-Joan Oliver Library, Senior Centre and Cándida Pérez Gardens in Barcelona and to the public work by RCR Arquitectes in Olot, to analyse the critical aspects of the project.
Open Program. Thematic lecture series on sound and architecture, with music, exhibitions and an immersive experience.
Excursion to the work of RCR · Saturday, June 27, 2026 in the morning
As part of the Summer Workshop program, we will visit the Sant Antoni-Joan Oliver Library, Senior Centre and Cándida Pérez Gardens in Barcelona, where the keys to the project will be analyzed. This visit is included in the RCR Summer Workshop 2026 Program.
Gaudí Year · Lecture · Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona · Saturday, June 27, 2026 in the afternoon
On the occasion of 2026, the Gaudí Year , an exceptional conference dedicated to Antoni Gaudí (born on 25 June 1852 in Reus and died on 10 June 1926 in Barcelona) will be held at the Basilica of the Sagrada Família. This special session brings together five leading figures in contemporary architecture: Jordi Faulí, chief architect of the Sagrada Família; Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem, and Ramon Vilalta, founding partners of RCR Arquitectes and recipients of the 2017 Pritzker Prize; and Kazuyo Sejima, the renowned Japanese architect and co-founder of SANAA, winner of the 2010 Pritzker Prize.
The speakers will address various facets of Gaudí’s creativity and work, exploring the relationship between his artistic vision, constructive innovation, and his lasting influence on contemporary architecture. The conference promises to offer an enriching and inspiring perspective for both professionals and enthusiasts of architecture and culture.
RCR Open Program 2026 · Pati de l'Hospici / RCR La Vila · Sunday, June 28, 2026
The Experience of Space
The program proposes a multidisciplinary immersion focused on the perception and experience of space through lectures, music, audiovisual works, and immersive experiences.
The series of three lectures will feature Enric Palau, a musician closely linked to technology and experimental music; the Japanese architect Junya Ishigami, renowned for a delicate and radical architecture that explores the boundaries between space, nature, and human experience; and a Pecha Kucha session in which former members of the studio will share projects, processes, and ideas developed during their time at RCR Arquitectes.
The audiovisual series Forest Matter VIII opens the Open Program and celebrates the poetic power of trees.
In the musical sphere, Thoughts Out Loud in Nature, with Victòria Vilalta, inaugurates the RCR La Vila “Clariana” space with a primal proposal in dialogue with the natural environment.
The programme is completed by the exhibition The Relevance of Gaudí and a virtual reality experience that invites visitors to begin discovering space from a new perspective.
Excursion to the work of RCR · Saturday, July 4, 2026
As part of the Summer Workshop program, we will visit the RCR public works that include the Volcanic Urban Space, the Tossols Basil Bath Pavilion, the Tossols Basil Athletics Stadium and the Pedra Tosca Park, where the keys to the project will be analyzed. This visit is included in the RCR Summer Workshop 2026 Program.
Excursion to the work of RCR (optional) · Saturday and Sunday, July 4 and 5, 2026
Visit to the Les Cols Complex
For the optional visit to the Les Cols Complex, pre-booking will be available on Sunday 5 July, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Itinerari al conjunt de Les Cols i a la Casa Horitzó
Alternatively, you can book an itinerary organised by our EuroLAB collaborators on Saturday 4 July in the morning, which includes visits to the Les Cols Complex and Casa Horitzó. We will inform you about this package soon so you can review the conditions and make the reservation.
Skills and Materials
Software
- AutoCAD for 2D drawing
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
- Preferred program for 3D modeling
Technical Requirements
- Computer with recommended minimum screen resolution of 1440px.
- Updated browser to access Google Drive for storage and synchronisation services of the workshop contents, collaborative work, and exercise archiving.
- Install WhatsApp instant messaging on the mobile phone for information and organisation through RCR chat groups.
Artistic material
- We provide basic material
- We advise you to bring your preferred material to work on the conceptual and artistic expression of the project (copic, markers, watercolors, cakes, collage materials, etc.)
Exercise: Culture Streets in Olot II
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. The exercise began two editions ago and will be expanded on the basis of the results of the previous workshops. The keys to the analysis of the previous edition will be shared, in order to understand the complexities of the site in an agile way from the beginning.
Sketch: The Sagrada Família in modern-day Barcelona, Series 1, June 2024. Gouache with ink and pencil on Canson Imagine paper 200 g/m². 23×32.5 cm. 24-203_E01
Exercise in Santa Pau
Description pending
Exercise in the Bianya Valley
Description pending
Internal Program · Barberí Space · Olot · RCR Lectures· Friday, June 26, 2026 and Monday, June 29, 2026
Introduction · Conference · The Site · RCR Arquitectes
Analysis and interpretation of the site in the work of RCR Arquitectes.
References:
- Open Program 2021 · Conference · The Sense of Place · Jordi Pigem: WATCH VIDEO
- Open Program 2021 · Conversation between Rafael Aranda, Josep-Maria Mallarach and Jordi Pigem: WATCH VIDEO
Introducció · Conference · La comunicació del projecte · RCR Arquitectes
How do you present a project with the RCR Arquitectes methodology of site analysis, program, concept, and response using the example of a work from the studio?
References:
- READ Introduction to Drawings
- SEE selection of Conceptual Drawing
Internal Program · Barberí Space · Olot · Conference Itzíar González · Monday, June 29, 2026
Exercise: Culture Streets in Olot · Conference · Current Intervention Strategy for the Comprehensive Regeneration of the Historic Center of Olot · Itzíar González
Itziar González Virós (Barcelona, Spain, 1967) is an architect and social urban planner. She works on urban degrowth, optimization of public housing, rehabilitation of historic urban centers, and restoration of buildings in rural areas. Since 2002, she has specialized in mediation and conflict resolution processes in public spaces, as well as participation and cooperation between citizens and public administration. Former councilor of the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona (2007-2010). With the UTE km ZERO, she won in 2017 the international competition for the comprehensive transformation of La Rambla in Barcelona. She is an activist and promoter of the ParlaMent Ciutadà and president of the Citizens’ Observatory Against Corruption. She is currently leading the comprehensive regeneration of the historic centre of Olot (Girona).
Internal Program · Santa Pau Lecture · Monday, June 29, 2026
Exercise: Santa Pau · Lecture · Title · Name Surname
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Internal Program · Bianya Valley Lecture · Monday, June 29, 2026
Exercise: Bianya Valley · Lecture · Title · Name Surname
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Partners 2026
RCR Summer Workshop is a program of RCR LAB·A in collaboration with RCR BUNKA Fundació Privada, and with the economic and logistical support of the following institutions and companies, without which it would not be possible to materialise it.
To all of them, our most sincere gratitude.
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Main Partners
Partner Universities, Institutions and Companies
Partner Media
Teaching Team
Architects
Tutors
Exercise: Pending assignment
En col·laboració amb EuroLAB
José de Villar Martínez (Madrid, Spain, 1976) is an architect graduated from the School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM-UPM) in 2003 and holds a postgraduate diploma since 2010. He served as team leader at SELGASCANO (2003–2006) and as an advisor at Infonavit (Mexico, 2014–2016). He is the co-founder of DVCH and a tenured professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey, a position he has held since 2018. He has been collaborating with the RCR Summer Workshop since 2023.
Carlos Chacón Pérez (Madrid, Spain, 1977) is an architect and PhD from the School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM-UPM), degrees obtained in 2003 and 2022, respectively. In 2010, he studied botany in the Master’s program in Gardening and Landscape Architecture at the School of Agricultural Engineering in Madrid (UPM). He has collaborated with SMAO Sancho-Madridejos Architecture Office and SELGASCANO. He is the co-founder of DVCH. He was a tenured professor at Feng Chia University from 2018 to 2022 and has been an international chair professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey since 2022, as well as an associate professor at Universidad Nebrija since 2023.
DVCH DeVillarCHacon is an architecture studio founded in Madrid in 2008, with activity in Spain, in Mexico since 2016, and in Taiwan since 2020. Their projects —awarded and internationally published— aim to balance nature, society, and urbanity through architecture at all scales. Among their most notable works are the Vegas Altas Conference Centre in Villanueva de la Serena, the Music and Dance School of Ciutadella in Menorca, Dénia Park, and the Lomas de Sotelo Linear Park in Mexico City.
Tutor
Exercise: Pending assignment
Alberto Collet (Conegliano, Italy, 1981) is an architect. I studied at the IUAV University of Venice and at the School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB-UPC), where I also completed a Master’s degree in Theory and Practice of Architectural Design. I obtained a Master’s in Urban Management and Architectural Design from Domus Academy in Milan, in collaboration with the University of Wales, Cardiff. He also completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture, Infrastructure, and Incremental Housing for Crisis at the University of Beira Interior in Covilhã, Portugal. He is currently a PhD candidate in Theory, Design, and History at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP). He teaches architectural design at the Politecnico di Milano and LCI Barcelona. He is the coordinator of AAP (Alternative Academic Project), a laboratory for innovative projects applied to public and private institutions. He is the co-founder of the architecture studio Bauart. He was a tutor at the RCR Summer Workshop in 2018 and 2019, and at the RCR Workshops in La Vila in 2025.
Tutor and Coordinator of the Teaching Team
Exercise: Pending assignment
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.
Studio Mauro Turin · Instagram
Tutor
Exercise: Pending assignment
In collaboration with the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB-UPC)
Lecturer at the Department to be confirmed
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Studio · Web · Instagram
