Photography 2026
XIV International Photography Workshop
From June, 26, to July, 11, 2026
Director: Hisao Suzuki
Teaching Team: Júlia de Balle, Flavio Coddou, Fumi Suzuki
Duration: 15 days
Teaching load Workshop: 115 hours
Open Program load: 6 hours
Level: Beginners / Advanced
Language: Spanish / English
Place: Barberí Space, Olot (Girona), Spain
Video XIII International Photography Workshop
In this video, you will discover the highlights of the 13th International Photography Workshop of the RCR Summer Workshop 2025: a visual narrative filled with revealing moments, creative methodologies, and inspiring conversations with participants and tutors.
The mastery of Hisao Suzuki —a global reference in architectural photography and the pedagogical heart of the workshop— brings a unique sensitivity that permeates the entire experience. An intimate glimpse into the talent, vision, and spirit that define this exceptional gathering.
Video by Fèlix Duart
Experiencies
We share the experience of Ariadna Polo, participant in the Photography Workshop of the RCR Summer Workshop 2025, thanks to the Arquine Scholarship and under the guidance of renowned photographer Hisao Suzuki.
With her sensitivity and keen observational skills, Ariadna has explored the subtle dialogue between architecture, light, and landscape that shapes the spirit of the workshop. Her perspective has captured moments in which the built space is transformed through light, revealing new readings of the territory.
An immersive process that highlights photography as a tool to interpret, understand, and inhabit architecture. Ariadna’s experience is a strong example of the creative potential that emerges when learning, inspiration, and talent come together in a shared research environment.
Conditions
Places available: 24 places
Profile: The course targets people over 18 from any creative discipline.
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: Certificates issued by RCR.
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.
Attention: Last call for participants who require a visa, as applications submitted less than one month before the trip will not be accepted.
Final Call
Friday, April 11, 2026. Registrations open.
Thursday, May 7, 2026. Registration deadline.
Friday, May 8, 2026. Communication of admissions and denials.
Friday, May 15, 2026. Tuition payment deadline.
Friday, May 29, 2026. Cancellation Deadline.
XIV Workshop Internacional de Fotografia
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 expand theoretical and practical knowledge about photography in the representation of space and architecture, starting from the approach to the work of RCR Arquitectes and the photography of Hisao Suzuki. The exercises combine reflection on the work process and its implementation from a conscious approach to space and everything that surrounds us, thus contributing to the awakening of the senses and stimulating the creation of communicative, adaptable images to the new digital formats and social media trends, and that make us experience, want to touch, listen and be in this place.
We will delve deeper into interdisciplinarity, integrating participants from the Photography workshop into the groups of the Architecture and Landscape workshop who will contribute to their projects the ability to communicate with suggestive images that transmit atmospheres and intentions.
Program
Creative Workshop. Group work in an exercise shared with the Architecture and Landscape Workshop to contribute to communicating a creative proposal suggestively and effectively through the production of photographs, putting the knowledge learned into practice. Joint visit to the project site.
Internal Program. Conferences on the camera and photography and editing and publishing, and specific to Audiovisual on audiovisual language, storytelling and editing: work workflow with Adobe Premiere Pro.
Reviews. Internal corrections with Hisao Suzuki and the teaching team. Reviews with RCR Arquitectes.
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 tat Tossols Basil area that include 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
Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign.
Technical Requirements
Camera and tripod (recommended).
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 archiving of exercises.
Install WhatsApp instant messaging on the mobile phone for information and organisation through RCR chat groups.
Exercise: The Experience of Space
We understand the experience of space as a lived experience that goes beyond physical perception, becoming an intimate encounter between body, memory, and emotion. Architecture ceases to be a mere container and becomes a living ecosystem capable of generating atmospheres that transform how we inhabit and interpret the world.
Shared exercise with Architecture and Landscape: Culture Streets in Olot II, excercise in Santa Pau and excercise in the Bianya Valley.
The workshop takes a transdisciplinary approach combining architecture, landscape, and visual arts, fostering cooperation and mutual learning.
Exercise directed by Hisao Suzuki with the coordination of Júlia de Balle, the tutoring of Flavio Coddou and the assistance of Fumi Suzuki.
Internal Program · Barberí Space · Olot · RCR Lectures· Friday, June 26, 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
- 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
Name Surname currículum
Internal Program · Bianya Valley Lecture · Monday, June 29, 2026
Exercise: Bianya Valley · Lecture · Title · Name Surname
Name Surname currículum
Internal Program · Book Presentation · Tuesday, June 30, 2026 · 18h00
Book Presentation · When is there a diagram? The meaning of the architect’s “papers” · Justyna Morawska
What is a diagram? Attempts to answer this question lead to reformulating it: When is there a diagram?
The book explores the notion of the diagram through four dichotomies: appearance or function? image or diagram? identity or correlation? law or rule?
Between philosophical inquiry and architectural introspection, answers begin to emerge. Conversations with Ramon Vilalta and a close reading of the studio’s projects make it possible both to grasp the notion of the diagram and to appreciate the sensory, intellectual, and methodological scope of the work of RCR Arquitectes.
Justyna Morawska curriculum
Internal Program · Editing Workshop · Monday, July 6, 2026
Editing Workshop: Photo Selection and Storytelling · Tomoko Sakamoto
Tomoko Sakamoto (Tokyo, Japan, 1973) is an architect from Waseda University in Tokyo. She collaborates with EMBT Arquitectes Associats (1998-2001) and as an editor of books on architecture, design and art at the publishing house Actar (2000-2012). In 2012 she founded the studio spread with David Lorente, with whom she has developed several publishing projects and exhibitions.
Videoclip 10 seconds 2025
Each participant chose a word and filmed a 10-second clip summarizing their experience.
harmony – Fèlix Duart · latencia – Ángela Valdés Muñoz · unravel – Murilo Cremonese de Camargo Faller · redescubrir – Macarena Lavoz · escucha – Marta Rivera Zumárraga · colaborar – Jimena Sancho Martínez · atención – Carlos Gallego Sánchez · fluir – Amalia Nolla Buchner · horizonte – Tirso Domínguez · children – Gonçalo Matos · encuentro – Isabel Romero Rivero · reaccionar – Daniel González Alonso · reflejos – Alberto Figueroa · electricidad – Christian Juan Page · contemplación – Ariadna Polo Garfias · serenity – Cheri Huang · reconectar – Rubén Lahuerta Morales · presencia – Jonathan Witz
Music: Lorde – Oceanic Feeling
Final presentation at the closing ceremony · Saturday, July 19, 2025
Participants: Alberto Figueroa, Mexico · Amalia Teresa Nolla Buchner, Spain · Ángela Valdés Muñoz, Chile · Ariadna Polo Garfias, Mexico · Carlos Gallego Sánchez, Spain · ChienChien Huang, Taiwan · Christian Juan Page, Spain · Fèlix Duart, Spain · Gonçalo Matos, Portugal · Isabel Romero Rivero, Mexico · Jimena Sancho Martínez, Spain · Jonathan Witz, Germany · Jorge Daniel González Alonso, Mexico · Macarena Lavoz, Spain · Marta Rivera Zumárraga, Spain · Murilo Cremonese de Camargo Faller, Brazil · Rubén Lahuerta Morales, Spain · Syam Sreesylam, India · Tirso Domínguez, Mexico.
Teaching Team
Director
Hisao Suzuki (Yamagata, Japan, 1957) is a photographer specialized in architecture. He graduated from the Tokyo School of Photography in 1979. Fascinated by the work of Antoni Gaudí, he moved to Barcelona in 1982, where he has lived since. In 1986, he began collaborating with the magazine El Croquis, becoming its chief photographer. His contribution has been key to the international prestige of the publication, which is now considered one of the most influential media in the dissemination of contemporary architecture. His work has been published in numerous international books and magazines on architecture and design, establishing him as a leading figure in architectural photography. In 2021, Hisao Suzuki donated his photographic archive to the RCR Bunka Foundation, which includes 46,000 images and original files, considered the most important contemporary architecture archive of the last 30 years worldwide. In recognition of his career and cultural contribution, in 2022 he received the Medal of Honor from the Generalitat of Catalonia – Sant Jordi, one of the country’s highest distinctions.
Since 2013, he has directed the International Photography and Audiovisual Workshop, which in 2020 was divided into two parallel workshops, maintaining his leadership in photography and consolidating it as a reference space in the field.
Nature Urban Architecture Art (nuaa) · Instagram
Júlia de Balle (Barcelona, 1986) és llicenciada en Comunicació Audiovisual per la Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) de Barcelona (2009). En finalitzar els seus estudis a Berlín, s’incorpora a l’equip d’RCR Arquitectes com a coordinadora de comunicació i creadora audiovisual. Ha dirigit diversos documentals i actualment compagina projectes propis amb encàrrecs externs com a realitzadora i editora.
Des de l’any 2013 exerceix com a coordinadora general i tutora del Workshop Internacional de Fotografia i Audiovisual, que el 2020 es transforma en dos tallers paral·lels: un de Fotografia i un altre d’Audiovisual. Entre 2020 i 2024 dirigeix el Workshop Internacional d’Audiovisual, i actualment col·labora en la coordinació general del Workshop Internacional de Fotografia, en treball estret amb l’equip docent.
Flavio Coddou (Brazil, 1975) is a freelance photographer, architect, and designer. He graduated from PUCCAMP (Brazil) and the École d’Architecture de La Villette (Paris) in 1998. He moved to Europe in 2002 and to Barcelona in 2006. He has been working as an architectural photographer since 2012. In 2015, he participated in the III International Audiovisual and Photography Workshop, where he came closer to the techniques of Hisao Suzuki. He is a multicultural professional with a graphic eye and a narrative mindset.
Fumi Suzuki (Premià de Mar, Spain, 1990) holds a diploma in Social Education from the University of Barcelona (2011). Since 2020, she has been collaborating as a photography assistant to Hisao Suzuki, accompanying him in various reports and organizing the photographic archive of the NUAA Gallery / Hisao Suzuki Photography. Since 2023, she has also been part of the International Photography Workshop team as an assistant, providing support in various areas of production and workshop development.
