The 6th edition of the Scientific School is starting today!
Starting on Sunday 3 September, the city of Cagliari is preparing to welcome more than 80 architecture professionals from all over the world. Students, lecturers and architects from 3 to 10 September will focus on investigating the relationship between places of learning and urban spaces as an opportunity for innovation in the contemporary urban landscape. Organised by the Department of Civil Engineering, Environment and Architecture of the University of Cagliari (DICAAR) together with the Department of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning of the University of Sassari (DADU) and the national PRIN network ProSA - Prototypes of Schools for Living (IUAV, UNICA, Polimi, UNIVPM, Uni Campania, INDIRE), with the contribution of the Region of Sardinia, the Summer School will take place at DICAAR in the form of an intensive workshop coordinated by a group of internationally renowned lecturers including Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal, winners of the Pritzker Prize in 2021; João Nunes, the Portuguese landscape architect and founder of the renowned PROAP studio and professor at the most prestigious European universities; Jo Noero, the South African architect whose project The Red Location Precinct was nominated best building in the world at the 2013 Icon Awards; the Colombian Giancarlo Mazzanti, whose research on learning spaces as community places is a reference point for the world of contemporary design; and the Chilean Sebastián Irarrázaval, winner of the 1999 AOA (Architecture Offices Association) award from the Chilean Architecture Biennial as best young architect.
