Porto Academy is the result of an enormous passion for architecture as a discipline who believes that practice, as an exercise in the profession of architect, is fundamental for the future of the discipline and, therefore, one of the reasons why the program was founded.
This set of efforts promotes a comprehensive program lived with great intensity. It is an experience that involves conferences, visits and classes, as well as the experience of living in a new city and meeting people from heterogeneous contexts, with which it is almost certain that it will generate productive discussions and establish new friendships with the intention of diluting the borders and unite people.
Since its foundation, Porto Academy has taken place at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Oporto designed by Álvaro Siza, which serves as an enhancer of the freedom they seek. Not only because of its exceptional condition where it is placed, but also because of the spatial qualities it offers. However, on this occasion and for the very first time, Porto Academy opens a summer program entitled 'Visiting Barragán' that will be held in Mexico City at Casa Gilardi and Jardín 17 to continue re-writing and re-learning the lessons of one of the most important architects in the history of Mexico and the world.
