Since 2013, the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto – designed by Alvaro Siza – has been the home of the Porto Academy, a summer school and a catalyst for architects and students bond together by the passion for architecture as a discipline. This year’s 6th edition makes no exception: from the 20th until the 27th of July, the school will open its doors to students and architects from all over the world.
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Porto Academy 2015
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Porto Academy is the result of the will of their founders and directors Amélia Brandão Costa and Rodrigo da Costa Lima to create a stimulating, experimental and spontaneous learning environment, at the crossroads of a multiplicity of approaches. Throughout the years, the summer school has become a platform for the disciplinary discussion between architects and students. During an intense one-week program, the participants join conferences, visits and workshop activities.
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This edition features three guest lecturers: Steven Holl, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto of Atelier Bow-Wow and Not Vital, the first artist involved in the school; while the workshop leaders are Adamo Faiden, Arquitectura G, Fran Silvestre, Ling Hao, Luís Urbano, Manuel Cervantes of CC Arquitectos, Meyer-Grohbrügge & Chermayeff of June 14, Muoto, NP2F, Sauter Von Moos, SO-IL and Stephen Taylor.
- School:
- Porto Academy
- Dates:
- 20 - 27 July 2018
- Founded and directed by :
- Amélia Brandão Costa, Rodrigo da Costa Lima
- Venue:
- Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto
- Address:
- Via Panorâmica Edgar Cardoso 215, 4150-564 Porto, Portugal