The new edition of the Iberian Summer School, organized by the Traditional Building Cultures Foundation with the collaboration of INTBAU Spain and INTBAU Portugal, will take place in Arcos de Valdevez, in the north of Portugal. During two weeks, the traditional urbanism, architecture, and building details of the region will be studied in order to work on a design proposal for the area.
Several visits and demonstrations with master craftspeople will also be organized, and several experts in traditional architecture and landscape will deliver lectures each day. Hand drawing and measuring buildings will be the main activity to be developed during these two intense weeks.
Program
Monday 8
Early in the morning, the group will depart from Porto to Arcos de Valdevez where a welcome by Arcos de Valdevez Municipality and an introduction of all faculty, participants and hosts will take place. After lunch, the group will be driven to Santuario de Nossa Senhora da Peneda, the place which will be hosting the Summer School. They will have a brief time to accommodate and a series of introductory lectures will be held.
Tuesday 9
A bus will take the group during the full day to visit and analyse diverse towns and places in Arcos de Valdevez such as Brandas de São Bento do Cando e Busgalinhas (Gavieira) and Soajo. Every stop will be long enough to study, photograph and draw local architecture and building details as well as to analyze the urban fabric. In the evening there will be brief lectures on local history and landscape.
Wednesday 10
A bus will take the group during the full day to visit and analyse diverse towns and places in Arcos de Valdevez such as the very Arcos de Valdevez town, Vilarinho do Souto and Ermelo. Every stop will be long enough to study, photograph and draw local architecture and building details as well as to analyze the urban fabric. In the evening there will be lectures on the vernacular architecture of the area.
Thursday 11
A bus will take the group during the full day to visit and analyse diverse towns and places in Arcos de Valdevez such as Sistelo, Padrão and Branda do Alhal. Every stop will be long enough to study, photograph and draw local architecture and building details as well as to analyze the urban fabric. In the evening there will be brief lectures on the culture and current situation of the area.
Friday 12
The full day will be dedicated to measure, sketch and study Peneda, in order to produce the needed basis for the design work to be developed in the following week. In the evening, a Round Table on Peneda and a debate will take place.
Saturday 13
There will be demonstrations on traditional building techniques (stonework, lime mortar finishes, timber frame and millwork) in the morning. In the afternoon the group will put together, review and complete the work already developed. A traditional building and architecture patterns manual will be finished too.
Sunday 14
Free day. In the evening, there will be a watercolour workshop and an introductory lecture on topics which will be relevant for the second week work.
Monday 15
Diverse design study cases will be identified and assigned to different groups to develop several upgrade proposals for the urban areas in the Peneda area. In the evening there will be brief lectures on new traditional architecture and urbanism design.
Tuesday 16 – Friday 19
During the full day participants, divided into several groups, will use the developed research and manual to design different upgrade proposals for the studied areas. In the evening, there will be brief lectures.
Saturday 20
Final edition of the design proposals and the patterns manual in the morning. In the afternoon, a public presentation of the design proposals will be scheduled. In the evening a final group dinner will be organised.
Sunday 21
A bus will take the main group to Porto.
You can find more information about the summer school and the registration process through the following link:
