Advanced Urban Planning & Architectural Design

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Overview

As one of the leaders and most avid supporters of the research and academic community, IEREK has always endeavored to develop and enrich innovative production. Constantly advocating for forward thinking became our modus operandi.

Because of this driving passion, we've hosted many successful summer schools where participants were able to widen their horizons and feed their love of their craft using real life application and concentrated, global, expert knowledge. We've hosted schools abroad in such locations as the culturally rich Italy and the diverse United Kingdom, where our future architects received an enriching and engaging learning experience on subjects such as "Advanced Urban Planning and Architectural Design" where they saw a real-life case study on “Vela di Calatrava; Sports City Complex”, as "Working Sustainably towards London 2020 (Smart cities, Sustainable Energy and Green IT)", and as "Dealing with the impact of Cyber Security, Big Data and Digitisation on businesses"; all while enjoying the sights and tastes of a world different from their own.

Seeing the students have this breakthrough experience has only proved the ever-so talked of benefits of studying abroad. It has taught us what one could gain from investing in themselves. Studying overseas has many fantastic benefits, from helping you find a good job to improving your social life. A few of these benefits we've compiled here.

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About the AUD Summer School

This program is an advancement in the field of urban design and allows students to further specialize their education in an area that interests them.

Students who have undergone varied studies that include landscape design, engineering, architecture and planning are given an opportunity to explore and experiment with architectural and urban design.

Aimed to build a new and qualified generation of urban designers, the summer school offers: Methods of critical, conceptual and design thinking
A group of tutors from leading universities/firms and different parts of the globe
The needed experience, preparing students to work in international architectural and design offices and development companies etc.
Project modules with innovative briefs developed in collaboration with leading experts in the field
Exposure to a different environment, culture and tradition
The chance to work on a real-life case study on “Vela di Calatrava
Sports City Complex” in Rome to develop techniques in creative fieldwork.
Analyze and interpret a selected range of contemporary urban design practices and issues in contemporary dialogue.
Identify and critique the multidisciplinary frameworks and techniques employed in urban design practice

Who should attend? This course is ideal for students with a background in architecture or urban design. A high level of drawing skills will provide an excellent platform for benefiting most from the course.

Following the success of first, second and third international summer school on "Advanced Urban Planning & Architectural Design” the 4th edition of this summer school will be held from the 2nd to the 10th of July 2023 in partnership with The University of Rome Tor Vergata.

Themes and Case Study

Known as Rome’s Ghost Stadium, Internationally renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava’s innovative sports city complex will be the focus, or rather case study undertaken, for the international Summer school on Advanced Urban Design for 2023.

Master-planned and intended to be immense enough to host the 2024 summer Olympics

volleyball, gymnastics, and basketball finals
and the 2009 World Swimming Championships, a project remains unfinished since 2005.
The Citta dello Sport structure is located on the outskirts of Rome.
A white steel structure made consisting of facilities for the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
The Sports complex was originally anticipated to include two matching mountain
like stadium pavilions, outdoor recreational facilities, and a long park connecting the complex to the university’s administration building.

Now, with the stadium’s raw concrete seating and a giant white cage above, the building is left to wither away.

A victim of neither poor construction nor conceit, the reason for its failure could be summarized in simple economics.

Since construction began in 2007, alteration to the project took place as to accommodate more seating.

Consequently, prices increased resulting in a cost estimate of 300 Million euros

–double the initial price.

Costs had risen further over the years due to several attempts for its completion starting with 130 M rising up to 200 M and reaching 600 M euros and only one

-third of the amount allocated for the project.

Several proposals have been made to re-use the existing structure. Planning Commissioner of the City of Rome, and an Associate Professor in Urban planning at Roma Tre University, suggested a conversion of the structure into a 130 hectare botanical garden.

Some believed it damaged the landscape and community and must be put down while others suggested changing it into the Faculty of Natural Sciences for the University of Tor Vergata.

In the face of gaps, unsuccessful feasibility studies, and flawed urban designing and planning of the area that led to the failure of the project, this summer school is an attempt at coming up with solutions to re-invent and develop the incomplete structure and re-consider & re-asses the master planning of the area.

The course combines theoretical and practical studies through the delivery of a series of lectures, seminars, and studio-based work.

Address: Vela di Calatrava - Città dello Sport 00133 Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy

Site Location: https://goo.gl/maps/SebzAxdm5u22

Important Dates


	Date From	Date To
Registration Deadline		April 2, 2023
Payment Deadline		June 2, 2023
letter of visa (for those who need a visa entry)		June 2, 2023
Summer School Launch	July 2, 2023	July 10, 2023

Fees

Course fees includes:

Accommodation (en-suite room) in CampusX Rome
Course material.
International certificate from University of Rome Tor Vergata.
Transportation from the airport only.
Fees doesn’t cover visa, flight tickets, insurance and local travel fees.


Course Fees
For groups (more than 10 students)	1150 Euro
Regular payment until April 2, 2023	1200 Euro
Late payment until July 2 2023	1400 Euro

Refund or Withdrawal Policy

- Please notice that we will endeavor to assist you in obtaining a visa by providing documents such as visa invitation letter and registration proof, but the responsibility is yours and the decision rests solely with the appropriate Embassy.

- In case you could not attend the program for visa rejection purposes, you will get a refund after the reduction of a 20% administration charge and bank commission. Refunds can only be made after the program end date.

- In case you could not attend the program due to extenuating circumstances, you are to receive a refund minus a 50% administration charge and the bank commission, to be refunded after the program end date, considering that cancellation is made 45 days before event start date.

- If the visa has already been acquired, the fees cannot be refunded.

Location

CampusX Roma, Via di Passo Lombardo, Rome

Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy

Instructors

Hocine Bougdah

Research and Education Consultant, IERS-UK / Visiting Lecturer, University of Westminster, London, UK.

Dr Hocine Bougdah is a reader and subject area leader for Technology and the Environment in the School of Architecture. He has overall responsibility for the curriculum design, delivery and assessment of the Architectural Technology subject specialism in the school at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels. He is also involved in research through the supervision of a number of researchers (currently 6) working on topics aligned with his research interests. Dr Bougdah’s teaching and research interests are focused on the technological, ecological and human aspects of architectural design. His approach to teaching “Technology” is to use it as a design generator/enabler rather than an “add-on” technical resolution to a design proposal. His research interests cover topics such as sustainable design, innovative low tech/low energy/low impact buildings, spatial experience of users and issues of culture, urbanisation and globalisation. Alongside his academic role, he runs a design/consultancy practice.

Alessandra Battisti

Associate Professor in Environmental Design, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy. ".

Prof. Alessandra qualified as a full professor in Design and Technology of Architecture in 2012, and associate Professor in Architecture Technology and Environmental Design, PDTA Dept, “Sapienza” Rome University, where she is also: Chair of the Master’s Degree in “Landscape Architecture” (since 2016). Director of the 2nd level University Master's degree course in ““Valorisation and management of minor Historical centres. Enviroment Culture Territory integrated actions”” (since 2012). Member of the Faculty Board and Teaching Staff Member for the Ph.D. in Environmental Design & Planning, (since 2013). Member of the Faculty Board and Teaching Staff Member for the PhD in the “Environmental Architecture” (2007-2013). Lecturer at the 2nd level University Master's degree course in “Sustainable Architecture and Sustainable Technology for the Environment”. (2000-2015) Lecturer at the 2nd level University Master's degree course in “ETD ENVIRONMENTAL, TECHNOLOGICAL DESIGN/Green. Building Architectural and Urban Requalification/Green Blue Infrastructure. Architecture and Sustainable Technology for the Environment”. (since 2015) Erasmus Scientific Coordinator for the Faculty of Architecture (2010-2015); Director of the AMSA (Analysis and Modelling of Environmental Systems) Laboratory in “La Sapienza” University of Rome. (2007-2013). Member of the Working Group for Energy Efficiency of MiBAC Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (2015).

Luca Lanini

Associate Professor, Department of Energy, Systems, Land and Construction Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy.

Prof. Luca Lanini teaches Architectural Design at the DESTeC. Among his best titles: Vázquez Consuegra (Edilstampa 2008), BEAR Luca Lanini / Manuela Raitano-Progetti (Libria 2012), Modern architecture; Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Terragni, Niemeyer (Ediesse 2014); a critical edition of L. Zuccoli, Fifteen years of life and work with his friend and teacher Giuseppe Terragni (Libria 2015); The architecture of the modern villa. 1900-1940 The years of great experimentation (Quodlibet 2016), The city of steel. Constructivist Moscow 1917-1918 (Pisa University Press 2017), SH-New Perspectives in Social Housing (Pisa University Press 2017), Rise and Fall of Ivan Leonidov (Clean 2018).

Nabil Mohareb

Head of Faculty of Architecture- Design & Built Environment, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon.

Prof. Nabil’s research has focused on the relationship between architecture and urbanism; he is interested in social behavior activities, their mutual effect on both spatial and economic variables in urban spaces, and their interrelationship with architectural design using digital simulation in forecasting their movements and behavior. He has developed and planned an area of personal research, which is reflected in his several published papers in refereed journals and international refereed conferences, in addition to the work of my postgraduate research students, whom he supervises. He has participated as a member of a research team in funding research. In addition, over the past four years he has contributed effectively to the research community by being a peer-reviewer for a number of international academic journals and conferences. Prof. Nabil has recently gained administrative experience as the Head of Faculty of Architectural Engineering in a newly established branch in Tripoli, experiencing leadership at first hand. He is responsible for a team of more than 20 faculty members and staff, in addition to more than 130 architectural students.

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