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Visiting USI-ARC Mendrisio
2023
18 – 25 July


Days: 8
Lectures: 8
Studio: 6
Studio work: 54 hours
Current price: 1100 €


ABOUT

Following the successful experience of the Summer School in Porto and the Visiting programs in Mexico City and Versailles, Porto Academy aims now to a new Visiting School entitled Visiting USI-ARC Mendrisio, that will take place from July 18 to July 25 2023 in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.
The Visiting USI-ARC Mendrisio program will be a celebration of the 10 years of existence of the Porto Academy which started in 2013. What was meant to be a once off happening turned into a succession of unforgettable moments of shared knowledge and experiences.
Accademia di Mendrisio and Porto Academy share this common ground of interest and passion for the discipline of architecture. This is reflected by the quality of the different guests tutors who are recognized by their work in the field of education and practice. But also for the students or practitioners who are also coming from a wide range of origins turning this into an international and multicultural experience of learning.
WHERE

The Visiting School program will take place in the prestigious Accademia di Architettura-USI Mendrisio in Switzerland.
WHEN

Porto Academy Visiting School will happen from the 18th to the 25th July 2023.
WHO CAN TAKE PART

The Visiting School is open to students, graduates in architecture and related disciplines and to people with an appropriate background and professional experience in the architectural field.
TICKETS INCLUDES

Days: 8
Lectures: 8
Studios: 6
Studio Work: 54 hours
Accommodation: 9 nights
** For price without accommodation please contact us
FEES

950€ During January
1000€ During February
1050€ During March
1100€ During April
1150€ During May
1200€ During June
1300€ During July

* Fees include accommodation limited to 50 places
** For price without accommodation please contact us
GUESTS
LECTURES

Ambra Fabi 'Piovenefabi'
Dario Franchini 'DF_DC'
Diego Calderon 'DF_DC'
Giulia Augugliaro & Hermes Killer
Ivo Barão 'Barão Hutter'
Jonathan Sergison 'Sergison Bates'
Matteo Ghidoni 'Salottobuono'
WORKSHOP
LEADERS

ASBR
Fondamenta
Oliver Lütjens 'Lütjens Padmanabhan'
Thomas Padmanabhan 'Lütjens Padmanabhan'
PROGRAMME

18th Tuesday
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
10:00h
Check in
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
11:00h
Introduction to the Studios
13:00h
Lunch Break
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
14:00h
Visit Bellinzona
Bagno pubblico di Bellinzona by Aurelio Galfetti
15:00h
Visit Bellinzona
Piazza del Sole by Livio Vachini
16:00h
Visit Bellinzona
Castelgrande by Aurelio Galfetti
17:00h
Visit Monte Carasso
by Luigi Snozzi

 
19th Wednesday
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
10:00h
Lecture
DF_DC
11:00h
Lecture
Piovene Fabi
13:00h
Lunch Break
14:00h
Studio Work
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi

 
20th Thursday
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
10:00h
Lecture
Fondamenta
11:00h
Lecture
ASBR
13:00h
Lunch Break
14:00h
Studio Work
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi

 
21st Friday
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
10:00h
Studio Work
13:00h
Lunch Break
14:00h
Studio Work
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi

 
22nd Saturday
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
10:00h
Lecture
Giulia & Hermes Killer
11:00h
Lecture
Barão Hutter
13:00h
Lunch Break
14:00h
Studio Work
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
19:00h
Lecture
Sergison Bates

 
23rd Sunday
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
10:00h
Lecture
Lütjens Padmanabhan
11:00h
Lecture
Salottobuono
13:00h
Lunch Break
14:00h
Studio Work
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi

 
24th Monday
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
10:00h
Visit Como
Casa del Fascio by Giuseppe Terragni
13:00h
Lunch Break
14:00h
Studio Work
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi

 
25th Tuesday
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
10:00h
Studio Work
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
13:00h
Lunch Break
14:00h
Studio Work
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
17:00h
Studio Exhibitions, Studio Presentations and Diploma Ceremony
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi

 
PROGRAMME

18th Tuesday
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
10:00h
Check in
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
11:00h
Introduction to the Studios
13:00h
Lunch Break
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
14:00h
Visit Bellinzona
Bagno pubblico di Bellinzona by Aurelio Galfetti
15:00h
Visit Bellinzona
Piazza del Sole by Livio Vachini
16:00h
Visit Bellinzona
Castelgrande by Aurelio Galfetti
17:00h
Visit Monte Carasso
by Luigi Snozzi

 
19th Wednesday
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
10:00h
Lecture
DF_DC
11:00h
Lecture
Piovene Fabi
13:00h
Lunch Break
14:00h
Studio Work
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi

 
20th Thursday
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
10:00h
Lecture
Fondamenta
11:00h
Lecture
ASBR
13:00h
Lunch Break
14:00h
Studio Work
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi

 
21st Friday
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
10:00h
Studio Work
13:00h
Lunch Break
14:00h
Studio Work
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi

 
22nd Saturday
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
10:00h
Lecture
Giulia & Hermes Killer
11:00h
Lecture
Barão Hutter
13:00h
Lunch Break
14:00h
Studio Work
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
19:00h
Lecture
Sergison Bates

 
23rd Sunday
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
10:00h
Lecture
Lütjens Padmanabhan
11:00h
Lecture
Salottobuono
13:00h
Lunch Break
14:00h
Studio Work
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi

 
24th Monday
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
10:00h
Visit Como
Casa del Fascio by Giuseppe Terragni
13:00h
Lunch Break
14:00h
Studio Work
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi

 
25th Tuesday
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
10:00h
Studio Work
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
13:00h
Lunch Break
14:00h
Studio Work
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi
17:00h
Studio Exhibitions, Studio Presentations and Diploma Ceremony
Accademia di Architettura, Palazzo Turconi

 
HOST INSTITUTION

Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio - Casa dell’Accademia

On the Mendrisio Campus, just ten minutes from Palazzo Canavée, stands the Casa dell’Accademia, a residential complex which houses up to 72 students. The complex, designed by architects Carola Barchi and Ludovica Molo with the collaboration of Jachen Könz, consists of two rectangular reinforced concrete buildings set parallel to each other and separated by a garden. Laid out on three floors are 18 apartments (3 of them designed for the disabled), with some 90 sqm of floor space, containing four single bedrooms, two bathrooms, living room and kitchen. The apartments come complete with furniture (beds with storage space on wheels, closets, table, chairs, sofa and armchairs, fully-fitted kitchen), with the exception of linen, cutlery and crockery, pots and pans. On the lower floor are the laundry room, cellars and parking space for bikes. An elevator goes to the apartments allowing disabled access. The outdoor car park has 10 rental spaces and 6 for visitors. Rooms can be rented annually by submitting the application form, duly completed, by 10 August of each year. The accommodation is managed by the Casa dell’Accademia Foundation, responsible for allocating places in compliance with the rules of the Protocol. Its statutes require the Foundation Council to have eight members.

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Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio - Palazzo Turconi

The Academy of Architecture offers an innovative, interdisciplinary, humanist and generalist educational and teaching model, suitable for our times. This has enabled the school to make a name for itself and play a leading role in the international panorama of architecture schools. The Academy is one of the five faculties of the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) and is based in Mendrisio. Direct learning through practical work in the design studios under the tutelage of authoritative internationally renowned architects is accompanied by a rich offering of courses in history and the humanities, where the teaching is devoted to the history of architecture and art, philosophy, sociology and technical-scientific courses open to contemporary issues and advanced courses in the representation of the project. Together with a training in architecture, a course of study in the history and theory of art and architecture completes the school’s offerings, giving further depth to its humanist vocation and cultural dimension. The educational offering of the school is part of a broader mission, which includes scientific research, in the historical-artistic field as well as the architectural-urbanistic, and cultural activities, which range from a rich programme of conferences and publications to exhibitions and other events in the Theatre of Architecture.

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GENERAL REGULATION

Porto Academy will not be liable for any losses (included, but not limited to: travel and accommodation costs) arising as a consequence of any modification or cancellation of studio and lectures time-tabling constraints as set out above beyond the cost of the visiting school. Porto Academy shall not be liable for any failure or delay in the visiting school, in whole or part, of any of our obligations arising from or attributable to acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond our reasonable control.

Porto Academy reserves the right, at any time, to update and introduce changes and additions to the rules set out in the General Regulation and Terms and Conditions, without prior communication, so the ticket holder must, periodically, to stay informed, consult and review it on the official website, which will always contain the updated version and cannot claim to be unaware of any changes and additions made.

Porto Academy is authorized to use any pictures or videos that will be taken by Porto Academy authorized staff during the course for educational purposes and to promote Porto Academy.

Porto Academy reserves the right to make any changes that in Porto Academy absolute discretion are considered necessary or appropriate for reasons of operational efficiency or due to any other circumstances that are beyond our control. Porto Academy reserves the right to amend or cancel a guest (studio or lecture) or change studio and lecture location and dates.
Porto Academy aims to present its participants with the quality announced in the program, but it is not responsible for not fulfilling the expectations of the participants.
LANGUAGE

The tuition language is English.
LECTURES

Lectures will be held in the auditorium or outside but always at the same venue where the workshops will happen. Lectures are held every day at 10 a.m. and 19 p.m., according to the program's schedule.

Participants and Guests are advised to be on time for the lectures. When inside the Auditorium the main doors of the auditorium will be closed 5 minutes after the beginning of a lecture, and participants are advised to use the back door preventing the interruption of the lecture.

The lectures as well as the workshops are held in English so everybody can understand as we always have participants from more than 50 different countries.

Porto Academy aims to be a pleasant and relaxed summer course; some delays are possible within a reasonable time.
STUDIO REGULATION

Participants having special mobility or other kinds of special needs should inform Porto Academy during registration in order to provide the best solution to make the summer course a comfortable experience.

Participants shall not leave any personal belongings unattended inside the studio's room or lecture’s room. Porto Academy cannot be held responsible for any thefts or damage that might be caused to Participants’ personal belongings.
STUDIO SELECTION

Studio selection is made after registration and confirmation of payment.
Participants will be assigned a studio, according to their preferences.
The Participant will fulfil a registration form with the name of the workshop leaders and select the studios by order of preference. The first option will be considered unless the number of the participants exceeds the vacancies of each studio. When this happens, a sortition will be made so participants will be placed on their following option.
In the end, all the classes should have the same number of participants. Porto Academy reserves the right to close the enrolments to one or more studios by considering the number of already enrolled participants.
During ‘Check in’, studio distribution is announced. Porto Academy participants are only allowed to change if they find a direct switch with another participant.
STUDIO

Each studio is composed of a Workshop Leader, an Assistant, and around 15 Participants.
The Workshop Leader is responsible for defining the workshop theme, its aims and its process. The Workshop Leader will assist the Participants’ work, arranging the final presentation together with the Assistant and the participants. The Assistant is responsible for advising and participating together with the Workshop Leader. The Assistant will give assistance to the Participants regarding their studio project.
The Workshop Leader, Assistant and participants are responsible for the cleaning of the room on the last day of Porto Academy. Each participant is responsible for taking good care of the building, the room, and furniture. Any damage caused will be at the participant’s responsibility.
Any class, activity or expenses regarding the studio work made outside the Faculty campus are not the responsibility of Porto Academy.
MATERIAL

We strongly suggest that participants should bring their personal electronic equipment and others one finds important (e.g. digital camera, laptop, special drawing material etc...).
BOOKLET

The design and content of the booklet is from the entire responsibility of the Workshop Leader, Assistant and Participants.
Porto Academy has the copyrights for any publication regarding Porto Academy courses including the booklets.
EXHIBITION

On the final day of the program Studios set up an exhibition with the work produced during the week. The exhibition will be open to all the Porto Academy participants.
FINAL PRESENTATION

On the last day of Porto Academy, every Studio will make a Presentation in an open event to the public.
DIPLOMA

All the Participants will receive a Diploma of Participation after the completion of the program.
EQUIPMENT

Participants should bring their own lap-top computers. WLAN is freely available. Personal equipment should be covered by participant's own insurance.
VISA REQUIREMENTS

Obtaining a Visa is a solely responsibility of each participant of the program. Porto Academy and Host have no responsibility.
The participants are responsible for arranging their own visa, notifications or permits from the Swiss migration authority.
DISCLAIMER

Porto Academy and Host Venue disclaim any liability for any damage to persons or property that may occur during the event. The participants are responsible for arranging their own visa, notifications or permits from the Swiss migration authority, insurance, including health insurance, travel and overnights, accidents, burglary, third party, liability, with specific (but not limited) reference to liability insurance for any damage caused to USI-Accademia.
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