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call-for-selection_en.pdf<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Call for selection of 30 participants<\/strong><\/p>\n in the International Workshop of Architectural and Urban Restoration<\/strong><\/p>\n 10-22, September 2007<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n Cagliari and the old city: ancient wounds and a new meaning<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Aims and contents<\/strong><\/p>\n Actually very often it emerges the presence of gaps in the fabric of the old towns, caused by traumatic interventions. Big and small empty spaces represent the cause of urban disqualification.<\/p>\n The international workshop aims to represent an occasion to think about the unexpressed potentialities of the ancient city of Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy), reflecting about three emblematic cases: S. Francesco cloister in Stampace, the interrupted block of houses between S. Domenico\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s church and via S. Giacomo in Villanova and the demolished block between via Fara and via S. Margherita in Stampace. Starting from the deep comprehension of the historical essence of the analysed spaces, the aim is the re-definition of its urban image, testing new project design approaches to the theme of urban rehabilitation.<\/p>\n The workshop will be accompanied by a debate conducted by experts and institutions on restoration and project on the old city.<\/p>\n This initiative will take place in Cagliari, Faculty of Architecture of the University of Cagliari, in the building of the Department of Architecture, in via Corte d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Appello 87.<\/p>\n This call aims at selecting a total of 30 workshop participants, Italian or foreigners holding a university degree in Civil Engineering or Architectural Engineering, Architecture or similar degrees.<\/p>\n While confirming the overall number of hours, organisers reserve the right to alter their allocation to the various activities, the teacher roster and sites of teaching activities.<\/p>\n Official Languages: Italian and English.<\/p>\n Planned activities<\/strong><\/p>\n The workshop aims to explore the three case-study, to express their architectural value and to delineate their new rule in the valorization of the public space where they are located.<\/p>\n It will run for two weeks an it will be divided in three phases:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00c2\u00b7 I^ phase_September, 10-13<\/font> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c It focuses on classroom work, according to the guidelines provided by coordinators, and to the illustration of the morphology of sites, of the history an of the urban and architectural evolution of the cases-study, in relation with the main cultural and practical questions that every group of students will have to confront;<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00b7 2^ phase_September, 14-15<\/font> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c An International conference will be held, supporting project design activities, with the participation of professors of restoration, project, public officers, freelance professionals.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n <\/font>\u00c2\u00b7 <\/font>3^ phase_September, 17-21<\/font> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c It will focus on finalization of the groups\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 project work.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n The projects will be presented in a public exhibition on September, 22, and then they will be published on a volume.<\/p>\n This call aims at selecting a total of 30 workshop participants, Italian or foreigners holding a university degree in Civil Engineering or Architectural Engineering, Architecture or similar degrees, plus a few selected undergraduates nearing graduation.<\/p>\n The workshop will run for a total of 110 hours, including lessons, conferences, debates, screenings, guided tours, project presentation and discussion, design under the guidance of tutors. Participants will receive an attendance certificate.<\/p>\n Teaching activities will be managed by experts from the Cagliari, Napoli and Chieti Faculty of Architecture.<\/p>\n The workshop will be conducted on a full-day basis: the draft schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n