Summer architecture programs in Venice and Tokyo

Venice Studio (Venice): June 30–July 11, with Snøhetta, OMA, Herzog & de Meuron, Zaha Hadid Architects & MVRDV

Venice Studio (Tokyo): July 14–25, with Kengo Kuma and Associates, Sou Fujimoto Architects & Lütjens Padmanabhan

Procuratie Vecchie Venice

P.za San Marco, 105

30124 Venice
Italy

info@venice.studio

Apply now to Venice Studio 25.

Eligibility: Students, researchers and graduates of architecture, urban design, urban planning, interior architecture, landscape architecture and allied disciplines. Language of instruction: English.

Venice Studio is a series of short architecture and design programs for students and graduates led by leading architecture and urbanism firms. Often referred to as workshop, internship and festival rolled into one, the programs are held in multiple locations around the world and have to date included students and graduates from 40 countries and over 100 universities.

The multifaceted programs focus on the development of projects for the city in which they’re hosted. The projects, alongside field-work, cultural visits, talks, reviews and social gatherings around the city form the backbone of each program while being counterbalanced with free-time to explore and experience the new city and the wider country.

Briefs, programs, excursions and site selection are all coordinated exclusively by the architects to ensure a deep immersion in their firm’s ideas, research, approaches and values while participants also learn about the workflows, methodologies and communication styles utilised by each firm for the development of real-life projects inside the office. Programs are open to architecture and design students and graduates from around the world who, while living in the city and experiencing its daily rhythms, work closely with the architects from within buildings of high architectural value. During the application process, applicants are invited to select which firm they would like to work with at Venice Studio.

Venice Studio (Venice)
Location: Procuratie Vecchie, St. Mark’s Square, Venice. Italy
This year’s Venice program takes place in the centre of the historic city during the Italian summer and coincides with the world’s largest architecture event: the Venice Architecture Biennale. Senior architects from leading firms: MVRDV, Snøhetta, Zaha Hadid Architects, OMA and Herzog & de Meuron work daily alongside participants in studio and out in the city to develop timely projects for real sites.
The location of the Venice studios is the fresco lined rooms of the 16thC Procuratie Vecchie building which flanks the northern edge of the famous St. Mark’s Square and which has been recently renovated by David Chipperfield Architects.

Themes
–Reimagining Venice’s Bridges as Dynamic Inhabitable Structures (Zaha Hadid Architects)
–Spaces for the Future of Production in Venice (Snøhetta)
–Stirring Venice from its Post-Industrial Hangover (OMA)
–The Potential of Public Space in Venice: Gathering, Play and Green Spaces (MVRDV)
–Accessible Topographies and New Spatial Potentials for Venice (Herzog & de Meuron)

Venice Studio (Tokyo)
Location: Hillside Terrace, Shibuya, Tokyo. Japan
Located in the district of Daikanyama, within a short walking distance to the famous Shibuya Crossing (the world’s busiest pedestrian crossing), Venice Studio Tokyo is hosted by Hillside Terrace, the revered modernist precinct designed by legendary Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki. Zürich based architects Lütjens Padmanabhan join leading Japanese architects Kengo Kuma and Associates and Sou Fujimoto Architects to lead studios and work closely with participants during the program. The World Expo in Osaka, a significant architectural draw for Japan, will also be running in parallel to the program and features notable new projects by both Fujimoto and Kuma.

Themes
–Reinterpreting the Idea of “Village” within Tokyo’s Evolving Urban Landscape (Kengo Kuma and Associates)
–Small Interventions to Shift Perception, Enable Use or Create New Relationships within Tokyo’s Urban Fabric (Sou Fujimoto Architects)
–Cross-Breeding Architectural Languages in Tokyo (Lütjens Padmanabhan)

To apply visit: venice.studio