
Overview
Overview
Program
PROGRAM AND ROSTER OF SPEAKERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
July 21-28
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, SPAIN
July 21- 23
Santiago de Compostela will be our first location, where we will pursue two themes:
July 25 - 27


July 28
July 29 - Aug 4
PORTO, PORTUGAL
July 29 - 30
Porto will be our second location. Here we will engage the following themes:
July 31 - Aug 2
August 3 - 4
The architectural profession needs to bring the full-blooded human being into its very core. In Santiago de Compostela we will face this challenge using a new perspective that emerges in the rapidly evolving collaboration between architecture and human sciences such as cognitive science, psychology and neuroscience, among others. These disciplines have developed notions of the person and the environment that are starkly different from one another, using first-person and third-person perspectives. Designers need a framework capable of integrating concepts and methods developed by different disciplines. On Day 1 we will begin exploring this integration in a series of lectures and discussions dedicated to the interface of natural sciences and humanities. On Day 2, we will look into how such integration can be facilitated by grounding this inquiry in the local environment: the landscape, the local culture, its history and traditions. In the workshops held during field trips on this day, we will delve into regional culture, visiting multiple works of architecture, guided by local builders, artists, and craftsmen. On Day 3, we will attempt to synthesize this knowledge by exploring how different human sciences could contribute to understanding the phenomenon of place and regional culture.

Phenomenon of Place
Friday, July 22
10:00
10:45
11:15
12:00
12:45
1:30
2:00
4:00
8:00
Thursday, July 21
10:00
10:45
11:30
12:30
1:00
2:00
5:00
5:45
6:30
8:00
Coffee
Opening remarks
A welcome note | Agrasar
Course preview by the Chairs (Berger, Gepshtein, 15 min each)
Neuroscience and Culture of Design | Harry Mallgrave
Respondent talks (Alberto Pérez-Gómez and Sergei Gepshtein)
Discussion
Lunch and Introductions
Local voices: Galicia: Affective and Social Dimensions of Place│Fernando Agrasar
Neuroscience of Space, Time and Memory│Kate Jeffery
ROUNDTABLE Discussion
Mallgrave, Agrasar, Jeffery, Berger, Gepshtein, Albright, Pérez-Gómez
Welcome Dinner
Saturday, July 23
9:00
9:45
10:30
11:15
12:15
1:00
2:00
5:00
5:45
6:30
8:00
Coffee
Interactive session: summary and opening remarks
Spatial polyphony in science and design │Sergei Gepshtein
Respondent talks and debate (Agrasar and Mallgrave)
Lecture by Sarah Williams Goldhagen
Discussion
Lunch
Phenomenology of place│Jeff Malpas
Space and place in multisensory design│Juhani Pallasmaa
ROUNDTABLE Discussion
Gepshtein, Robinson, Pérez-Gómez, Mallgrave,
Pallasmaa, Malpas, Goldhagen, Agrasar
Dinner
Coffee
workshop Introduction: Berger, Gepshtein
Lecture by Rick Joy
Discussion, break
Alvar Aalto and The Persistence of Duality│Kurt Hunker
Discussion
Lunch
Field trip and workshop
Works by Gallego
Works by Siza
Stone Workshop
Dinner

Dynamics of Experience
Sunday, July 24
Free Day St. James's Day Festivities, fireworks in front of the Cathedral
Monday, July 25
10:00
10:45
11:30
12:45
2:00
5:00
5:45
6:30
8:00
Coffee
Introduction: Local host, Berger, Gepshtein
In Quest of Attuned Architectural Atmospheres: Contributions of Cognitive Theory and Neurophenomenology│Alberto Pérez-Gómez
Discussion
Lunch and Bagpipe Concert
Cognition: enacted, embodied, extended│David Kirsh
Sentir el paisaje: Conocer el paisaje│Ruth Varela
ROUNDTABLE Discussion
Pérez-Gómez, Malpas, Berger, Varela, Gallese, Gepshtein, Kirsh
Dinner
Tuesday, July 26
10:00
10:45
11:15
12:00
12:45
1:30
2:00
4:00
8:00
Coffee
Workshop Introduction: Berger, Gepshtein
Lecture TBD
Discussion, break
CGAC and Bonaval Park by Alvaro Siza│Fernando Agrasar and Tatiana Berger
Discussion
Lunch
Field trip and Workshop│Siza, Gallego, Hejduk
Iron Workshop
Dinner
Wednesday, July 27
12:30
2:00
5:00
5:45
6:30
8:00
Sketching lesson: Oscar Fuertes
Lunch
Lecture by | Thomas D.Albright
Creating memory by movement | Eduardo Macagno
ROUNDTABLE Discussion: Albright, Macagno, Fuertes, Berger, Gepshtein, Robinson
Dinner
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
July 24-27
Santiago de Compostela is a destination of pilgrimage. The St.James’ Day (Apostolo) is the most important local holiday of the year, when pilgrims arrive at the Catedral Basilica de Santiago de Compostela. This context will help us to frame our theme of dynamics of experience. Day 4 is a free day. On Day 5, we will continue investigating the theme of experience of place through several lenses, in particular those of phenomenology and neuroscience of perception by a moving person. We will study how places shape one’s behavior and how experiences arise in the interaction of sensory and motor systems of the person. On Day 6 we will hold workshops in which we will study the experience of movement and analyze several works of local architecture, including the Galician Museum of Contemporary Art, Bonaval Park, and the School of Journalism by Alvaro Siza. On Day 7, we will continue exploring the city of Santiago de Compostela. Walking its medieval streets we will study how physical objects can facilitate thinking and imagination: the notion called extended mind. This day and our visit to Santiago will conclude with a roundtable discussion of how thinking about movement and time can help to develop new strategies for architectural and urban design.

The World of Senses
Friday, July 29
10:00
10:45
Coffee
Welcome speech by Director of Casa da Arquitectura, Nuno Sampaio
A welcome note by Jorge Carvalho. Preview by the chairs (Berger, Gepshtein)
Engagement of the senses│ Alvaro Siza Vieira and Juhani Pallasmaa
Respondent talks and debate (Tatiana Berger, Jorge Carvalho , Thomas Albright, Claudia Kappl Joy, Sergei Gepshtein and Sarah Robinson)
Discussion
Lunch
Lecture by Claudia Kappl Joy
Multisensory experience│Sarah Robinson
ROUNDTABLE Discussion TBD
Dinner
1:00
2:00
5:00
5:45
6:30
8:00
11:30
12:15
11:00
Coffee
Abstraction and Light: Atmospheres of the Alhambra
Discussion
Architectural Design and the Enacted Mind│Mark Hewitt
Lunch
Bus to Marco de Canaveses
Field Trip to Santa Maria church in Marco de Canaveses and
Sketching: The drawing in the architectural design process | Edite Rosa
Dinner
Saturday, July 30
9:00
10:00
10:45
11:15
12:00
12:45
1:45
8:00
Porto
July 29-30
Porto will set the stage for concentrating our study on how the built environment engages the senses. On Day 1 we will study how urban experience is always mediated by multiple senses. We will investigate how architectural atmospheres are created by the interaction of seeing, hearing, haptics, and olfaction, and also the senses that register one’s own posture, balance, and movement. On Day 2, we will hear a lecture by the project architect, who worked in the office of Alvaro Siza on the construction of the Santa Maria Church in Marco de Canaveses and make a bus trip from Porto to experience the church.
The venue: Casa da Arquitectura - Portuguese Centre for Architecture is the only institution exclusively dedicated to architecture that, in Portugal, preserves, treats, disseminates and promotes the authors and the national and international architectural production, associating to its growing documentary archive the aspect of cultural programming. Casa da Arquitectura has the mission to bring architecture to everyone. As part of its mission, it organizes and produces a vast programme of activities, from visits, exhibitions, conferences, debates and artistic crossings.

Perception and Emotion
Sunday, July 31
9:00
9:45
10:00
10:45
11:15
12:00
12:30
2:00
4:00
4:45
6:00
Coffee
Opening remarks
Lecture by | Juhani Pallasmaa
Discussion and Questions
Lecture by | Galen Cranz
Discussion and Questions
ROUNDTABLE Discussion
Siza, Carvalho, Colombetti, Pallasmaa, Pérez-Gómez, Albright
Lunch
Walk in the historic center of Porto
Lecture│Rick Joy
Discussion and Preparation for Workshop
Dinner
Monday, August 1
10:00
11:00
11:45
12:30
2:00
4:00
6:30
8:00
Coffee
Philosophical Approaches | Giovanna Colombetti
Tuning Humans With Architecture | Davide Ruzzon
Respondent talks and debate (Pérez-Gómez, Colombetti, Ruzzon, Pallasmaa, Mallgrave, Gepshtein)
Lunch
Field Trip and Workshop
Serralves Museum and Gardens
Leca Swimming Pools
Boa Nova Restaurant
Sketching Lesson: Oscar Fuertes and Edite Rosa
Dinner
Tuesday, August 2
10:00 Coffee
11:00. Dialogic Lecture by │Sergei Gepshtein and Harry Mallgrave
11:45 Lecture by │Tatiana Berger
12:30. Respondent talks and debate (Siza, Curtis, Pallasmaa, Pérez- Gómez, Berger, Gepshtein)
2:00 Lunch and Port Wine Tasting
5:00 Coming back to
Architecture│Alberto Pérez- Gómez
6:00 Roundtable Discussion
Siza, Pallasmaa, Pérez- Gómez, Berger, Colombetti, Joy, Gepshtein, Mallgrave, Kirsh
8:00 Farewell Dinner and Fado
Porto
July 31 - Aug 2
The concept of architectural atmosphere blends sensory and emotive aspects of experience. Having explored the sensory side of atmosphere in previous days, now we will concentrate on the emotive side. On Day 3 in Porto, we will study the intricate relationship between emotions and cognitive faculties, and how this relationship is fundamental to experiencing architecture. This study will take us to investigate how insights from the objective, third-person perspective of the sciences can be integrated into design. On Day 4 Alvaro Siza will give a lecture about his work, followed by a field trip to several of his built projects including the Serralves Museum of Art, Boa Nova Restaurant, and the Swimming Pools in Leça da Palmeira. We will hold a workshop dedicated to the analysis of sensory and emotive aspects of Siza’s architecture. We will also continue our exploration of how architectural atmosphere can be captured by different methods of architectural representation. In the morning of Day 5 we will study how emotive aspects of experience are incorporated in the process of architectural representation and design. In the afternoon, we will bring together many ideas that will have emerged from this journey, and will collectively imagine the tools and strategies arising from the collaboration between architecture and human sciences. The day will conclude by a farewell dinner with fado music.
Tours
August 3 - 4
Experiencing Modern Architecture
Work of Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura in Porto, Matosinhos,
Leça da Palmeira

Santiago de Compostela
to Porto
Thursday, July 28
9 am. Bus leaves Santiago de Compostela
10 am Visit Ría de Pontevedra
1 pm Lunch in Ponte de Lima, Portugal
3:30 pm Guided tour of Viana do Castelo Public Library (work by Siza)
5 pm Coffee in Viana do Castelo
6:30 pm Guided tour of Braga Stadium (work by Souto de Moura)
8:30 pm Arrive in Porto
This unprecedented traveling course will offer a series of masterclasses, lectures, immersive workshops and field trips, in which we will explore a new perspective that has been emerging from the rapidly evolving collaboration between architecture and the “natural human sciences” that include neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, psychophysics, and experimental phenomenology. On this journey, we will move across boundaries of several kinds. Some boundaries will be of a conceptual nature, separating the worlds of objective science, subjective experience, and intersubjective culture. Other boundaries will be geographic and ethnic: we will travel between the regions of Galicia in Spain and Minho in northern Portugal, immersing ourselves in local traditions in architecture, design, urban planning, language, music and cuisine. We will pursue a number of questions foundational to the future of design, such as how the built environment is experienced by human beings in real time, how the scientific method can help to develop new tools and strategies for design, and how scientific results contribute to theory and practice of design. We will also explore the importance of regional culture and identity in the making and experiencing of architecture. Every participant will receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the Course.
“The elements of architecture are not visual units or gestalt; they are encounters, confrontations that interact with memory.”
- Juhani Pallasmaa, The Eyes of the Skin
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
July 21-23