Art Academy of Latvia in cooperation with CAMPOSAZ announces
11-day SUMMER SCHOOL for students of architecture, urban planning, arts and design
June 25 – July 5, 2025 in Valmiera, Latvia
FESTIVAL'AND is an international design–build summer school for designing and constructing temporary architecture and spatial interventions.
Summer school invites to get out of the classrooms and auditoriums into the physical world of real materials, crafts and construction for city users of all generations. The participants led by design and architecture professionals will generate ideas, design, learn and create an instant spatial interventions as an audiovisual adventure and part of culture program in Valmiermuiža park in Valmiera city, Latvia.
The summer school is devoted to the idea of the contemporary ephemeral architecture and urban design elements as catalysts for important processes in the society, urban environments, perception, and usability of the city. Participants will gain knowledge, skills and experience in the process of design creation from research, ideation, tectonic experimentation to 1:1 scale hands on timber construction.
After completion of the course students will receive certificate and 6 ECTS.
10 fully-funded places are available! OPEN CALL for applications from international students to take part in the summer school is open until April 1. Students can receive fully funded place (covered accommodation, 2 meals per day, all the activities, workshops, excursions planned in the program). Please check this list of the countries* to see if you are eligible to receive the scholarship.
More information and application details can be found here: https://festivaland.org
For questions, e-mail Dina Suhanova, dina.suhanova(at)lma.lv
* Azerbaijan, Austria, Belgium (Federation Wallonia-Brussels), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Peru, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Slovakia, Switzerland, Tajikistan, The People`s Republic of China, The United States of America, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Namibia, Senegal, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Fiji, Kenya, Liberia.