TANGIBLE
6 SENSES
Touch, Audition, Taste, Sight, Olfaction and Temporarity
UPCOMING EVENT:
April 2025
Things weren’t easy back then, but they were alive and sparkling with hope, creativity and shared vibes with the fellow students.
How do we escape this daily routines and get some nurture for our striving for the profession?
Can we just go back to the basics and talk about what we love? Bring back the joy of discussion lights and shadows instead of certificates and technical sheets?
We talk, we interact, we learn new things, we draw, we enjoy nature, share food and wine and we make new connections with fellow architects. We make space for ourselves and revoke those bright eyed 20 y.o. ourselves.
Just 3 days can make a lot of difference,
let’s give it a try!
ACTIVITIES PROGRAM
+ mediation I
olfaction
Architectural talk
+ mediation II
audition
Architectural talk
+ mediation III
temporarity
all senses
sight x touch
Depending on the weather we arrange drawing session indoor or outdoor.
touch
taste x temporarity
- What do we know about the soundcapes? What is it beyond acountics we can interact with and why are we afraid of silence?
- How does olfaction creates memories? Space travelling, memory lanes and art of marketing, smells inspire and confuse us - how can we relate to it as architects?
- What is temporarity, the forth dimension of architecture, getting lost between rouins and 3d models and what has theatre and neuroscience to do with that.
- How can expand our tangible experince? What is the ambience made of? Can we create new meanings and bring them to reality throught the sensual “thinking”
This isn't just an event - it's a journey back to the heart
of why we fell in love with architecture. It's a call to those who yearn to break free from the confines of commercial assignments and rekindle their creative spark in the company of like-minded people.
It is a core feature that all the participants have a common ground and similar experience - architectural school, practicing, solving daily tasks. This allows us to connect better and keep the discussion on the high level, sticking to our language and values
HOW DO WE DO IT
We meet at around lunch time and get to know each other by the cup of coffee. First Intro Session is planned for the arrival day, where we learn more about what awaits us and approach the theme of the event. We also learn about the history of the place we are staying from the local team.
First Architectural talk I and mediation is planned this evening, so we dive into the topic of the olfactory experince. Then we proceed to the dinner, that is served in the village by Cerdeira hosts. After the dinner you can rest or have some social time with the other participants
DAY 2
We kickstart the day with the portugues breakfast with the mountain view. The programm starts with the drawing workshop - we get right in tho the tangible business and release our longing for the hand drawing/painting. Depending on the weather we might have opportunity to go for the “plan air”.
After lunch we return to the Architectural talk II and group activities and move from the touch into the sight and auditon. We might get out to the local restaurant for the dinner to experince some portuguese cousine. Movie night after dinner of just have some relaxation time on your own
DAY 3
We continue the tangible hand on work with the ceramic intro workshop. When is comes to senses touch is the king to get us out of the comfort zone while letting us experince something genuine and archic. After lunch we go on with the Architectural talk III and groupwork discussing temporarity in various aspects.
If the weather allows we might take a short visit to the neighbouring village that still stands in rouins, but has some big exiting project coming from the same owners as Ceirdeira. You almost can touch time in a shape of matter there. In the evening we plan a social AKT that gets combined with the dinner.
DAY 4
Slow breakfast with the view or even in bed and and some calm time. We have one more session all together to rewind what we have experineced and what we take with us. Still some drawing can be finished or a small hike around. Big hugs and plan our next event soon.
FURTHER INFO:
We offer a package price that includes accomodation, meals and the full program mentioned above, as well as materials for the workshops and activities. Transfers and additional services are available on demand for extra fee.
WHERE:
CERDEIRALOUSÃ, PORTUGAL
the event is organised in collaboration
with Cerdeira Crative Valley
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