Concept
SINOPSE | The BIP Workshop addresses the architectural and urban legacies of seismic events, reflecting on how historic towns can inform a sustainable and resilient design agenda today.
It explores the interplay between built form and landscape, while critically examining strategies of reconstruction and transformation in the aftermath of historic earthquakes. By revisiting these processes, the discussion aims to frame methodologies that bridge heritage values, community engagement, and future-oriented architectural practice. This workshop will gather specialists, students and local stakeholders on a common work to understand, debate and propose architectural solutions for the future of this heritage.
CASE-STUDY: PORTIMÃO | Portimão serve as laboratories to identify exceptional spatial conditions in historic environments and to reframe them as drivers for innovative design responses.
Partners of the BIP programme
Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes [ISMAT, Portugal] – Coordinator
Universidade Lusófona [UL, Portugal]
Università Politecnica delle Marche [UNIVPM, Italy]
Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara [DdA, Italy];
Università degli Studi della Basilicata [USB, Italy]
Università degli Studio di Parma [UP, Italy]
Università degli Studi di Sassari [DADU, Italy]
University of Ljubljana [FA-ULj, Slovenia]
University of Seville [US, Spain]
Gdansk University of Technology [GUT, Poland]
Cravow University of Technology [CUT, Poland]
National Technical University of Athens [INTUA, Greece]
University of Applied Sciences, Architektur [FHE, German]
“Gh. Asachi” Technical University of lasi [GA, Romenia]
Scheduled activities
- Online: August 28, 2026
- On-site: September 1–5, 2026
Scientific coordinator and contact person for UNIVPM
- Professor Antonello Alici (History of Architecture) | a.alici@staff.univpm.it
- Professor Chiara Mariotti (Heritage Conservation) | chiara.mariotti@univpm.it
Deadline for application
- May 20, 2026
For more information
Please refer to the attached documents: