The International Summer School “The City and the Water”, since 2014, is a Design Full-Time Workshop, aimed at investigating the complex relationships between the built environment and the water, in its broadest meaning of environmental resource, and therefore including seaside, rivers, lakes and water resources.

The Summer School is organized over two weeks and hosted in Pisa by the Department of Energy, Systems, Territory, and Constructions Engineering of the University of Pisa.

The students, coming from all continents, will be engaged in the development of a project on a case study, with the support of professors and tutors from the University of Pisa and visiting professors from other national and international schools of architecture, engineering and landscape design.

The title of the 2025 edition will be "Cities with(out) water". The first part of the Summer School will be dedicated to the critical reading and knowledge of the study areas in order to identify their value and criticalities. On the remaining days, the students will work on the development of an enhancement project on the area chosen as a case study. Throughout the period, lectures will be appropriately organised to provide theoretical and methodological support for project development. The ideas and drawings developed during the Summer School will be presented in a public exhibition.

Organizing Committee (in alphabetical order):

• Marco Giorgio Bevilacqua
• Lucia Giorgetti
• Giammarco Montalbano
• Piergiuseppe Rechichi
• Giovanni Santi

Scientific Committee (in alphabetical order):
Abdelmalek Ammari, Marco Giorgio Bevilacqua, Renato Bocchi, Fabrizio Cinelli, Lucia Giorgetti, Barbara Gherri, Antonella Guida, Renato Iannelli, Luca Lanini, Emanuele Leporelli, Lina Malfona, Massimiliano Martino, Jonida Meniku, Jamal Mounaji, Fatima Zahra Oufara, Livio Petriccione, Luca Ponsi, Vito Porcari, Alessandra Renzulli, Giovanni Santi, Issam Sobhy, Abdelghani Tayyibi, Beatrice Turillazzi, Denise Ulivieri, Veronica Vitiello.

The Winter School will be held on campus, in Pisa, at Centro Congressi Le Benedettine, Piazza San Paolo a Ripa D'Arno, 16.

Aim

The summer school aims to provide theoretical skills and methodological tools for the architectural design linked to water's landscape.

Students, organized in groups composed by members of different nationalities, will be asked to develop a project of enhancement for an area chosen as a case study. The internationality of the group of students is fundamental for promoting cultural exchange and comparison, also in terms of approach, between dfferent experiences in the field of architectural design, landscape conservation and enhancement at an international level.

Who can apply

The International Summer School is open to university students and PhD students of Architecture, Urban Planning, Design, Design Institutes, Landscape Design, and also to young professionals and artists from all EU and non-EU countries.

Language

English

Program Intensity

Full-time

Application

Admission Requirements

The International Summer School is open to university students of Architecture, Building Engineering, Urban Planning, Design, Design Institutes, Landscape Design, and also to young professionals and artists from all EU and non-EU countries.

Each participant is invited to bring their own laptop and their preferred drawing materials; however, basic drawing materials will be provided.

Student participants will be selected on the basis of their scholastic performance (average score in examinations, graduation score for postgraduate candidates) and their suitability for the program; for professionals the selection will be based on the affinity to the subjects carried out of what is declared on the CV. Personnel. In case of ex aequo, priority will be offered to foreign students and according to the order of application.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

• The Winter School will be activated with at least 12 students
• The maximum number of participants is set to 30 students

Required documents

• Identity Document (*PASSPORT in case you are a foreign student*)
• Enrolment Form
• Curriculum Vitae

All the documents must be in pdf format, in order to upload them on the portal when required.

Application has to be submitted via Alice portal following the instructions of the "How to apply" page.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

• 21 February 2025: application deadline 
• 28 February 2025: notication of admitted and the awarding of the scholarship
• 7 March 2025: deadline for the fee payment
  
• By 14 April 2025  is permitted by paying a penalty corresponding to 60% of the registration fee already paid.
• After 14 April 2025 fees are non refundable.

ECTS

6

Disciplines:

• ICAR/10 – ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING
• ICAR/14 – ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN DESIGN

Fees

1000 euro

NOTICE:

• these fees include: course fee, lectures and didactic material
• the rates are the same for Italian, EU and international students and professionals.
• UNIPI e ENA Marrakech students benefit from a 30% fee discount

Pay fees by Debit/Credit Card or PayPal online using the following: Payment Form 

NOTICE:

• International students without Italian Tax Code: please tick the box 'Anonymous' in order to disable the field 'Italian personal ID/VAT number'.
• Please type your NAME and SURNAME next to the pre-filled text of the field 'Reason'
• Please pay only after receiving the admission letter

REFUND POLICY:

• By 14 April 2025  is permitted by paying a penalty corresponding to 60% of the registration fee already paid.
• After 14 April 2025 fees are non refundable.

In case of cancellation of the Summer School, the fees already paid will be refunded net of bank charges.

Fundings

There is a GOLD scholarship amounting to 1000 euro. It is assigned after evaluation of the submitted CVs.

The following are also envisaged:

• a SILVER scholarship of 500 euro, assigned after evaluation of the submitted CVs.
• a BRONZE scholarship of 400 euro, assigned after evaluation of the submitted CVs.

Period

25 August - 6 September 2025

Application Deadline

21 February 2025

Contacts

Coordinator
Prof. Giovanni Santi Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo. 

Website https://www.facebook.com/thecityandthewater/    

Summer/Winter School Office Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.