Workshop: Monte Carasso International Seminar

The International Architecture Workshop Monte Carasso is an integral part of the planning process initiated by Luigi Snozzi in 1979 for the municipality of Monte Carasso, now a district of Bellinzona.

Since 2013, the Workshop has been dealing with a broader territory: the new Bellinzona, established in 2017 with the annexation of the surrounding municipalities, including Monte Carasso.

After proposing a masterplan in 2013 and stating the principles on which it is based, from year to year the Workshop investigates specific strategic areas of the agglomeration, verifying and if necessary modifying the initial hypotheses.

A summary of the work produced since 2013 can be consulted at the following link: https://carasc.ch/Seminario-Internazionale-di-progettazione-Monte-Carasso-en

It aims to provide students with the necessary tools to confront, transform, and resolve complex situations at the urban and territorial scale through the development of projects at an architectural scale.

• Sustainable cities and communities

In presence

The Seminar takes place over two weeks in July, structured as a design studio and guided by the professors with the contribution of architects and external experts invited to give lectures. At the end of the Workshop, the teaching faculty, with the help of various guests, discuss the projects developed by the participants in a final public critique.

Final critiques