Las Médulas. Designing the Cultural Landscape
ETSAVA, Escuela Técnica Superior de
Arquitectura de Valladolid, Spain
10th international
architecture workshop
21 > 28 July 2023:
International Workshop
promoted by
Designing Heritage Tourism Landscapes
International
network of schools of architecture
organized by
Universidad de Valladolid - LAB-PAP Laboratorio
de Paisaje Arquitectónico, Patrimonial y Cultural, Universidad de Sevilla - LABHTL-NET
project coordinators
Darío Álvarez Álvarez, Universidad de Valladolid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura
Antonio Tejedor Cabrera, Universidad de Sevilla, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura
in collaboration
with
Las Médulas Foundation
– General Directorate of Cultural Heritage of the
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Junta de Castilla y León
participating schools
Universidad de Alcalá, Escuela de Arquitectura,
Departamento de Arquitectura
– Università di Camerino, Scuola di Ateneo di Architettura e Design
“Eduardo Vittoria” Ascoli Piceno – Università degli Studi di Firenze,
Dipartimento di Architettura – Università degli Studi di Palermo, Dipartimento di
Architettura – Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria,
Dipartimento dArTe – Università degli Studi di Roma Sapienza,
Dipartimento di Architettura e Progetto – Universidad
Nacional de Rosario,
Facultad de Arquitectura, Planeamiento y Diseño – Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo,
Santa Fe – Universidad
de Sevilla, Escuela
Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura – Universidad de Valladolid,
Escuela Técnica Superior de
Arquitectura – Università Iuav di Venezia
(network leader), Dipartimento di Culture del progetto
– École Nationale Supérieure
d’Architecture de Versailles
workshop scientific committee
Darío
Álvarez Álvarez, Universidad de Valladolid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura – Roberta Amirante, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II –
Roberta Borghi, École Nationale
Supérieure d’Architecture de Versailles – Gustavo Carabajal, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Facultad de Arquitectura, Planeamiento y Diseño – Luigi Coccia,
Università di Camerino, Scuola di Ateneo di Architettura e Design “Eduardo
Vittoria” Ascoli Piceno – Giuseppe Di Benedetto, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Dipartimento di
Architettura – Luigi Franciosini, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Dipartimento di Architettura
– Ángeles Layuno, Universidad de Alcalá, Escuela de Arquitectura, Departamento de Arquitectura – Mauro Marzo, Università Iuav di Venezia, Dipartimento di Culture del
progetto – Bruno Messina, Università
degli Studi di Catania, Struttura didattica Speciale di Architettura, Sede di
Siracusa – João Rocha, Universidade de Évora, Departamento
de Arquitectura – Maria Salerno, École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Malaquais
– María Laura Tarchini, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo – Antonio Tejedor Cabrera, Universidad de Sevilla, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura
– Fabrizio Toppetti, Sapienza Università di Roma, Dipartimento di Architettura
e Progetto – Marina Tornatora, Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria,
Dipartimento dArTe – Alexios
Tzompanakis, Technical
University of Crete, School of Architecture – Paolo Zermani, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di
Architettura
professors
Darío Álvarez Álvarez, Universidad de Valladolid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura
– Gabriele
Bartocci, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento
di Architettura – Giulio Basili, Università degli Studi
di Firenze, Dipartimento di Architettura – Viola
Bertini, Sapienza Università di Roma, Dipartimento
di Architettura e Progetto – Riccardo
Butini, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento
di Architettura – Miguel Ángel
de la Iglesia Santamaría, Universidad de Valladolid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura – Alessandro Lanzetta, Sapienza Università di Roma, Dipartimento di Architettura
e Progetto – Ángeles Layuno, Universidad de Alcalá,
Escuela de Arquitectura – Laura Lázaro San José, Universidad de Valladolid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura – Mercedes Linares Gómez del Pulgar, Universidad de Sevilla, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura – Joaquín Lizaoain Urcola, Universidad de Alcalá,
Escuela de Arquitectura – Marnina López Sánchez, Universidad Politécnica
de Madrid – Mauro Marzo, Università
Iuav di Venezia, Dipartimento di Culture del progetto – Pasquale Mei, Università
degli Studi di Palermo – Federica Morgia, Sapienza Università di Roma, Dipartimento di Architettura e
Progetto – Francesca Mugnai, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di
Architettura – Claudia Pirina, Università di degli Studi di Udine – Carlos Rodríguez Fernández, Universidad de Valladolid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura – Antonio Tejedor
Cabrera, Universidad de Sevilla, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura – María Virginia Theilig, Universidad Nacional
de Rosario, Facultad de Arquitectura,
Planeamiento y Diseño – Flavia Zelli, Universidad de Valladolid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura
general organization
Universidad de Valladolid – LAB-PAP Laboratorio de Paisaje
Arquitectónico, Patrimonial
y Cultural
tutors
Mattia Cocozza, Università Iuav di
Venezia, Dipartimento di Culture del progetto – Elisa Donini, Sapienza Università
di Roma, Dipartimento di Architettura e Progetto – Pietro Ferrara, Universisad de Sevilla – Giuseppe Geraci, Sapienza Università
di Roma, Dipartimento di Architettura e Progetto – Brunella Guerra, Università degli
Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Architettura – Lorenzo Leoncini, Università di Camerino, Scuola di Ateneo di
Architettura e Design “Eduardo Vittoria” Ascoli Piceno – Maria Gilda Martino, Universidad de Alcalá, Escuela de Arquitectura – Matteo Pennisi, Politecnico di Bari – Laura Redondo, Universidad
de Valladolid – Fiama Serra, Universidad
Nacional del Litoral, Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo – Giulia Anna Squeo, Politecnico di
Bari
workshop introduction
The
Cultural Landscape or Cultural Space of Las Médulas
is located in the Bierzo region, province of León, in Castilla y León. The
result of Roman intervention in order to work in gold mining (through the ruina montium
system) over two centuries and the changes experienced up to the present can be
seen in this territory. It has been protected in terms of heritage since 1931
as a Historic-Artistic Site, although in the mid-1990s it was recognized as a
BIC Site of Cultural Interest and at the end of this decade it was also endowed
with environmental protection as a Natural Area. Its inclusion in the UNESCO World
Heritage List in 1997 has been a turning point in the conservation, research
and enhancement of this territory that has great landscape and heritage value.
Despite
its enormous interest and potential, Las Médulas does
not have a fully integrated tourism support system, with important shortcomings
that will be raised as objectives of the workshop.
objective
The
work teams will carry out different intervention projects in the cultural landscape
of Las Médulas, with the aim of consolidating the
tourist systems, in accordance with the possible needs raised by the Las Médulas Foundation from an objective and real point of
view.
teaching organization
The
participation of a maximum number of 40 students is proposed, coming from the
different universities that are part of the network and who will join the
workshop. In order to organize the work of the project topics in a balanced
way, the enrolled students will be divided into 5 teams with 8 students each.
The supervision of the work of each team will be overseen by teachers and
tutors.
The
teaching method provides:
-
the organization of mixed groups by origin of teachers and students to encourage
discussion on themes and approaches to the project from different perspectives.
- the
participation of representatives of the territorial management and protection
bodies, Fundación Las Médulas and General Directorate
of Cultural Heritage of the Junta de Castilla y León, as well as entities and
interested parts in the elaboration of project strategies to allow students to connect
with the varied framework of knowledge, expectations and needs of the
inhabitants and local operators.
- the
participation of technicians, architects and archaeologists from the heritage
management and protection organizations of Las Médulas
and its surroundings.
study-tour at Las Médulas
There
will be a two-day study trip to Las Médulas and the
region, visiting the work areas, as well as other visits to architecture and
landscapes of interest in the Bierzo region, spending the night in the city of Ponferrada.
workshop projects
(click the images to enlarge)
Área de ocio y aparcamiento
students Alessia Calimà, Daniel del Coso Puentes, Alessandro Giantomaso, Chiara
Giglio, Mario González López, Beatriz Salido Fortuna,
Giulia Sambiase, Gabriele Meola
professors Mauro Marzo, Pasquale Mei, Federica
Morgia, Carlos Rodríguez Fernández
tutors Maria Gilda Martino, Fiama Serra
Centro de recepción
de visitantes
students María Bazaco González, Carlos F.
Rullo, Giada Gorga, Víctor Jorgensen Mínguez, Consolato Marcianò, Lucía
Martín Martín, Adriana Sclifos, Manuela Tanzanella
professors Gabriele Bartocci, Marina López Sánchez, Flavia Zelli
tutors Mattia Cocozza, Pietro Ferrara
Área de descanso
students Víctor Blanco García, Martino di Battista, Dimitri Casotti, Giulia Galiano,
Catalina Pérez Primo, Giulia Persichetti, Sofia Noemi Pinola,
Marta Squintani
professors Giulio Basili, Laura Lázaro San José, Maria Virginia Theilig
tutors Giuseppe Geraci, Giulia Anna Squeo
Centro de arqueología
students Sandra Álvarez Fernández, Giacomo Duma, Luis
Herrero del Barrio, Simona Lo Coco, Stefano Monteleone, Alberto Pampana Biancheri,
Maria Teresa Mentuccia, Bianca Vongher
professors Viola Bertini, Riccardo Butini, Joaquín
Lizasoain Urcola, Claudia
Pirina
tutors Matteo Pennisi, Brunella Guerra
Unidades de estancias temporales
students Adrían Alarte Luengo, Aliona
Leclerq, Diego Mancini, Melina Parpal,
Sara Peña Marqués, Cecilia Peresson, Daiana Protto, Davide Vinci
professors Ángeles Layuno Rosas,
Francesca Mugnai
tutors Elisa Donini, Lorenzo Leoncini, Lara
Redondo González