The network aims at:

• broadening the cultural and educational exchanges between the participating schools, already tested in previous experiences;
• ;promoting the discussion between different scientific disciplines which are interested in the topic of architectural and landscape heritage and its touristic use
• starting to experiment with forms of cooperation in the fields of scientific research and intensive teaching about this general theme and the specific character that it assumes in any different context.

It is known that tourism is one of the most valuable assets of the world economy, and the third largest European socio-economic sector of activity. Heritage tourism, in particular, unlike other forms of tourism, tends to grow even in times of economic recession. However, despite the importance of such data and although some sectors of social, geographic, and economic sciences have been focusing on tourism for decades, the architectural studies that fully address this phenomenon are still relatively few.
Ultimately, the network aims to address the study of interrelations between heritage tourism and architectural design at different scales.

• 20 universities participating in the network
• 09 international research seminars promoted by the network
• 12 international design workshops promoted by the network
• 01 international conference promoted by the network
• 100 professors regularly cooperate with the network
• 110 guest experts participated in various capacities in the network’s activities
• 139 tutors participated in the international design workshops
• 450 students participated in the international design workshops
• 53 institutions were involved in various capacities in the network’s activities