Architecture in Revolution
Post Graduate Education by Mario Cucinella
School
of Sustainability
Opening now in Bologna, Italy
“ SOS emerges from a simple
but fundamental idea (or a
question): the future of our
profession.
SOS will be the place
to build a culture of
sustainability through dialogue
among various personalities,
sharing a common vision of
the future. We will discuss
climate, philosophy, economic
forecasts for the city and the
region.
SOS will be the meeting
place between the culture of
sustainability and industry and
research. Between ambition and
reality. It is important that
these worlds meet and that it
be a place where young people
learn to grasp the complexity
of our field.
SOS looks at the big goals
for the coming decades,
basing its approach upon the
experience of working on major
European objectives on issues
of urban regeneration, on
reclamation, and on new work
tools.
SOS is not a traditional
school but a space of personal
relationships. It will be a
place for immersion in the
times to come, but also a place
of creativity and interaction.
SOS is geared to those called
to an active and participatory
role in their educational
process.
SOS is a space that does not
exist. It is a school but also
a start-up, a place for working
together and for sharing the
experiences of others.
SOS will get inside of
companies to learn from them,
to work with them in their
laboratories and to seek new
solutions for architecture.”
Mario Cucinella
People have changing needs
and face new economic and
environmental challenges.
Architecture is called upon to
provide appropriate responses
in harmony with the environment
and the cultural context.
But there is a clear disconnect
between ambitions and results
when it comes to sustainability.
To bridge the gap we must redraw
the professional figure of the
architect through new tools and
visionary learning strategies.
S.O.S.
is
a sensitive
sensor
S.O.S. - School of Sustainability
is opening in Bologna, an
initiative of Mario Cucinella
focused on training new
professionals in the field of
sustainability, capable of meeting
the challenges of the future
and leading the processes of
transformation.
S.O.S.
bases its actions on the social
and environmental importance of
architecture to solving global
problems on a local scale.
4 post graduate courses
S.O.S.
is
a community
and a cultural
platform
S.O.S.
is a cultural platform open
to creative young people and
researchers, professionals and
companies in our sector to
develop innovative projects
with a positive impact on
society, the economy and the
environment through research and
experimentation.
S.O.S.
is a creative laboratory born
of a close collaboration with
the architectural studio Mario
Cucinella Architects (MCA) and the
non-profit organization Building
Green Futures (BGF), where the
training is inspired by the
real projects and lives in the
studio. The sharing of tools,
a prototyping laboratory and
the daily interaction with the
business world offers a unique
educational experience strongly
oriented to the professional
world.
Course
offerings for
2015
ARCHITECTURE AS
A SOCIAL BUSINESS
Duration:
1500 hours
over 12 months
S.O.S.
POST CARBON
ARCHITECTURE
Duration:
1500 hours
over 12 months
is
education
into action
RIGHT FOR A
(QUALITY) SHELTER
Duration:
1500 hours
over 12 months
BLUE DESIGN
Duration:
1500 hours
over 12 months
S.O.S.
is
the brainchild
of Mario Cucinella
All courses are limited
enrollment. Admission
requires passing an aptitude
interview.
The most deserving
applicants will be offered
scholarships.
Given the varied content
of courses, there shall be
a common structure for all,
divided into the following
four phases:
1/
2/
Introduction
S.O.S.
to the course by
professionals and leading
personalities to present
case studies.
An open cultural
community,
connected with
the key national
and international
players in
the field of
architecture and
sustainability
Professional training and
design experimentation
through theoretical
and practical lectures
(Fundamentals and Tools)
to acquire skills and
familiarity with the
methodological approach and
with the most advanced tools.
3/
Theses
that track the development
of a project in collaboration
with professional and / or
industry-leading businesses.
Participants will be asked to
work on a real project theme
and to develop creative and
innovative solutions to a
specific socio-cultural and
environmental context, dealing
with clients and beneficiaries
of the project.
4/
Internship
with a professional and /
or industry leader, or at
an institution active in
developing countries (for
the course Right for a
(quality) Shelter) to bring
the students to the world
of work and gain experience
in the field.
01
For companies
≥
S.O.S. as a place for
creative experimentation
with materials, components
and construction systems
02
≥
A platform for promoting
knowledge transfer with
professionals
≥
Networking and synergies
for the development of
innovative products and
solutions with other
partner companies
≥
A platform for technical
and cultural updating of
active professionals
03
01
≥
A professional school aimed
at young graduates to build
new skills in an area in
profound evolution
02
03
At the end of the course,
the participant will be
awarded a diploma, complete
with grading and related
educational credits
obtained.
For professionals
≥
A training opportunity
distinguished by its main
focus on the areas of
research and application of
sustainable architecture,
from urban regeneration to
the smart city, from new
building to the retrofits,
to design in developing
countries and for emergency
situations
04
For society
01
A laboratory of ideas,
democratic and open to the
public
≥
02
A comprehensive and
professional training
program, combining
theory with a pragmatic
approach to the design and
application of the most
advanced tools
05
≥
≥
Recognition of credits at
the European level (ECTS
system) and national
level for the continuing
professional development
of architects and engineers
≥
A platform for the
development of projects to
serve the community
03
≥
The students as a critical
mass to address complex
problems and develop
innovative design solutions
with a positive impact on
society, the environment
and the economy
Architecturre
S.O.S.
ARCHITECTURE
AS A SOCIAL BUSINESS
To regenerate the urban
environment by creating
job opportunities
as a social business
Duration:
1500 hours
over 12 months
Today, the construction
industry is responsible
for 50% of CO2 emissions
globally and more than
half of the population
lives in cities, on 2% of the
Earth’s surface, causing a
tremendous impact on the
environment.
The world of design,
administrators and local
entrepreneurs are called to
return to viability the huge
existing building stock to
improve quality of life and
to respond the people’s call
for a transformation of the
city.
Restoring suburbs and
public spaces, re-thinking
the processes of planning
function according to the
environmental agenda,
activating processes
of urban, social and
environmental regeneration,
redesigning the building
envelope to increase
comfort and reduce
energy expenditure, as
well as re-opening urban
relationships lost with the
historical city are some of
the potentialities that a
sustainable approach to
design can offer.
The workshops will be
aimed at the transformation
of urban spaces, the retrofit
of existing buildings and
the recovery of disused
structures in accordance
with the principles of
sustainability and social
participation.
S.O.S.
POST CARBON
ARCHITECTURE
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generation
of buildings
Architecture
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Duration:
1500 hours
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over
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In this context, the choice of
materials and construction
techniques becomes
crucial to reducing the
environmental impact of the
building during its entire
lifespan.
One of the current
challenges is to rethink
the relationship between
architecture and
architectural engineering
as one that is not only
technological but genetic.
Clients, designers, and
builders are called on to
radically change the design
approach, identifying the
evolution of traditional
building techniques and
emerging technologies in
the search for a unique
opportunity to restore
a deep connection with
climate, culture and the
natural landscape the
building site.
The objective of the course
is to design buildings with
low technology (in terms
of physical plant), to work
more with the shape and
the materials of which it is
composed, transforming
these features into more
prominent agents.
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access
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such as energy, water
and sanitation and, in the
absence of concrete action,
these figures are expected
to increase in coming
decades.
To restore dignity to the
people and at the same
time provide sustainable
economic and social
development and to ensure
adequate emergency
testing, it is necessary
to adopt long-term
development programs that
leverage their knowledge
and resources in the region.
The objective of the course
is to prepare designers who
are able to analyze the site
of intervention, identify
the territory’s potentials
and thus determine the
intervention strategies that
will increase the resilience
of local communities,
helping to reduce their
vulnerability to future
environmental, economic
and social change.
Blue Design
S.O.S.
BLUE DESIGN
Innovation and advanced
sustainability
for industrial design
Duration:
1500 hours
over 12 months
The Blue Design course
offers companies and
architects the opportunity
to define together - in form
of a permanent workshop
- design, development and
use of sustainable products
and materials for the living
environment.
Blue Design aims to a
different conception
of the project, where
environmental compatibility
of processes and products
is a primary factor in
technological innovation,
development and economic
viability.
The course intends to
create an ideal virtuous
circle between training and
production, information
and design, in order to give
to SOS partner companies
a double feedback, both in
terms of contents and new
professionals trained in the
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content and activities
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a director for each
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