The Department of Architecture and Design (DAD) at the University of Genoa, in collaboration with DOCOMOMO International, invites students to an intensive 2-day international workshop exploring the tension between energy efficiency and the conservation of contemporary architecture. Participants will work directly within Valletta Puggia, a large university complex designed by Tomaso Badano and Lionello Calza in 1974 and built between 1983 and 1994, which currently houses the School of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences. They will investigate its building envelope – metal and plastic cladding panels, aluminum windows, and steel structure – through the lenses of Performance, Permanence, and Practice.

Open to 20 students
Application deadline: 14 June 2026
For more info, visit: https://eetac.unige.it/en/internationalstudentworkshop

Scientific Committee
Marta Casanova, Federica Pompejano, Valter Scelsi, Wido Quist, Uta Pottgiesser, Stefano Francesco Musso, Giovanna Franco, Rita Vecchiattini, Daniela Pittaluga

Organizing Committee
Simonetta Acacia, Elena Geria, Sara Mauri

EeTAC – Energy Efficiency and Conservation of Contemporary Architecture is a research project supported by Sustainable Architectures for Contemporary Restoration, promoted by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture.