• Discover the beauty, potential and richness of the subterranean territory.
• Revert the negative perception associated with the infrastructure
• Enlarge your vision as an urban actor
• Become acquainted with indispensable design tools needed for designing underground.
• Apprehend essential urban strategies necessary to intervene in the Groundscape territory.
• You will be introduced to basic constructive procedures needed to excavate into the ground
• Implement new and specific design methods
• Develop your own Groundscape project
• Participate in an architecture competition

The course is structured along a series of 5 episodes divided into different Acts, including keystone Expertise visits, diverse Experiences, and Groundscape Talk lectures. In parallel to the talks and visits you will participate in the Underground Design Studio, a design oriented studio where you will develop your own personal Groundscape experience.

Episode 1: The Groundscape Manifest

Introduction to basic concepts related to the notion of Groundscape such as Void, Light, Geography, Landscape, Heritage, Depth, Density, Network, etc…

Episode 2: Conquests

Study of Groundscape as a tool for the creation of new territories through the disappearance of architecture.

Episode 3: Geography

Study of Groundscape as the blending in of landscape and architecture. We will underline the capacity of the underground territory to establish complex networks and links with apparently simple actions.

Episode 4: Legacy

Study of Groundscape as an aesthetic and respectful urban solution in heritage sensible sites. We will dig into the ground to establish the foundations of Groundscape architecture

Episode 5: Into the Lab

An invitation to look inside unheard of design methods specifically oriented towards subterranean territories.