The Alsace Summer School of Architecture & Crafts
Barr, Alsace
1st to 15th July 2024
Application deadline⎟April 7, 2024
La Table Ronde de l'Architecture trains the next generation of builders, students (18+) and professionals from all around the world in the Art of Building: the traditional building crafts, architecture and urban planning.
The Alsace Summer School is a place of transmission and learning, a haven for the preservation of knowledge and a centre of excellence in architecture, nourished by the crafts and knowledge of history. The participants will discover the rigour of drawing by hand using the rules of composition. They will exercise their eyes and their judgement on ancient architectural forms and discover their constructive qualities. Using Alsace villages and cities as a resource, they will get to observe, measure and draw their streets, squares, buildings and constructional elements which over the centuries have made them inspiring examples of beautiful, humane and durable places to live.
The Alsace Summer School of Architecture & Crafts
is a collaboration between
La Table Ronde de l'Architecture and
Discover the architectural traditions of Alsace
A glimpse of the 2023 Bruges Summer school of Architecture & Crafts...
" My experience in the summer architecture course was an enriching adventure that allowed me to explore my passion for building design and construction. I am excited about what the future holds for me in the field of architecture and am grateful for this transformative experience."
Paula Mariscal Romero, BSSAC 2023
The Alsace Summer School of Architecture & Crafts
at the heart of the city of Barr
Course Programme
Alsace Summer School of Architecture & Crafts
WEEK I
Observe, remember & draw
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Lectures & round tables
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The Architecture of Communities
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Introduction to traditional construction techniques and natural materials in Alsace
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French architecture in the Middle Ages (XI-XVI)
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Gothic Cathedrals and geometry
Study visits and walks
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Barr
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Mittelbergheim
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Obernai
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Bouxwiller
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Strasbourg
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Bergheim
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Ribeauvillé
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Riquewihr
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Sanctuary of Mount Sainte Odile
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Walk in the Vosges - Discovering the castles
Drawing sessions
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Streets, squares and building blocks
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Facades, sections & plans
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Roofs
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Measured drawings - windows and doors
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Gothic geometry
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Classical proportions
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Landscape, trees, leafs, flowers, etc
WEEK II
Think, draw and create
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Lectures & round tables
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Lithic materials (geological formation, stone carving & decay processes)
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Limestone and lime cycles of calcium lime, NHL, natural and pozzolanic cements
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Clays and ceramics in construction
Study visits and craft workshops
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New constructions and transformation sites
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Project sites
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Carpenter workshop
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Joiner workshop
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Sandstone quarry
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Stonemason workshops
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Lime quarry and factory
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Bricks and tiles factory
Drawing sessions
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Measured drawings - stonework, carpentry, joinery and ironwork
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Naturalistic ornamentation
Embellishment projects
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Draw plans, facades, sections and construction details
*A number of activities will be added to the programme over the coming months.
The teachers
Noé Morin - Writer, founder and research Fellow of La T.R.A, Belgium
Nadia Naty Everard - Builder, founder of La T.R.A. and chapter Chair of INTBAU Belgium
William Pesson - Architect, architecture hitsorian and director at Arcas Paris, France
Nicolas Duru - Architect, Montpellier, France
Bruno Schindler - Chair of Architectural History and Research Assistant at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Julia Treese - Architect and partner at Sebastian Treese Architekten, Germany
Workshops and study visits
Jean Rapp - cabinet-making workshop, Rangen, Alsace
Thomas Probst - stone carver, Knoersheim, Alsace
Thomas Vetter - stone carver, Neuwiller-lès-Saverne, Alsace
Niderviller tiles factory, Alsace
Pierre Lanter bricks and tiles factory, Hochfelden, Alsace
Loegel Rothbach quarry, Rothbach, Alsace
Chaux Michel Boehm, lime factory, Dahlenheim, Alsace
Brenner Tradition, traditional carpentry, Hochfelden, Alsace
in Bouxwiller with Jean Christophe Brua - architect, Strasbourg
Jacques Bruderer - stone carver and specialist in local building techniques, Niedersoultzbach
