Summer School 2025
Immerse yourself in 1:1 scale model-making in
Prague’s city centre and surroundings.
July 21 – August 1
1:1 studio
WORKSHOP
When we navigate cities or buildings, we often overlook how design shapes our experience and reflects historical, cultural, and functional contexts. The 2025 summer school will explore this dynamic, focusing on designing a membrane foil pavilion within a historical setting.
Through lectures, tours, and workshops, participants will examine how modern techniques like tension-based designs can harmonize with historical environments. Membrane structures will highlight how innovative materials can enhance traditional settings. Participants will experiment with elasticity, load-bearing, and aesthetics by designing smaller-scale models, guided by experts.
We will encounter not only the architecture itself but also the artworks and craft elements used to create holistic spaces.
Set against Prague’s historic backdrop, the program offers a unique
educational journey led by Jerry Koza, Jakub Kopecký, and the ARCHIP
team. We will tour glass artworks in public space and also visit the CTU material and membrane lab.
In the second phase, participants will build a 1:1 modular membrane pavilion, evaluating its structural and aesthetic compatibility with its context. Visits to significant sites, including DOX’s Airship installation and Dolní Vítkovice, will inspire and showcase how contemporary designs can enrich historical settings.
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Don’t hesitate and APPLY NOW for our 1:1 studio Workshop using the button below. Simply fill out the form and get excited! In the meantime, you can look through some of our past editions of Summer School below or read a small report from a Summer School held in 2019.
Take a look at our past
Summer Schools
2019 Summer School ‚Cubical City: Discover Prague through Czech Cubism‘
2018 Summer School ‚Outer Limits: Exploring the Limits of Architecture‘