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<ul><li>Your CV </li><li>Motivational letter (1 page max)</li></ul>

What do I need to apply?

How do we design cities that are healthier, more sustainable, and more just?The programme invites to explore  how urban design, public health, and sustainability intersect. Now in its fourth edition, this 10-day studio combines site visits, expert workshops, and local insights. It culminates in a group project reimagining a real site in Venice, presented in a final review. Led in partnership with the King’s Foundation, Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation, Kellogg College, University of Oxford.

<ol><li>Urban designers, architects</li><li>Policy researchers, planners</li><li>Students </li></ol>

SUSTAINABLE, HEALTHYCITIES: BUILDINGfor the FUTURE

Right

FAQ

Food and Urbanism

Soft mobility / active travel

Morphology of sustainable cities

Energy / Carbon in construction

YOU WILL LEARN

PROGRAMME

One of the most valuable aspects of this course was how it bridged theory and practice. The final project on Tronchetto wasn’t just an academic exercise—it was a solution to a tangible challenge.

The course was really well-prepared and well-organized. Beautiful central location and being in Venice is a treat in itself. Loved every moment of it.

This course pushed me to think bigger. The insights I gained from faculty and the group helped me refine my ideas. Since completing the program, I’ve used my final project to secure funding for further research.

This program was an incredibly enriching experience, both academically and socially. I really appreciated the opportunity to stay close to other participants, as it made collaboration effortless and added to the overall enjoyment of the course. The organizers did a fantastic job!

Walking through Venice while discussing water, food, heritage preservation issues was amazing. The course was an incredible mix of discussions, cases studies, field trips to the lagoon and site seeing.  I got new tools, fresh ideas, and connections that will last forever. It was amazing.

My second program at the Academy and I enjoyed it very much.

What students say

Short courses in Art, Architecture & Design during the Venice Biennale in Italy. Receive insider knowledge, advance your career and learn about the cultural cluster of Venice. An intensive summer school in Venice for architecture and urban planning professionals, students, and researchers. This international program focuses on sustainable design, urban resilience, and the adaptive reuse of historic spaces. Participants collaborate on real-world projects, exploring innovative solutions for climate adaptation and sustainable development. The program includes expert-led lectures, site visits to groundbreaking projects, and hands-on studio work at Palazzo Bembo. Ideal for those passionate about architecture, urban planning, and environmental sustainability.

Sustainable healthy cities: building for the future

BRANDING inARCHITECTURE

is Director of the University of Hertfordshire’s Urbanism Unit (UHUU) and Academic Director of the International Garden Cities Institute (IGCI). Susan’s research interests include food and urbanism; the urbanism of Garden Cities and New Towns; sustainable building and construction; sprawl retrofitting and transport-oriented, compact and sustainable cities. Susan is a Research Associate at the Laboratory for Building Cultures at the École Nationale Supérieure Architecture Grenoble and previously was an expert analyst and rapporteur for the OECD, a sustainability consultancy director and a senior manager in public sector planning. Susan is a Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts.

is a practising visual artist with a strong interest in 15th-century painting technologies. She studied Fine Arts and Italian at the University of Exeter and painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. Following a Master&#39;s Degree at the University of Oxford, she was awarded a PhD in 15th-century Italian and Netherlandish painting techniques from Birkbeck College, London. Fiona works at the University of Oxford as Head of the Internship Office.

Philosophy graduate and journalist, Mariagrazia has written numerous articles and books regarding Venetian gardens. She is the head and co-founder of the Wigwam Club Giardini Storici Venezia, and has curated many garden-related projects and events. Published work: I Giardini Veneziani, with G. Bondi and L. Querenghi (Tamari Montagna 2004); Gardens in Venice; Flammarion 2006; A Guide to the Gardens of Venice with photos by Gabriele Kostas, La Toletta 2013.

Senior Lecturer in Architecture &amp; Urbanism, The King’s Foundation. Senior Associate Tutor, Department for Continuing Education, University of OxfordMatthew works at the intersection of urbanism, urban morphology, architectural history, and climate change. He teaches at Oxford on the Sustainable Urban Development programme. As Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urbanism at The King’s Foundation, Matthew is responsible for the Foundation&#39;s collaborative academic programmes, working with university partners. Matthew has lectured and published widely, editing the book The Venice Charter Revisited (2011), and is co-founder and co-editor of Journal of Urbanism: International research in placemaking and urban sustainability, published by Routledge. Previously, he worked to establish INTBAU (International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture &amp; Urbanism) and as an architect in South Australia.

David Howard is Associate Professor in Sustainable Urban Development at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford. He is Director of the Sustainable Urban Development Programme at the University of Oxford, which promotes lifelong learning for those with interests in urban development and Co-Director of the Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation at Kellogg College. Dr David Howard

is an architect and urban planner. He holds an M.Arch from Lebanese University and a dual Master&#39;s degree in Urban Planning and Policies from the University IUAV of Venice and from Tongji University Shanghai, China. He is currently a researcher at TU Delft and the Planning Climate Change Lab at IUAV focusing on land-sea interaction, maritime spatial planning, and ocean literacy. Hadi also assists in lecturing at IUAV in the new master’s program of Urban Planning for Transition and MA in Architecture in courses of “City Dynamics and Economics” and “Lab in Spatial Planning for Climate Change”. He is also one of the lead coordinators of conferences such as Shaping the City Forum at European Cultural Centre.

EXPERTS and LECTURERS

INCLUDES:<ul><li>Classes and tuition</li><li>Visiting professors, professional guides and experts </li><li>Peer-to-peer learning, presentations, sharing, critiques </li><li>Working and networking alongside international participants</li><li>Entry to museums and exhibitions that are relevant to the course content</li><li>Site visits that are relevant to the course content </li><li>Downloadable resource library of academic papers, articles and books </li><li>Course materials, notebooks, maps, pens etc. </li><li>Personalised graduation certificate</li><li>A list of recommended hotels and restaurants. </li><li>NB. Not included in course fees: flights, accommodation and food </li></ul>

TUITION FEE

Kellogg College

The Prince's Foundation

This studio will examine the relationship between health and sustainability in Venice, a city at the forefront of climate change action.

Explore issues at the forefront of climate change

You will visit the Venice Architecture Biennale, the oldest architecture show in the world

Discover the Venice Biennale

All participants receive a certificate of participation from Kellogg College, The Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation (GCHU) and the King’s Foundation.

Get a certificate from Kellogg College, The Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation (GCHU) and the King’s Foundation.

WHAT YOUwill GET

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Short courses in Art, Architecture & Design during the Venice Biennale in Italy. Receive insider knowledge, advance your career and learn about the cultural cluster of Venice.