On Thursday 22 May, FAUP will host Swiss architect Martin Boesch for a seminar-conference entitled ‘Tessenow. Archaeology and such things'.

The meeting will take place at 6pm in the Flat Room and is a joint organisation between CEAU - through the PACT and T2P research groups - the PDA Thesis Project seminar (Doctoral Programme in Architecture, options D and E) and the Advanced Studies Course in Architectural Heritage (CEAPA).

The seminar will be opened by Pedro Alarcão, director of CEAPA, who will give a brief presentation of the next edition of the course. This will be followed by an introduction to Martin Boesch by Nuno Valentim, co-regent of the Architectural Heritage Thesis Project Seminar. The lecture will be given in English.

The programme also includes a debate with the PDA students, scheduled for 19:30.

Martin Boesch (1951, Zurich). Studied at the ETH Zurich. He works in architecture in collaboration with Elisabeth Boesch in Zurich. He has taught (project: theme of reuse) at ETH Lausanne, IAUG Geneva (1997-2007), HfbK Hamburg, ETH Zurich, Sutor Endowed Professorship at HCU Hamburg (2009-2011), Politecnico di Bari and was a professor at ARC USI, Mendrisio (2005-2022). He is carrying out research into the work of Heinrich Tessenow (monograph Heinrich Tessenow. Avvicinamenti e progetti iconici and exhibition).

Admission is free (subject to capacity).
The conference will be in English, without translation.
The programme is subject to change (without prior notice).
This event may be recorded and publicised by FAUP through photography and video.

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