PRESS RELEASE
MEDIA IN SPAIN / PORTUGAL
February 2025
A groundbreaking interdisciplinary course and conference, titled Moving Boundaries: Human Sciences and the Future of Architecture, will be held at the Pousada Santa Maria do Bouro in Amares, Portugal in partnership with Casa da Arquitectura, from March 22-30, 2025. The objective of the program is to teach design with a focus on people and their biological and social needs, to learn how to create buildings and cities for human and environmental health and wellbeing. Now in its 5th edition, for the very first time in Northern Portugal, the program brings together more than 60 international speakers and students from twenty different countries: including practicing architects, health professionals, environmental psychologists, sociologists, philosophers, urban designers, and design educators. The Moving Boundaries program is dedicated to the work of Portuguese Architects Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto de Moura, special honorees of this session. During the intensive eight-day spring course, one of the greatest meetings of world-renowned design and health experts ever held in the Minho region, participants will celebrate the rich cultural heritage of Northern Portugal, including Amares and the cities of Porto, Braga and Guimarães. While they live together in Pousada Amares, they will learn from Portuguese culture and traditions, distinctive vernacular craft, architecture and its people. Faculty and participants, top international experts, will present new research and collaborate in lectures and roundtable discussions to investigate how architecture and urban design impact human health, and how they contribute to creation of restorative and sustainable places. In addition to lectures, there will be workshops, communal meals, morning walks, social activities, day trips and architecture tours. Contributions of all attendees will be included in the post-program publication, “The Moving Boundaries Manifesto: Design for Health and Wellbeing.”
For any questions about this press release or to speak with the organizers of MB, please write to the team at: movingboundaries2025@gmail.com or to the Director, Arq.Tatiana Berger at: tatiana@movingboundaries.org
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