Seminars

Monday 7 May
8.30 – Reception of participants
9.00 - Opening and Course Presentation
Vasco Moreira Rato, Director of the Department of Architecture and Urbanism (ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute, Portugal)
Soraya Genin, Course Coordinator (ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute, Portugal)
9.30 - Stone in Architecture -The Architectural Project (open lecture)
Giuseppe Fallacara (Faculty of Architecture, Bari Polytechnic University, Italy)
(Departure by bus to technical visits)
11.30 - Visit to a laboratory (Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon)
Amélia Dionísio (Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)
(Lunch break)
15.00 - Visit to a factory (Galrão Group, Pero Pinheiro)
Paulo Diniz (Galrão Group)

Tuesday 8 May
9.00 - Stone - Characteristics, application and Pathology
Amélia Dionísio (Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)
11.45 – Constructions in Stone. Case studies
João Luís Carrilho da Graça (JLCG-Arquitectos, Portugal)
(Lunch break)
14.00 – Practical: cutting and constructions in stone
Giuseppe Fallacara (Bari Polytechnic University, Italy), Pedro Primo and José Fernández (Centro de Los Oficios de la Concejalía de Patrimonio del Ayuntamiento de León, Spain), Luc Tamborero (Mecastone, France)

Wednesday 9 May
9.00 - Latest developments in research on Spanish Late Gothic vaults in the Architecture School of Madrid
José Carlos Palacios Gonzalo (Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain)
11.00 - Stereotomy. Case study in Mediterranium
Maria Mercedes Bares (Palermo University, Italy)
(Lunch break)
14.00 – Practical: cutting and constructions in stone
Giuseppe Fallacara (Bari Polytechnic University, Italy), Pedro Primo and José Fernández (Centro de Los Oficios de la Concejalía de Patrimonio del Ayuntamiento de León, Spain), Luc Tamborero (Mecastone, France)

Thursday 10 May
9.00 - Traditional constructions – methods and techniques
Luc Tamborero (Mecastone, France)
11.00 - Toward a Stereotomic Design: Experimental Constructions and Didactic Experiences
Giuseppe Fallacara (Faculty of Architecture, Bari Polytechnic University, Italy)
(Lunch break)
14.00 – Practical: cutting and constructions in stone
Giuseppe Fallacara (Bari Polytechnic University, Italy), Pedro Primo and José Fernández (Centro de Los Oficios de la Concejalía de Patrimonio del Ayuntamiento de León, Spain), Luc Tamborero (Mecastone, France)
(Break)
20.00 – Assembly of a model using new technology
Giuseppe Fallacara (Bari Polytechnic University, Italy), Pedro Primo and José Fernández (Centro de Los Oficios de la Concejalía de Patrimonio del Ayuntamiento de León, Spain), Luc Tamborero (Mecastone, France)

Friday 11 May
9.00 - Conservation of historic stone buildings
Soraya Genin (ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute, Portugal)
11.00 - Restoration Interventions
Pedro Primo (Centro de Los Oficios de la Concejalía de Patrimonio del Ayuntamiento de León, Spain)
(Lunch break)
14.00 – Practical: Stone conservation techniques
Pedro Primo (Centro de Los Oficios de la Concejalía de Patrimonio del Ayuntamiento de León, Spain)
16.30 – The Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela, in Ethiopia
José Luís Saldanha (ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute, Portugal)

Saturday 12 May
9.00 - Conservation of archaeological sites
Teresa Patrício (ICOMOS Wallonie - Bruxelles, Belgium)
11.00 - Flexibilité versus Rigidité: comment comprendre et restaurer les structures mediévales (Case studies - Conservation)
Karel Breda (Karel Breda - Architectuurbureau, Belgium)
(Lunch break)
14.00 – Practical: cutting and constructions in stone. Assembly of models using traditional technology
Giuseppe Fallacara (Bari Polytechnic University, Italy), Pedro Primo and José Fernández (Centro de Los Oficios de la Concejalía de Patrimonio del Ayuntamiento de León, Spain)
19.00 – Closure

PLACE
Seminars (9.00 – 12.30) – ISCTE-IUL, Avenida das Forças Armadas, Lisboa
- 7 May: Edifício 2, piso 1, Grande auditório.
- 8-12 May: Edifício 2, piso 2, Auditório B203.

Practicess (14.00 – 19.00) – FIL/TEKTÓNICA - International Building and Construction Fair, Rua do Bojador, Parque das Nações, Lisboa