AISHAH MOKHTAR

Architecture Summer School, Supino, Italy - http://architecturesummerschool.yolasite.com/

The participants in this 7-day workshop will engage in the life of the hill-towns to investigate the role that the small towns of Supino or Morolo -- which has just 5,000 inhabitants -- can or cannot play within the global context, especially as a result of the local pressures it faces due to the proximity to Rome.  By brining in the Urban/Rural Agriculture as one of the subjects debated, the students can propose speculative, large-scale design interventions to show possible alternative forms of empowerment to the local community.