The Euromed University of Fes and the University of Toronto are organizing in Fez 3 symposia on the theme: “CO-DESIGNING PUBLIC SPACES IN THE MEDINA OF FEZ”

Within the framework of partnerships of the Euromed University of Fes with the international academic world, its School of Architecture, Design and Urbanism (EMADU) and the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design “John H. Daniels” of the University of Toronto are organizing from May 8 to June 16, 2023, a joint architecture course. For the first time, this course offers a summer architecture studio on the African continent, with full immersion on the site of their interventions, involving Canadian students, Sierra Leonean students (Fourah Bay College), EMADU students and other students from the Fes Medina Municipality as well as artisans and craftswomen.

This workshop takes place in the Riad of the Euromed University located in the heart of the Fez medina, in the open-air museum city of Fez which represents a living testimony of a flourishing medieval city that influenced the development of architecture, art, urbanism, science and other disciplines. This first experience is an opportunity for all students from these three universities to apprehend the world’s oldest medina “Fez”: its urban fabric, its architecture, its crafts, its social practices and its public space.

The workshop is conceived as a series of dialogues between students, experts and local actors of the Fez Medina. Designed in a transversal manner, combining undergraduate and graduate students from the three schools of architecture, this Workshop will focus on the design of new typologies of public spaces in the Fez Medina, through the development of acupuncture urban strategies and small-scale architectural proposals for micro-public spaces.

In parallel with the workshop, three colloquiums will be held at EMADU to accompany the practical work, with international and national guests on the following themes: Collaborative design tools, Circular economy and Adaptive reuse of heritage.