Palladio - Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio :::

The seminar is organized under the Joint Committee for the knowledge and valorization of the cultural patrimony linked to Carlo Scarpa and his presence in the Veneto, instituited in 2002 by the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività culturali and the Regione del Veneto. The scope of the seminar is to assess the current conditions and state of conservation of the Scarpa patrimony, to evaluate the various interventions already undertaken, and to define the framework for future interventions. The partecipants of the seminar, organized into work groups, will come to and accurate observation that will serve to diagnose the state of degradation of a series of Scarpa buildings and to test differing restoration options. A concluding exercise will serve to outline and debate intervention proposals and conservation strategies.

How to request admission
A limited number of applicants will be admitted to the seminar, and all prospective participants must hold a university degree in architecture, history of art, engineering or the study of cultural monuments and property. The official language is Italian.
To request admission, applicants must complete all parts of the admission request form and return it to the Centro by the date indicated below. This form is available on the Centro’s web site, www.cisapalladio.org, or in the secretary’s office. To facilitate correspondence, applicants are requested to provide a fax number or an e-mail address. Applicants will be chosen by a Committee appointed by the President of the Centro’s Academic Council, whose choices will be deemed definitive, on the basis of the information provided on the admission request form.

Deadline for admission requests
The admission request form must reach the Centro within, and no later than, May 17th, 2004, 12:00 am.

Directions for participation
Admission to the seminar includes the cost of group transportation during the seminar and tickets for admission to the monuments visited. Each participant must, on the other hand, pay his or her own travel expenses, as well as room and board. All chosen candidates must confirm (by fax only) their decision to participate in the seminar within 7 days of their official acceptance. At the same time they must pay a deposit of € 100.00 using a postal or international money order; this sum will be reimbursed at the conclusion of the seminar. Any candidate who does not confirm and pay the deposit within the prescribed term will automatically be excluded from the seminar.
Candidates must attend all sessions with regularity, in any case no fewer than 80% of the total seminar hours. If this minimum attendance requirement is not met, the Centro reserves the right to withhold reimbursement of the deposit and to withhold the certificate attesting to completion of the seminar.
Eventual cancellations must be received by the Centro at least 10 days before the start of the seminar: beyond that term, the Centro reserves the right to retain the deposit.