COA Paris Program Works on Segovian Esgrafiado

IIT College of Architecture's Paris Program students recently conducted a collaborative workshop with IE University in Segovia, Spain. Segovian "esgrafiado," a traditional facade surface technique, was used as a point of departure. Under the guidance of renowned Segovian artisan Julio Barbero Artesanos, the session began as an active seminar with students working in traditional techniques, tools, materials, and processes. A technical architect, Anna Marasuela, presented a contemporary perspective on variations in system performance and its inherent efficiency with respect to embodied energy and material reuse.

After this initial training, students developed contemporary production ideas, speculating on material adaptations, the implications of altering production processes, and the effects on the system's programmatic and communicative abilities.

View coverage in El Adelantado de Segovia newspaper

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