The summer schools organised since 2018 have been led by the teams of international and local architects and designers, landscape specialists, artists, theorists and invited professionals: architect and designer DIDZIS JAUNZEMS, architects KĀRLIS MELZOBS, ARNITA MELZOBA, landscape architect, designer AIGARS LAUZIS, set designer and carpenter RUDOLF BEKIČ (Latvia, Austria), architects RALF LÕOKE, SILLE PIHLAK from Estonia, architect and printmaker MALGORZATA MARIA OLCHOWSKA (based in Belgium), architect and furniture designer YORK BING OH (based in Belgium), artist ANDRIS EGLĪTIS, Estonian architects LAURA LINSI, ROLAND REEMAA, theatre director and set designer REINIS SUHANOVS, architect, teacher and researcher KRISTA ZVIRGZDA-ZVIRGZDIŅA, architect JONAS NORDGREN, architect and urban planner MĀRIS BĀRDIŅŠ, designer and professor ACHIM HACK, architect DINA SUHANOVA, architect NIKLĀVS PAEGLE, architect, lecturer and RISEBA FAD dean RUDOLFS DAINIS ŠMITS.

The Summer School in 2025 will be led by experienced and professional tutors from the Italian-based internationally operating non-profit collective organisation CAMPOSAZ that promotes self-building, craftsmanship and designing with wood.

Intense workshops will be accompanied by inspiring lectures from architect Niklāvs Paegle (ĒTER), architect Rudolfs Dainis Šmits (RISEBA), carpenter and set designer Rudolf Bekič, architect and researcher Dina Suhanova (LMA, LMDA).

JONATHAN RODITI
Trained between France and the Netherlands, Jonathan Roditi is a versatile artist and designer whose work spans from scenography, site-specific constructions, social design, and video production. His work often centers on community engagement and sustainable practices. Over the years, he has undertaken a variety of projects that showcase a multidisciplinary approach to design. He has constructed immersive stages for the Ezera Skanas festival in Latvia, transforming a lake into a theatrical setting with floating stages and installations. In Paris, he designed and built "L'Amphi Dehors," an outdoor amphitheater made from reclaimed wood, which serves as a community and educational space. Internationally, his projects include a floating platform for the Waking Life festival in Portugal and outdoor cinemas in Ethiopia and Brazil, all emphasizing sustainable and participatory construction methods. Additionally, he has designed immersive and playful spaces for various museums.
As a member of Camposaz, he will bring his expertise in sustainable and participatory construction practices to the workshop, offering participants hands-on experience and insights into the creative potential of wood as an eco-friendly material. His collaborative and educational approach ensures a rich learning experience for all involved.
www.jonathanroditi.eu
@jonathan_roditi

MARIELLA GENTILE
Mariella is an eclectic and nomadic architect-designer and placemaker, with a strong passion for public space, self-building, and urban regeneration. Graduated with honors in 2010 with a thesis in regenerative design, she specialized with a master’s degree in public space design in Lucca. In 2011 she moved to Milan, where she worked on temporary set up design and landscape architecture, starting also her street art journey under the name Marioky. In 2015, she won a grant for a research-project on participatory architecture in Lisbon. She lived in Lisbon until 2020, working as a designer and a craftwoman, immersing herself in the world of temporary events and music festivals in Portugal and USA. In 2024, after returning to Italy, she founded RIPARO, a knowledge exchange rural hub for creatives. Since 2014, she has collaborated with Camposaz association, organizing self-building workshops in wood across Europe.
Some of her works involve creating installations that temporarily occupy spaces, demonstrating their use during an interim period. These installations engage with people through events or by activating vacant spaces awaiting a permanent purpose. Ultimately, her work focuses on transforming spaces into dynamic, experiential environments. She believes in the power of “learning by doing” experimenting and problem-solving in real-time, with a continuity between concept and design. She enjoys engaging with the process, and learning from each experience. Her method is practical, immersive, and focused on gaining hands-on knowledge. As a tutor she encourages others to get involved and learn through active participation.
www.mariellagentile.it
@marioky

DAVIDE TAGLIABUE
Davide, also known as "metrocubo", is an artist and maker working at the intersection of architecture, sculpture, and land art. His practice explores how built spaces and the natural world shape one another, using material experimentation to create temporary structures and site-specific works that invite interaction and reflection.
Davide's work spans multiple disciplines and collaborations. In 2018-2019, he joined the Open Design School, where he developed an experimental and collective approach to design. As a researcher and lab manager for the Non-Extractive Architecture exhibition curated by Space Caviar, he explored sustainable construction methods, leading to an ongoing collaboration with the studio since 2021. In 2020, he received the Gabbioneta Sculpture Prize. In 2024, he was included in the ADI Index alongside Sara Bologna and Marco Deodati for Intrecci di comunità, a residency project by Nuova Libbaneria Mediterranea focused on craft and community.
Davide's installations have been exhibited in Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, and Bangladesh. Through his work, he explores the "void" we inhabit—not just as physical space but as something shaped by our presence and actions. He sees the act of making as a primordial skill, a way to engage with and define our surroundings, reconnecting us with our role in a larger ecological and social system.

DINA SUHANOVA

FESTIVAL'AND CURATOR AND PROJECT MANAGER 
Dina is an architect with education in art history and visual culture theory. While working professionally as an architect, Dina turned her interest to the education of architects, and until 2019 she was an architecture programme director, tutor and project manager at RISEBA University of Applied Sciences. Since 2018, Dina has been the curator and programme manager of the summer school “FestivaL’and”.
Currently, Dina is a researcher and project manager at the Art Academy of Latvia Institute of Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture. Previously, Dina worked with the architectural design studio “Mailitis Architects” and was a team member of the award-winning project of the Shaolin Flying Monk Temple, China. In 2019 Dina was co-curator of the international conference “Architecture of Migration”.
From 2022 she is co-organising architecture event series SALONS.
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