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Making School Outside

Vernacular architecture, food practices & learning by doing — Carouge, Normandy

Carouge, Normandy — France

April 7–18, 2026

At La Normandière

22 participants · 4 countries

Making School Outside workshop

Contexte

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La Normandière, vue d’ensemble
La Normandière

Programme

Ten days of shared work

D. 1–2
Observation & sensory mapping

Exploratory walks. Architectural surveys. Introduction to observing the living.

D. 3–4
Encounters & documentation

Conversations with local inhabitants, craftspeople, farmers. Collecting situated knowledge.

D. 5–6
Bread workshop & earthen architecture

Collective bread-making. Exploration of local materials. Prototyping lightweight structures.

D. 7–8
Study day

Posthuman design, outdoor pedagogy, vernacular knowledge and transmission.

D. 9–10
Presentation & working session

Sharing work. Collective design of open-source pedagogical tools.

Documentation

Workshop photograph

View full documentation (156 photographs)

Live documentation

A live timeline, built during the workshop

Throughout the workshop, participants fed a shared, live timeline: photos, videos, voice notes and quotes, dropped in as they happened, each one a small contribution to a collective record.

Resources

Tools & material to go further

  • Guide
    Teaching guide

    PDF · 24 pages · 4.2 MB

    Download
  • Kit
    Pedagogical material

    ZIP · activity cards, templates, printables · 18 MB

    Download
  • Video
    Bread workshop, in the oven

    3:42 · Vimeo

    Watch
  • Video
    Lorem ipsum taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent, first prototypes

    5:16 · Vimeo

    Watch
  • Publication
    Making School Outside, notes on outdoor pedagogy

    Article · LifeLab Publications

    Read

Participants

22 people, 4 countries

Design students, teachers, architects, craftspeople / from France, Germany, Portugal, Spain

  • Agapi Dimitriadou
  • Jessica Bruno
  • Gabriela Salazar
  • Luisa Capalbo
  • Apolo Carvalho
  • Marine Petit
  • Tobias Schreiber
  • Ana Ferreira
  • Pablo García
  • Camille Rousseau
  • Elisa Brandt
  • Sofia Mendes
  • Lars Eriksen
  • Inés Torres
  • Mathilde Lenoir
  • Hugo Alves
  • Klara Hoffmann
  • Noé Blanc
  • Pilar Vega
  • Théo Marchand
  • Emma Köhler
  • Rita Santos