Architecture for Wellness: YACademy’s high level training course offers 8 scholarships and internships in internationally-renowned architectural firms

108 hours of lessons, a 60-hour workshop and internships/lectures held by internationally-renowned architectural firms like FOSTER+PARTNERS (London) STUDIO LIBESKIND (New York) PARTISANS (Toronto) EMMANUELLE MOUREAUX ARCHITECTURE+DESIGN (Tokyo) DEJACO+PARTNER (Bolzano) ALBERTO APOSTOLI (Verona) VENEZIANO+TEAM (Milan) MATTEO THUN & PARTNERS (Milan) 

THE COURSE 

Body is the main character of our times: it is the attire of our personality, the tool we use to measure ourselves against the world, the image with which we present ourselves to society. 

Cinema, fashion and photography are only the most recent narrators of a model of the body that has always been the object of human reflection. The modern man has simply renewed this model according to the ideals of style and beauty that are world-renowned and chased through fitness and nutritional programs. In a society that is more and more aware of bodies, there is an increase in the demand for places where the body is nurtured, taken care of, where a person can reach their longed for psychophysical wellness. Both at a public and at a private level, there is an always increasing number of gyms, spas, wellness centres and wellness facilities. 

The course of “Architecture for Wellness” was created on these premises, with the aim of shaping designers who are able to give life to refined and captivating architectural experiences that can facilitate and support the search and the achievement of the psychophysical wellness. Studying the perceptive and clinical fundamentals of wellness and the planning and technical characteristics of the different elements of wellness spaces, the students will focus on compositional strategies for wellness, leisure and fitness facilities. 

 The course will be made up of 108 hours of lessons, a 60-hour workshop and multiple lectures by well- renowned professional architects. The students will gain and improve their skills regarding architectural design for fitness, beauty and wellness facilities. The workshop focuses on a real design case arranged with Technogym and offers a great opportunity to analyze and realize the outcome design. 

Moreover, thanks to their internships in well-renowned professional firms, the students will gain an efficient link to the labor market. 

YACADEMY

 YAC is an association which promotes architectural competitions aimed at fostering culture and design research. Over the years, YAC has broadened its experience of work and collaboration with the main architectural firms of contemporary architecture, dealing with diverse and numerous topics of architectural design. Nowadays, thanks to the collaboration with the University of Bologna, YAC’s expertise can serve young designers better, providing them with the creation of high-level educational programs aimed at polishing the skills of the students and offering them a valuable connection to the labour market. Thanks to the close relationship with internationally renowned professional and academic actors, YAC is the perfect frame within which complete or specialize one’s skills and create a significative link with the most internationally-renowned architectural practices. The courses will take place at YACademy’s headquarters: a historical building located in the heart of Bologna historical city center, close to the Two Towers and next to Piazza Santo Stefano, undoubtedly one of the most picturesque corners of the city. 

108 HOURS OF LESSONS 

PSYCHOPHYSICAL WELLNESS | 10 hours 

Body and perceptions in architecture 

Lorenzo Bergami, CEO Strategic Nutrition Center Italy 

LIGHT DESIGN | 10 hours

 Light and wellness itineraries

 Roberto Fuser, Export Director

 ESSE-CI DESIGNING WITH WATER | 12 hours

 Liquid perspectives in architecture 

Emilio Faroldi, professor Polytechnic of Milan

 IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING FOR WELLNESS | 12 hours

 Immersive itineraries for body care 

Andrea Gion, Chief Academic & Training Officer Senso Immersive Experience 

HOME SPA| 10 hours 

Beauty in its new domestic dimension

 Luciana Di Virgilio, co-founder Veneziano+Team 

ARCHITECTURE FOR FITNESS | 12 hours 

Spaces for physical activities 

Mario Lamber, co-founder Lamber+Lamber 

DESIGNING WELLNESS | 12 hours

Spaces for body care 

Design Unit Starpool

 CASE HISTORY | 20 hours

 Successful examples of architectures for wellness

 Silvia Berselli, professor University of Bologna 

TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS FOR WELLNESS | 10 hours

 The composition of the wellness galaxy 

Design Unit Partner Companies

• TERME DI MERANO

 Luca Colombo, Matteo Thun & Partners

• SPAS OF THE FUTURE: WELLNESS AND DESIGN

 Simone Micheli, Simone Micheli 

• GROTTO SAUNA: BETWEEN RELAX AND LANDSCAPE 

Pooya Baktash, PARTISANS

 • DOLDER SPA: LUXURY AND WELLNESS 

Nicola Scaranaro, Foster + Partners

 • CHILDREN’S WELLNESS

 Emmanuelle Moureaux, emmanuelle moureaux architecture+design 

• WEST SIDE: WELLNESS AS A MASS OBJECTIVE 

Stefan Blach, Studio Libeskind

 • WELLNESS AND MOUNTAINS

 Ralf Dejaco, DEJACO + PARTNER

 • SPORT SPACES 

Andrea Maffei, Andrea Maffei Architects

• FROM MOSCOW TO DUBAI: spas of the world 

Alberto Apostoli, Alberto Apostoli 

60-HOUR WORKSHOP 

LUXURY RELAIS SPA 

Design for the monumental complex of Villa Garzoni

 Marco Conti, Alberto Apostoli 

Aldo Meucci, Fondazione Nazionale Carlo Collodi

INTERNSHIPS 

At the end of the lessons, the students are guaranteed an internship in one of the professional firms relevant to the course topic. 

FOSTER+PARTNERS (London) STUDIO LIBESKIND (New York) PARTISANS (Toronto) EMMANUELLE MOUREAUX ARCHITECTURE+DESIGN (Tokyo) DEJACO+PARTNER (Bolzano) ALBERTO APOSTOLI (Verona) VENEZIANO+TEAM (Milan) MATTEO THUN & PARTNERS (Milan)

 PARTNERS

The project is in cooperation with: 

University of Bologna, Fondazione Nazionale Carlo Collodi, Esse-ci,Technogym, Ariostea

More information at: www.yacademy.it

Contact: [email protected]