The REBUILDD-Rethinking Environment Built Using Integrated Learning for circular Design and Diffusion Summer School – scheduled from Monday 31 August to Friday 4 September 2026 at the SUPSI Campus in Mendrisio – adopts a fully transdisciplinary approach developed around four pillars: understanding the circular potential of materials, designing and applying circularity strategies, experimenting with advanced digital tools for the circular economy, and innovatively measuring and communicating circular processes and outcomes.
The programme will conclude with the production of design and narrative guidelines: a concrete and applicable output capable of transforming the entire learning experience into a clear, communicable, and useful vision for future projects or for enriching participants’ portfolios.
REBUILDD is open to undergraduate and graduate students, PhD candidates, professionals, institutional officers involved in design, production, and organisational processes, researchers, and academics.
The objective is to develop critical, design, technical-operational, collaborative, and communication skills through an interdisciplinary experience dedicated to the analysis and transformation of the built environment and, more broadly, anthropogenic artefacts according to principles of circularity. Different scales and applications will be explored: buildings, spaces, interiors, furniture, objects, and systems. Furthermore, the principles, methods, and tools addressed during the Summer School are conceived as transferable and applicable to different design and production fields.
Through theoretical lectures, visits to case studies, design testimonies, and applied experiences presented by lecturers, researchers, and professionals, REBUILDD participants will engage with contemporary approaches related to the efficient and sustainable use of materials and resources, circular design, digitalisation, and technical innovation for systems transitioning towards circular models, as well as the communication and assessment of the impacts associated with such strategies.
Applications open until Tuesday, 30 June 2026