What connects us to the nature around us? Our city is by the sea but the sea is not part of our lives, it’s disconnected as if the sea is not ours, the nature is not ours… “THE RIGHT TO CONNECT”. The first exercise tried to find ways of reconnecting us with the landscape that surrounds us, that we leave behind, undefined…
In this design studio, Students acted will act as dedicated individuals that are focused on thinking and designing, dreaming and acting, experimenting and proposing, questioning and constructing.
In the second exercise, students explored a dialogue between nature and architecture through a competition for a Primary School in Africa claiming the “Right To…”.
Education is a basic human right that works to raise men and women out of poverty, level inequalities and ensure sustainable development. But worldwide 244 million children and youth are still out of school for social, economic and cultural reasons. Education is one of the most powerful tools in lifting excluded children and adults out of poverty and is a stepping stone to other fundamental human rights. It is the most sustainable investment. The right to quality education is already firmly rooted in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international legal instruments, the majority of which are the result of the work of UNESCO and the United Nations.   
“Every child has the right to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts.” Article 31, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The school was redefined providing a new perspective on schools and the relationship between the built form and nature.