Positioned at the intersection of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, Cyprus constitutes a critical architectural and territorial threshold. Its geography and layered history have produced an environment that has emerged through continuous negotiation between cultures, climates and economies. The abandonment of many villages in the 20th century, driven by industrialisation, earthquakes and urban migration, has left behind fragile architectural systems: partially collapsed houses, and landscapes marked by both erosion and resilience. 

This programme approaches Cyprus as an open laboratory for architectural regeneration. It treats abandoned villages not as heritage objects frozen in time, but as living architectural frameworks capable of reactivation and as active resources carrying embedded information. The programme explores how the regeneration of abandoned villages can become an act of architectural continuity, where the memory of destruction directly informs resilient construction. In doing so, regeneration is framed as a circular architectural process in which material reuse and social occupation are intertwined.

During this ten-day intensive programme, students and young practitioners will collaborate on architectural research, design and construction. We will fabricate a 1:1 prototype and work on speculative outputs which will provide physical and conceptual frameworks for future reuse and adaptation.