Rim Cherkaoui (Programme Head) is an architectural designer, working across architecture and anthropology to explore the negotiation between knowledge and memory. She completed a residency with the African Futures Institute that examined African spatial identities and alternative models of architectural practice. She also works with architectural heritage association, MAMMA, on archive documentation. An AA alum, Rim received the Architectural Professional Practice Prize for her proposal on pedagogy, heritage and cultural engagement across Morocco and the UK. 

Khalil Morad El Ghilali (Institutional & Community Liaison and Tutor) is an architect, urban planner, researcher and founder of Atelier BE. His practice engages local resources and vernacular construction techniques across Moroccan territories. He teaches in Marrakech at the UM6P SAPD and the National School of Architecture, and his research focuses on ecology, materiality and fieldwork. Khalil is currently involved in post-seismic construction projects in Al Haouz. He co-curated the Moroccan Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025.

Mika Sautet (Tutor) is an architect trained at ENSA Montpellier and ENSA La Réunion. After working in Marseille and completing her HMONP, she undertook training with Le Gabion, gaining expertise in raw earth, straw and lime eco-construction. Mika's practice now focuses on eco-renovation and low-impact construction across France through close collaboration with artisans and locally sourced materials.

• Advanced rural fieldwork methods (territorial reading, mapping and existing fabric documentation)
• Adaptive reuse proposal development grounded in site conditions and lived practices
• Capacity to propose low-impact, context-specific architectural strategies
• Ability to translate intangible knowledge (use, climate, rituals) into architectural representation
• Production of analytical drawings, territorial maps and physical models as tools for design thinking and communication
• Hands-on training in raw earth construction and vernacular building systems
• Collective and craft-led modes of authorship across disciplines, cultures and scales
• Critical engagement with globalised construction models and their ecological and social impacts
• Curation, exhibition design and public dissemination of architectural research
• Lectures, tutorials and reviews with local and international practitioners across architecture, material research and cultural production

• £760 – Full fee
• £660 – Students from UM6P University

Participants are responsible for arranging their own flights. Accommodation is included in the fee. Participants are advised to budget for personal expenses. Students need to bring their own laptops and digital equipment.