DICAAR - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale e Architettura - Università degli Studi di Cagliari with the UNITWIN UNESCO Chair “Earthen Architecture, Building Cultures and Sustainable Development”, in collaboration with Luca Noli Association and Associazione Internazionale Città della Terra Cruda; supported by the Consiglio Internazionale dei Monumenti e dei Siti - Comitato Nazionale Italiano and the International Scientific Committee on Earthen Architectural Heritage of ICOMOS (ISCEAH), is holding 4 days of hands-on workshop on earthen art and architecture and sustainable practices, 2 thematic seminars on earth building and a guided tour to local earthen architecture in Campidano area.

The hands-on workshop will be coordinated by professionals trained at CRAterre and will take place at Laboratorio Arti della terra in Serrenti (LAT Serrenti, Sardinia, Italy).

The event is an ERASMUS BIP activity and will welcome about 30 students from architecture courses at the Universities of Timisoara, Valencia, Lisbona, Barcellona, Chania and Porto from 8 countries (Brazil, Ecuador, Greece, Italy, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Spain). Participants will learn to employ soil as a material for construction and the different earth building techniques. 

Full Immersion nella Terra is supported by ICOMOS - International Council on Monuments and Sites - Italian National Committee and ISCEAH - ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Earthen Architectural Heritage.