The BIP is led by the Università Iuav di Venezia in collaboration with three higher education institutions: ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon, the Université Gustave Eiffel, and the University of Thessaly.

The teaching programme combines 3 online sessions  with an intensive in-person week in Vicenza, designed to support a progressive process of theoretical grounding, field immersion, and applied research. 

The online sessions introduce the theoretical framework and methodological approach to studying the socio-spatial transformations of infrastructural corridors, with the SR11 (Strada Regionale 11 / Regional Road 11) as the central case study, and include contributions from partner institutions alongside the coordination of field research activities. 

The in-person component, developed over five intensive days in Vicenza, is organised as a structured sequence of seminars, fieldwork, and collaborative workshops. It begins with an introductory seminar that presents the research context, defines working groups, and establishes research questions. This is followed by three core phases based on the Challenge - Based Education model:

• Engage: direct immersion in the SR.11 infrastructural corridor through situated observation, sensory documentation, and initial interaction with local stakeholders;
• Investigate: development of field-based research through interviews, surveys, participatory mapping, and qualitative data collection, enabling the testing of initial hypotheses; 
• Act: synthesis and translation of the collected knowledge into critical interpretations, narratives, and spatial or strategic proposals.

The programme concludes with a final seminar in which participants present their work to an extended audience – including academic staff, institutional partners, and local stakeholders – fostering critical discussion and reflection on future development perspectives of the SR11 corridor and the broader territorial implications of infrastructural transformation.

When:
Online | 3rd, 7th and 11th of July
In-person | 20th to 24th of July 

Where:
Vicenza, Italy

Location:
IUAV Vicenza
Piazza S. Biagio, 1, 36100 Vicenza , Italy

Language of instruction:
English

ECTS: 3

Number of participants: 7-10 Students

Application deadline: May 30th, 2026