2021- 2024

Client: The King’s Foundation

Location: Dumfries House, Scotland

Collaborations: Salvador Gomis (Master Builder)

Participants: 15- 20 Students

CERCAA has worked with The Prince’s Foundation to deliver a thin-tile vaults workshop as part of the Building Crafts Programme. The workshop (Design with Gravity) concluded with vaulted seating and sculptural elements designed and built by the participants and a central pavilion (Undulation) of 3 by 4 meters designed by CERCAA team. The participants were skilled craftspersons in carpentry, natural plastering, and earth construction. The workshop put the Mediterranean technique of thin-tile vaulting in dialogue with the rich building craft scene in the United Kingdom.