The workshop is addressed to environmental professionals and architecture and urban design experts. It will focus mainly on the architectural, functional and landscape rehabilitation of old landfills.The Workshop on Waste Architecture represents the first of a series of thematic seminars on environmental design and interventions focussing on waste collection, disposal and management. Waste Architecture is a new and relatively unexplored conceptual and design topic which promises to give rise to a lively debate between environmental professionals, and architecture and urban design experts. This first appointment, which will be held at Forte Village Resort on 6-7 October 2015, will focus mainly on the architectural, functional and landscape rehabilitation of old landfills.The Workshop is a parallel event of SARDINIA 2015 / 15th International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, to be held at Forte Village Resort from 5-9 October 2015 with an expected attendance of 800 participants from dozens of different countries worldwide.The event is coordinated by ARCOPLAN / Studio associato di ingegneria e architettura with the scientific support of the University of Padova.This initiative is the result of the activity of 'Waste Architecture Platform', a complex project conceived as a container of initiatives devoted to environmental architecture in connection with interventions concerning the collection, disposal and management of waste.The purpose of the meeting is to stimulate a debate on the requalification of landfills and analyse all related aspects, including architectural/landscape quality, compatibility with site reclamation and state-of-the-art, encouraging a comparison between the situation in Italy and other countries.The Workshop will last 2 days, with the first day consisting in the presentation of oral contributions in thematic sessions On the second day a practical landscape design lab will be organized and coordinated by a professional in the field.The call for papers will close on 30th June 2015. Researchers and professionals in the field are invited to contribute to the debate by submitting a paper focussing on one of the topics of interest.Venue Details: Forte Village Resort, Santa Margherita di Pula, Cagliari 09010, Italy.Category: Classes / Courses | Professional Training | Courses and Workshops.Artists / Speakers: Raffaello Cossu, Giovanni Maciocco, Anna Artuso, Elena Cossu, Maria Cristina Lavagnolo, Piero Simone.Prices:Subscription to Workshop: EUR 150 + VAT 22%,Subscription to Workshop + Lab: EUR 270 + VAT 22%.