Organisation Organisation > International Association
Name Terrachidia
Type International Association
Where Madrid, SPAIN
About

An NGO made up of a group of specialists in Heritage Preservation and in Cooperation who find traditional architecture and especially earth building as the point where both fields come together and where they can be also linked to Education and to Responsible Tourism Promotion.
The NGO aligns itself with the UN’s Objectives for Sustainable Development, in projects that help eradicate poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity and social equity.
It also organizes Practical Workshops on heritage intervention work, as well as Research Projects and Collaborations with international universities.

Mission

-Study, promotion and recovery of traditional architecture and cultural heritage.
-Improvement of living conditions in the populations in which we work, through intervention in said heritage.
-Training in the traditional techniques of construction through practical workshops.
-Raising awareness on the values inherent in traditional architecture, treating them as a tool for learning and development.
-Promotion of responsible tourism and cultural diversity.

Partners Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Universitat de Girona, Centro de Investigation de Arquitectura Traditional (CIAT), International Network for Traditional Building Architecture and Urbanism (INTBAU,
Telephone

+34 666 16 14 62

Other contact

Facebook

Email info@terrachidia.es
Address

Calle de Alberto Aguilera,
28015 Madrid, SPAIN

Year 2022
Nation Morocco
Category Architecture Cultural Heritage Empowerment of Local Communities
Target local
Title Earthen Architectural Heritage: Restoration and Documentation Workshop
Organisation Terrachidia
Year 2019
Nation Morocco
Category Cultural Heritage
Target local
Title FILM – M’Hamid El Ghizlane Oasis: Restoring, Recording and Inventorying …
Year 2017 - 2020
Nation Morocco
Category Architecture Cultural Heritage
Target local
Title Recording and Documentation of Earthen Architectural Heritage
Year 2017
Nation
Category Architecture Cultural Heritage
Target national
Title Conferencia: La Arquitectura de Tierra en Marruecos. La preservación de …
Organisation Terrachidia
Year 2013 - Ongoing
Nation Morocco
Category Architecture Cultural Heritage Empowerment of Local Communities
Target local
Title M’Hamid El Ghizlane Oasis: Architectural Restoration of Ksour Earth Buildings. …
Year 2012 - 2014
Nation Morocco
Category Architecture Cultural Heritage Education Empowerment of Local Communities
Target local
Title M’Hamid El Ghizlane Oasis: Works and activities carried out by …
Organisation Terrachidia
Year 2015
Nation Morocco
Category Agriculture, Landscape, Biodiversity Architecture Cultural Heritage
Target local
Title M’Hamid El Ghizlane Oasis: Heritage and Basic Information
Organisation Terrachidia
Year 2013
Nation Morocco
Category Architecture Media
Target local
Title VIDEO – Seminario Internacional “La arquitectura en la Era de …
Organisation Terrachidia