Thursday, 26th July, Day 4 During the first part of the day, the teams went to the selected houses and started work. The members of the family, but especially the children, younger or elder, were very eager to lend a helping hand and did the best they could: they brought water from the fountain to mix the cement, handed materials and tools, gathered the remains and put them in bags, cleaned the fragments of pottery for the frameworks and of course, had a good time together with the students, so as to stress the participatory nature of the programme and.

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Wednesday, 25th July, Day 3 At the beginning of the day, each team went to the selected dwelling to continue the process of participatory design; they discussed the plans with the beneficiaries, trying to find out if they really represent their needs and reflect their way of life and preoccupations. The task was to design an architectural prototype based on a certain theme specific to the family and a façade solution. Also, they made measurements, established the necessary materials and quantities in order to prepare the set for the next three days of work. Klaske Havik, Sebastiaan Veldhuisen and Alexandru.

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At the beginning of the day, the four teams of student architects and anthropologists received advice regarding the field visit. Lorin Niculae suggested the creation of a strategy of analysis and action, so that each participant may focus on a different aspect .  As a consequence, the students should set roles inside the group in order to render the collecting data phase more comprehensive and efficient. Alex Calin set a new task for investigation, as the participants had to take a walk through the surroundings of one of the four dwellings and pay attention to the old traditional houses in.

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Monday, 23rd July, Day 1 The day started with a brief introduction of one of the key features of the Summer School, the participatory dimension, and with a short outline of the content of the courses. The concepts were introduced by Lorin Niculae, organizer of the ArhiPera  Summer School. Klaske Havik and Sebastiaan Veldhuisen set tasks for the field visit : each student is to choose two objects. The first one should be indicative of the life of the community while the second should relate to the concept of sustainability. The objects are to be presented under the form of.

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