Reggio Week

Two Journeys, One City

REGGIO EMILIA · 5–9 OCTOBER 2026

What if learning began with wonder?

For one week in October, we welcome you into Reggio Emilia — a living atelier of pedagogy, art, and architecture.

“What happens when educators, architects, artists, and all those who shape learning in classrooms, in cities, in museums, in studios share a city for a week? What can we learn together that we cannot learn alone?”

Two parallel programs run side by side. The City as Atelier, for those who bring learning out into the city, and Designing Learning, for those who design the places where learning happens. Each participant chooses one journey. The week itself belongs to everyone who joins it.

At a Glance 

Dates

5–9 October 2026

Group Size

Max 20 per program

Location

Reggio Emilia, Italy

Format

Two parallel programs with shared moments

Language

English, with translation support from Italian

Fee

€1250 per program

Choose Your Journey

THE CITY AS ATELIER

Place-Based Learning

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DESIGNING LEARNING

Art, Architecture, Creativity, and Pedagogy

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What's Included

Each program unfolds across five days of school visits, ateliers, dialogues, co-design sessions, guided visits and shared meals. The full schedule lives on each course page; here is what every participant can expect.

  • €1250 per program

    • Course fee €660

    • School visit €350

    • Participant services and cultural program €240

    The participant services and cultural program covers translation, transportation within the program when required, catering, and cultural activities, including:

    • Welcome aperitivo on Sunday

    • Welcome packet

    • Lunch during the school visit

    • Closing celebration lunch or dinner

    • Guided visits and tours within the program

    Full details are shared with registered participants.

    Travel to Reggio Emilia and accommodation are not included.

    1. Choose Your Program
      Reggio Week runs two programs in parallel — The City as Atelier and Designing Learning. Each participant joins one. Read both course pages and choose the journey that fits your work.

    2. Pre-Register
      Submit the pre-registration form, telling us about your context, your role, and what brings you to Reggio. We'll be in touch with confirmation and next steps.

    3. Confirm Your Spot
      Once we confirm your place, you'll complete payment to reserve it. Spots are limited to twenty per program.

    4. Receive Your Welcome Packet
      We'll send you everything you need: detailed schedule, reading suggestions, packing notes, travel and accommodation tips, and information about the shared moments of the week.

    5. Book Your Travel
      We recommend booking flights and accommodation as soon as your spot is confirmed. We're happy to share recommendations on neighborhoods and places to stay in Reggio Emilia.

    6. Arrive in Reggio

      Sunday evening: opening aperitivo. The week begins.

PRE-REGISTER

Tell us which journey
calls to you.

This form allows us to get to know you and your context as we curate the learning groups.


Once submitted, we will reach out with confirmation and details about the next steps.

Glimpses from June ‘25

Participant Voices

What Sets Our Programs Apart

Two Programs, One Community

Most study weeks are single-track. Reggio Week runs two side by side. We gather educators, architects, atelieristas, and designers into the same five days. The conversations move between disciplines, between people.

A Small, Intentional, Curated Group

Connection is a core part of the process. You’ll learn just as much from the group as from the content itself. Twenty participants per program. Small enough for real conversations, slow enough for relationships to form. No back row, no auditorium.

Co-Design, Not Presentation

You are not an audience. You arrive with your own questions, contexts, and projects and the week is structured around shared inquiry. The program is shaped with you, not delivered to you.

Reggio Emilia, A Living Atelier

There is no other place like it. For sixty years, this small Italian city has shaped how the world thinks about children, schools, and learning. Walking its streets is part of the curriculum. So is sitting in its piazzas, working in its ateliers, eating at its tables. The city itself is our classroom.

An Italian Tradition of Imagination

In Italy, imagination has long been treated as a serious matter — a craft to be learned, a right to be defended, a way of thinking with the hands as much as the head. The week draws on this tradition: Reggio Emilia, of course, but also Bruno Munari and Gianni Rodari, whose work shaped how generations have understood play, design, and storytelling.