Eight stone houses in ruin. Two hectares of forest. A village that time walked away from.

O Castro Art Village is an abandoned rural settlement in the Ribeira Sacra, one of the most biologically and culturally dense landscapes in northwestern Spain.

We are inviting one architect to spend 30 days here during October 2026; not to rebuild, but to look, to measure, and to develop a site-specific spatial intervention study rooted in this place: its vernacular stone construction, its forest, its particular relationship between what was built and what grows.

The outcome; drawings, models, or any format native to your practice, will remain as part of O Castro's permanent research archive. You will work alongside a visual artist and sound artist in residence, mentored by filmmaker and artistic director Davoud Gerami, and the principle architect of the project Oscar López Alba from Ola Estudio.

You will live in a climate-controlled geodesic dome with a full bathroom surrounded by forest.

Eligibility:
- Legal resident of a Creative Europe country other than Spain.
- Full 30-day availability required.

Support:
- Travel allowance €400 (€800 over 5,000 km)
- Daily allowance €30/day
- Accommodation on site
- Mentorship

→ Full open call, details and application: https://ocastroartvillage.com/open-call-architect-residency-o-castro-art-village/