School

Im on a role, so Im just going to keep going

So believe it or not I did do some work while I was here.

Studio:

The studios were broken up into 4 short 2-3 week studios.

Project 1: this was a study of wayfinding in Roma. We had to walk from studio to a given location (mine was Chiesa S. Maria Rotunda) and map it using references to Path, Edge, Node, Landmark, and District.

Project 2: This was a study of the Roman market, specifically San Giovanni di Dio in Trastevere. This is a study that built of each others work, so since I was in the first rotation we spent a lot of time just wandering around this market and talking to people to get an understanding of the pros and cons of the market.

Project 3: The TRA studio, by far my favorite. This studio focus on 3 sites, each person had a site and had to identify a Tra space (between space) in that sight a graphically represent it. Then the drawings we passed to the next person and you had to add on their drawing in either a reflection of their work, or denial, depending on your approach. My sight was a passage that was a old vomitoria for the Teatro di Pompeo, so I was able to research and discuss this space (very fun)

Project 4: The Idroscale Studio which worked with a group of squatters at the mouth of the Tiber River. This studio attempted to work with these people to establish a sort of legitimacy for them, in hopes of proposing something legit to the city so they wont get kicked off their land.


Along with studio I also had 3 other classes:

Analytical Drawing: We drew stuff, not much else to say

Italian Design: This class focused on Italian Industrial design

Urban Walks/Lectures: We took walks with one of our professors around the city every week or so, and also had a great lecture series about the history of the city from antiquity, through renissance, and up to the fascist.