Architecture in Italy

10/11
Venice
Architecture
in Italy:
Reading the City Exploring the
Civic Realm
Siena
ITALY
Rome
Financial Aid
KU students who qualify for financial aid in the form of Stafford
and/or other loans, Pell or SEOG Grants, and scholarships may
apply the aid to the cost of a Study Abroad Program.
Limited supplemental scholarships are also available to KU
degree seeking students. Applications are available on-line at
www.studyabroad.ku.edu. The scholarship application deadline
is March 1st for summer programs.
Application Procedures
Application Deadline: January 30, 2012
On-line application available at www.studyabroad.ku.edu
Prof. René Diaz
School of Architecture, Design & Planning
410 Marvin
email: [email protected]
Office of Study Abroad
1410 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lippincott Hall
Room 108
Lawrence, KS 66045
(785) 864-3742
[email protected]
www.studyabroad.ku.edu
Summer 2012 Program
Overview
Academic Program
Cost
This program focuses on the relationship and role of the architect
within urban culture. It uses the heritage of urban design and
urban form, experienced within the historic European city, as
a primer for navigating and understanding the morphology of
great cities. Students will analyze and experience the evolution
of architectural form in the physique of the city. In addition to
visits to Florence, Rome and Venice, we visit the noted hill towns
in the Siena area, including Pienza, the birthplace of modern
urban planning. Our focus will contrast urban textures that
either foreground or background the role of the architect in the
creation of these extraordinary cultural organisms. Participants
will immerse themselves in the growth and change of cities over
time and the contrasts between the European and American
city form.
All students will be enrolled in nine hours of architecture
credit:
Summer 2012
Arch 690 Architecture Study Abroad (6 credit hours)
Arch 692 Documentation (3 credit hours)
Participants will also be able to attend the famous Siena Palio
horserace which is one of the most spectacular festival events in
Italy. The Palio horserace represents neighborhood competition
among Siena’s 17 Contrada districts which have a tradition of
rivalry dating back to the late middle ages and early Renaissance.
The race takes place in Siena’s renowned principal public square,
the Piazza del Campo bi-annually. This ritual demonstrates a civic
pride and sense of community that has a unique relationship to
civic form and public architecture.
Program Excursions
• Four day excursion to Venice
• Three day excursion to Rome
• Day trips to Florence and hill towns in the Siena area
Program Faculty
Prof. René Diaz has taught architectural design and
architectural history and theory at KU for 24 years. He has
extensive experience traveling in Italy since 1966 and has
been leading study abroad programs in Italy for 20+ years
working with graduate and undergraduate students.
Tuition*
$2,648
Program Fees**
$3,550
Estimated Additional Costs***
$4,169
Total Program Costs
$10,367
*Tuition: Includes KU enrollment fee and cost for 9 credit hours.
(based on standard tuition rate). Actual tuition expenses for KU
students will vary by the student’s individual tuition compact.
**Program: includes accommodations in Siena and during
program excursions, transportation to program excursion
cities, some group dinners, cultural activities, orientation, and
emergency medical evacuation and repatriation services.
Siena, Italy
Siena, which was founded by the Etruscans, is a magnificent
city known for its medieval and gothic architecture and early
Renaissance art. The city is located in the heart of Tuscany,
approximately forty-five minutes south of Florence, by bus or
train. For two hundred years, during the twelfth and thirteenth
centuries, Siena was one of the major cities of Europe. Siena is
a walled medieval city and is considered to be one of the best
preserved medieval towns in Italy and in Europe. It is unusually
rich in art, architecture and cultural traditions for a city its size.
It represents the best of European historic cities and is noted
and celebrated for its outstanding urban qualities and one of
the greatest civic plazas in the world.
Summer
*** Estimated Additional Costs: Airfare, most meals, passport
fee, books and supplies and personal expenses.
Accommodations
Participants will stay at the Santuario S. Caterina-Alma Domus,
an inn which is run by the Nuns of St. Catherine in Siena, Italy.
During excursions, participants will stay at the Hotel Navona in
Rome and Hotel Tivoli in Venice.
Dates
Depart US: Friday, June 1, 2012
Arrive Florence: Saturday, June 2, 2012
Depart Florence: Tuesday, July 3, 2011
Eligibility
The program is open to KU Masters of Architecture Students
(Track I, II & III) who have completed ARCH 409.
The following additional students are eligible on a spaceavailable basis:
• KU Architecture students who have completed ARCH 209
• KU Architectural Studies Students who have completed third
year and have drawing experience
• KU Architectural Engineering students who have completed
ARCH 200
• KU Design students who have completed third year and have
drawing experience
These applications will be reviewed on a space-available basis
and dependent of the student’s individual merits.
Note
All dates, costs, and program information are subject to change
as necessary due to fluctuations in the exchange rate or other
reasons.