Author: Jared Davenport | Major: Architecture | Semester: Spring 2023 As a student in the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, traveling to Rome is a requirement during our academic careers, but it is required for a reason. The ancient city, where many of...
My Italian Interlude
Author: Virginia Hammond | Major: Architecture | Semester: Spring 2023 For my 4th year of architecture school, in the Spring of 2023, I moved to Italy. I chose the Rome program for multiple reasons. I was interested in the historic architecture and art culture, as the...
A Semester in Rome
Author: Vinny Gemmiti | Major: Architecture | Semester: Spring 2023 This program was chosen for me as it is perfect in fitting with my major and my degree path. Architecture is a very old and intelligent profession, and is a culture and form of art passed down through...
Take the Leap!
Author: Victoria Best | Major: Architecture | Semester: Fall 2022 Studying abroad was nothing I had ever considered much before. I am a person of habit. I like for things to be familiar and stay the same. So, studying abroad just never really crossed my mind. But,...
That Time when St. Peter’s Basilica was my Neighbor
Author: Ani Sudhakaran | Major: Architecture | Semester: Fall 2022 The Rome Center Architecture Program is really what sets the Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design apart from many other undergraduate architecture programs and a major reason why I chose the...
A Change in perspective: An Architecture Students Rome Study/Adventure Abroad
Author: Noah Berg | Major: Architecture | Semester: Fall 2022 As a requirement for graduation, the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design mandates that its students engage in a study abroad experience. Initially, I was uncertain as to the motivation behind this...
Exploration in Italy
Author: Andrew Popp | Major: Architecture | Semester: Fall 2022 My name is Andrew Popp. I’m an architecture student at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design and I spent the fall 2022 semester abroad in Rome, Italy. I chose this program because it offered me...
A Semester in Rome
Author: Camila Salgueiro Ponce de Leon | Major: Architecture | Semester: Fall 2022 The past four months studying abroad in Rome was like experiencing a whole new world. I was thousands of kilometers away from anything I knew. Choosing the Rome architecture program was...
Experiencing and Photographing a Cohousing Community
Author: Kayla Ho | Major: Architecture | Semester: Spring 2022 My name is Kayla Ho and my capstone is about the lived social experience of a cohousing community. I’m doing a case study of Yulupa Cohousing in Santa Rosa, California using interviewing and photography as...
Community Engagement in Rural American Towns
Author: Cecellia Musgrove | Major: Bachelor of Architecture Rural communities face special issues related to loss of cultural identity, limited transportation options, limited economic opportunities, and opposition to growth. Revitalization efforts are often...