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The day started with the Vatican State where we visited visited St. Peter’s Square, Basilica and the Vatican Museums. We’ve seen the most significant cultural and religious areas of the Vatican Museums, including Pio Clementino Museum, the Gallery of the Candelabras and the Gallery of the Geographical Maps (Renaissance Art), the Raphael Rooms and the […]

Today : we began a journey through the 15th century . Introduction to Renaissance and learning from the great master Michelangelo Buonarroti. Drawing session with the Professor Arch. Federico de Matteis from the Department of Architecture, University “Sapienza”.Group work on the Campidoglio Case Study followed by a university lecture on the Roman established tradition of […]

We continued the journey through the Roman Empire by visiting the Pantheon, Stadio di Domeziano (Piazza Navona) and Terme Agrippa (Trevi Fountain). During the visit we had a drawing session with the archeologist Alessandro Locchi and a group work on the Pantheon Case Study. At the end of the onsite visits the group moved to […]

Today : Workshop introduction and explanation of the brief by understanding the meaning of type and typology. The objectives of the workshop were discussed during the introduction and study groups were formed among students. During the first lecture, students  learnt the spatial and disciplinary outcomes of the processes associated to the urban regeneration of historical places. […]

Official opening of the workshop, presentation and welcome by the Italian Architecture and Design Association, Shanghai Design Centre, Chinese Embassy in Rome, Ordine degli Architetti P.P.C. of Rome, University of Sapienza – Department of Architecture, NOS Design Centre and ITAD Team. We have welcomed the students and presented the workshop and the teaching methods. Arch. […]

Welcome in Rome! ITAD is ready to start. Everything is ready to begin this exciting experience with us. From the Aiport we arrived in Casa Santa Lucia dei Filippini Hotel. After a warm welcome, we walked around Rome to start to understand the city. The hotel is located in the old center of the city […]

The last day with the ITAD team! Today we received the certificates inside the special conference room of the “Ordine degli Architetti di Roma e provincia” where the vice president welcomed us and personally gave the documents to the students. After a presentation of the work done during the workshop by each student, the architect […]

Today we visited the EUR Congress Centre – Fuksas Studio. After a drawing session we moved to the city of Music Auditorium and Maxxi Museum. The day is dedicated to contemporary pieces of Architecture, built the last decade in Rome by 3 famous architects: Massimiliano Fuksas, Renzo Piano and Zaha Hadid. Contemporary architecture is usually free of […]

The students had the opportunity to discover as much of Italian culture as possible,by also learning the traditional Italian meals. We prepeared some fresh Pasta noodles and a typical sweet, the Tiramisù with the help of the “Antichi Sapori” team and it’s amazing kitchen. We also visited  St. Peter’s square obelisk.