I participated in the KSU College of Architecture, Planning, and Design's study abroad program at Santa Chiara in the spring semester of 2010. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend four months living in another country and become well acquainted with local culture, history, art, architecture, and design. Below are selections from my sketchbooks, Studio projects, and printmaking class.
The town of Castiglion Fiorentino, home for four months, seen from a road up the valley behind.
The courtyard at Santa Chiara, a former monastery turned study center.
Our first studio project of the semester was to design a replacement for the large tree that once stood in the courtyard.
Seen in the Arezzo station yard.
Seen in the Arezzo station yard.
A section study of the platform canopy system at the Arezzo station.
A plan of the station layout in Como.
The station layout in Castiglion, simplified for future modeling reference.
A hand-drawn map of the railway system in the local area.
A study of the station in Castiglion Fiorentino.
A study of the station in Arezzo.
A study of Florence's Santa Maria Novella station.
A study of Milan's Central station.
Our final project, a design for some small improvement to a space around the town.
An elevation view of my station garden design.
A section view of my station garden design.
Plan of my station garden design.
While at Perugia, I noticed Assissi in the distance, where we had been several weeks before.
The Science Museum in Florence, whose director taught our History of Science class.
Our second studio project, a design for a monument symbolic of the town's patron saint in the park at the top of the hill.
View of my steel "dragon," in relation to the Etruscan tower.
"Aqua Ferrovia"
"Cantenary"
"Red Arrow"
"Treno Vapore"
"Siena"
"Campanile"
"Federal Railways"
"Primavera"
"Impossible" series of prints, made from a plate built-up with cardboard and string..
