Class Information:
ENVD 5311 Interior Design in Rome
Summer Session 1 2015
Dr. Michelle Pinson
Department of Design
Texas Tech University
The purpose of this blog is to explore the relationship of architectural elements in Italian architecture with those of Texas Tech Campus. The clearest relationship is expressed in the dominant style of Spanish Renaissance architecture that is found on campus. Spanish Renaissance architecture arose out of the Italian Renaissance and is inspired by the classical elements from antiquity and the Greco-Roman tradition.
Our class spent three weeks in Italy during the dates June 3rd - June 23rd, 2015. We stayed primarily in Rome but also traveled to Tivoli, Capri, Florence, Pompeii, Venice, and Vicenza. During our time in Italy we explored monuments from antiquity, visited showrooms of iconic Italian designers, and toured museums, basilicas, and villas. We spent our time with the works of Giotto, Calatrava, Michelangelo, Renzo Piano, Brunelleschi, Palladio, Carlo Scarpa, and many others who have shared in shaping the architecture of Italy.
Through a series of blog posts, I will share my observations on the intersection of architectural elements that link my journey abroad with the Texas Tech Campus. An analysis of the principles of design will drive the content of the posts and will contain images, diagrams, and pages from my personal sketchbook of my travels.
Although this blog is a class requirement I also hope that it will be useful to future students who are considering studying abroad with the Interior Design program at Texas Tech University. It has proven to be an invaluable learning experience. There's nothing that can describe what it is like to see with your own eyes and hands the things you've spent years studying from the pages of textbooks. Words, photos, and media can only say so much. Nothing can truly communicate the impact of a space as when you are a body moving through it. I highly recommend this class and hope it will become a yearly tradition that will inspire the future graduates of the Interior Design program.
GUNS UP.
