05 Dec

How have the past fifteen weeks changed your outlook on architecture?

These past fifteen weeks have taught me how to look at architecture obliquely rather than directly.  To look at what is existing, to analyze the layers of history, and to make a translation rather than apply something new.   These past weeks have shown me the importance of interaction within architecture.  How architecture can engage a person and establish relationships with the landscape, and the participant.  Rome has shown me how architecture can change a person and a culture.  Like the Pantheon, upon entrance one cannot help but look up.  But, Rome has also shown me the opposite.  It has shown me how a person and a culture can change architecture.  Like the Colosseum.

The past fifteen weeks have been adventurous and challenging.  The experiences I have gained while studying in Rome will never be forgotten.  They will only carry on with me in the back of my mind for future referencing and reminiscing.  They have become a layer to my history.

To sum up all the ways is difficult.  This is just the beginning…