Urban Reciprocity:
Architecture & Urban Planning in Renaissance & Baroque Rome
June 3 - July 8, 2002 (5 weeks)

FIVE WEEK OUTLINE: Workshop Structure
(subject to minor changes as the workshop progresses)
Each week will be organized on the following model:

Monday:        am (morning)Via/pathway urban walk and site visits;
                     pm (afternoon) Lecture; research and/or studio projects
Tuesday:       am Site visits;  pm lecture and studio
Wednesday:  Day trip to a selected site outside Rome
Thursday:      am Via/pathway urban walk and site visits;
                     pm Lecture; research and/or studio projects
Friday:           Presentations, group discussions and free time

Since the hottest part of the summer day in Rome is from 1 to 5pm, indoor activities, which are usually held at the Studium Urbis Center, have been scheduled for that time. Breaks for lunch typically occur anywhere between 12 and 2pm. Studio time is designed to allow participants to work on their chosen projects, whether they be in design, urban planning, history, visual studies, or a combination thereof, either at the SU or on-site in Rome. The evening lecture will usually include a preparation for the next day's urban walk or site visit. All workshop sessions and lectures will be conducted in English.

Depending on participant interest, one or two weekend trips may be arranged for the group to visit selected Tuscan and/or Umbrian towns. Group dinners can also be arranged throughout the workshop session.

Museum visits are not part of the program; information will be made available for individuals wishing to visit them on their own either on weekends or at times to be arranged.

Prior to the commencement of the workshop, each participant will receive via email a general list of resources which pertain to the workshop topic; these resources will also be available at the SU Center. Article packets and more detailed bibliographic and design information will be distributed at the beginning of each week's topic session during the workshop in Rome. All listed sources, in addition to visual resources such as urban map-plans and views of Rome, will be available for consultation at the SU Center in Rome. Only those sources available in English are provided for the workshop; additional material is available in Italian for interested individuals.

Workshop Structure
A major part of this workshop consists of walks along nine carefully selected pathways through the city, and, as such, the architecture, topography and urban development of Rome will be examined largely through the study of the city itself and cartographic images/plans and architectural views/renderings. Since only fragments survive of the Forma Urbis (early 3rd c. map of ancient Rome), most of the material used for the workshop will be drawn from the 15th century to the present. Emphasis will be given to changing perceptions of the Renaissance and Baroque city, and a detailed analysis of the city and the architectural images will reveal the morphology of the city and the planners efforts to alter and develop it.

The ancient city developed radially along a number of pre-Roman and ancient Roman paths which converge on the Forum. Since a significant number of these still survive, at least in part, in the texture and urban fabric of the modern city of Rome, a selection of them will be made and followed as site walks in the city and on the renderings themselves. These pathways and site walks through the city will enable us to get a sense of the structure of the Renaissance and Baroque urban developments in the city as well as to get historical and design cross-sections which should serve to link the city's numerous monuments.

The pathways/streets walks and sites along them will be presented in evening lectures prior to the actual site visit the next morning.

Itinerary & Excursions
Available upon request.

Suggested background
Students applying for the Summer 2002 Urban Reciprocity Workshop in Rome should be conducting studies or have a background in any of the following: architecture, urban design/planning, landscape architecture, history, art & architectural history, visual studies, cartography, or urban studies.

Application
The admission procedure includes the submission of the following:
(1) Completed Application Form (click here for printable HTML version)
(2) Resume or CV or written summary of educational and/or professional experience
(3) Completed 'Statement of Authorization and Consent Form' (click here for printable HTML version).

(PDF versions of the 'Application Form' and 'Statement of Authorization and Consent Form' are under construction; please use the HTML versions for now).

Applications received after February 16, 2002 will be processed on a space-available basis.

Travel
Participants are responsible for making their own travel arrangements to and from Rome. All participants must have a valid passport for the duration of the program. Please keep in mind that it may take as long as six weeks to obtain or renew a passport. No visa is required of U.S. citizens.

Insurance
Participants must carry health/accident insurance.

Cost for Summer 2002
The cost of the workshop is $1500 (USD) for the 5 week workshop session. The fee includes instruction, program fee, workspace and access to the materials and visual/archived resources at the Studium Urbis Center in Rome, and the opening and closing receptions/dining on the SU rooftop terrace. The fee does not include domestic travel within the U.S. or other countries or travel to Rome, housing/accommodations, meals, personal/incidental expenses (books, laundry, etc.), passport expenses, independent travel during or after the program, or optional weekend excursions. Costs are based on an exchange rate expected to be in effect and are subject to change.

If several people sign up with a deposit prior to the February deadline, the SU has the possibility of accommodating those students in a student apartment with a kitchen, small commons/living area, bathroom, and sleeping space for six students. The cost would be $750. (USD) per student for the five week session. After the February 16, 2002 deadline, and upon request, the workshop organizers will facilitate and aid with housing arrangements and Italian translation needed to procure lodging, and they will provide a list of housing options and other possibilities for accommodations upon request. Special dormitory-type accommodations can possibly be arranged for a small group of university students who wish to be together.

Deposit
Upon acceptance to the workshop, a non-refundable deposit of $300. (USD) will be required. The remainder of the workshop fee ($1200. USD) will be due by May 1, 2002, prior to the commencement of the workshop session in Rome. If the non-refundable deposit was made yet the remainder of the workshop fee/payment was not received by the May 1, 2002 deadline, that person's reserved space will be given over to another.

Refund policy
Upon acceptance to the workshop and agreement by both parties to attend, a $300. (USD) non-refundable deposit is required. If a potential workshop participant has paid the full fee of $1500 (USD). and must withdraw for any reason, a full refund of the remaining $1200. ($1500. USD minus the non-refundable $300. USD deposit) will be given if the withdrawal occurs prior to May 1, 2002, a month prior to the workshop commencement date.


For more information, please contact us.

The Studium Urbis Organization does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation or preference, gender or age in the administration of educational policies, admissions policies, or any other SU program of activity.

The Studium Urbis Organization reserves the right to cancel this workshop. Should it do so, full refunds of $1500. (USD) will be made in accordance with our refund policy.

The Studium Urbis
Rome Research Center in Architecture and Urban Planning
Centro ricerca topografica di Roma
Via di Montoro 24 - 00186 Rome Italy
Tel. (06) 686-1191 (Rome)
studiumurbis@gmail.com
http://www.studiumurbis.org