Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Welcome!

This site will chronicle our semester studying architecture and landscape architecture from our home base at Clemson's villa in Genoa, Italy. Our cast of characters includes Professor Robert Bruhns, CAF Director Sylvia, and 16 students.

Meet the Students:
The Archies
Elissa
Mason
Sara
Frank
Will
Brian
Chris N.
John
Karyn
Ryan
... and me, Erica

A group of fourth year Landscape Architecture students round out the group.

The LArchs
Shana
Mariana
Chris L.
Tim
Geoff

The Setting
Our group is living in the CAF Daniel Center, Clemson's villa in the Castelleto section of Genoa, Italy. The villa is a maze of stairs and sunlit rooms, which Frank described as walking in an Escher painting. Below are some photos taken around the villa.


A villa bedroom


Studio space, and the classroom beyond


The villa, from the side yard


The library