Architecture Program Report Master of Architecture - Roger Williams ...

II.2.2 Professional Degrees and Curriculum
Off-Campus Programs
Architecture Program students are able to participate in a series of elective off-campus offerings at the
undergraduate and graduate levels.
Undergraduate Elective Semester Long Program—The Florence Program
At the undergraduate level, since 2001 the Architecture Program has participated in Roger Williams
University’s Florence Program offered in conjunction with the Institute for Fine and Liberal Arts at Palazzo
Rucellai. The program consists of an elective semester long stay in either Fall or Spring for up to 26
students per semester, based on Roger Williams’ design studio enrollment maximum of 13 students per
studio section. See I.2.3 Physical Resources for floor plans of the Palazzo Rucellai, the main classroom
site for the program, and the Palazzo Alamanni, where Architecture studio space is established. The
Florence Architecture Studio at Palazzo Alamanni is equipped along the same dimensions as our Rhode
Island main campus, with the following equipment,
26 drawing stations equipped with lamp, may-line and pin-up space
9 extra tables with large cutting boards for model making
6 computer stations
1 color printer A2/A3/A4 size
1 b/w laser printer A4 size
1 photocopier A3/A4 size
1 lcd projector
1 slide projector
2 scanner A4 size
1 wireless access point & router
1 large metal drawer for drawings
20 small lockers
Architecture library (catalogue available)
Architecture magazine subscriptions: The Architectural Review, Domus, Abitare
The Program is taught by Italian adjunct faculty, all of whom were reviewed and interviewed for hiring by
Dean White, have been to the Roger Williams campus. and who have framed their courses within the
learning outcomes format of Roger Williams University that follows the NAAB Student Performance
Criteria categories. The course numbers and content are all conceived and delivered for Roger Williams
students, within university oversight.
Undergraduate/Graduate Elective Short-Term Programs: Faculty Led Trips
Architecture students may also participate in elective short-term, 3-week Winter or Summer Study trips of
3 credits each led by our Architecture and Art + Architectural History faculty to several sites in Europe and
Asia:
Arch 430/530 Sp Topics: The Netherlands, Associate Professor Andrew Thurlow
(Summer 2008, 2010)
Arch 430/530: Sp Topics: Munchen Bau, Associate Professor Patrick Charles (Winter 2010)
AAH 430/530: Sp Topics: Arts and Architecture of Ancient Egypt, Associate Professor Rebecca
Leuchak (Winter 2011)
AAH 430/530: Arts and Architecture of Southeast Asia: Angkor Wat, Associate Professor
Rebecca Leuchak (first offering Winter 2012)