CALA Study Abroad Program 2001
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a) Portugal Calendar
b) Spain Calendar
c) Italy Calendar
d) Students
e) Faculty
a) Portugal Calendar
Monday 19 Feburary
6:00 pm @ Hotel Borges Lounge, Lisboa Portugal First Group Meeting
Program Introduction, Faculty Introduction
Tuesday 20 February
9:00 am @ plaza oustide Hotel Borges Host: Pedro Ressano Garcia
Tour of Greater Lisbon: go to Belém area (Jerónimos Monastery, V. Gregotti Cultural Center, Lisbon 1940s World Fair area + Marine Monument, Naval Museum [tour guide: Paula Marques], Lisbon Port Authority area, go to BAIXA area, from Praça do Comércio to Rossio areas.
8:00 pm @ Casa do Alentejo dinner club (private restaurant)
Formal reception and dinner for Portuguese guest faculty and assistants
Wednesday 21 February
9:00 am @ plaza outside Hotel Borges Hosts: Pedro Garcia and João Rodeia (intro. Steven Evans)
10:00 am @ Castle Saint George Host: Professor Ana Tostões
2:00 pm @ bus stop by Hotel Borges Host: João Palla
Chartered Bus Tour to northern and eastern Lisbon: Avenidas Novas, Telheiras, Chelas, Olivais, Parc Eduardo VII and survey of "suburban housing projects" of the 1950s through the 1980s.
Visit Lisbon Expo '98 grounds.
Thursday 22 February
9:00 am @ plaza outside Hotel Borges Host: João Palla
Tour Transporation Terminals: Railroad Stations, Metro Stations, Stops and Markets
2:30 pm @ Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian: guided tour Host: Isabel Moura
9:00 pm @ Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian: orchestra concert in Great Hall, courtesy Isabel Moura
Friday 23 February
9:30 am @ FLAD (Luso-American Foundation) Host: José Neves
One day field visit/sketching exercise: Architecture of the 1920s in Lisbon
6:00 pm @ FLAD
Review of day's discoveries. Crits: José Neves, Arthur Chen, Bill Morrish,
Saturday 24 February
8:00 am @ bus stop near Hotel Borges Hosts: Pedro Ravara and Diogo Burnay
Bus tour of Setúbal: visit Cabo Espichel, Convento de Jesus
Lunch in Setúbal with Fernando António Baptista Pereira
School of Education (A. Siza), Housing Complex
Bus to Évora. Visit Malagueira housing project (A. Siza) and Mitra new Agriculture School (Vitor Figueiredo) and ancient water works (reservoir)
Evening at Hotel Santa Clara in Évora
Sunday 25 February
8:30 am @ Hotel: walking tour of Évora
visit Roman ruins, visit University of Évora campus (cloisters)
Bus to visit Vila Viçosa and Monsaraz
Return to Agriculture School and ancient water works
visit Pousada of Arraiolos (evening after dark)
Return to Lisbon late evening
Monday 26 February
3:00 pm @ Lisbon Expo '98 Grounds: special tour of multi-purpose hall and observation tower
Craig Wilkins arrives in Lisbon (afternoon)
Tuesday 27 February (Carnival - public holiday)
2:00 pm @ Tile Museum, Lisbon Host: Alberto Caetano; introduce CALA faculty Craig Wilkins
4:00 pm @ Chiado neighborhood area museum, Lisbon
Wednesday 28 February
9:30 am @ FLAD: start lecture set one:
1) Pedro Ravara
2) Pedro Ressano Garcia
3) Gonçalo Byrne
2:00 pm @ Management and Administration Institute of Lisbon: Tour of complex and lunch at canteen
Thursday 1 March
9:30 am @ FLAD: start lecture set two:
1) Diogo Burnay
2) Fernando S. Salvador and Margarida G. Nunes
3) Manuel Vicente
2:20 PM @ Ancient Art Museum: complimentary lunch
Friday 2 March
10:00 am @ FA/UTL (School of Architecture, Faculdade de Arquitectura, Lisboa) campus: CALA Lectures
10:15 J. Stephen Weeks: "Building Extra-ordinary-ordinarily: F. Gehry, A. Predock, S. Holl"
12:00 William R. Morrish: "Infrastructure of the New Social Covenant"
Saturday 3 March
8:45 am @ bus stop near Hotel Borges Hosts: Nuno Arenga and Pedro Ravara
Bus Trip North to Porto, Portugal (with several stops along the route)
1) Royal Convent: Palácio Nacional de Mafra
2) Abbey of Santa Maria de Alcobaça
3) Monastery of Santa Maria de Vitória (Batalha)
4) Convent of Christ and Castle of the Knights Templar in Tomar
Evening: sleep in Coimbra at Hotel Almedina
Sunday 4 March
9:00 am Coimbra University Tour (library, examination hall, Roman foundation) old campus
Visit Roman Crypto Porticis (foundation vaults)
Coimbra University Tour (new campus)
12:00 pm Lunch at Suckling Pig Restaurant
"Pedro dos Leitões" (Mealhada)
Águeda (Showroom by Siza), Vila da Feira (market by Fernando Távora)
Evening: Arrive in Porto, lodging at hotel and youth hostel: Pousada da Juventude do Porto.
Monday 5 March
10:00 am @ Porto School of Architecture (FAUP)
Meet faculty of school; briefing of one-week architecture studio project
Introduce António Madureira, Porto Faculty Coordinator
3:00 pm @ bus parking area on campus Site Tour to center of city of Porto and Bridge over river Douro
Tour church Marco de Canavezes (Siza, 1990-6)
Tour pousada Santa Maria do Bouro Convent, near Amares
Tuesday 6 March
9:00 am Site Visit in center city of Porto
11:00 am @ FAUP lecture: Sérgio Fernandez: Porto 2001 projects
2:30 pm Tour Museum of Modern Art (Museu de Arte Contemporanea) and gardens (Siza)
Wednesday 7 March
11:00 am @ FAUP lecture: Marta Oliveira (architectural historian)
3:00 pm Visit church Torre da Sé
Thursday 8 March
11:00 am @ FAUP lecture: Domingos Tavares: History of Modern Architecture in Porto
2:30 pm Bus visit to Tea House, Bathing Complex at Matosinhos (Siza)
6:30 pm Special lecture: Alvaro Siza
Friday 9 March
11:00 am @ FAUP lecture: J. Stephen Weeks: American Building Construction to Portuguese class
6:00 pm @ FAUP Final Review of one week studio charette (see diary for Porto student names)
Guest critics:
António Madureira
Nuno Arenga
Marco Ginoulhiac
Dean Domingos Tavares
9:00 pm @ Restaurant atop grocery store: week-ending celebration
Saturday 10 March- Sunday 11 March
Students Dispurse for weekend travel
b) Spain Calendar
Monday 12 March
11:00 am @ Hotel Continental, Barcelona Spain: First Group Meeting
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm: three groups divide up into neighborhood area walking tours
(Montjuich, Diagonal, Gothic Quarters) of Barcelona
6:00 pm @ Hotel Continental: reconviene, discuss day's observation and discoveries
Tuesday 13 March
Barcelona: A. Gaudí walking tours:
Casa Batllo 1904-06
Casa Milá 1906-10 (tour interior apartment and rooftop)
Sagrada Familia Church 1883-1926, 2001+
Montanier: San Polo Hospital complex
4:30 pm Naval Museum tour
Wednesday 14 March
9:00 am Meeting @ Hotel Continental Lobby
12:00 pm Arthur Chen departs to return to Minneapolis
Walking Tour of Barcelona:
Barcelona Exposition Grounds 1925-29
Barcelona Pavillion (Mies van der Rohe) 1928 (1984-6 reconstructed by C. Cirici, F. Ramos, I. de Solá Morales)
Stadium and Campanile (Vittorio Gregotti) 1989-92
Joan Miró Art Museum (Jose Louis Sert) 1988
Parc Guëll Grounds (Gaudí) 1886-8
viewing of Telecom Tower (Santiago Calatrava) 1991
Casa Vicens, Gaudí's first house construction 188x
Thursday 15 March
10:00 am Walking Tour: Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (Richard Mier) 1992
Santa Maria del Mar (Gothic Quarter in Barcelona)
Picasso Museum (Garces/Soria [renovation]) 1981-6 (select personal tours)
Catalan History Museum (City History Museum)
Friday 16 March
Students depart for various Spring Break travels
c) Italy Calendar
Monday 26 March
2:00 pm @ steps outside Venice terminal train station, Santa Lucia
Regroup Architecture and Landscape Architecture students; Lance Neckar and Arthur Chen.
Introduction of Francesco Calzolaio, CALA resident faculty in Venice
Orientation to nine student apartments (unpack, get situated in apartments)
Tuesday 27 March
9:00 am @ Studio: First large group meeting: introduction to program + studio: (Magazzini del Sale)
4:00 pm @ Studio: Tour Rowing Club Boathouse and get acquainted with the facilities
Organize Studio Space in Warehouse adjacent to the Royal Bucintoro Rowing Club
(Reale Società Canottieri Bucintoro)
Wednesday 28 March
9:45 am @ Arsenale main gate/portal entrance: meet and tour Arsenale Complex and related campus presentation on the history of the Arsenale: lecturer: Pagnotella, Sferra
special catered lunch @ maritime institute (from here on known as the "Bakery")
(Sala dei Forni, Circolo Sottoufficiali del Marina)
Special private tour of the Venice Maritime Museum, introduce GM Davide Bellocchi
Thursday 29 March
9:00 am Walking Tour one: "water life" of the Salute
Guest host: resident Venetian artist from New York City
2:00 pm Lance Neckar: special tour to Arsenale south and eastern sides of the complex
[half-way point of program]
Friday 30 March
2:00 pm Walking Tour two: "Querini" meet @ Campo St. Bartolomeo
Visit Palatzzo Querini Stampalia (new lobby by Carlos Scarpa 1961-3, and renovation by Mario Botta in the 1990s)
5:00 pm Lecture: Claudio Menichelli, Sovraintendenza Beni Architettonici e Ambientali Venezia; "The Rehabilitation of the Arsenale- Il recupero dell'arsenale"
Saturday 31 March
9:00 am Chioggia Bus Tour (number one): start out in Venice at bus station, Piazza la Roma
Visit Chioggia City Hall
Visit recently restored and renovated Palazzo Grassi
Visit Chioggia Maritime Museum
Walk around city for lunch
Complex Boat/Bus/Boat/Bus/Boat service on return trip to Venice
Sunday 1 April
9:30-11:30 am Introductory Gondola Rowing Lesson
7:00 pm First Student Dinner Party @ Stowers, et.al. apartment
Monday 2 April
Free touring day
Tuesday 3 April
9:30 am Ca D'oro Wakling Tour #3: meet at the top of the Rialto Bridge
Visit Fondaco Dei Tedeschi
Visit the palazzo Ca D'oro
Ride Gondola "taxi" across the Grand Canal
4:30 pm Lecture @ Bakery: Giovanni Caniato
Wednesday 4 April
12:00 pm Lecture @ studio: Roberto D'Agostino, City Councilor of the Environment- Assessore Comunale all' Ambiente: "A Master Plan for the Arsenale- Un piano comunale per l'Arsenale"
5:00 pm Lecture @ studio: Isabella Scaramuzzi, Coses: "Venice: Museum of Tourism- Venezia: Turismo museale"
Thursday 5 April
(Tom Fisher present)
9:00 am Tour: Arsenale (meet at front gate/portal punctually)
2:00 pm Lecture @ Thetis Foundation: northeast corner of Arsenale.
Tour Arsenale dry dock facilities and renovated campus of Thetis (rehabilitated buildings) as well as their restored Arsenale facilities
Speaker: Antonio Paruzzolo, Director of Thetis, environmental enginnering company
Friday 6 April
2:00 pm Review of phase one of investigation of the Arsenale. Guest reviewers:
Aldo Manos, President of Forum per Laguna
Daniel Fanco, Landscape Ecologist
Capitan Guglielmo Zanelli, Historian
G.M. Davide Bellocchi, Architect
Tom Fisher, Dean
Arthur Chen, PhD.
Francesco Calzolaio, Resident Faculty
Bob Sykes, Landscape Faculty
James Pettinari, visiting (U Oregon) Landscape Faculty
Saturday 7 April
8:30 am Lagoon Tour (board boat at 9:00 am @ Zatarre dock oustide Studio)
Visit Arsenale complex by water
Stop by Thetis enginnering company; visit facilities
Visit island museum: Lazzaretto Nuovo; speaker: <>
Visit island of Burano (Lace Museum)
9:00 pm Cocktail Party @ Jill/Marissa/Anna's apartment
11:00 pm first experience of Acqua Alta in Venice (peak time)
Sunday 8 April
10:00 am [faculty only: VLF- board meeting]
Monday 9 April
9:30 am General studio meeting: Arsenale project phase two discussion (group assignments)
2:30 pm Symposium of AMAV (Azienda Multiservizi Ambientali Venezia) Round Table
Discussion: Sala dei Forni (Bakery) Arsenale: "The applied research and the compatible
development of the lagoon." Presentaions by:
Francesco Calzolaio
Arthur Chen
Tom Fisher
Adriano Marchini
Aldo Manos, Presidente Forum per la Laguna
Bob Sykes
Tuesday 10 April
9:30 am General studio meeting: Arsenale project phase two discussion (continued)
5:30 pm Presentation and reception @ the Peggy Guggenheim musuem (private party):
public annoucements of the forming of a new foundation: AMAV; question and answer session and cocktails (see newspaper article #1)
Wednesday 11 April
4:30 pm Lecture @ Bakery: Francesco Calzolaio: Tourism and the culture of museums
Thursday 12 April
9:00 am Arsenale Tour with Bob Sykes (meet at the front gate/portal punctually)
(April 13-16: Easter holiday weekend, free touring days)
Tuesday 17 April
9:30 am Walking Tour # 4: Frari (meet at Campo S. Barnaba to start tour)
Visit Sculoa Grande Arcionfraternita
Visit Sculoa Grande San Roco
Visit Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari church
Wednesday 18 April
2:00 pm Review of Phase II of Arsenale Investigation
Guest Reviewers:
Connie Occhialini, Director International Laboratory of Architecture and Urban Design
Franco Mancuso, Professor Istituto Universitario di Architettura Venezia, Dipt. di Urbanistica
Marta Moretti, Coordinamento Generale Citta' D'Acqua, Coordinartor of office of Cities on Water
Thursday 19 April
8:00 am Bus Tour Two: start out in Venice at bus station, Piazza la Roma
Visit Brion Monumental Tomb, San Vito d'Altivole 1969-76 (Carlo Scarpa)
Visit Villa Barbaro, Maser 1557-8 (Andrea Palladio)
Visit Canova Sculpture Galley, Gipsoteca, Possagno 1955-7 (Carlo Scarpa)
Visit Beneton Headquarters "Fabrica", Ponzano Veneto 1992-00 (Tado Ando)
Friday 20 April
10:00 am General Architecture Students meeting at Studio; turn in sketchbooks, clean studio space
2:00 pm Review of Phase II (Completion of Museum Pre-Design Study- last student group work)
Discussion of Phase III (final) of Arsenale Design Project
Saturday 21 April
9:30 am Rowing lesson two @ Bucintoro Club, Zatterre (next to studio)
3:00 pm Two lectures @ Bakery: (large attendance with other distinguished guests)
Maria Theresa Maiullari
Louis Bergeron
(See Newspaper Article #2)
7:30 pm Dinner/Cocktail party @ Guidecca Apartment (five girls' place)
Dean Abbott arrives
Bob Sykes departs
Monday 23 April
9:30 am Francesco Calzolaio: studio desk crits
afternoon Dean Abbott: studio desk crits
Tuesday 24 April
9:30 am Francesco Calzolaio: studio desk crits
afternoon Dean Abbott: studio desk crits
Wednesday 25 April
9:30 am Arthur Chen: studio desk crits
afternoon Dean Abbott: studio desk crits
Thursday 26 April
2:30 pm Dean Abbott: group Arsenale Tour (in the sunshine!)
afternoon Dean Abbott: studio desk crits
Friday 27 April
4:00 pm Arsenale Committee meeting (Arthur Chen only)
Monday 30 April
10:00 am Arthur Chen: studio desk crits
Dean Abbott: studio desk crits
4:00 pm Lecture @ studio space: Giovanni Caniato
Tuesday 1 May
Labor Day (Italian worker's day)
3:30 pm course/travel discussion @ studio: Leon Satkowski
Dean Abbott: studio desk crits
Studio Work Day
Wednesday 2 May
11:00 am Exhibit Space coordination meeting (Arthur Chen)
Afternoon Arthur Chen: studio desk crits
Pedro Ravara: studio desk crits
Dean Abbott: studio desk crits
Studio Work Day
Thursday 3 May
Studio Work Day
Dean Abbott: studio desk crits
Friday 4 May
10:00 am Final Review of Arsenale Studio Project
Guest Reviewers:
Dean Abbott, Paulo de Assis, Francesco Calzolaio, Arthur Chen, Carla Ferraro, Alessandra Moro, Pedro Ravara, Leon Satkowski
8:30 pm Concert:
Saturday 5 May
Clean-Up Studio Space
10:30 am Organization of final presentation boards, pack boards in groups in boxes
12:00-2:30 pm Set-up show of studio work @ Exhibition Space, Arsenale
7:00 pm Dinner Party @ Studio Space
Sunday 6 May
10:30 am Studio: move computer back to Francesco¹s Office
Apartment Cleaning Day
Monday 7 May
Vacate Apartments
5:30 pm Opening of Exhibition of Student's Venezia Arsenale Studio Work
d) Students
CALA Landscape Architecture Graduate Students: (10)
Josh Kinney
Deepali Kulkarni
Shawn Kummer
Stephanie Matz
Michelle Natrop
Anne Okerman
Kevin Palmberg
Kate Terrell
Katie Thering
Doug VanValkenburg
Teaching Assistants: (2)
Ana Teresa Cravinho
Dan Whittaker
e) Faculty
Portugal (Lisboa) Supporting Faculty
Pedro Ravara
Diogo Burnay
Gonçalo Byrne
Alberto Caetano
Steven Evans
Pedro Garcia
Paula Marques
Isabel Moura
José Neves
Margarida G. Nunes
João Palla
Fernando António Baptista Pereira
João Rodeia
Fernando S. Salvador
Alvaro Siza
Ana Tostões
Manuel Vicente
PORTO (FAUP) Faculty
Domingos Tavares, Dean, FAUP
Pedro Ressano Garcia
António Madureira
Nuno Arenga
Anabela Monteiro
Marta Oliveira
Marco Ginoulhiac
CALA Faculty Present
Arthur Chen
Bill Morrish
Steve Weeks
Craig Wilkins
Dimple Sheth, year 2000 Teaching Assistant
PORTO (FAUP) student participants
Andrè Campos (studio group 1)
Ana de Sà (studio group 2)
Nuno Fontarra (studio group 3)
Màrcia Gonçalves (studio group 3)
CALA Faculty Present in Spain
Italy Supporting Faculty
Francesca Basaldella, Architect
Davide Bellocchi, Resident Architect at Arsenale
Louis Bergeron, President TICCH
Giovanni Caniato, President Arzenà Association
Roberto D¹Agostino, City Councilor of the Environment- Assessore Comunale all¹Ambiente
Daniel Franco, Landscape Ecologist
Carla Ferraro, Cultural Consultant
Capitan Guglielmo Zanelli, Historian
Maria Teresa Maiullari, Director Ecomusee Le Creusot
Franco Mancuso, Professor Istituto Universitario di Architettura Venezia
Aldo Manos, President of Forum per Laguna
Adriano Marchini, AMAV
Marta Moretti, Coordinator of office of Cities on Water
Claudio Menichelli, Sovraintendenza Beni Architettonici e Ambientali Venezia
Connie Occhialini, Director International Lab. of Architecture & Urban Design
Antonio Paruzzolo, Director of the Thetis Foundation
James Pettinari, visiting (U Oregon) Landscape Faculty- present at final review
Pedro Ravara, visiting (U Lisbon) Architecture Faculty- present at final review
Matta Rucco
Isabella Scaramuzzi, Coses
Guglielo Zanelli
CALA Faculty:
Dean Abbott, Landscape Faculty
Arthur Chen, PhD., Director of Study Abroad Program
Francesco Calzolaio, Resident Faculty
Tom Fisher, Dean
Lance Neckar, Associate Dean
Leon Satkowski, PhD., Architecture Faculty
Bob Sykes, Landscape Faculty
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