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There are a variety of special academic programs
offered here at the School of Architecture. We are continuously extending our reach towards the world in research and academic programs. Please see our Map of Global Reach Efforts.
Below are a list
of on-going programs that have been operating at the School
for years. Click on the related links in each section to further
investigate your program of interest.
Quick links:
>> Certificate In Sustainable Architecture
Vicenza Institute of
Architecture (back
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 The
UF Vicenza Institute of Architecture (VIA) is based in Vicenza,
Italy, a major center of the Veneto (the mainland region around
the urban archipelago of Venice). An important locus of intellectual
life during the 15th and 16th centuries, the area has an abundant
architectural heritage, all within an hour of Vicenza - from
the works of local Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio to
the 20th-century creations of modern master Carlo Scarpa.
The program focuses on evaluating and understanding the historical,
social, cultural and physical aspects of this particularly
rich urban context through research, documentation and design.
Lectures and presentations by local Italian educators and
practicing architects augment instruction from full-time UF
faculty. Field trips throughout Italy and Europe further enhance
your educational experience. The UF VIA Program’s fall
and spring course offerings parallel those offered at the
Gainesville campus, ensuring that you remain on track with
your curricular requirements while studying overseas.
>> VIA
Website
East Asia Summer Program (back
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 The program is directed by faculty members who have extensive research and active practice records in East Asia. With excellent skills of local languages, rich travel experience and active relationships with architectural academia in East Asia, the faculty can provide theoretical and practitioner guidance to students in exploring cross-cultural architectural design for poetical and ethical built environment. The program provides an exchange platform for the faculty and students from the University of Florida and the East Asian universities for substantial architectural encounters.
>> East Asia
Summer Program Website
Preservation Institute: Caribbean (back
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 The
Preservation Institute: Caribbean (PI: C) is dedicated to
conserving the ecological and cultural heritage of the Greater
Caribbean Basin through education, research and service projects.
The PI: C program is engaged in a long-term study of agricultural
landscapes that are being transformed by global economic and
cultural forces. An important component of this study is a
yearly design workshop that closely examines rural landscapes
that, over generations, have been constructed as places of
ritual, work and conflict. The principle aim of the PI: C
program is to study the influence of geography, culture and
climate on place making in tropical and subtropical landscapes
such as Florida, Mexico and the Caribbean. As an organizing
idea, since former haciendas are at the source of thousands
of current rural communities, the research agenda of the studio
proceeds through case studies covering the offspring of the
colonial hacienda system. The ultimate goal is to identify
and understand place-making strategies emerging in rural developments
that potentially contribute to the cultural, ecological, and
historical heritage of the region.
>> PIC
Website
Preservation
Institute: Nantucket (back to top)
 The
UF Preservation Institute: Nantucket (PI: N) has operated
as a center for education in historic research and architectural
preservation on Nantucket Island since 1972. Settled by Massachusetts
colonials in 1659, this “far away island” (the meaning
of Nantucket’s name in a local Indian language) grew
into an important whaling village. Its significance waned
in the mid-1850s with the decline of the whale oil market
and dependent industries. It has since become primarily a
summer retreat for New Englanders. The island’s isolation
spared the town from the encroachment of urban sprawl experienced
by most other colonial New England towns, preserving the integrity
of its 18th-century character - and making it an invaluable
context in which to study issues of planning and designing
within a profoundly historic environment. In the UF PI: N
Program, you can earn credit over the summer in advanced courses
in the theory, practice, methodology and technology of architectural
preservation and building research.
>> PIN
Website
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