Day 17- Tulane Jury

Day 17 - Asked to be on the Tulane Architecture in Rome Jury 

The Students are given a fantastic site

On the Tiber, bounded to the north by Via Giula

 and of course sitting on ruins

the line up for the day - started at 9:30 and went to 5:30 - 17 students reviewed - all very very good

Marcela in action

The Jury - Tulane Dean and my old friend Ken Schwartz, from the Tulane Program - Marcela, Davida Sabatello, and Giovanna, me, Elizabeth AAR Fellow and Landscape Architect w Field Operatoins, Thomas Kelly, FAAR Architect and Professor at Univ of Illinois Chicago

 

Models by the students of their piazza analysis - shades of Renzo Piano

Kathryn Chandler and her analytica model - quite amazing

 

 

On the way back to the AAR I stopped in at Il Gesu

Thanks again to Brian Kelly for putting this on my must see list.......

It is all about the bling

 

Americans on tour - have they no shame?

Happier thoughts catching some of that late day western light - Maxfield Parish-like

End of Day 17 included dinner at L'Asino d'Oro with Elizabeth & Domico Minchilli - Thanks Julie List!