Category: Global Short Programs
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My 15-day study tour was undertaken with a class of Architecture students to look at the dwelling in Japan’s cities with a clear binary logic of the public, private and in-between spaces. With total immersion into the experience of the Japanese Urban condition. We studied distinct dwelling conditions and types and the critical micro studies…
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I would like to thank the agent company that supported me while staying in Malaysia. Their program, coordination and support made my life in Malaysia very comfortable and fun. They offer us a buddy program that allows us to interact with local university students. I could make local friends who were always willing to hang…
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This year in January I was lucky enough to spend a month studying in Granada, a city in the South of Spain. I attended an intensive language course at the Universidad de Granada, which I found very challenging because I had no experience with Spanish prior to my trip. Most of my friends laughed when…
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The name ‘Florence’ has Latin roots, meaning to blossom or to flower and certainly, Florence is a flourishing city. My brief two-week stay gave me a taste of what this unique place has to offer, and I think I would need to spend another six months more before I could truly say I’ve seen it…
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The thoroughly enjoyed the program and the opportunity it gave to me to engage with a new culture, city and environment. It was wonderful to work with international, interdisciplinary teams, and be challenged to face the culture shocks and opportunities of the Italian lifestyle and living. The subject itself was structured well, giving us the…
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Take the risk – the best opportunities lie just outside our comfort zone! I was fortunate enough to discover this upon completion of my global short program at Cattolica University in Milan. Before I left, I felt a mixture of emotions; having never travelled internationally I felt anxious as this would be my first foreign…
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Do you believe that a society can exist with perfect human unity? Well, I’ve just returned from a community founded on this intention. My month in India was one of the most challenging of my life and one of the most transformative. The Matrimandir (translated as Mother Temple) is the golden temple in the heart…
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The Auroville Global studio was an incredible and memorable experience that I will never forget. Six weeks in an eco-village in the south of India was a unique opportunity to immerse myself in a new culture. We spent time speaking with Aurovillians about the lifestyle and the inner workings of the complex system that is…
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Last summer I was extremely fortunate to have been apart of the Faculty-Led Global Short Program: DAB Global Studio (Spain) – Hydro-eco-urban: Barcelona Study Tour, whereby I was one of 19 students who were able to not only learn about our industry itself but the ways in which practices in Barcelona and Girona went about…
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It is difficult to summarise a three-week experience into a few short words in a blog post. This experience has by far been the best challenge, learning opportunity and period I have had the privilege to explore. I have been given so many opportunities to take my practise outside the confines of a university lecture…
