{"id":3706,"date":"2018-06-26T09:02:03","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T14:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/?p=3706"},"modified":"2018-06-28T13:46:04","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T18:46:04","slug":"architecture-students-return-from-extended-study-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2018\/architecture-students-return-from-extended-study-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Architecture students return from Dunwoody\u2019s first extended Study Abroad Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"
Two-month stay in Barcelona, Spain, provides students with the experience of a lifetime<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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An experience that helped everyone find themselves. That\u2019s how fourth-year Architecture student Josiah Hanka described his two-month study abroad stay in Barcelona, Spain. Hanka was part of a semester-long Dunwoody Study Abroad program this past spring.<\/p>\n

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Dunwoody launches first semester-long study abroad program<\/strong><\/h6>\n

The program, a first for Dunwoody, consisted of ten Bachelor of Architecture students and lasted a full semester. The first half of the semester was spent in Minneapolis where students studied the history of Barcelona as it relates to design. The second half of the semester took place in Barcelona, where students stayed with host families.<\/p>\n

The Dunwoody group left for Spain on March 13, 2018, and the program concluded May 18, 2018. Faculty members Molly Reichert and Reem El-Radi led the venture.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Dunwoody students experience making in a new way<\/strong><\/h6>\n

\"\"While in Spain, the Dunwoody group had the unique and very fitting opportunity to take courses in a Spanish maker space located in the Poble Nou district of Barcelona, ATTA33<\/a>. Much like at Dunwoody, here students had access to a full wood shop, CNC router, laser cutters, and 3D printers as well as fully trained, expert machinists and technicians.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHaving skilled technicians help students use the machines made the process of making so much easier,\u201d Reichert said. \u201cIt allowed the process of model making to be much more focused on design rather than troubleshooting.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the students\u2019 favorite projects created at ATTA33 was the individual interpretation, design, and fabrication of Modernisme, a culturally rich building ornamentation found in many Spanish arts, especially architecture. Students were to find an existing piece of Modernisme in Barcelona (pictured below) and redesign it, taking into consideration contemporary issues.<\/p>\n