I am writing this about a week or two after the program ended; Instead of how i plan to grow personally and professionally, this includes how I did grow personally and professionally. Building Information Modeling – or BIM – sounds nebulous to many outside of the engineering, architecture, and construction industry. A virtual model of…
Author: Garret Phipps
Hey guys! My name is Garret, a Junior Structural Engineering and Architecture student from Cleveland, Ohio, that is spending the month of May in Florence with the Engineering Perspectives of the Renaissance program. Upon Graduation in 2026, I hope to combine the technical skills of engineering with the creative expression of architecture in the design-build construction industry.
Moving Forward – Florence, IT
Claude-Jean, a Frenchman from Lille who spoke very little English, asked if the seat next to me was taken. It was the 4PM Mass at St. Peters Basilica, and he got on a bus that morning taking him and fellow pilgrims directly to the Vatican as part of the celebration of the Jubilee. I moved…
Ale La Viola! – Florence, IT
Calcio, the beautiful game – perfectly imperfect in its tactical brilliance and athletic mastery, yet also so prevalent in everyday life here in Florence. The city bleeds viola, and I can’t help but be a part of it! Outside the classroom, this has to be the most interesting aspect of Italian culture. If you can’t…
Standing on Business – Florence, IT
I like to sit and think about the vast amount of history beneath our very feet here in Florence. Each stone – placed by romans, rubbled during the world wars, and paved over in the modern era. Or each building – a foundation built by etruscans in the countryside, inhabited by real humans that experience…