Waterloo Architecture
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The opportunity to see the architecture of Rome in person has always been one of the great desires of architecture students. Because of this, the School of Architecture of the University of Waterloo inaugurated its Rome Program for fourth year students in 1979. Since then there has been continuously renewed interest in the city, its urban structure and its architecture as an expression of culture, power and ambition.
The intention to establish a studio in Rome was originally based on the school's commitment to architecture as a cultural field, its strength in areas of architectural history and urban design and its desire to participate in architectural culture at an international level. Very quickly the program became an extremely significant feature of the architectural curriculum at Waterloo and more than a thousand students have now had the opportunity to live and study in the Eternal City.
Moreover, over the years, the Rome Program has played an important role in the architectural scene in Rome, through organizing lectures and conferences, involving Italian and foreign academics and architects, creating links with Italian institutions, addressing design problems of current interest in the city and finally, exhibiting and publishing the work of faculty and students.
Prof. Lorenzo Pignatti
Director of Rome Program
Waterloo Architecture
7 Melville Street South
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The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our Office of Indigenous Relations.