Drawing in the Open Air
The city as a studio — rapid sketching from life in parks, streets and squares.
IIAA
Twenty workshops moving from foundational artistic skills to architecture, collaborative projects, and exhibitions.
The city as a studio — rapid sketching from life in parks, streets and squares.
Reading buildings on site: structure, sequence, threshold and courtyard.
Guided visits to collections and spaces of Islamic art, with drawing in the galleries.
Why buildings are kept, how they are recorded, and what restoration really means.
Reading plans side by side: Cordoba and Isfahan, Cairo and Istanbul — and New York.
Shade, water, wind and the walkable city — what the historic city already knew.
Working in teams on one shared project, from first sketch to final model.
An intensive challenge with a brief, a deadline and a public jury.
Curating, hanging and explaining student work — the moment the learner becomes a maker.
The culmination of the program: an individual project carried from research to exhibition.