By: Mari Kinzy, University of Texas at Austin What do you think of when you picture the Balkans? For many people in the cultural west, it’s not much— the natural beauty of the Adriatic sea, or a vague perception of some threshold between eastern and western culture. For those historically inclined, they might think ofContinue reading “Rebuilding Urban Life and Identity in the Balkans”
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Reinterpreting Heritage in a Networked World: Exploring the Geometric Soul of Islamic Architecture
By Zizhou Lyu Hello! My name is Zizhou Lyu, and I’m a fifth-year architecture student at Syracuse University. This summer, with the support of the Tyler Fellowship, my teammate Beining Xue and I—also a fifth-year architecture student—will embark on a research journey from Syracuse to Spain and Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to explore the geometric soul ofContinue reading “Reinterpreting Heritage in a Networked World: Exploring the Geometric Soul of Islamic Architecture”
First week in Morocco!
It is now the Friday of my first week at Connect Institute. It is located in Agadir, a tourist city most known for the beach. I got here Monday after a 24 hour travel day in total. It’s been a very welcoming time in Morocco, the organization I am with is essentially a platform toContinue reading “First week in Morocco!”
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