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What is Resiliency?
Interior Architecture + Design undergraduate program
This course examines the development and impact of resiliency as it relates to a community’s ability to predict, react and adapt to unanticipated factors.  Students gain factual knowledge about the strategies and tools required for implementing resiliency with a focus on historical built environments and business continuity planning.  Students analyze and observe various resilient approaches used across the globe and explore these important cultural and geographical differences through international travel. 

For the spring 2016 semester we are focusing on Boston and Barcelona.  Mount Ida College is located in Newton MA and travel to Barcelona will occur in May 2016.


RESILIENCY:
What is it and why is it important?
noun re·sil·ience \ri-ˈzil-yən(t)s\
: the ability to become strong, healthy, or successful again after something bad happens

My Reflection: Grace Herron

En route to Barcelona! 5.5 hour plane ride... Going to Barcelona was one of the best decisions I've ever made. This was an amazing ...

En route to Barcelona! 5.5 hour plane ride...
Going to Barcelona was one of the best decisions I've ever made. This was an amazing experience that helped me grow as a person and designer. I've always been the type of student that enjoys hands-on learning and benefits from experience rather than lectures and tests (part of the reason I love my major, so hands-on). We visited so many different things and saw so many different types of design, it truly opened my eyes to what I can do with my degree and how much room I still have to learn and grow. I enjoyed every bit of the trip, from visiting all of the Gaudi architecture, to learning about solar power, to eating paella roughly 5 times in a week. 


It's difficult to pick a favorite part of the trip, because I really did enjoy all parts of it. I got to bond with my classmates and professors in a way that I wouldn't have been able to had I not traveled with them. I got to see places and do things (like go up 250ft high in a cathedral) that I wouldn't have done on my own. Traveling to Barcelona opened my eyes to a totally different culture and I cannot be more thankful for this opportunity. Everyday we saw something new, from architecture to food to city views. It was amazing to see places that we've talked about and looked at pictures of. Getting to see those places in person is a totally different feeling and actually quite humbling. You read about these places and see pictures of them, and it slips your mind, regardless of your interest level. Seeing them in person and getting to really soak it in, changes your view. It's something you won't and can't forget about, not that you would even want to forget about it. It puts things into perspective and makes you think and feel something.



I couldn't have asked to travel with a better group of people. Here's to the reunion trip in 2026? 

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  1. UnknownJune 3, 2016 at 11:40 AM

    I'm in for a 2026 reunion to see the finished Sagrada Familia! I agree Grace to have the opportunity to visit places we study from books and photos is something we will never forget. I remember entering the Sagrada Familia and looking up and having goose bumps because I was so overwhelmed by the structure! AND I will never forget climbing down the spiral stairs of the tower with you!!!!

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