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: Ashley Crosby

Going to Barcelona was an absolutely amazing experience, and that is simply an understatement. Words can not even come close to describing a...

Going to Barcelona was an absolutely amazing experience, and that is simply an understatement. Words can not even come close to describing all the beauty it held and how special it was to be able to visit so many places in so little time. we worked through all our pains and toured so many places. We got to meet some amazing people who were very informative the entire trip and learned a bit of Spanish/Catalonian along the way! Since this was a travel abroad course, we learned so much that I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to obtain that much information that was sent my way, but each individual tour we took had special features that I will never forget and I am thankful to have had such an unforgettable experience with some amazing classmates and professors because without them this trip wouldn't have been as amazing, unforgettable, or humorous as we made it! 

Our signatures inside the Casa Batllo book
Park Guell
Dalí Museum
Soccer field across the street from our residence
  From the over crowded metro rides, to the unplanned taxi rides, to the endless miles of walking we did I wouldn't trade a single moment of it because it was more than worth it! I would love to return the Spain someday and explore even more of its beauty and go back to visit the wonderful people we met along the way! 
Special thanks to all these wonderful ladies for making this the best study abroad experience ever!
 

1 comments

  1. Ashley -- I could not agree with you more-- thinking back I still cant believe we did as much as we did!

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