Building Beauty is back in Sorrento Spring Semester 2023
Building Beauty is going to resume the course in Sorrento after a hiatus of 3 years. The course will start on January 30, 2023, and will end on April 28, 2023. The online courses associated with it will continue until May 19, 2023. Deadline for registration and fee payment is December 10, 2022.
Students going to Sorrento will participate in the following courses:
3.2 The Nature of Order III+IV – hybrid class together with online students.
4.2 Design and Construction Studio – the students will design and build a project or several projects in Sant’Anna Institute’s garden, there will be a shared weekly session with students taking the online studio.
5.2 Appropriate Construction – learning about traditional and modern building techniques and materials that conserve resources and energy and are socially and culturally adequate, and humanly satisfying. The course will include an intensive workshop with a local master ceramicist in the ceramic making city of Vietri, and a workshop with blind sculptor Felice Tagliaferri. Some of the lectures will be open to students online.
1.0 Italian Language and Culture – a crash course in Italian language and culture given by instructors of the Sant’Anna Institute.
2.0 Local History and Culture – 3 guided tours of Sorrento and its peninsula given by a local guide.
Further seminars and short workshops may also be offered and are now being developed.
Course Fee: 8,500 Euros. This includes participation in all the educational activities offered.
Travel and Living expenses are not included in the fee. Building Beauty has negotiated rooms at a discounted price in two apartments in a building across from Sant’Anna Institute at prices that range from 935-1,075 Euros per person per month. You can opt to share living in those apartments, or to find your own living arrangements.
The course is open for a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 12 students. Students who have taken Building Beauty’s online courses in the last three years have precedence in enrolment.
For further enquiries and registration, please write to hello@buildingbeauty.org.