The summer of 2024 was very eventful at the Residential College in Volterra. It seemed that something extraordinary was happening every day. Maybe the most important story is that we were able to officially celebrate the renaming of our home in Volterra. Volterra International Residential College is nowPagnotta International Residential College The event took place on May 31, with the...
We are back! After the long years of COVID and having to rebuild our depleted finances, we restarted the Artist in Residence program this year. We organized the program in collaboration with the Italian Consulate in Detroit. Their help was invaluable, and the results were fantastic. The program came back to life with a bang. It was a collaborative project...
The work of the Digital Preservation Workshop and the subsequent research of Roman design methods were recognized by Autodesk, which invited us to present it at Autodesk University in San Diego (October 15-17). The AU is an annual event that attracts engineering and architectural design professionals from around the world. It is estimated that there were 15,000 attendees in San...
Ten years ago, in October 2010, we were all ten years younger… and we organized a banquet to inaugurate our effort to raise money to renovate the future Residential College in Volterra. The event took place in the Detroit Yacht Club. Around 180 people participated. Just to remember a few highlights: Bruno Leon, the first Dean of the School of...
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This year we have restarted our Artist in Residence program, in a new format. It will now include both Italian artists in Detroit, as well as the Detroit artists in Volterra. The program is now ryn in collaboration with the Consulate of Italy in Detroit, and the Ponyride. The first guest of the program from Italy was an artist from Volterra...
Dear Friends; The Holidays and the end of the year are always a great opportunity for looking back at the year passed, and looking forward at the things to come. It is also a good moment to share a few thoughts about our activities at the Volterra-Detroit Foundation. The 2017 was really good for us. We hosted a lot of...
We are extremely happy and honored to be part of the Reality Capture Workshop Team, which has received the American Institute of Architects 2017 Innovation Award. “The Innovation Awards honor new practices and technologies that will further enable project delivery and enhance data-centric methodologies in the management of buildings for their entire lifecycle, from design, to construction and through operations.” (AIA Website)....
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Yellow_line International study program Volterra 2018 [art, history and culture] University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture & Volterra-Detroit Foundation OPEN ENROLLMENT ACADEMIC PROGRAM Program at a glance: A six week open enrollment program (May 5 2018 – June 18 2018) at the Volterra International Residential College in Volterra Italy, organized by the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture...