By Marcin Hajduczek ’22 “Hurry, get across quickly before the grounds keepers notice,” Professor Masic joked, ushering us across the rope that closed off the exhibit from most visitors. While other tourists watched us with knit […]
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By Marcin Hajduczek ’22 “Hurry, get across quickly before the grounds keepers notice,” Professor Masic joked, ushering us across the rope that closed off the exhibit from most visitors. While other tourists watched us with knit […]
By Sophia Mittman ’22 Today’s activities were enlightening, yet bittersweet at the same time because tonight is our last night staying at the Castello Caetani in the charming city of Sermoneta. On the brighter side, we […]
By Rovi Porter ’22 The central focus of the day was learning about Aqueducts (a structure that the Romans built to transport water by using gravity). Yesterday at the American Academy in Rome, we had a […]
By Naomi Lutz ’22 After spending four days in the castle, we got out and visited Rome today! Our first stop was the American Academy in Rome. MIT Professor John Ochsendorf, who is also the Director […]
By Meriah Gannon ’22 Today during ONE-MA3, we had the opportunity to visit the American Academy in Rome. This research institution is home to one hundred scholars and artists who have won the coveted Rome Prize. […]
By Sophia Mittman ’22 If I gave a thorough synopsis of Day X, I don’t think this blog post would have an end, so I’ll do my best to summarize everything as concisely as I can! […]
By Rovi Porter ’22 It has been over a week since we have arrived in Italy and most of our lessons have included some form of lime. From visiting the kiln to burn limestone, to making […]
By Sophia Mittman ’22 In the past week we have learned about the processes involved in creating 3D models of objects using photogrammetry and practiced it in the field (the castle grounds, to be exact). Today, […]
By Sophia Mittman ’22 Happy Sunday! Some of us woke up to Sunday Mass at the medieval cathedral of Sermoneta just a five-minute walk away. It was fascinating to arrive at the church early to receive […]
By Maritza Gallegos ’22 Our team of students and restorers was lucky enough to get to work in the beautiful Gardens of Ninfa, a juxtaposition of long abandoned ruins and living plants. It is one of […]
By Marcin Hajduczek ’22 No longer jetlagged and sporting new tans from the Italian sun, we set out to Torre Paola today for our first hands-on fieldwork of the ONE-MA3trip. After a short trip to the […]
By Sophia Mittman ’22 Mixing the mortar for our frescoes Today we woke up to our first rainy day in Italy, although the clouds cleared up by the time we set up tables outside to try […]
By Naomi Lutz ’22 This morning we had the opportunity to learn about the process of making Roman mortars and the different materials used in them. Then we put our knowledge to the test and made […]
By Naomi Lutz ’22 Today we visited the beautiful Gardens of Ninfa in Latina, Italy, which contains the ruins of the medieval town Ninfa. We had the chance to use some cool technology such as thermal […]
By Carene Umubyeyi ’22 Today, we started off with a trip to Terme di Torre Paola, an archaeological restoration site located in a beautiful coastal town in the province of Latina. The restoration site contained an […]