Prof. Daniela Poli and Prof. David Fanfani of Universita degli Firenze brief CRP 4160 students Emily Grace, Nate Revor, Shayna Sarin, Olivia Chaudhury and Oliver Goldberg-Lewis on their work as territorialist planners in Florence and the surrounding region. On a bicycle tour of community gardens in Prato. (Image: George Frantz)
CRP 4160 students Nathan Revor and Emily Grace consult their map during a day of field inventory work in the Aguzzano neighborhood in Rome. (Image: George Frantz)
While waiting for clearance at a police checkpoint in the community of Chiomonte, local environmental activist Paolo Perotto (R) discusses the longstanding local opposition to the proposed TAV high speed rail connection between Milan Italy and Lyon France, and the project’s environmental implications with CRP 4160 student Oliver Goldberg-Lewis and Simone Mangili (L). (Image: George Frantz)
In the community of Chiomonte local environmental activist Paolo Perotto discusses the longstanding local opposition to the proposed TAV high speed rail connection between Milan Italy and Lyon France, and the project’s environmental implications with students in CRP 4160. (L-R) Paolo Perotto, Alec Faber, Shayna Sarin (rear), Olivia Chaudhury, Nathan Revor, course TA Cora Fontana, Oliver Goldberg-Lewis, Simone Mangili foreground, Emily Grace. (Image: George Frantz)
MRP alumna Simone Mangili, an analyst on environmental policy for the City of Turin, discusses the redevelopment of the Spina 3 former industrial area in Turin with students in CRP 4160. (l-R) Shayna Sarin, Simone Mangili, Alec Faber, Olivia Chaudhury, (Nathan Revor beyond Olivia C.) (Image: George Frantz)
Simone Mangili (MRP ‘01 ???), an analyst on environmental policy for the city of Turin city, discusses the development of Parco Dora and restoration of the Dora River in the Spina 3 former industrial area in Turin with students in CRP 4160. (l-R) Cayla Kaplan, Nathan Revor, Emily Grace, Simone Mangili. (Image: George Frantz)
Students in CRP 4160 on the ferry to Pellestrina on the outer barrier islands of Venice to tour community gardens on the island. (Image: George Frantz)
(L-R) Pietro Romano of the city of Siena 100,000 Gardens program, Prof. Greggory Smith and CRP 4160 students Emily Grace and Cayla Kaplan listen as a San Miniato resident discusses his experiences as a member of the Orti Urbani San Miniato community garden. (Image: George Frantz)
CRP 4160 students (L-R) Lilah Rosenfield, Cayla Kaplan and Emily Grace speak with a member of a the Orti di Via Salgari community garden association in Pilastro district, Bologna. (Image: George Frantz)
CRP 4160 students Olivia Chaudhury and Alec Faber conduct a structure type and condition survey during a day of field inventory work in the Fossa Bravetta neighborhood in Rome. (Image: George Frantz)
Gianluca Torelli of the Masseria Antonio Esposito Ferraioli community gardens and environmental center in Afragola talks about their mission and operations to CRP 4160 students. (L-R) Gianluca Torelli, Oliver Goldberg Lewis, Olivia Chaudhury, Baladine Pierce, Andrew Gruber, Cayla Kaplan. (Image: George Frantz)
CRP 4160 student Shayna Sarin photographs parade participants during the 2019 Carnevali del Gridas in the Scampia neighborhood of Naples. (Image: George Frantz)
CRP 4160 students (L-R) Emily Grace, Cayla Kaplan, Olivia Chaudhury, Shayna Sarin and Oliver Goldberg-Lewis get into the spirit before the start of the parade during the 2019 Carnevali del Gridas in the Scampia neighborhood of Naples. (Image: George Frantz)
CRP 4160 students speak with a member of the Fossa Bravetta community garden association to during a preliminary assessment of Fossa Bravetta neighborhood in Rome. (L-R) Olivia Chaudhury, Alec Faber, course TA Cora Fontana, Shayna Sarin. (Image: George Frantz)
Community activist Paolo Hutter, leader in the environmental group Eco dalle Città, discusses the food recycling program that collects unsold fresh produce and bread for distribution to the poor and homeless at the open air market in Piazza della Repubblica in Turin. (l-R) Paolo Hutter, Nathan Revor, Shayna Sarin, Andrew Gruber. (Image: George Frantz)
Community activist Paolo Hutter, leader in the environmental group Eco dalle Città, discusses the food recycling program that collects unsold fresh produce and bread for distribution to the poor and homeless at the open air market in Piazza della Repubblica in Turin. (l-R) Oliver Goldberg-Lewis, Nathan Revor, Shayna Sarin, Paolo Hutter. (Image: George Frantz)
Prof. Gilda Berruti of Universita di Napoli Federico II in Naples (third from right) leads a discussion with Gianluca Torelli of the Masseria Antonio Esposito Ferraioli community gardens and environmental center in Afragola, during a visit by students in CRP 4160. (L-R) Oliver Goldberg-Lewis, Nathan Revor, Emily Grace, Shayna Sarin, Prof. Berruti, community garden member, Gianluca Torelli. (Image: George Frantz)
CRP 4160 students Andrew Gruber and Oliver Goldberg-Lewis listen as Fabio Generali of Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori in San Quirico d’Orcia discusses his organization’s work in local food and agriculture initiatives in the Toscano region. (Image: George Frantz)
CRP 4160 students Olivia Chaudhury, Cayla Kaplan and Oliver Goldberg-Lewis along with Prof. Gregory Smith listen as Maura Martellucci of Orto dei Pecci community garden in Siena discusses the history and mission of the 700-year old community garden. (Image: George Frantz)
CRP 4160 students Nate Revor, Cayla Kaplan, Emily Grace, Alec F and aberShayna Sarin, with CRP Chair Jeffrey Chusid, munch on sandwiches in Parco Cascine di Tavola, one-time farm of Italian statesman Lorenzo de’Medici, (1449-1492) while on a bicycle tour of community gardens in Prato and surround region. (Image: George Frantz)
This spring semester, Associate Professor of the Practice George Frantz (M.R.P. ’91) took students in CRP 4160 – Rome Neighborhood Studies all over Italy to learn about its history as well as current initiatives that are shaping its built environment. In class field trips, students visited community gardens in Rome’s Fossa Bravetta and Naples’ Afragola neighborhoods, toured an under-development former industrial site in Turin, and met with the activists who run Eco dalle Città, a food-recycling program in the same city.
CRP students (L-R) Shayna Sarin, Nathan Revor and Emily Grace share a light moment on the way to a meeting in Pellestrina. (Image: George Frantz)
Students undertook this firsthand learning as part of Cornell in Rome, a semester-long program that gives planning, art, and architecture students at the undergraduate and graduate levels the opportunity to live and learn in Italy’s capital.
Check out the gallery above to see more highlights from the semester.
After a 6- kilometer hike to the construction site of the TAV high speed rail tunnel near Chiomonte, students in CRP 4160 partake of the local fountain in the center of the village (L-R) Shayna Sarin, Alec Faber, Lilah Rosenfield, Olivia Chaudhury, Cayla Kaplan, Emily Grace, Nathan Revor, Oliver Goldberg-Lewis. (Image: George Frantz)
