NYIT has overseas programs and campuses in Jordan, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and China, among other places. Presently, the School of Architecture and Design administers an Interior Design program in Abu Dhabi.

The School of Architecture and Design also enjoys an international reputation for its summer abroad programs. Under the direction of one or more full-time faculty members, as many as three diverse programs are offered during the summer, depending upon interested students, and faculty availability. NYIT has offered programs in China, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Greece, and Turkey, where students and faculty come in contact with foreign students and architects while living in another culture, enabling them to understand first-hand the range, diversity, and power of living architecture as individual buildings or as entire cities and spaces. Summer study abroad course credit can be applied to a student’s specific curriculum and field of study. The summer programs are open to students enrolled in any degree program offered by the School of Architecture and Design.

SUMMER ABROAD PROGRAMS 2011

• ATELIER ITALIA NORD - 2011
  ANTIQUE & MODERN, PAST - PRESENT - FUTURE, SKETCH BOOK & SKETCH DESIGN
  Prof. Paul Amatuzzo – Director

This program has a clear and simple IDEA. It will study a very wide range of Antique and Modern Architecture. The work examined via on site sketching will form the analytic and cultural foundation for the design studio program.

Our actual design studio space will be located and conducted in affiliation with the Western world's oldest university - The University of Bologna, its Dean, and three of its most distinguished faculty.

The Venice and Bologna studio will serve as the central "railheads" for visits to architectural sites in Venice, the Veneto, San Vito, Asolo, Padua, Bologna, Modena, Riolla, Florence, Milano, and Ferrara. Such works will range from the ancients like Sansavino, Codussi, Longhena, Palladio, etc. to the modernists like Scarpa, Aalto, Rossi, LeCorbusier, Michelucci, etc., as well as a number of lesser known but also excellent architects.

All on site studies and field trips will be documented via analytic pencil freehand sketching in 9 x 12 Sketchbooks. The IDEA and premise of this program is to attempt to make connections between the antique and modern architecture that we visit and what we do in our every day design work. It is intended that there be a transformative relationship between the sketchbook and the design studio work.

• Old City/New Cities: Community and Settlement Patterns in the Near East
  Jerusalem, Israel
  Directory Prof. Jonathan Friedman; Co-Director: Prof. Shmuel Flaum

From Jacob to Joseph, Joshua to Jesus, the land currently known as modern day Israel has a record of experimental explorations into human habitats - intentional creations of communities and human settlements that range the cultural and environmental gamut. Mesopotamia and Egypt may have been the "cradles of civilization" and urbanism, but it may well be safe to say that the Mediterranean dwelling communities - the towns, villages, cities that have risen and fallen throughout the centuries - have of necessity been "cradles of cosmopolitanism", cultivating the proverbial "melting pot" of the Near East. Many religious and powerful ancient cultures have traversed the mountains, valleys, beaches and deserts that comprise the State of Israel. Diverse peoples now seek to make it their home: reclaim, resettle, and otherwise relocate to its place. And what kind of homes do these old and new residents build for themselves, both as shelters for individuals and as communities with collective needs and shared interests?

Through the study and investigation of ancient and modern communities - where the definitions of public and private were often interpreted in a multiplicity of ways - we hope to understand the "Intentional Community", the essence of place-making through time. Jerusalem itself is a paragon for the continuously developed historical site and as such will serve as the base location for our studio. Jerusalem itself is a city where the requirements of housing and neighborhoods are inextricably linked to the larger public spaces, from the walled Old City to the newer environs surrounding it, and is a prime location to situate our living laboratory. Essentially a paradox - it is a city that must constantly renew itself, yet maintain its ancient characteristics. It endeavors to be bold in its design, yet humble in its materials. It seeks to be both intimate to the individual and international to the world.

• JAPAN MATERIAL CULTURE: Hand-Tech versus High Tech
  Profs. David Diamond and Mishi Hosono, Co-Directors
  Profs. Kinya Maruyama and Adam Weintraub, Coordinators

This Program will explore the relationship between contemporary and traditional architecture of Japan. Through travel, on site sketching, building workshops and individual design problems, the students will have the extraordinary opportunity to experience the material culture of Japan's Architecture and Cities.

The Studio is based on the assumption that the principles and elements that create the theoretical, conceptual and perceptual aspects of a building can be deduced from its built form. Through the identification and elucidation of these elements and principles, one can then investigate their relationship to meaning. The studio will be comprised of five work components:
Conventional Analysis, Observation Recording, Documentation and Analysis of a Canonical Work of Architecture, Building Workshop, Design Studio

The Program will begin in Tokyo, bear our grounds, settle into the dormitories at the Foundation of Japanese Culture for Youth, which is conveniently situated in the heart of the city. In a few days, we commence our journey into Ancient Japan. During the travels, we will stay at various locations including temples, home-stays, hotels, and inns. Each student will make a journal of the journey with hand sketches of what they saw, and what impacted them in their observation of traditional Japanese methods of construction and composition. These methods will be repeated and utilized in the analysis of contemporary architecture. The methods of joinery, craft, texture and color are embedded in both the ancient and contemporary lifestyle of Japan.