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and in several locations in Kingston and St Andrew.
During the academic year 2014/15, the LSGIS Division
presented topographical plans to the Professional
Development Institute in Kingston and to three schools
in the wider Negril area.
The division continues to make a significant contribution
to community development through the extensive
surveys carried out by students in the practicum
exercises. In the summer 2015 practicum exercises,
the first year students, in addition to surveys of
schools, will conduct an extensive beach survey as the
beginning of a longitudinal study of the beach erosion
along the historic Negril beach. The information from
this study will be of great value to the work of the
Natural Resources and Conservation Authority (NRCA)
and the many stakeholders in the tourism sector.
REGIONAL STUDY TOURS
Caribbean School of Architecture (CSA)
The regional study tours are an important initiative of the
CSA as they provide the students and accompanying
faculty members with not just professional knowledge
and experience but also cultural exposure and the
possibility of widening their social network. The tours
also serve as an excellent promotional opportunity
for the CSA and its courses of study. Many linkages
are established for continued collaborations with
these institutions through exchanges in both the
undergraduate and graduate programmes, and for
possible student internships.
AS3 Study Tour 2015
Colonial City of Santo Domingo Dominican Republic, -
February 5, 2015
Forty Students in Year 3 of the undergraduate
programme participated in the AS3 Study Tour of
the historic World Heritage Colonial City of Santo
Domingo in the Dominican Republic from February
22nd to February 2015. They were accompanied by
Studio Tutors, Arch. Franz Joseph Repole and Arch.
Julie Jones. While there, the Caribbean School of
Architecture collaborated with four entities: the School
of Architecture --Facultat de Arquitectura y Artes
Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña (UNPHU);
Centro de Altos Estudios Humanisticos y del Idioma;
Municipal offices of Patrimonio Cultural Inmueble y
Centro Historico, Ayuntamiento del Distrito Nacional
Santo Domingo; and Dominican Republic ICOMOS.
Arch Repole gave a lecture on the history and success
of CSA Study Tours at the Facultat de Arquitectura
y Arte. Head of School, Arch Dr Patricia Green, who
also joined the group, was invited by the Centro de
Altos to give a public lecture on Caribbean Vernacular
Architecture.
AS4 Study Tour 2015
San Jose in Costa Rica between February 1st and 15th
2015
Twenty-one students in Year 4 of the Undergraduate
Programme participated in the AS4 Study Tour of the
historic centre of the city of San Jose in Costa Rica
between February 1st and 15th 2015. Studio Tutors,
At left, Architecture students make a presentation during a study tour of the city
of San Jose in Costa Rica hosted by the Caribbean School of Architecture, UTech,
Jamaica from February 1 - 15, 2015. Pictured at right, 4th year Architecture student,
Hopeton Bailey (right) presents a painting to Mrs. Elizabeth Fonseca Corrales (left),
Minister of Culture and Youth, Costa Rica. Looking on is Dr. Patricia Green, Head,
Caribbean School of Architecture, UTech, Jamaica.
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