This is a one year PROGRAM that explores advanced problems in the design of Cruise Ship and Super Yacht interior environments. The courses have a structure of various instructional activities: lectures, workshops, skill building exercises, field trips, and studio work; culminating with a 2-month study abroad in Italy. It starts with

01 Design@SEA [summer] Introduction to the naval environment … This is a study abroad course that takes place aboard a cruise ship.

02 CRUISE SHIP DESIGN STUDIO at FIU [Fall]

03 YACHT DESIGN STUDIO at FIU [Spring]

04 YACHT DESIGN Workshop … lead by an Italian Yacht designer [Spring] 

05 Collaborative CRUISE SHIP Workshop and cultural exchange in Miami with students from the University of Genoa, Italy  [Spring]

06 FIELD TRIPS to Miami International Boat Show and Miami Yacht Show [Spring]

07 Collaborative SUPER YACHT STUDIO and cultural exchange in La Spezia, ITALY with the University of Genoa students [Spring] with field trips to Yacht yards.

08 Study Abroad … Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany …naval design  site visits + cultural travel to Rome, Genoa,  Florence, Milan, Venice, Vicenza, Verona, Monaco, Nice, Cann, and Vals + Basel, Switzerland and Weil am Rhein, Germany.

Design@SEA . 01

MIAMI . 02.03.04.05.06

LA SPEZIA . 07

GENOVA . 08