Architectural Historian Diane Favro and her 3D visions of Imperial Rome

Interview with the director of the UCLA Experiential Technologies Center

June 15, 2016

Professor and Director of the UCLA Experiential Technologies Center (ETC) Diane Favro sits down to discuss her work with L'Italo-Americano.

"Diane Favro, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA, as well as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the School of the Arts and Architecture, is one of the most prominent experts in Ancient Roman architecture. 

 

Don’t tell her that it is impossible to travel back in time and space? She would say you that you’re definitely wrong! 

 

In fact, going back two millennia ago and walking through the streets and the buildings of the “Caput Mundi” is possible.

 

How? Through several advanced 3D models, which enable everyone to have an immersive, multisensorial experience, which Diane contributed to create, through decades of research.    

Please, introduce yourself. Do you have Italian ancestry? What is your cultural background and how did you grow fascinated by Ancient Roman era?

I’m Diane Favro and I’m Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA, as well as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the School of the Arts and Architecture.

 

As far as my origins, at the beginning of the twentieth century, my grandparents emigrated from Northern Italy to Southern California.

 

My family, on my father’s side, hails from around Turin (capital of the Piedmont region), while on my mother’s, it comes from around Lake Como."— Valerio Viale, June 15, 2016

Read the full article at the L'Italo-Americano website.