Vitruvius, DQI, Medel, and Catherine


"He states that all buildings should have three attributes: firmitas, utilitas, and venustas (strength, utility, and beauty), principles reflected in much Ancient Roman architecture. 

"His discussion of perfect proportion in architecture and the human body led to the famous Renaissance drawing of the Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci.

"In the Roman conception, architecture needed to take into account everything touching on the physical and intellectual life of man and his surroundings.


DQI

"There are [nowadays] three models of design quality indicator:
  • DQI which is applicable to all building types
  • DQI for schools which is applicable to school buildings. This model of DQI is being used on all current school projects in the UK and forms part of the Department for Children, Schools and Families 'Minimum Design Standard' for new school buildings.
  • DQI for health buildings which was released in beta format in June 2012 on the DQI website.

Elena Medel

"Over the course of the day, Elena [Medel] will guide you through writing prompts and group feedback sessions to develop your creative writing practice, drawing on her own research and writing processes [with regard to] a city [which] is made up of avenues and squares, parks and buildings. 

"Cities are inhabited by people: some live all their lives in the same neighbourhood, others pass through them every day. And a city is also built by the memory of those streets, those buildings, those people.

"Together you’ll think about the place you live and the lives of the people around you to inspire your poems, stories or novels.



"Catherine would later advise Raymond of Capua to do during times of trouble what she did now as a teenager: 'Build a cell inside your mind, from which you can never flee.'

"In this inner cell, she made her father into a representation of Christ, her mother into the Blessed Virgin Mary, and her brothers into the Apostles in the New Testament. Serving them humbly became an opportunity for spiritual growth." 


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