{"id":907,"date":"2022-03-25T14:21:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T18:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/?page_id=907"},"modified":"2022-05-31T10:00:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T14:00:43","slug":"katherina-zdravkov","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/authors\/katherina-zdravkov\/","title":{"rendered":"Katherina Zdravkov"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Katherina Zdravkov, Class of 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

E-mail: <\/b>kzdravko@nd.edu<\/a>
Language: <\/b>Italian
Location of Study: <\/b>Siena, Italy
Program of Study: <\/b>Dante Alighieri School Summer Study Abroad<\/a>
Sponsors: <\/b>The Nanovic Institute for European Studies<\/p>\n\n\n

Visit Katherina’s Blog<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Hello, my name is Kat Zdravkov! Growing up in a bilingual household and having studied Spanish since the sixth grade, I am an avid learner of languages. I began studying Italian immediately upon coming to Notre Dame, excited to see how another Romance language related to Spanish and to expand my horizons into new ways of thinking and a better understanding of multiple cultures. I quickly came to appreciate how beautiful, powerful, and history-rich the Italian language is, and I want my knowledge of it to enhance my own life in the long-term. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have been interested in pursuing a career in architecture since middle school, and years of drawing combined with the traditional architecture program at Notre Dame have solidified that. I have become increasingly curious about urban design in conjunction with architecture, and even more broadly, in conjunction with language and culture. I am curious about the intersection between the expression of culture through the built environment and the verbal expression of ideas, values, and desires through language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, the nine weeks I spent living in Italy last summer have fostered my desire to further immerse myself in Italian language and culture, and to simultaneously learn lessons from what I consider to be some of the most inspiring architecture and urbanism that will surround me this summer in Siena. I was fortunate enough to be able to visit Siena for a day last summer, but that day alone convinced me that I had more to see and experience in the city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opportunity to live and study in Siena this summer will allow me to grow tremendously as a language enthusiast and as a design student, and I will better see how integral design and language are to human civilization. This program would also facilitate my transition to live in Italy later on as a professional architect and urban designer. I would be more comfortable as a speaker and resident. The Siena program would accustom me to the dense, walkable urbanism present in many Italian cities and heighten my understanding of it. I already admire the urbanism of Rome. But in Siena, as a pedestrian, I can become more well-versed in the strengths and weaknesses of Italian urbanism and allow it to inform my designs moving forward. I believe Italian architectural traditions are beautiful, sustainable, functional, rich in history and culture, and well-integrated with their surroundings. As an architecture student, I have been taught to express myself with drawings; however, in my heart I know that the Italian language must be incorporated into my life. I believe language and culture, architecture included, to be inseparable. Fluency in the language would not only make me a better designer, but would connect me to the culture in a way that would contribute to my long-term happiness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

E-mail: kzdravko@nd.eduLanguage: ItalianLocation of Study: Siena, ItalyProgram of Study: Dante Alighieri School Summer Study AbroadSponsors: The Nanovic Institute for European Studies Visit Katherina’s Blog Hello, my name is Kat Zdravkov! Growing up in a bilingual household and having studied Spanish since the sixth grade, I am an avid learner of languages. I began studying Italian immediately upon coming to … Continue reading Katherina Zdravkov<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3874,"featured_media":0,"parent":91,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-907","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1852,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/907\/revisions\/1852"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}