A Delegation from the Italian Consulate visits CUE, and Organizes a Lecture for Italian Design Day at the Campus

A delegation from the Italian consulate in Erbil, headed by the Consul General of Italy, Mr. Michele Camerota visited the CUE Campus. The delegation was welcomed by Dr. Nazar Shabila, CUE President, Fr. Dankha Joola, and Mrs. Vida Hanna. Throughout the meeting, both institutes discussed possible future collaborations.

Following, on March 12, 2023, in collaboration with CUE, the Italian Consulate in Erbil organized a lecture at the campus for Italian Design Day, in the presence of Mr. Michele Camerota, who was welcomed by H.G. Archbishop Bashar Warda, CUE Chancellor and Head of Board of Trustees, and Mrs. Vida Hanna, Director of Public Affairs and Strategic Communications.

The lecture was conducted by Italian architect, Ms. Maite Garcia, during which she covered many aspects of architecture and presented short videos for the audience about design. Regarding her topic, Ms. Garcia presented a set of creative architecture projects by different architects, such as Complexity, Dynamic scale, Progettto urbano, Urban clearing, Depaving, Parkshore, Identity, Scheme and much more. The projects were located in several cities around the world, such as NYC, Paris, Milan, Barcelona and more. CUE staff and Architecture students were able to raise their queries after the lecture.