UTEC - MIT Collaborative Program
The archeology of Peru is extremely magnificent and very diverse due to the particular characteristics of the pre-Inca and Inca cultures that developed throughout Peru, especially in Cuzco. These ancestral structures also generate intrigue in knowing the criteria of how they were designed to be built later on. Those structures were built for different purposes: agriculture, religiosity, living, among others. During this program, twelve undergraduate students (six from MIT and six from UTEC) will learn how to use modern architecture and engineering techniques to understand the criteria for designing and building ancestral structures.
The program at a glance
Structure
Program Cost
Coordinators
Structure
The program will begin in Boston, where students will be given lectures at MIT about digital photogrammetry and other 360 techniques. These initial activities will be complemented with a two-week program in Peru, including a field trip to Cusco to apply the learnt techniques by mapping the ruins of Tipón.
Program Cost
UTEC – MIT program convers accommodation, orientation, academic workshops, organized group activities and excursions for all participants.
Vaccination, meals, travel insurance, visa, and airfare to Cusco (Peru) and Boston (USA) are NOT included.
Coordinators
Core Faculty Leads:
-Dr. Jorge D. Abad, Chair of UTEC, Director of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of UTEC.
-Dr. Takehiko Nagakura, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, MIT.
Participating Staff:
-Paloma Gonzalez Rojas, PhD student, School of Architecture and Planning, MIT.
-Leo Guerrero, Lab. Manager, Water Research Center, UTEC
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