Rome Program

The University of Miami School of Architecture sponsors fall and spring semesters abroad in Rome, Italy. Founded in 1999, the Rome Program brings together a select group of upper-level students, faculty members and local professionals for an intensive experience in design, drawing,history and theory of architecture for one academic semester. Expert faculty deliver a specialized and in-situ curriculum inclusive of studios, lectures, work-shops, guided walking tours and field trips.

Luca Galofaro is an Associate Professor at the University of Camerino and has held visiting professorships at institutions such as UCL’s Bartlett School of Architecture, Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris, Confluence in Lyon, Cornell University’s Rome Program, and Kent State University’s Florence Program. He graduated with honors in Architecture from "La Sapienza" University, Rome, in 1990. He furthered his studies in Architectural Theory at "La Sapienza" and earned a Master’s degree in Spatial Science from the International Space University in Huntsville, Alabama, in 1993. His early work in spatial architecture was presented at several notable conferences, including Ideea-One in Houston and Ideea-Canada in Toronto.

In 1997, he co-founded IaN+, a multidisciplinary office where architectural theory and practice converge. In 2016, he co-founded LGSMA, a new practice focused on the intersection of design and research. His curatorial contributions include co-curating the first and second Architecture Biennale in Orléans (2017, 2019) and curating the Art and Architecture exhibition at the Maxxi Museum in Rome (2023). He is also the founder of the research platform CAMPO.

His work has garnered global recognition, including the Gold Medal for Italian Architecture in 2006, a finalist position for the Iakov Chernikov Prize in 2010, and selection for the Aga Khan Award in 2013. His project "Maria Grazia Cutuli" primary school won the Prix Spécial from the Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture in 2011 and received an honorable mention for the Zumtobel Award in 2012.

Jan Gadeyne has a PhD in Archaeology and Ancient Art History and an M.A. in Classics from the Katholieke  Universiteit Leuven (Louvain, Belgium).  He also studied late antique art and archaeology at the Westfälische Wilhelmsuniversität Münster (Germany). He came to Rome in 1987 with a grant from the Italian government and studied early Christian Archaeology at the Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana.

Since 1988 he has been teaching for several American study abroad programs, including the University of Miami, Temple University, Cornell University and Trinity College, and periodically lecturing for architecture programs, among them Yale University, the University of Maryland and Pratt Institute. His courses embrace Ancient Roman Art and Architecture, Urban History of Rome in Antiquity and the Middle Ages, Late antique and early Byzantine Art and Architecture, Ancient History of Rome.

Since 2005, he is co-director of the excavation of the Roman villa on the Piano della Civita in Artena (40 miles southeast of Rome). The title of his Ph.D. in Archaeology and Ancient Art History is “Function and dysfunction of the City: Rome in the 5^th century AD.” He has published papers on Roman lead seals, Early Christian apse mosaics, the formation of the street system in Early Medieval Rome and (especially) on the excavations of the Roman villa at Artena. He has co-edited, together with Gregory Smith, Perspectives on Public Space in Rome, from Antiquity to the Present Day, published by Asgate in 2013. He is also one of the officers of the Rome charter of the Archaeological Institute of America.

Jean-François Lejeune is professor at the U-SoA, where he teaches architectural design, urban design, and history-theory. From June 2009 to December 2014 he was the Director of Graduate Studies. He taught at the Oregon School of Design (1985-87) and was Visiting Professor at the Universidade do Rio Grande du Sul (Brazil), the Università La Sapienza Roma, and the Universidad de Alcalá in Alcalá de Henares in Spain. In 2007 he was an Affiliated Fellow at the American Academy in Rome. Born in Belgium, he graduated from the University of Liège (Belgium) with the Diploma of Engineer-Architect. He is now a Ph.D. candidate and researcher at TU Delft, Netherlands, where he is completing his dissertation on Reciprocal Influences: Rural Utopia, Metropolis and Modernity in Franco’s Spain.

In Europe, Lejeune collaborated on the design of the University of Liège Experimental Farm, and worked as urban designer for the Atelier de Recherche et d’Action Urbaines (Brussels) and for the Archives d’architecture moderne (AAM, Brussels). His books include, among others, the three issues of the School of Architecture periodical The New City (1991, 1994, 1996), The Making of Miami Beach 1933-1942: The Architecture of Lawrence Murray Dixon (with Allan Shulman), Sitte, Hegemann, and the Metropolis (with Charles Bohl), Modern Architecture and the Mediterranean: Vernacular Dialogues and Contested Identities (with Michelangelo Sabatino, commended for the 2011 CICA Bruno Zevi Book Award) whose Italian version was issued in 2016. He has published essays in Rassegna, Stadtbauwelt, Architektur Aktuell, Clog, The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Journal of Architectural Education, Bollettino del CE.S.A.R., and in various exhibition catalogues and books.

Lejeune’s research has also focused on Latin America and Miami and he is a founding member and secretary of DoCOMOMO-US/Florida. He curated in Brussels the exhibition Cruelty and Utopia: Cities and Landscapes of Latin America whose catalogue won the Julius Posener CICA Award for Best Architecture Catalogue in 2005. Other exhibitions include Cuban Architects at Home and in Exile: the Modernist Generation (2016-17, with Victor Deupi), The Florida Home: Modern Living in Miami, 1945-65 (Miami-Tallahassee, 2004-5, with Allan Shulman), Interama: Miami and the Pan-American Dream (Miami, 2008, with Allan Shulman).

Nicolás Delgado Alcega is the vice president of Liminal, an organization that brings together driven individuals to engage in action-research aimed at redefining the future of rural areas. He is also a principal at Alliata/Alcega, an architecture practice based in Rome. Delgado Alcega holds a Master of Architecture from Harvard University and earned his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Miami. He leads a seminar for the University of Miami's Rome Program, exploring how the Humanist Weltanschauung manifests in the work of Renaissance architects practicing across different scales of the built environment, from interiors to territorial infrastructures. He recently edited Large, Lasting & Inevitable (Park Books, 2025), a compendium featuring Jorge Silvetti in writings and dialogues on architecture as a cultural practice.

Salvatore Santuccio has a PhD in architecture with expertise in drawing and graphics. He serves as an Associate Professor at Università di Camerino, School of Architecture and Design (SAAD) in Ascoli Piceno, and is a visiting professor at the University of Miami’s Rome Program, where he teaches Advanced Visual Analysis.

Santuccio has been recognized in international project competitions, including the design for the UNICEF headquarters in Rome and the Olympic Village for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. His built works include residential palazzinas, social housing, and a public garden in Rome.

An expert in Italian modernism, Santuccio has authored several monographs on topics such as Luigi Moretti, the Italic Forum in Rome, architecture under fascism, modern architecture in Italian cinema, and women in modern architecture. He has also published extensively on landscape representation and Renaissance architecture in painting, particularly in depictions of the Last Supper and Annunciation.

Santuccio’s academic collaborations span the globe, with teaching positions at institutions including the University of Houston, Helsinki University of Technology, University of Buenos Aires, University of British Columbia, and Florida International University, among others. Additionally, he is an accomplished watercolorist, exhibiting his work in Morocco, France, the USA, and Italy.

Stefania Manna co-founded LGSMA in 2015 with Luca Galofaro, building on the thirty-year experience of their previous work as IaN+ (1998-2015). The firm is known for exploring the inseparable relationship between architectural theory and construction, engaging in a wide range of projects from public buildings to urban interventions, installations, and object design.

LGSMA's innovative approach has been recognized through numerous accolades, including the Italian Architecture Gold Medal in 2006 for their first realized work at the Milan Triennale, a finalist position for the Cherikhov Prize in 2010, and third prize in the Asia Architecture Award for public buildings in 2015. Their project, the "Hospital of the Sea" in Naples, received the Special Prize Willis Tower Watson – INARCH in 2020.

Stefania’s focus lies in navigating the technical and material complexities of projects, ensuring that conceptual ideals are translated into built reality with an experimental approach. She holds a Ph.D. in Technical Architecture and has taught at the University of L'Aquila (2018-2023). Additionally, she has served as an Abroad Programme Reviewer for several institutions, including the University of Arkansas, Rensselaer School of Architecture, Oklahoma State University, Tunghai University, and Kent State University. Since 1999, Stefania has been a regular contributor to the architecture magazine “L’Industria delle Costruzioni.”