From Charlotte to Shinjuku: An Architecture Student’s Journey

Bella Swanson, a senior architecture major, spent a month this summer abroad in Shinjuku, Japan, studying contemporary Japanese urbanism with 33 classmates and Chris Jarrett, professor of architecture; Jeffrey Nesbit, visiting assistant professor of architecture; and Rachel Dickey, associate professor of architecture.

From the crowded streets of Tokyo to the quiet beaches of Japan’s coastline, Swanson experienced how architecture shifts to reflect its surroundings.

“With any architecture trip, the purpose is to expose us to other cultures, to other ways of design and how we can take those designs and implement them into our own thought process,” said Swanson.

Read about her study abroad experience in this Inside UNC Charlotte article by Lily Warlick.