We have just finished week one and what a week it was! I am starting to get around town a lot easier and my Spanish is progressing. We at a small jury today about our figure ground drawings and it was nice to see all the works in one place and learn about how old cities and new cities compare. PJ and I are working on our collage and I'm excited for how the project will come out, even though we have a lot of work ahead of us before its due. We are introducing a graffiti style with an architectural foreground.
The clubs around here are great compared to the ones back home. Very fancy with no sight of sketchy people :) just nice Spanish chicas. Also, the suite has decided to make a weekly event to see one of the 13 Antonio Gaudi buildings. His style is so crazy and unique, we have recently found out that the Sagrada Familia is going to have a speed train with a hub that goes directly underneath the massive structure. This seems to be a dangerous approach because the foundation is not very strong and could cause a lot of long term damage to it. This would be quite the sham because it isn't even close to being finished, yet it is already in the record books of Spanish architecture by Gaudi.
So I am officially an uncle now and I have seen little baby Bella and wow she is so so so beautiful!!! I am looking forward to seeing my family on Skype soon and also the new member, Isabella Elina Gamber, Born 1-18-2008 at 10:25 PM, Weight of 5 pounds 13 ounces, and 19 1/4 inches long. Well its time to work on some homework and get ready for our 10 day Spain trip coming up in a week! WOW!!!
Monday, January 21, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
First Day's at Barcelona
Que Tal?
I have been in this beautiful country of Spain for a week. I am quickly starting to love this place. If its from the "compressed" life style the Spanish people have to walking around to explore to this being my first time out of the continental United States. I am nervous with a hint of excitement for the new and unknown adventures ahead. My roomies are very cool we have some amazing meals ever night while polishing off two bottles of wine...well they do most of the work i just try and help them out a little bit!
The language barrier is a little hard to get passed, but the people are very nice and helpful. Today we went to the Edifici Forum building its structure is unique and beautiful. The facades are covered with a blue textured foam and the it reminds me of a tree. It has a massive base with holds the main stair cases and utility rooms, also, while you stand under this tree-like structure there are gaps in it where you could see straight through to the sky. This design caught my eye quickly because in sophomore Spring studio I created a 2 week children's school in which I designed a library that was shaped like a glass cases tree. The other students and I watched a short video about the cities architectural history.
Over the last dew days we have had so very cool city projects one consisting of getting dropped off at a random stop. We were told to walk around the city while only following what our senses tell use to do, so if you like it quite you would want to stay in the quiet alleys or if a smell grabs you and pulls you in a direction, then you follow it. Another won was where we were taken to a plaza by our teacher and told to go in a specific direction and we would have to paint on black paper our path. The goal of this was to walk in that direction until we got to a smaller plaza; this was designed to make us look at the city and to understand scaling a walk of the city with just your steps.
It's night time in this beautiful city of Barcelona and I have been in studio for lone enough. Goodnight Blog....till another time!!!
I have been in this beautiful country of Spain for a week. I am quickly starting to love this place. If its from the "compressed" life style the Spanish people have to walking around to explore to this being my first time out of the continental United States. I am nervous with a hint of excitement for the new and unknown adventures ahead. My roomies are very cool we have some amazing meals ever night while polishing off two bottles of wine...well they do most of the work i just try and help them out a little bit!
The language barrier is a little hard to get passed, but the people are very nice and helpful. Today we went to the Edifici Forum building its structure is unique and beautiful. The facades are covered with a blue textured foam and the it reminds me of a tree. It has a massive base with holds the main stair cases and utility rooms, also, while you stand under this tree-like structure there are gaps in it where you could see straight through to the sky. This design caught my eye quickly because in sophomore Spring studio I created a 2 week children's school in which I designed a library that was shaped like a glass cases tree. The other students and I watched a short video about the cities architectural history.
Over the last dew days we have had so very cool city projects one consisting of getting dropped off at a random stop. We were told to walk around the city while only following what our senses tell use to do, so if you like it quite you would want to stay in the quiet alleys or if a smell grabs you and pulls you in a direction, then you follow it. Another won was where we were taken to a plaza by our teacher and told to go in a specific direction and we would have to paint on black paper our path. The goal of this was to walk in that direction until we got to a smaller plaza; this was designed to make us look at the city and to understand scaling a walk of the city with just your steps.
It's night time in this beautiful city of Barcelona and I have been in studio for lone enough. Goodnight Blog....till another time!!!
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