Sorry about yesterday’s blog…the internet was even slower than its already sluggish speed, so much so that it was impossible to update the blog. It literally took (no exaggeration), an hour just for my homepage to load. Regardless yesterday was pretty bland, nothing too exciting occurred…
Studio was torturous, Mallory and I were the last group to receive a desk critique so we were in studio (which is freezing cold) until 2pm, and class gets out at 1:30pm. Jordi liked our map and the idea we both had for our first 3D model. Essentially we are going to model the current areas of pedestrian congregation. Our intervention will take the “pedestrian travel program” to a level above the street…almost like a park or bridge above the two streets; this will allow the existing bars and cafes to be connected via a purely pedestrian “highway”. We bought some supplies after Spanish class to use for our model…hopefully it will turn out well. Wednesday is our last Spanish class so will be watching a movie and having a small “fiesta”. The two professors are going to bring Wine and Cava (Champagne) and we can bring snacks and other food if we want.
Today I had what is becoming my usual Tuesday Morning/Afternoon brunch (eggs, toast, cereal and a huge class of Orange juice!) Then I went for a run on my route…it was extremely cold this morning, it took me a while to “warm up”.
In field studies class today we walk to Barcelona’s old city cemetery which is terraced on the side of Mountjuic. The cemetery is humongous and is a small city in its self; there are roads and roundabouts in this cemetery. Some graves are in the ground with elaborate headstones and marble tops, while others are in mausoleums that are incorporated into the walls of the terraced streets. This cemetery is obviously for the affluent and connected families of Barcelona; there is a “leasing” system in place to keep your grave in its lot. The cemetery was very beautiful and the further we walked up the mountain the better the views of the city and harbor got.
Afterwards we visited the Joan Miro museum, which is also on Mountjuc. Joan Miro was a very famous Catalan artist who was very similar to Pablo Picasso; I believe the two actually worked together on a few projects. The surrealism and cubism that Miro created was very interesting to observe, some things were far too abstract for me, but I enjoyed some of his artwork.
Mallory and I have to continue working on this project to get our model done for Thursday…more to come!
OHHHH and sooooo glad I woke up on Monday to see that Tom Brady and the Patriots lost!
View from the Miro museum...
"class of Orange juice"
ReplyDeleteNo typos, please. Lol. Nice photos, though.