Say hello to my little bridges

Sorry about the blog yesterday...once again the wonderful Internet here at RESA was not cooperating, but here is Friday and Today


Friday:


Began the day with a very refreshing run, I am not sure if Barcelona weather is as unpredictable as Charleston weather but if so I better not get used to it. Outside today was beautiful, it was a nice 60 degrees and the sun was shinning...at the beach there was a constant breeze too. Hopefully the weather will not switch to freezing cold or blistering hot tomorrow or Sunday.


I finally watched Scarface today on Netflix (the Al Pacino...Tony Montana Scarface), I definitely see why I was not allowed to watch it when I was younger...it was gruesomely graphic and explicit. I cannot precisely say what my expectations for the film were, regardless they were not met; the movie was nothing like I expected it to be, all of the hype, acclaim, and pop culture prominence surrounding the movie created a false sense for me. In some ways I was disappointed in the movie, but overall I enjoyed it; I think the premise of the movie was lacking and the ending was terrible (I won't spoil it just in case there is anyone who still has not seen it). But I am glad that I can say I have seen it, now I need to watch the Godfathers. 


I also did some more work on the designs of the bridge, I tried some variations on the idea of "structural glazing" as the prominent design feature and I came up with these two ideas. So in the spirit of Tony Montana "say hello to my little bridges"....

Saturday:

Today began with another run…thankfully the weather was just as pleasant as yesterday’s was. The beach seemed even more crowed and the “boardwalk” was swarming with people and new vendors; I have started to recognize the vendors so it was obvious when new ones appeared today…I guess they come out with the beautiful weather.

The rest of my day consisted of designing more bridge schemes…I came up with another concept that utilizes the structural glazing technique…this one was a bit more “organic” than what I usually try to design but personally I was pleased with how it turned out. Mallory and I have to present these ideas to Miguel Rodan, the director of the BAC (Barcelona Architecture Center), in class on Monday. I don’t know if everyone remembers me talking about him and his blunt critiques during the midterm the other day, but we are pretty nervous about having a one-one desk critique with him. Wish us luck.

Let Mallory and I know which of the designs you like best! (Keep in Mind that these are digital sketches so all the supports and technical aspects have not been "drawn in yet")