Exploration

My second week here in Barcelona was spent better acquainting myself with the great city I now call home. I had the opportunity to check out many of the great architectural gems that Spain has to offer and document everything via photograph and sketch. Early in the week our class paid a visit to Richard Meier's MACBA Museu D'Art Contemporania as well as the Museu Picasso to work on sketching exercises in axon and to document potential sequences of spatial layout. My quest for architectural wonders throughout Barcelona led me to Antonio Gaudi's Casa Batllo and Casa Mila, as well as Sagrada Familia for the second time. Unfortunately, heavy winds prevented me from going into the towers to get a bird's eye view of Barcelona as was planned.

Later in the week I had the opportunity to make the trek up Montjuic to check out the Olympic Complex where the games were held in 1992. I was finally able to get that bird's eye view of Barcelona, and it was a great one. While in the area I also paid a visit to Calatrava's infamous communication tower and left with over 200 pictures to show for it. Our class had the special opportunity of meeting up with an architecture program based in San Antonio for a sketching class at Santa Maria del Mar- it was a great experience to gain a different perspective on the architectural learning process. As the week began to wrap up I also had the chance to see Torre Agbar up close and personal. The highlight of my week, however, came Saturday night when I went to see FC Barcelona take on CD Numancia at Camp Nou Stadium.

My second week in Barcelona was without a doubt a successful one. I had numerous opportunities to check out the architecture in and around Barcelona while absorbing the culture all the while, and I look forward to what the coming weeks have in store.