Writer: Sara Timberlake
Hometown: Chicago, Il
Hometown: Chicago, Il
It’s hard to believe, but it’s actually starting to get cold here in Barcelona (cold as in, low 60's)! It’s not nearly as cold as it is in Urbana-Champaign, but the nights have gotten pretty chilly lately. Even as the weather changes, we’re still here working on our studio projects and our other classes. We also went on quite a few field trips to Barcelona this week! For our history class, we went to Santa Maria del Pi, situated in the heart of the Gothic Quarter: a prime example of Catalan Gothic Architecture.
The next site we visited was the Cathedral of Barcelona. It was designed as a Catalan Gothic cathedral, but it went under some renovations in 19th-20th century to show some more decorated, French-esque Gothic architecture. Something I wasn’t expecting to see there were these white geese in the cloister adjacent to the Cathedral!
For our sketching trip with Alex, we visited Can Framis. It was originally an industrial factory, but it has been repurposed to be an art museum in the heart of the 22@ district.
These are just some snapshots of where we’ve been this past week. We had a few of us go to Bilbao, Spain for a weekend trip and some other people travel to other parts of Europe as well. To me, it’s exciting to talk about buildings that we’ve seen in our history tutorials, and then to go and visit the building is a totally different ballgame.
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