Author: Nevis Isaj
Hometown: Lombard, IL
Hometown: Lombard, IL
Even though we have a deadline on Wednesday this weekend hasn’t been filled with as much work as I would expect it. I went to watch a movie in Barcelona; then strolled around the Christmas decorated streets for a couple of hours. The best way to study architecture is to see and visit the buildings and so I did. We have to turn in a 1:40 detailed section model for studio on Wednesday, which I plan to start building on Sunday. For this task, luckily, I bought all the materials at a store in Sant Cugat as I found out that the woodshop at the school sells select materials only. You can still buy materials there, such as cardboard, butter board, wooden dowels of various sizes and other types of paper. It is a great woodshop nonetheless. They have all the sawing equipment, a CNC router, 3D printers, laser cutters, and an incredible instantaneous glue, which is a bit expensive (20 euros). As you can see the 3D printed objects are quite interesting. One of them is Notre Dame du Haut by Le Corbusier. Hopefully we get a chance to visit this building during our trip to France next semester.