UrbanBuddy Contemporary Architecture Tour of Barcelona “Barcelona is the mixture of all architectures. We have everything. The most excellent urbanism and the most incredible variation of architecture pieces you can find, from the Roman Walls to the latest modernist icons. The result of thousands of architects working together for two thousand years.“ -Catalan Architect Ricardo Bofill [...]
Barcelona’s city website is one of the best resources at your finger tips! Search the city… by theme, by people, by figures or by district. Business activity Art Públic Civil rights Commerce Culture (S) Education Environment Health and care Housing (S) Innovation Leisure Mobility and transport Participation Presentation of Barcelona Public Spirit (S) Safety and prevention Social services [...]
• 10,000€/ night Penthouse Extreme Wow Suite • Lounge at the beachfront pool and bar • the ‘Great Room,’ Spain’s largest open space ball room (1.000 sqm / 11.000 sf) • the Bravo Restaurant, the signature restaurant by Carlos Abellán • the original 1964 sketch of the structure by Catalan architect Ricardo Bofill • the exclusive [...]
Re-entry shock, or reverse culture shock, is the process of readjusting to your native culture upon returning home from a trip abroad. The good news is you should be better prepared to deal with these feelings having already the been through the abroad experience. The easiest way to get over re-entry shock is to recognize that there will be [...]
Day 5 [Oct 22] Off Campus [workshop] Follow along… Day 1 [Oct 18] UPDATE Day 2 [Oct 19] UPDATE Day 3 [Oct 20] UPDATE Day 4 [Oct 21] UPDATE Location: The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalunya, IaaC, C/ Pujades, 102, 08018, Barcelona – Tour: Skyscraper Torre Agbar, Exclusive tour of the dome observation deck on the 31st floor – Presentation: Urbiotica, City [...]
Day 4 [Oct 21] Off Campus [workshop] – Office Visit: EMBT design theory and office work – Tour: Parc Diagonal Mar, UrbanBuddy, Sketching and Photography – Tour: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Poble Nou Campus, Josep Sort, Director – Museum / Presentation: Can Framis, Jordi Badia, Founder and Director of BAAS Architects – Tour: Skyscraper Hotel ME, Claire Jones, [...]
Day 3 [Oct 20] Off Campus [workshop] – Museum: Design HUB (DHUB) Museum, as Presented by Luis Fraguada, Professor of Digital Fabrication, IaaC, – Presentation: Media TIC Building, Edouard Cabay from Cloud 9 Architects, IaaC Conference Hall – Tour: Media TIC Building, Edouard Cabay from Cloud 9 Architects, building site – Office Visit / Presentation: DHUB [...]
Day 2 [Oct 19] Off Campus [workshop] Meet: 10:00am, Metro stop: Jaume I, Yellow Line L4 – Bike Tour: 22@ Innovation District, UrbanBuddy (bike fee is not included, 7 euros per person, 4 hours) – Presentation: 22@Barcelona, Rosina Vinyes Ballbe, Director of Urbanism – Presentation: The new Terminal 1, by Peter Hodgkinson, Ricardo Bofill Architects Senior partner Bike [...]
Day 1 [Oct 18] Location: Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalunya, C/ Pujades, 102, 08018, Barcelona – Workshop Orientation: IaaC Conference Hall, UrbanBuddy + Chicago Designer Pete Stam (ESF BLA 2208) via Conference Call – Presentation: IaaC Master’s of Advanced Architecture, IaaC Coordinator – Lecture: History and Development of Barcelona into the 22@ – Ferran Grau, [...]
13/10/2010 Introducing the 2010 Off Campus [workshop] facilitated by UrbanBuddy: Barcelona, Spain | October 18 – 22 The Off Campus [workshop] opens its doors on October 18 under the investigation of Barcelona’s “22@ Innovation District”. This workshop is positioned on a platform for the exchange of knowledge and experiences. Participants will meet with architects, visit offices and project [...]
Barcelona, Spain (UrbanBuddy) October 1, 2010 — David Machay, of the acclaimed office of MBM Architects, has confirmed an exclusive presentation on October 20th during the UrbanBuddy Off Campus [workshop]. The workshop will take place from held October 18-22, 2010. David Mackay, architect and partner of MBM Arquitectes, will be presenting the design and theory behind [...]
Spanish general strike Wednesday the 29th of September 2010 Spain Gets Ready for Chaos In Madrid, unions were pushing for a complete shut-down in the education sector and for health sector to maintain only emergency and the most necessary services… Heads up for all bus, metro, taxi, boat and airline services to be shut down [...]
Off Campus [workshop] Website (click here) Check out the recently updated lineup of architects, designers and skyscrapers in the program for the Off Campus [workshop]. [Program] Day 1, Oct. 18th –The City and District Location: IaaC, Poble Nou, Gothic Quarter 1) Presentation: Workshop Opening / IaaC Master’s of Advanced Architecture 2) Lecture: History and Development of Barcelona into the 22@ [...]
UrbanBuddy is proud to support the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalunya. Open Lecture IAAC is pleased to invite you to the Inauguration of its New Educational Program: Open Thesis Fabrication September 13th 17.00h Presentation:Vicente Guallart, Marta Malé-Alemany, Luis Fraguada, Areti Markopoulou 18.00h Lecture:Jose Mariano Lopez Urdiales ¨ZERO 2 INFINITY¨ , www.0ll00.com Address: C/ Pujades, 81, 08005 [...]
UrbanBuddy is excited to announce the addition of SOM BlackBox (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP) to the urbanFAB [workshop]. SOM BlackBox will contribute their knowledge and expertise to the urbanFAB local mentor network in Chicago, as well as provide a tour of the BlackBox Studio for all urbanFAB Chicago participants. BlackBox Studio The BlackBox Studio is [...]
UrbanBuddy and the Live Architecture Network are excited to welcome Iker Gil of MAS Studio into the 2010 urbanFAB [workshop]! Iker and his studio will be part of the local mentor group in Chicago and will be scheduled to give one or two lectures to support the program. The local mentor network is a support [...]
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