Off Campus Workshop
Off Campus Workshop
Experience first hand how the 22@Barcelona Innovation District functions on the ground, in the office and as the model for the 21st century city. This UrbanBuddy workshop is now open to applicants. Participation is limited and is first-come, first-serve. Contact Us Today!
Overview.
Barcelona, Spain - UrbanBuddy introduces the 2nd annual Off Campus [workshop], first held during the fall of 2010 in Barcelona, as a cost effective means of international travel, study and exploration. Our aim is to connect students to Barcelona through a professional collaboration of experiential learning and cultural immersion. By participating you will observe the latest urban planning practices, tour the most innovative offices, visit new architecture (along with some old stuff) and learn from professional experts on-location; all in support of your own experiential research. Research credit is available. Click below to read more!
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Workshop Brief.
The Off Campus [workshop] is a 5 day program based on a platform of experiential learning, supported by academic advisers, professional lectures & networking, university tours, guided site visits, office visits, cultural city tours and social events. UrbanBuddy will provide our student membership to all participants, including our 24 hour support to handle pre-departure and on-location logistics.
FIELDY STUDY: qualitative associations through photography
1 credit hour
The workshop will total 40 hours of presentations, lectures, architectural tours and professional office visits. Please contact your off campus academic advisor to coordinate the additional field study credit or independent study option.
Day 1 [Wednesday, Oct 19]
11:00am – Workshop Orientation
12:00pm – Presentation: 22@Barcelona, Rosina Vinyes Ballbe, Director of Urbanism
02:00pm – Bike Tour: Extensive look into the 22@ Innovation District
09:00pm – Dinner, Welcome Party
Day 2 [Thursday, Oct 20]
11:00am - Office Visit: Ricardo Bofill Architects (featured on MTV’s CRIBS)
12:00pm - Tour: Walden 7 Housing Complex
02:00pm – University Tour: UPC, Dept. of Landscape Architecture / Architecture Library
03:00pm – Lunch / beach time / Tourism: Gaudi’s Architecture (Sagrada Familia, Passeig de Gracia, sunset at Park Guell)
09:00pm – Dinner, Social Event to follow
Day 3 [Friday, Oct 21]
12:00pm – Tour: BAAS Architects, Can Framis (urban landscape)
01:00pm – Urbiotica (City Operating System)
02:00pm – Lunch in the Gothic Quarter / The Design HUB (DHUB) Museum
04:00pm – Office Visit: EMBT Architects (Parc Diagonal Mar)
05:00pm – Tour: EMBT’s Gas Natural Building
10:00pm – Dinner, Social Event to follow
Day 4 [Saturday, Oct 22]
12:00pm – Urban Landscape Tour: Labyrinth Gardens, Parks, Plazas, plus more!
06:00pm – Excursion: Tibidabo Mountain and Amusement Park
09:00pm – Dinner, Closing Party to follow
Day 5 [Sunday, Oct 23]
03:00pm – Free time / Departing Barcelona
Workshop Fee:
$$$ Early bird special extended. Sign-up below for more details. (fee does not include accommodation, transportation or meals)
Barcelona as the Model.
By participating in the workshop you will experience what makes Barcelona unique in terms of history & development, 21st century global systems and built forms. The Off Campus [workshop] will take a unique look at the interface between the built form infrastructures within the 22@Barcelona Innovation District and the surrounding include industrial reuse, transitional city space and communication with the existing city grid (Cerda’s Plan).
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22@Barcelona Background.
“In 2000, the Barcelona City Council approved a new urban planning ordinance aimed at transforming the old industrial area of Poble Nou into a magnet for new activities.” The new plan is the equivalent of about 115 city blocks. It encourages new construction, incubates new technologies, calls for more public spaces / green areas and incorporates subsidized housing. Previous industrial activity must be replaced by offices or other business related to new technology and knowledge. “The goal is to encourage land owners to update obsolete urban planning elements... while maintaining economic activity.”
Field Study.
Each participant will produce a collection of photos guided by a set of 10 criteria. Individual projects will be synthesized into a collective exhibition for display in Barcelona and Syracuse. The workshop will total 40 hours of presentations, lectures, architectural tours and professional office visits. Please contact your ESF off campus academic advisor to coordinate the additional field study credit or independent study option. We are willing to work with you and your advisor to coordinate the credit, however, UrbanBuddy is not an academic institution and does not award academic credit.
Dates: October 19-23, 2011