el resto de la Placa de los Glories: the rest of Plaza de los Glories

While I have a ton of photos of the site and surrounding areas, they aren't much to behold aesthetically as they are mostly buildings being torn down and the photos were taken with the intent to portray information for site analysis more than for your viewing pleasure...instead I've just dropped in a few images of the area near and dear to the site, itself.

PLACA DE LES GLORIES

EL TEATRO NACIONAL DE CATALUNYA

L'AUDITORIO: THE LANTERN--an exterior space that is open to the sky above; this reminded me of my project for a loft space sophomore year and also of Rich's sacred space project, but with completely different context! Overall an amazing space, even if uninhabited aside from the occasional passer-by or architecture class!

After coffee next to the lantern, we were turned loose to find our way back to the studio where Christi was waiting to give desk crits on the boards for our first project. We sent Bob on a dinner-buying expedition and surprised him with donuts and "Happy Birthday" on his return just to let him know we didn't forget ;)

Rob brought home fishsticks...LITERALLY; the guy at the store took the frozen fish that Rob wanted and cut it up with a saw (bones, guts, and all...) good thing I'm not a huge fan of fish, huh? It's cool, though, because Bob and Bri did up an all-star meal of fish sticks (from the box), corn, and homemade potato chips...outstanding!

Baloncesto y el sitio: basketball and the site

We got up early today and played basketball in the park across the street from the apartment...not even 2 minutes into a game of 2 v. 2 I fall an smack my head on the pavement...ROCKIN'!

Aside from that, though, team Aldana (plus Mon) was "en fuego"--we just couldn't help ourselves, we were THAT good! lol.

For studio, we met at Torre Agbar, the Jean Nouveau building next to Placa de los Glories. It looks like a rocket ship or something, but I really like the colors, and from up close it is neat to see the multiple layers that go into the facade, from the screens, to the colored panels, and then the light wells that are lined with mirrors to reflect light deep through to the interior...I found it quite impressive.