Ok, this has been a super crazy week - there is just so much that has happened! At the start of the week a group of us made a trip out to Pompeii, which was a litlle bit of a journey but it was well worth it. I think it was also benificial to visit Pompeii so soon after Ostia Antica to be able to see how common people lived in comparison to the more wealthy. Pompeii was just an important trip for me personally since I, like most people today, have heard about this place and its history/story all my life, so to be able to walk around and explore this place was like bringing history to life in front of me. Definately the best memories from Pompeii, was my first view of the ruins with Mt. Vesuvius in the distance, watching Ray pretend to attack Clay in the gladiator coliseum (dont worry, he had his green guide to protect him!), and being able to walk through some villas that were home to the wealthy inhabitants of Pompeii.
The next big thing that happened this week was a walking tour focusing on Bernini and Boromini - I particularly loved having them both in the same tour and visiting places that they both worked in to have a direct comparison between these two great architects. My favorite building that we visited during these tours was definately San Carlo all Quattro Fontane by Boromini. I loved the stark white interior that really highlighted the beautiful detailing (especially in the ceiling) without being overly embellished. I think that Jeffery said it best, at this church Boromini was able to "keep your eyes stimulated so that they seem to wonder about ceaslessly". Finally we finished off the school week with our studio crits where we presented both of our piazza interventions in the two different spaces, which was then followed by the group voting on which project that that person would then continue to work on. It was very interesting to see how different we all were with our designs, yet we all seemed to play with the same basic ideas of shade, water, and vegitation.
Finally to finish of this great and busy week, another group of us went on a weekend trip to Barcelona, Spain. We were able to see so many wonderful things and just completely indulge our inner architecture nerd by visiting all these wonderful places that we have heard about during history and our other various architecture classes. In two and a half days we managed to see: Sagrata Familia and walk up the spires to see tons of different/unusual views of the building and the surrounding city, visit numerous times the popular street of La Rambla, walk through La Pedra, visit the outside of the Barcelona Cathedral, walk through the Picasso Musuem, see the Columbus Monument at the harbor, visit several more modern art museums, walk through the Olympic Stadium, explore the Barcelona Pavillion, and see Park Guell! It was a super busy and kind of expensive weekend, but it was definately worth every penny. Definately Sagrata Familia and the Barcelona Pavillion were the highlights of the trip for me - especially Sagrata Familia which I have previously seen pictures and read about but was always confused and overwhelmed with what was being shown to me, however seeing the building in person, this extremely unusual building makes total sense. There is just so much to take in with the various forms of ornamentation, structure, and use of light, (both inside and outside the building) without being overwhelming for me so that I could have spent all three days there and never have been bored for an instant. And on top of the great architecture, it was interesting to experience the more pedestrian friendly, and laid back style of Barcelona, as well as the different local cuisine (like Paella which is a yummy rice and seafood dish that we saw everywhere). This weekend trip while tiring really helped to recharge my excitement and desire to explore/expirement in Rome this comming week!
The next big thing that happened this week was a walking tour focusing on Bernini and Boromini - I particularly loved having them both in the same tour and visiting places that they both worked in to have a direct comparison between these two great architects. My favorite building that we visited during these tours was definately San Carlo all Quattro Fontane by Boromini. I loved the stark white interior that really highlighted the beautiful detailing (especially in the ceiling) without being overly embellished. I think that Jeffery said it best, at this church Boromini was able to "keep your eyes stimulated so that they seem to wonder about ceaslessly". Finally we finished off the school week with our studio crits where we presented both of our piazza interventions in the two different spaces, which was then followed by the group voting on which project that that person would then continue to work on. It was very interesting to see how different we all were with our designs, yet we all seemed to play with the same basic ideas of shade, water, and vegitation.
Finally to finish of this great and busy week, another group of us went on a weekend trip to Barcelona, Spain. We were able to see so many wonderful things and just completely indulge our inner architecture nerd by visiting all these wonderful places that we have heard about during history and our other various architecture classes. In two and a half days we managed to see: Sagrata Familia and walk up the spires to see tons of different/unusual views of the building and the surrounding city, visit numerous times the popular street of La Rambla, walk through La Pedra, visit the outside of the Barcelona Cathedral, walk through the Picasso Musuem, see the Columbus Monument at the harbor, visit several more modern art museums, walk through the Olympic Stadium, explore the Barcelona Pavillion, and see Park Guell! It was a super busy and kind of expensive weekend, but it was definately worth every penny. Definately Sagrata Familia and the Barcelona Pavillion were the highlights of the trip for me - especially Sagrata Familia which I have previously seen pictures and read about but was always confused and overwhelmed with what was being shown to me, however seeing the building in person, this extremely unusual building makes total sense. There is just so much to take in with the various forms of ornamentation, structure, and use of light, (both inside and outside the building) without being overwhelming for me so that I could have spent all three days there and never have been bored for an instant. And on top of the great architecture, it was interesting to experience the more pedestrian friendly, and laid back style of Barcelona, as well as the different local cuisine (like Paella which is a yummy rice and seafood dish that we saw everywhere). This weekend trip while tiring really helped to recharge my excitement and desire to explore/expirement in Rome this comming week!
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