Saturday, March 21, 2009

Gerona field trip

For our history field trip we went to Gerona for the day, we really didnt have any specific goal for Gerona but its a city similar to Bilbao except it kind of faced away from the river and was focused more on the city then the actual river. Visiting the city was fun because we got to walk around the city and actually experience it and attempt to navigate through the city which was easy because the river was basically the center point of the city so you always knew where you were. The river was much more used verus Bilbao, there were more footbridges across the river so you experienced it alot more. As part of our trip we got to visit RCR's firm. Its an award winning firm located somewhere near Gerona, but the work they produce is amazing, they are currently renovating their office into a cultural center for the city. It was really interesting to visit a firm while they were working, everything is this building related to the past and was designed beautifully. It was consisted of mostly steel and they choose steel due to the past life of the site. It used to be an steel mill. Even the table were design beautifully, the cantalevered about 12 feet from the wall. I cant even explain the building, I dont want to butcher the master piece. But its an amazing building, it shows you that amazing architecture does nt have to be flashy, only thought out and well articulated.

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