Thanksgiving 2013 at BAC

Texas A&M University, Clemson/PennState University students Thanksgiving 2013 at BAC

this weekend more photos from last night’s dinner at BAC.

happy Thanksgiving!

To all our American Students, Professors and Friends

We wish you a Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!

And for our  fall13 students and professors we remind you that we’ll see you all tomorrow for the Thanksgiving dinner at the BAC at 7:00pm.

BAC Barcelona Architecture Center travels to JAPAN_ December 06-22

Dear  BAC JAPAN students, friends and colleagues in Japan!

We are happy to announce that we have scheduled an academic and professional trip to Japan during next December 6th-22nd.

We will share with you all details of the presentations during next week and we are looking forward meeting you all soon!

 

3rd quarter design studio reviews

This morning following the past Friday’s session,  our fall 2013 students have presented their projects at the 3rd quarter design studio reviews.

At this moment our student’s projects are at the postproduction phase (last two weeks) for their final presentations next December 5^th.

Check out some key images from today’s and friday’s presentations.

last day tomorrow of “tallers oberts” open workshops Poble Sec

Dear students

For your easy Sunday plan we recommend you to take a walk and visit  “Tallers Oberts” Open Workshops Poble Sec edition.

Last day tomorrow from 11am a 2pm and  5 to 8 pm different artisans workshops of Poble Sec in Barcelona open their doors and show their “secret” speces usually not opened to the public, their products and art pieces and show the process of creating.

There are complementary activities: live demonstrations, workshops, concerts, performances, screenings organized in the area.. .

here you can find complete list of participating workshops and the map.

have a great Sunday!

Fall 2013 Netherlands trip seen by our students

Netherlands_ October 18-25 2013   Amsterdam, Almere, Delft, The Hague, Hilversum, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Zaandam.

During the Netherlands field studies trip our students were asked by their professor Ivan Blasi, to prepare daily photo report and to write their reflexions and about the places and architecture they have seen.  Here you can find some of them.

Here is a ‘silly’ picture of the Texas A&M and Penn State group. Our friendship has grown significantly over the semester, and I feel blessed to be studying abroad with them._ photo by Ana Escobar_Texas A&M

DAY 1_ Ana Escobar | Daniel García

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DAY 2_ Melyna Montoya | Misael Gonzalez

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DAY 3_  Callie Friesenhahn | Astrid Santos

The bridges in Rotterdam stood out as the cities trademark architecture because they are the most recognizable things you see when arriving to the city. The Erasmus Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge across the Nieuwe Maas linking the northern and southern regions of Rotterdam. The NAi by Jo Coenen concerns itself in a variety of ways with architecture, urban design, and spatial planning. Nearby the NAi, the Sonneveld House, built in the Nieuwe Bouwen style, is furnished with furniture and materials reflecting the times. Later on that day we saw the Witte Huis built during the Art Nouveau which reflected some of the American office buildings built around the same time. The most memorable of the day had to be the the Cube Houses by Piet Blom for its high density housing which still left sufficient space on the ground floor. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. Beautiful day in Rotterdam.

DAY 4_Michael Koernig  | Christopher Nilles

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DAY 5_Chris Thackerey | Tyler Larsen

DAY 6_Elijah Wood | Jeff

In Utrecht we were impressed by the colorful application of materials that work to graphically capture the architect’s ideas. The hospital building located nearby was impressive and brought in a lot of natural light to the inside of the
building through the perforations in the facade. This light was complimented by a large atrium that incorporated a void that encompassed a “grand” staircase centrally located within the atrium. The way this staircase crossed through the atrium was quite captivating. The Mecanoo building located on the campus was broken up into three areas; sea, desert and jungle. This bridge that was built adjacent to the Schroeder house interrupts Rietveld’s intended views from the Schroeder house. This image shows where deliveries could be dropped off to the house for different daily needs during the time. The six chimneys are a brutalist form, but are softened through materiality, as the facades begin to rust. To prevent waste a trench is hidden around the base that captures the rust runoff and allows for drainage away from the building. The Schroeder house is a perfect example of Dutch interpretation of the modernist movement. Dutch modernism, essentially championed by Rietveld is often referred to De Stijl, characterized by the use of the primary colors; red, yellow, and blue, and also other monochrome colors working in white and black with various tones in
between.

DAY 7_  Yue Wang | Jian Li

Rijks Museum | Van Gogh Museum | Stedelijk Museum | Funenpark | Borneo Sporenburg | Java Island | EYE Film Institute | Delugan Meissl | Silodam Housing | New extension area on the river side | Vondel park | Amsterdam train station|

A great bike tour in Amsterdam, we visited lots of new buildings，especially some residential communities.

Fall 2013 design studio post midterms

We’ve had interesting brainstorming and discussion of very promising students projects with Miguel Roldán and Jordi Mansilla at the studio last week.

Great work all and keep with the rhythm for this final run.

BAC JAPAN 2014 開催決定！2014年3月6日（木）～2014年3月27日（木）

第三期目となるBAC JAPANの開催が決定いたしました。

日程
2014年3月6日（木）～2014年3月27日（木）

概要
2014年3月の3週間に渡り、日本人と日本で建築を学ぶ大学生及び大学院生を対象とした短期留学コースを開催するにあたり受講生を募集いたします。
短期間に多くのプログラムが組まれておりますので、スペインでの生活を体験しながら集中的に建築を学びたい方や、将来スペインやヨーロッパにおいて長期留学や就職を考えている方にも適したコースとなっております。

授業内容
全日程を通してのバルセロナの敷地を対象とした設計演習（課題）、バルセロナの歴史や現代建築についての講義、市内のフィールドワーク、建築事務所や現代建築の見学会などを予定しています。その他にオプションとしまして、週末を利用してバルセロナ郊外への建築見学ツアーも実施いたします。

設計演習課題内容
バルセロナの公共空間設計（詳細は後日お知らせいたします）

募集人数
20～30名

 応募期間
2013年11月1日(金) ～ 2014年2月15日(土)
2014年12月31日(火)までにお申し込みをされた方には授業料の5％を割引いたします。

募集要項は近日中にアップしたします。

お問い合わせ
BAC講師：　小塙芳秀（こばなわ　よしひで）kobanawa@kobfuji.com