Thursday, May 7, 2009

Barcelona Exhibition

We completed our final Barcelona critiques and exhibition April 8th-9th, with a closing reception following Thursday evening. Along with Stephen Wischer, our professor for the semester, we had an amazing group of guest critiquers for our presentations. Wednesday's guests included Joy Henderson of ARQUI-TRAD-ES, graduate of the University of Waterloo with a Master of International Cooperation in Architecture and Juan Carlos Sánchez Tappan of *, graduate of * with a Masters of Architecture and professor of architecture in Barcelona, Spain. Our guest Thursday was Criss Mills, a professor of Architecture at Clemson University in Atlanta, Georgia and traveling professor of their international design studio her in Barcelona. Our seminar professor Rafael Gómez-Moriana, graduate of the University of Waterloo and Berlage Institute-Amsterdam, attended both days to give us wonderful insight into our studio project designs.

We had a wonderful time in Barcelona, as well as the rest of Europe. We constantly kept busy with projects, traveling, and simply learning the culture of the city. It was an amazing experience which I wouldn't trade for anything, and I hope it continues for future years because it is truly worth it! Please look forward to a final exhibition in Fargo this coming fall...