Barcelona-Cross sections

The task that we had to complete was create 3 cross-sections along a stretch of Barcelona, a place of our choice, but the 3 diagram had to be at the same site, we chose to do our diagrams by the beach.

Barcelona

Just got back from Barcelona a few days ago, and i must say it was one of the most fascinating places i had been to in the sense of art and architectural design. I visited many sites in addition to those with the group, and feel i broadened my horizons, learning loads in the way of organic design and the integration of architecural design with landscape design. Places i visited include Casa Batllo, Sagrada Familia, Font Magica, Parc Guell, Camp Nou, the Barcelona Botanical Gardens and many more...

Barcelona pics

Focus week - Barcelona

Going to Barcelona, Spain next week, can't wait! Even though we are going for studying purposes, it should be an amazing place to visit with the amount of architecural and landscape sites to visit. Really excited to see the works of Gaudi in particular :)

Potters Field Park

I visited Potters Field Park as part of Parklife module just like my trip to Laban, however the object for this site visit was very different. I was to make a presentation and also a report on Potters field, happy days! When i 1st got to the park i wasnt too amazed, it looked pretty dead to be honest. There was a clear focal points and composition of the park was very good, but everything seemed a bit dull. I was pretty upset, i liked the site and i knew it had potential but the seasons were changing and the plants where dieing down for the winter. Everything about the park worked for me, id thought it would be more busy, but it was a secret haven for the few people that knew about it, the planting made for a calming environment and the large green areas helped to create a calming atmosphere. Things changed however, the closer you got to the river you got the busier it got and it was clear the designers had adapted the design to meet the demand of the thousands of people that pass through the space every day. The calming planting had been replaced by long rows of clever seating, well placed trees helped to keep the site from looking too plain and ordinary, whilst helping it through the transition. Something that i loved at the site was the skate stoppers, as the site has long rows of seating to meet the demand but this would definately attract the wrong people. Thankfully they did their job and the irritating sound of rattling wheels and scraping wood was nonexistant. All in all i think the design of the site is very successful and worth the recent development altough not all agree, you know who you are!

Potters Field Park

Laban

Laban is one of the finest institutions for the training of professional contemporary dance, and thats exactly not the reason why i dropped by! Outside the Ladan centre is a very fresh and interestin landscape. I visited the site as part of my parklife module, with the aim of studying the changing levels and to learn how to draw accurate drawings of difficult sites. The landscape was truly amazing in my honest, its not often you see such a usable contemporary grass land, finished with differeing gradients, sharp edges and breath taking composition. Although to some such a site wouldnt be very significant, to me who likes designing hard landscapes, this was such an interesting blend of natural resources but with strong man made shapes. It was so user friendly, it was clearly enjoyed by young children but many grown people in my class seemed to like it too! However i must say as much as i liked the site i hated the given task, the shapes and differing gradients made it very hard!