SPRING 08

Syllabus THE CONTEMPORARY CITY
Dr. KATHRIN GOLDA-PONGRATZ
Dr. XAVIER COSTA

Term Exercise
Papers should deal with one of the given urban spaces by developing the necessary research and documentation together with a personal mapping and documentation of the site and interpretation of the urban/ architectural situation and its surroundings. Visits to the site (on site-documentation) and library research are both part of the exercise. Students are supposed to work in groups of two.


CENTER
Plaza de Josep M. Folch i Torres (Raval)
Rambla del Raval
Jardins de S. Gasch and Jardins de C. Martinell (Eixample)
Rambla de Catalunya
“Forat de la Vergonya” / Plaza Pou de la Figuera
Plaza de la Merced and Plaza Duc de Medinaceli
Plaza del Poeta Boscà (Mercado de la Barceloneta)

EAST
Playa del Bogatell and Parc del Poblenou
Rambla del Poblenou
Parc del Clot
Parc de Sant Martí and Plaza del General Moragues
Parc de la Trinitat

NORTH
Plaza Àngel Pestaña (Nou Barris)
Plaza de Lluchmajor
Via Júlia
Parc del Guniardó
Parc del Carmel and Jardins de J. Ponce
Jardins Doc. Roig i Raventós and Jardins de Can Altamira (Sant Gervasi)

WEST
Cementiri del Sud Oest and Fossar de la Pedrera (Montjuic)
Rambla de Brasil (Sants)
Rambla de la Marina (Bellvitge)