so, somehow i would have to put a final point to this weblog that i enthusiastically started and, shame on me, is going to end not as energetic as it began.....

so yeah i had finished my master course here at the IAAC (BCN), and im glad and thankfull to all the people who wrote comments on this weblog and/or my e.mail, also im happy to see that some ppl discovered thios program and got interested in it some of them even applied to... actually im curious to know who knew about it thru this, applied and now is coming next term...anyways someone also should replace me in this weblog from the school....

mmhh ok so, i finished almost 2 months ago the master course, final presentation went great, the project (which i will explain further in a very soon post dedicated only to it) was located in Ljubljana (capital city of Slovenia) in a site known as the BTC city
which is nothing more than a huuuge former military logistic zone bought by private capital and transformed into a huge mall... largest in eastern europe, so anyways, basically the proposal was to increase complexity of programs inthe BTC in order to transform it into a real city, the problem is that this site is located inside the city and really close to the core of it, which makes competition with the city center in terms of commerce, pedestrians, vivistors, tourist, etc

(anyways as im promessing here i would dedicate one post strictly to it)

other final projects of the year, involved sites in Dubrovnik, Split and Rijeka (all of those, Croatia) and ours in Ljubljana, Slovenia...

right now we r in the phaze of editing the soon to appear publication about the whole research we did along the year and which links the territorial mappings we didi as europe, eastern europe and finally croatia and slovenia to the final projects and problematics we found out and tried to give answer to...

also in the exhibit phase, with an exhibition which just passed at Dubrovnik,and future ones to happen at Ljubljana, Split, Zagreb, Barcelona, Rijeka, Mexico (probably), etc

so... funny how things turn out, but u start learning after finishing ur actual master course, which is how to promote ur architectural work in these times, shows, publications, etc...its interesting also... mmhh so yeah what else...i dunnno, i will try to post also images from teh projects in general...now some pictures at the show at Dubrovnik last week...


hypereurope panel


ppl actually reading architectural drawings and representations


more people showing interest, thanks to all of them



see u soon ppl...

so, yesterday did my presentation of the final project of the year, and it went very good, got some congratulations and of course some other critiques, but overall it was a very good project, so now im officialy finish with this thing...sorry in did not posted too much the last months but i was loaded w/work, and now i wll be posting this next weeks little by little what i did and what has been done the last months here at the IAAC.... well ppl its always my pleassure and keep checking for the posts and images soon....

hope my schoolblog dont get erased soon Paul, i want to show the stuff... thanks

ok so, the bad side of being a blogger (or maybe good) is that as any diary u dont write when u dont feel like, but then u add the days u have no time, the days u dont feel like u have something interesting to say, etc., so u stop at some point, hehehehehe, no actually im not going to pull out the so-known phrase here "im sorry for being a terrible blogger" cause im actually not, hahaha, see, blogs is like life itself, so, trust me i also spend days out here without talking to no one...i dont know we all need our introspective weeks no???

hehehehe anyways, just wanted to tell u im not dead and to warn u that maybe very soon ill would be trying to catch up w/this and explain u what the heck i've been doing lately...

(ok and also partly cause my mom, she is a very asidious reader of this BLOG, and she says now she doesnt know what the hell i've been doin lately, HI MOM!!! )

ok so....

more to come fellows, see u around...

OH!! before anything??? The Rotterdam Biennale opens on May 27, go to see it, work by us at the IAAC master would be displayed there adressing topics of the mediterranean coast and the impact of tourism in landscape/territories/developments....

should i include links or images??? naaahhh this was too much already, better luck next time... :)

so, im back in BCN from 10 intensive days in croatia, there is a lot of stuff that i will comment about this trip hopefully all this weekend and lot of pictures to show u, so keep watching...just one fast thing first...

slovenia and croatia r both 2 beautifull places...

and omg the local girls (perfect)

so after letting u know what i did the last 3 days of last week, i will proceed to reach today...

first saturday party.ed my heart out at the NORTEC gig @ la Paloma (BCN)...


n after that had been all about bussinnes.... some say in china they have a phrase for this situations:

DELIVER THE MAPS!!!

Almost 2 weeks ago we finished our project for tarragona/reus/salou urban re.development and since then had been non-stop work...

this friday need to finish this competition im doing in ICELAND, i have to finish and send to mexico an article im writing about trans-border urban territories (for publication of it) then by monday we have to present the research we r putting together (cause include some aspects we used from the tarragona project) about the mediterranean coast for the Rotterdam Architecture biennale, and then a day after we will go to Croatia and Slovenia for research about our 'master' project of this year, 10 days there where we will have n average of 3 meetings per day with local authorities, polititians, intellectuals, etc., besides checking sites in this cities:
Venice, Rijeka, Koper, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Dubrovnik & Split....

im going to be dead at the end of those 10 days...
anyway seems after the trip we will have couple of days free before start working again....

meanwhile, last night watched @ the local bar the REAL MADRID - JUVE, match with a superb Zidane....



but tonight...tonight

BARCA - CHELSEA!!!!

ok catching up with all the crazy ppl that posted last weekend to avoid being tagged as "abandon blog" i will take some time to tell u what i been up to:

is funny that i sometimes complain about Barcelona lack of "activity" but at the end i always found myself full of stuff to do, watch n do....

all started last wednesday when i received an email/invitation for the opening of a week dedicated to mexican contemporary art at Barcelona, a few known names popped out in the text so i decided to check them out (since i know personally a few of them it was a good chance to say hi and hear some "mexican spanish"), opening night at some gallery in the top floor of n former industrial building just around Meier's MACBA, after climbing up 5 taaaaall floors got there just to find it was fuuuuuuull of co.nationals, some video/short movie was being showed and then the director commented it, but ill preffered to stay at the back closer to the bar n the coronita's...

diagram on how the site looked n functioned


mmhhh after that "nuevos ricos" (funny guys) presented their record label n dj'ed some music.....

so i got out n better went to have dinner to a mexican restaurant with the canadian Potvin girl

This is how a Canadian looks @ a mexican restaurant in Barcelona...pretty damn globallity


then thursday went first to see the presentation of a project which will involve a show with artists n young architects of the north of mexico (called: NORTE CONTEMPORANEO)where ppl from Tercerunquinto art collective speaked...

2 of the ppl of tercerunquinto


And also where the friendly TOROLAB was going to speak at....listened to Raul a.k.a. torolab n then ran to Colegio de Arquitectos of Barcelona to catch Vicente Guallart's lecture, but unfortunatelly i just catched the last 5 mins.

Raul Cardenas|TOROLAB


anyways i stayed to listen to this very young barcelonian office which they have some interesting work, but they r still in their beginning (Roberto Soto + Nadia Casabella).

Soto + Casabella lecture @ coac (its hard to take still pics with my injuried hand)

then, friday mmmhhh oh yes friday the usual lecture marathon at the IAAC with first a lecture by Raul Cardenas|TOROLAB, and then Martin Menis|AMP architects, an then to end a friday night some drinks @ the oven....

hey ppl very fast if someone is around barcelona and want to attend this lectures today at IAAC.... for the rest promess to post tomorrow stuff of the last 2 weeks...

first Raul Cardenas|TOROLAB (tijuana-san diego 'trans-border' practice) will lecture here @ 6pm...



and then at 8pm, Martin Menis

sorry for being away most of last week but it was crunch time n we had a deadline to match last friday, i will post images later and then today we started early in order to use the max time we can... now is going to be 15 intensive days setting up the presentation we will have for the rotterdam biennale...anyway, i will post more very soon...

So this r the lectures for this friday...somehow we r going to have a marathon....u r all invited this r open public lectures:

Friday 4th Feb

18.30h >> ffvp Architects, Barcelona
Carlos Puig + Frank Fernández + Xavi Vancells

20.00h >> ADD Architects, Barcelona
Manuel Bailo + Rosa Rull

21.30h >> Round table with Manuel Gausa



and ok...heres how u look after spending the night at the hospital with ppl looking inside ur finger, and i wish i brought my camera 2 the hospital cause was ridiculous how much stuff i was on (wires, tubes, bandages, weelchair) just by cutting my hand...and tendon...(is funny how im becoming a true blogger who wishes 2 document anything i find interesting to share w the "comunity")

enjoy my disgrace

last night summary....
after 2 nights of barely sleeping, i was for the first time in days early at home, had a nice dinner and was reading a book with a glass of milk and butter cookies...ok time to sleep...taking the glass and cookies to the kitchen..

try to open the kitchen door w/lights off, crash, the glass shattered in pieces, my hand hurts, turn on the lights, blood all over...f*ck, is that my finger???, fuck... millions of napkins to stop the bleeding...i think this would be a'right in the morning, i just need to wash it.... mmhhh nah somehow this looks pretty deep, and the bleeding dont stop...ok lets go to the hospital again (2nd time in a month, 31 r becoming scary for me), hospital, emergency room, doctor... she takes a look at my cut, she seems to play with it... fuck i had never seen so many colors before when i got dizzy...ok, so, anhestesia, more blood, all the cutters glues and shit of doctors...oh yeah, by the way, u cutted ur tendon too...great....waked up this morning in the hospital with the whole arm inmovilized...

f*ck...who says drafting models is the only way an architect can stand blood???, nah u can do it also after milk and cookies

will post a pic soon for u sicko's

my hand hurts.....
(i met a hot doctor this morning, she had the best eyes)