Parque Espana
Bathroom project by Iglesia
all of us on the boardwalk
A few of the bridge at sunset
Monument to the Flag
I am getting behind on my blogs, but two weeks ago we went as a group to Rosario, a city about 4 hours from Buenos Aires. It was a great city with about 1 million people. We all really liked it, and architecturally it is doing pretty well. We arrived on a Tuesday, left on Thursday, and went non stop the entire time we were there. Our first day we walked around the city and met up with some architecture students there and were able to see what they are doing in school. After that we saw our professor, Claudio, give a lecture to the school. That was interesting, but it was all in Spanish, so needless to say I didn't understand everything. Then we went out to dinner with the students and teachers at a local restaurant. It was nice to interact with students and locals, we all really enjoyed that dinner. Wednesday we got up bright and early and had an itinerary of 10 buildings to see. I have included a few pictures of only a couple that we saw. The first one is a school on the waterfront that is a huge staircase on the outside, it was quite amazing how much it is used by the public for exercise and just getting around. The next one is a bathroom done by Robert Iglesia. It was pretty interesting, we saw a few different buildings he did. He was a different guy a little cocky, but that is definitely not unusual for an architect. I included a picture of the signage for the bathroom, because he said he hates how signs usually just show a person standing, so he did one of what actually goes on in the bathroom, i though that was funny. The next project was a boardwalk over the river, and we were there just in time for the sunset. Also a nice project. Then finally we saw the addition to the monument to the flag. The main building was done much earlier, but there was a competition for opening up the upper platform to the street. It was a nice addition, however Claudio had mixed feelings. Mostly I think because he entered that competition, and even though he was given an honorable mention, he still had a little hard feelings about not being awarded the project. It was really cool to see the monument at night, a very different experience with the lighting. All in all it was a great trip, with lots of interesting architecture to see.
