Since I was a child one of my favourite things have been buildings and megastructures. I really enjoy looking at how structures are designed and built, even though I lack the technical knowledge a Civil Engineer or an Architect might have. Over the course of my life, though, I decided to study something related to business and economics instead of architecture, but I don’t regret my choice, since I enjoy a lot what I’m doing now.
Nevertheless, every time I go anywhere I keep staring at buildings, regardless of their looks. The beauty of a building doesn’t reside only on the design of its façade, but also on the distribution of the interior rooms, the structure of pillars and beams that keeps it from falling apart, its purpose and function, etc. I believe a building can be interesting for many more reasons than its aesthetics.
As you might know I live in Barcelona, a city where architecture plays a major role as can be seen by its many landmarks. However, the architecture of Barcelona doesn’t feature big skyscrapers because of a local law that prevents tall buildings from being built, that’s why its style is pretty unique when compared to other big cities around the world, even though many won’t consider it as “sexy” as other cities like New York, London or Singapore.
Most people only know about the emblematic buildings of Barcelona, which include those designed by Antoni Gaudí, however you can get to see much more than that all over the city. As I’m currently halfway through my bachelor’s degree in International Business Economics I think it’s time to share one of my favourite things of the area where my college, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, is located: the architecture of 22@ Barcelona.
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