The Studio

We are finally in the studio! It's not like studio at Berkeley, though it is getting as dirty, which is normal for any space with a high concentration of architecture students. 

The studio space used to be a grocery store, so there are a lot of outlets for our laptops. There's little air circulation so we rely on lots of fans. Our work surfaces are large slabs of plywood on legs and some of our chairs are broken.

It works though. We are two blocks away from the Mercadona, so we will never starve! There's a cafe right across the street to feed our coffee addictions. The beach is also a mere four blocks to the east. 

What are we working on? We've diagrammed the weekly mercadillo, which is a traditional event in Guardamar. Most (older) people get their fresh produce from the market Wednesday mornings. The market sets up starting at 4AM and then is gone by 3PM. Our diagrams aren't infographics or anything that looks familiar--they're more "artsy" and based on our own experience of the mercadillo (keeping in mind personal feelings and historical references). We've also diagrammed our experiences climbing two different castles, one in Guardamar and one in Alicante. 

Our diagrams are on the mylar, which feels smooth to the touch and is a wonder to draw on with pencil. I was a little nerve-wracking the first time to just draw with our intuition, and we are just learning how to create diagrams in this new style, but we are all getting the hang of it. 

Diagrams on the first mylar