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Meet our Leading Walkers 3

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Hi walkers!

Today we continue sharing with you some more personal details about our guides.

All of them have something special to tell us, so we consider important to share with you, Walkers!

Let’s continue with Jordi.

 

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“Human beings need each other to grow and share experiences. Cities are the meeting places that facilitate this exchange. It is therefore necessary to plan our cities carefully, not just to achieve better living conditions for inhabitants, but also to improve the natural and agricultural environment in the countryside. So it follows that good city planning is ultimately an eminently environmentally friendly approach.”

Jordi Garet i Cuartero:
Studies in Barcelona and Newcastle upon Tyne. Architect by ETSAV-UPC (2005)

Master in Urban Planning and Sustainability (UPC Foundation – 2014)
Assistant on planning and building projects in several professional offices in Catalonia.
Co-author of some projects on urban planning (2010-13)

Partner on the El globus vermell cultural association (2011-now)

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Here you can see him in full action!
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Usually he leads our walking tours:

BARCELONA & GAUDI a great start to discover the genius of Gaudí.

BARCELONA & THE FUTURE CITY walk through the smart city looking for our Future.

But we remind you that we also have this other walking tours

BARCELONA & THE URBANISM travel with us to the origins of the modern Barcelona.

BARCELONA & THE SEA  discover Barcelona through its architecture.

BARCELONA & THE MARKET see Barcelona through the eyes of Enric Miralles.

Come on guys come and walk with us and live a refreshing experience!!!

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Meet our Leading Walkers 2

Posted on by cm

Hi walkers!

Today we continue sharing with you some more personal details about our guides.

All of them have something special to tell us, so we consider important to share with you, Walkers!

Let’s continue with Martina.

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“I’m Italian and I graduated in architecture between Sardinia and Rome with two experiences abroad in Turkey and Greece and a specialization in Restoration and Rehabilitation.
Architecture fascinated me from the beginning because it is a vast and nuanced field, a complex issue situated halfway between mathematics and art.

I like to tell stories and my thesis focused on the use of the walk as a way of knowing and rehabilitate a wide portion of the Roman suburbs: that is one of the reasons I enjoy being part of the BAW project, because it is an issue I like to investigate and experiment in.

Currently I divide my time between Architecture Walks and teaching, in addition to push through a few personal projects.

During the walks I lead for the BAW team I like to explore different aspects and fields to create an exhaustive overview of the topic, and I always try to adapt the talk to the public I have. I feel that explaining architecture in simple words and following clear concepts is very important to reach a wide public, and I do my best to involve people with my passion.

I am fascinated by the world of Imagined Architecture and Architectural Representation as ways to awaken latent perceptions about the city and give life to alternative ways of making architecture.

The architecture is above all an effort of imagination that spans the creative process and leads us to imagine different worlds, with the final aim of finding a way to turn them into reality. “

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Martina Corona
Architecture Studies between Sardinia and Rome (2008-2014)
Erasmus experience abroad in Turkey, Trabzon ( 2009-2010)
Erasmus placement in Greece, Athens, in the restauration field ( 2014 )
Professor and Contributor Writer at Timetoplaybcn ( 2015-today)
Baw walker ( 2015-today)

Here you can see her in full action!

martina3

Usually she leads our walking tours:

BARCELONA & GAUDI a great start to discover the genius of Gaudí.

BARCELONA & THE URBANISM travel with us to the origins of the modern Barcelona.

But we remind you that we also have this other walking tours

BARCELONA & THE FUTURE CITY walk through the smart city looking for our Future.

BARCELONA & THE SEA  discover Barcelona through its architecture.

BARCELONA & THE MARKET see Barcelona through the eyes of Enric Miralles.

Come on guys come and walk with us and live a refreshing experience!!!

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Barcelona Architecture Walks Summer tour program.

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Hi walkers, summer is here!

Now that summer has come we’d like to remind you that we have our Summer tour program ready for you, even in August we continue to offer our tours:

BARCELONA & GAUDI a great start to discover the genius of Gaudí.

BARCELONA & THE SEA  discover Barcelona through its architecture.

BARCELONA & THE FUTURE CITY walk through the smart city looking for our future.

Whether you are visiting the city, or you live here, if you want to know and enjoy Barcelona in a different way , we have what you are looking for.

Walk with us and immerse yourself in a Barcelona that will not leave you indifferent.

Meet the spirit of the city that dazzles many visitors and that we’re in love with.

And we are so proud of our 200th review at Tripadvisor… keep improving our way of spreading architecture and so gratefull to our incredible tema of Leading Architects! Thanks Martina Corona, Joan Vitòria Codina, Jordi Garet, Ricard Pons Mascases.

Here is the 200th:

”Our tour guide was Jordi and he was absolutely amazing. Extremely knowledgable about all things Gaudí. If you are thinking about taking an architecture tour, take it with Barcelona Architecture Walks because it is led by real architects who know what they are talking about. Jordi spoke perfect English and answered all of our questions (and we had quite a lot!). Extremely, extremely, extremely positive experience. Thank you!”

Come on guys come and walk with us and live a refreshing experience!!!

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Something is coming, Walkers…

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Hi Walkers!

Today we want to share with you a small preview of something we are preparing with great enthusiasm.

Follow us on Facebook, Linkedin and Intagram and we will keep you informed!

 

 

And we’d like to remind you that we have our Summer tour program ready for you.

BARCELONA & THE URBANISM travel with us to the origins of the modern Barcelona.

BARCELONA & GAUDI a great start to discover the genius of Gaudí.

BARCELONA & THE SEA  discover Barcelona through its architecture.

BARCELONA & THE MARKET see Barcelona through the eyes of Enric Miralles.

BARCELONA & THE FUTURE CITY walk through the smart city looking for our future.

Whether you are visiting the city, or you live here, if you want to know and enjoy Barcelona in a different way , we have what you are looking for.

Walk with us and immerse yourself in a Barcelona that will not leave you indifferent.

Meet the spirit of the city that dazzles many visitors and that we’re in love with.

Even in August we continue to offer our tours BARCELONA & GAUDI,  BARCELONA & THE SEA,  BARCELONA & THE FUTURE CITY

Come and walk with us and live a refreshing experience!!!

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A Tripadvisor review can make you cry!

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Sometimes a review at Tripadvisor about what we love to do, spread the architecture that inspires us, can make you cry!!!! Here you have an example:

“Perhaps the best tour I’ve ever done”

Let me begin in saying that I do not like tours. My travel preference is to conduct my own research and explore, I’m not a fan of packaged commercial experiences. THAT SAID, Barcelona Architecture Walks is one of the most fantastic city exploration experiences I’ve ever participated in. We had very limited time in Barcelona and knew we wanted to be efficient; we also wanted to understand history and context for the city’s many landmarks. I googled Barcelona architecture and, thankfully, BAW happened to come up. We booked the private Gaudi walk for 4 guests. Joan was our guide and he was FABULOUS. Knowledgeable and passionate about his subject matter, and a true contributor to the Barcelona architecture scene and community. We had multiple educators in our group who peppered him with lots of questions and curiosities and he had enlightening perspective on all counts. His English is also fantastic (we had non-Spanish speakers in our group). I had some questions of BAW in general regarding our tour prior to taking it, and all advance communication was clear and professional as well. Long story short, this organization has a great purpose and is very well run. Our BAW was a highlight of the trip, it felt very authentic and like having a local professor take you around the city. Would highly recommend this experience to any visitor to Barcelona. No working architecture knowledge needed, just the curiosity to learn more about the history of Barcelona and the famous minds (Gaudi) that influenced it. Thank you, Joan, for such a wonderful tour!

Visited July 2015
http://www.tripadvisor.com.my/ShowUserReviews-g187497-d2046860-r290456431-Barcelona_Architecture_Walks-Barcelona_Catalonia.html#
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Thanks so much Michelle!!!!!

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